Vienna, July 2 (RHC)-- Fears about weaker global demand as a result of a U.S.-China trade spat have added to the challenges faced by the 14-nation Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries. OPEC agreed earlier this week to extend oil supply cuts until March 2020, three OPEC sources said, as the group's members overcame their differences in order to prop up the price of crude amid a weakening global economy and soaring U.S. production.... More
Tehran, July 2 (RHC)-- Israel will be destroyed in half an hour if the United States attacks Iran, a senior Iranian parliamentarian has said, according to the semi-official Mehr news agency. "If the U.S. attacks us, only half an hour will remain of Israel's lifespan," Mojtaba Zolnour, the chairman of the Iranian parliament's National Security and Foreign Policy Commission said, according to Mehr.... More
Brasilia, July 2 (RHC)-- The Minister of Justice and Public Security of Brazil, Sergio Moro, is appearing in front of the Chamber of Deputies to answer questions regarding the leaked messages published about the Lava Jato case and former president Luiz Ignacio Lula da Silva.... More
Kabul, July 2 (RHC)-- In Afghanistan, a bomb explosion near a Defense Ministry building killed at least 40 people, and injured at least 1,000 others, including dozens of children. The bomb in the capital Kabul on Monday comes after a weekend of violence across the country.... More
Rome, July 2 (RHC)-- In Italy, police arrested Carola Rackete, the 31-year-old German captain of a refugee rescue ship, Saturday after her vessel collided with an Italian border police boat as she attempted to dock at Lampedusa port.... More
San Francisco, July 2 (RHC)-- In the United States, a federal judge has barred President Donald Trump from using $2.5 billion in Defense Department funds to build a border wall following his declaration of a national emergency in February.... More
Charlottesville, July 2 (RHC)-- In the U.S. state of Virginia, James Fields, a self-described neo-Nazi who killed activist Heather Heyer at an anti-hate rally in 2017, has been sentenced to life in prison. Fields plowed his car into a crowd of anti-racist protesters in Charlottesville at a counter-protest of the white supremacist “Unite the Right” rally.... More
Sanaa, July 2 (RHC)-- Nearly a dozen Saudi-sponsored militiamen loyal to Yemen's former president Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi have been killed and several others injured when Yemeni army soldiers and fighters from allied Popular Committees launched an offensive against their positions in the kingdom’s southern border region of Najran.... More
Tehran, July 2 (RHC)-- Iran said European countries had offered too little in the way of trade assistance to persuade it to back off from its plan to breach the limit of Uranium production.... More
Washington, July 1 (RHC)-- The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved a second installment of over $2.5 billion to Ecuador for economic development. The agency confirmed that with 10 and a half years to pay off the debt, Ecuador has accepted a second loan from the IMF with its 3.2 percent interest.... More
Tokyo, July 1 (RHC)-- In an obvious reference to an eventual U.S. military action against Venezuela, President Donald Trump said over the weekend that he has a number of different tactics for regime change in Venezuela.... More
Madrid, July 1 (RHC)-- Maritime authorities of the Iberian country confirmed on Sunday the rescue of 130 African migrants trying to reach the coasts of southern Spain in precarious boats. ... More
Ramallah, July 1 (RHC)-- The Palestinian Authority says the United States-led Bahrain conference was a "stunning failure." Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas' spokesman Nabil Abu Rudeineh emphasized the the conference was guided by a "policy of punishment and intimidation used by the Trump administration against everyone."... More
London, July 1 (RHC)-- The British government has temporarily suspended granting new permits for export of arms to Saudi Arabia after a top UK court ruled them unlawful because they are used by Riyadh against civilians in Yemen.... More
Washington, July 1 (RHC)-- In environmental news, the Donald Trump administration has replaced an Obama-era energy rule which was designed to close older coal plants and tighten emissions restrictions. The new rules announced by the Environmental Protection Agency allow states to set regulations for emissions and decide whether coal-fired plants should make improvements.... More
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