Sanaa, May 18 (RHC)-- In Yemen, the death toll from a cholera outbreak has risen to 187, as the U.S.-backed, Saudi-led bombing campaign has devastated the country’s health, water, sewage and sanitation systems. ... More


Puerto Rican Independence Leader Oscar López Rivera

San Juan, May 17 (RHC-teleSUR)-- Puerto Rican independence leader Oscar López Rivera was released Wednesday from house arrest in Puerto Rico after former U.S. President Barack Obama commuted his sentence in January, just days before Donald Trump was inaugurated. ... More


Washington, May 17 (RHC)-- U.S. President Donald Trump reportedly asked former FBI Director James Comey to end a probe into alleged ties between ousted national security adviser Michael Flynn and Russia. ... More


Ramallah, May 17 (RHC)-- Seventy-six hunger-striking Palestinian inmates held in Israeli prisons have been hospitalized due to critical deterioration of their health conditions... More


Buenos Aires, May 17 (RHC)-- The standoff between human rights organizations in Argentina and President Mauricio Macri's government continues to escalate. ... More


Mexico City, May 17 (RHC)-- In Mexico, award-winning journalist Javier Valdez has been assassinated in the northwestern state of Sinaloa.... More


Leavenworth, May 17 (RHC)-- Chelsea Manning, the former U.S. Army intelligence analyst who leaked classified documents, was released from a military prison in the U.S. state of Kansas on Wednesday morning after seven years behind bars. ... More


Athens, May 17 (RHC)-- Greek seamen and journalists walked off the job Tuesday, a day before a nationwide general strike to protest new austerity measures the government is legislating for in return for more bailout funds. ... More


Washington, May 16 (RHC)-- In the United States, more lawmakers on Capitol Hill are calling on President Donald Trump to surrender any recordings of former FBI head James Comey. ... More


Washington, May 16 (RHC-Xinhua) -- A widespread ransomware cyber-attack that affected about 150 countries worldwide over the weekend has appeared to slow down, but uncertainty still remains. ... More


Brasilia, May 16 (RHC)-- The Brazilian government's plan to reform the pension system passed a congressional committee last week, but the full vote in the lower house of Congress will be delayed until the end of May, amid ongoing protests against it. ... More


Tel Aviv, May 16 (RHC)-- David Friedman, a strong proponent of Israel’s illegal settlements in the occupied Palestinian land, has arrived in Israel as the new U.S. ambassador to the Tel Aviv regime.... More


Port-Au-Prince, May 16 (RHC)-- Haiti's government has announced fuel price increases of up to 20 percent in an effort to shore up the country's disastrous public finances. ... More


London, May 16 (RHC)-- A number of major banks operating in London are planning to move some 9,000 jobs out of the UK as the country prepares to leave the European Union, a new report has revealed.... More


Damascus, May 15 (RHC)-- Nearly two dozen civilians lost their lives when the U.S.-led coalition purportedly fighting the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group carried out an aerial attack against an area in Syria’s eastern province of Dayr al-Zawr near the border with Iraq. ... More


up