Ramallah, August 3 (RHC)-- Israeli forces have attacked anti-occupation Palestinian protesters gathering near the fence separating the besieged Gaza Strip from the occupied territories, leaving at least 51 people injured.  ... More


Washington, August 3 (RHC)-- The U.S. Senate has sent President Donald Trump a two-year budget that would increase both domestic and military spending by raising the debt ceiling and rolling back spending caps.  ... More


Moscow, August 3 (RHC)-- The Donald Trump administration has formally ended U.S. participation in the landmark Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty.  In a statement responding to the U.S. withdrawal, Russia’s foreign ministry called the INF treaty “formally dead.” ... More


San Juan, August 3 (RHC)-- Puerto Rican legislators have delayed a vote to confirm outgoing Governor Ricardo "Ricky" Rosselló’s possible successor.  Rosselló, who had promised to step down Friday, was forced to resign last week amid massive protests across Puerto Rico calling for his ouster. ... More


Goma, August 3 (RHC)-- In Africa, Rwanda has reopened its border with the Democratic Republic of Congo after a brief closure that followed the third death of a patient with the Ebola virus in the Congolese border city of Goma. ... More


Kabul, August 3 (RHC)-- The Washington Post reports that the Donald Trump administration is nearing a deal with the Taliban to withdraw thousands of U.S. troops from Afghanistan in exchange for a ceasefire. ... More


Mexico City, August 3 (RHC)-- In Mexico, a Salvadoran migrant was shot to death in front of his 8-year-old daughter by Mexican police in the northern border state of Coahuila. ... More


Caracas, August 2 (RHC)-- Venezuela’s foreign ministry has denounced the smear campaign, coming from the United States, that has without evidence portrayed top officials as involved in criminal activities, specifically Economy Minister Tareck El Assami.... More


Tehran, August 2 (RHC)-- Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has condemned imposition of sanctions on the country’s top diplomat, Mohammad Javad Zarif, as a “ridiculous” and “illegal” measure, which is in line with Washington's’ policy of mounting maximum pressure on the Islamic Republic.... More


Washington, August 2 (RHC)-- U.S. President Donald Trump has said he will impose an additional 10% tariff on $300 billion worth of Chinese imports as trade talks between Washington and Beijing has reached an impasse.... More


Washington, August 2 (RHC)-- The United States’ hotheaded ambassador to Germany has railed against Berlin for refusing to join a U.S. plan to establish a naval mission in the Persian Gulf. Richard Grenell said in an interview with German newspaper Augsburger Allgemeine that Berlin had “global responsibilities” to fulfill as Europe’s biggest economy. He even implied that Germany was indebted to America.... More


Washington, August 2 (RHC)-- U.S. President Donald Trump has designated Brazil a so-called "major non-NATO ally" of the United States, a move that could potentially facilitate the expansion of Washington’s dominance over the Latin American country.... More


Tehran, August 2 (RHC)-- Iran’s foreign minister has dismissed his U.S. counterpart’s “empty and disingenuous” offers to visit Iran and have an interview with the country’s state TV, daring him to accept any of the many interview requests from Iranian reporters.... More


Washington, August 2 (RHC)-- U.S. National Security Adviser John Bolton has confirmed reports that his boss, President Donald Trump, is going to authorize a 90-day extension of sanction waivers against Iran, allowing the UK, France, China, Russia and Germany -- the remaining signatories of the 2015 Iran nuclear deal -- to continue their civilian nuclear cooperation with the Islamic Republic... More


Brasilia, August 2 (RHC)-- Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has openly criticized the 2014 Constitutional Amendment which orders the expropriation of properties of those landowners whose activities occur through "work analogous to slave labor."... More


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