Moscow, December 29 (RHC)-- Russian investigators looking into the crash of a military plane that crashed, killing all 92 on board, believe a fault with its wing flaps was the reason it plunged into the Black Sea, an investigative source told the Interfax news agency. ... More
United Nations, December 29 (RHC)-- Incoming UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres says the crisis in Syria "has become a cancer on a global scale." ... More
New York, December 29 (RHC)-- U.S. President–elect Donald Trump first voiced alarm that his transition into power is not as smooth as he expected it to be, censuring President Barack Obama for his “inflammatory” statements. ... More
Washington, December 29 (RHC)-- U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry defended the United States' decision to abstain -- and not veto -- a UN resolution condemning Israeli settlements in occupied Palestinian territories, saying Israel’s policies put the so-called two-state solution “in serious jeopardy.”... More
Buenos Aires, December 29 (RHC)-- Argentinean human rights activist Milagro Sala was sentenced to three years probation ("suspended prison sentence") Wednesday for “aggravated damage” to a public official after organizing a protest with her popular social organization Tupac Amaru.... More
Washington, December 29 (RHC)-- The Israeli ambassador to the United States says that Tel Aviv has "evidence" that Washington was "actually behind" what led up to a UN resolution against Israel, asserting that such information will only be given to President-elect Donald Trump.... More
Damascus, December 28 (RHC)-- Russia says its embassy in the Syrian capital, Damascus, has been hit by two mortar shells.... More
Ankara, December 28 (RHC)-- Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says he has "confirmed evidence" that the U.S.-led coalition is supporting Daesh and other terrorist groups in Syria.... More
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Brasilia, December 28 (RHC)-- Brazilian senate-imposed president Michel Temer has announced a labor reform that expands workdays from 8 to 12 hours, cutting lunch time to half an hour and reducing holidays.... More
London, December 28 (RHC)-- Argentina and the UK have agreed to identify bodies buried on the Malvinas Islands, which both countries fought a war over in 1982.... More
New York, December 28 (RHC)-- U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has appointed a top national security aide under former President George W. Bush as his homeland security and counter-terrorism adviser.... More
Charleston, December 28 (RHC)-- The director of a West Virginia non-profit agency who called First Lady Michelle Obama "an ape in heels" in a Facebook post has been fired and the institution put under outside management, state officials said on Tuesday.... More
New York, December 28 (RHC)-- A major snow storm sweeping through the northern United States is delaying flights and keeping people off the roads, with forecasters saying it could bring heavy snow to the East Coast before New Year's Eve.... More
Washington, December 28 (RHC)-- The water crisis in Gaza has become so heightened that the United Nations' 2014 prediction that the region will become uninhabitable by 2020 stands to be true, according to a report released earlier this month by the World Bank.... More
Dakar, December 28 (RHC)-- Senegal has defended its recent UNSC vote to halt Israel’s illegal settlement activities on Palestinian territories, after Tel Aviv recalls its ambassador to Dakar.... More
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