Los Angeles, January 9 (RHC)-- U.S. actress Meryl Streep won the Lifetime Achievement Award at Sunday night’s Golden Globes.... More


Brasilia, January 7 (RHC)-- At least 33 inmates have been killed in an uprising in a Brazilian prison in the northernmost region of Roraima, local government officials said on Friday.... More


Washington, January 7 (RHC)-- U.S. officials have quietly begun a new program asking non-citizen travelers to reveal their social media presence when entering the country.... More


Washington, January 7 (RHC)-- With just two weeks until Presidential Inauguration Day in the United States, the group Act Now to Stop War and End Racism, or ANSWER, finally knows where it will be permitted to protest.... More


Washington, January 7 (RHC)-- A new report has accused the U.S. Border Patrol agency of using the desert of the borderlands as a "weapon" that has led to the death or disappearances of tens of thousands of people since the 1990s. ... More


Washington, January 7 (RHC)-- The Committee to Protect Journalists says a total of 74 reporters were killed in 2016. The report finds 53 journalists were deliberately targeted and murdered for their work, while another 21 were killed while reporting, largely in conflict zones... More


Fort Worth, January 7 (RHC)-- In the U.S. city of Fort Worth, Texas, the city's police department faces new charges of racism and excessive force, after the release of a video showing an officer shooting a Black man in the back.... More


New York, January 7 (RHC)-- U.S. President-elect Donald Trump had announced recently that gçhe would dissolve his charitable foundation before Inauguration Day as part of an effort to prevent conflicts of interest.... More


Mexico City, January 6 (RHC)-- The wave of looting and blockades over a double-digit hike in gasoline prices in Mexico has left at least three dead and 250 people arrested as protests continue across the country. ... More


Washington, January 6 (RHC)-- The U.S. House of Representatives has overwhelmingly passed a bipartisan measure to disapprove a United Nations Security Council resolution that condemned Israeli settlements on the occupied Palestinian territories. ... More


Washington, January 6 (RHC)-- Three Republican senators have introduced a bill that would move the U.S. Embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem -- an act that Palestinians say would further doom any chance of a negotiated peace. ... More


Washington, January 6 (RHC)-- U.S. Republicans in the newly sworn-in 115th Congress are moving swiftly to repeal the Affordable Care Act, President Barack Obama’s signature healthcare law. ... More


New York, January 6 (RHC)-- Donald Trump’s team is planning an overhaul of the CIA and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence. ... More


Mobile, January 6 (RHC)-- In the U.S. city of Mobile, Alabama, NAACP National President Cornell William Brooks and five other civil rights leaders were arrested during a sit-in at the office of Alabama Senator Jeff Sessions, demanding he withdraw his name for consideration for attorney general. ... More


New York, January 6 (RHC)-- Donald Trump has named Wall Street attorney Walter "Jay" Clayton to head the Securities and Exchange Commission. ... More


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