Brasilia, February 4 (RHC)-- The Brazilian Supreme Court has picked its newest member to take over the investigations of politicians implicated in the country's biggest graft scandal, which is expected to shake the country's establishment and government.... More


Quito, February 4 (RHC)-- Ahead of presidential elections, Ecuador is rolling out a plan to make it easier for people with disabilities to vote.... More


Boston, February 4 (RHC)-- In the United States, a Massachusetts judge has refused to excuse Exxon Mobil Corp from a request by the state's attorney general to hand over decades worth of documents on its views on climate change, state officials report.... More


Washington, February 4 (RHC)-- In the United States, more anti-protest laws are being pushed by lawmakers across the country amid the wave of mass demonstrations against Donald Trump’s presidency.... More


Washington, February 3 (RHC)-- The U.S. Treasury Department placed new sanctions on Iran Friday, the first move by the Trump administration in response to a ballistic missile test that led the White House to announce it was putting Iran "on notice." ... More


Washington, February 3 (RHC)-- U.S. President Donald Trump has named Gina Haspel, a veteran CIA clandestine service officer who once ran a “black site” prison, deputy director of the spy agency. ... More


Brasilia, February 3 (RHC)-- Brazil's Senate has elected an ally of coup-imposed President Michel Temer as its new leader, providing key support in the upper chamber of Congress for proposed reforms to restore fiscal discipline. ... More


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Tehran, February 3 (RHC)-- A senior Iranian official has warned against Israeli interventionist plots in the region, calling for vigilance in the face of attempts by outsiders to wage war. ... More


Tel Aviv, February 3 (RHC)-- Israel has announced it’s building an entirely new Jewish-only settlement in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.... More


San Francisco, February 3 (RHC)-- Controversial far-right figure and Breitbart editor Milo Yiannopoulos was run off of the University of California at Berkeley Wednesday by protesters, leading to campus police placing the university on lockdown.... More


Washington, February 3 (RHC)-- U.S. President Donald Trump is facing criticism after he appeared to suggest that the great abolitionist and writer Frederick Douglass, who was born into slavery around 1818 and died in 1895, is still, in fact, alive.... More


London, February 2 (RHC)-- In London, sources close to British Prince Harry say he "is not a fan" of U.S. President Donald Trump as more Britons are signing a petition to rescind an invitation to the new president to visit the UK. ... More


Bogota, February 2 (RHC)-- The peace process between the Colombian government and the country's second largest rebel army, the ELN, received a major boost Thursday as the rebels released a high-profile hostage... More


Washington, February 2 (RHC)-- The full U.S. Senate has confirmed longtime ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson to be secretary of state. ... More


Washington, February 2 (RHC)-- U.S. President Donald Trump has reportedly threatened to send troops to Mexico during a phone conversation with President Enrique Pena Nieto last week. ... More


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