Tokyo, December 22 (RHC)-- Japan’s highest court has ruled against residents of Okinawa fighting the construction of a new U.S. military base on the island.... More


Bogota, December 21 (RHC)-- With a unanimous vote in favor at the committee level, the Colombian Congress has taken a step toward passing a key amnesty bill that will pardon FARC rebels for political crimes, and pave the way for further implementation of the country's historic peace agreement. ... More


Cairo, December 21 (RHC)-- The European Union and the Arab League have denounced Israel's illegal settlement activities, calling for international efforts to end the regime's decades-long occupation of Palestinian lands. ... More


Quito, December 21 (RHC)-- Two months ahead of the presidential elections, polls are giving the Ecuadorian leftist Citizen's Revolution candidate a lead, despite a large undecided vote.... More


Mexico City, December 21 (RHC)-- At least 31 people have been killed and some 72 others injured in a blast at a fireworks market in Mexico.... More


Riyadh, December 21 (RHC)-- Saudi Arabia has admitted to the use of banned cluster bombs during its relentless airstrikes on Yemen.... More


Berlin, December 21 (RHC)-- German police have announced that the attacker who crashed a truck into a crowded Christmas market in Berlin is still at large after the "wrong man" was put in custody, Germany's Die Welt reported. ... More


Gaza City, December 21 (RHC)-- The Gaza Electricity Distribution Company (GEDCO) has criticized the Israeli regime over stalling repairs on one of the main power lines in the impoverished Palestinian coastal enclave, arguing that the holdup has exacerbated the already dire living conditions in the besieged territory. ... More


Caracas, December 20 (RHC)-- Venezuelan Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino said his country’s border with Colombia has opened on Tuesday to allow for pedestrian crossing.... More


Berlin, December 20 (RHC)-- At least 12 people have been killed and over 48 others injured after a truck drove into a Christmas market in the German capital Berlin.... More


Buenos Aires, December 20 (RHC)-- Public transit operators in Argentina launched a one-day national strike Monday morning, grinding commuting in the capital city Buenos Aires to a halt to demand changes in the income tax system in the face of what labor unions have criticized as slow progress toward reforms to benefit workers.... More


Christine Lagarde, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund

Paris, December 20 (RHC)-- A court in France has found Christine Lagarde, the managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), guilty of negligence over a massive state payout that she made to a business tycoon in 2008, but exempted her from any penalty.... More


Washington, December 20 (RHC)-- In the United States, the Electoral College officially announced the New York billionaire Donald Trump as the 45th president of the country, despite efforts to persuade electors not to back Trump in the vote, mostly considered a formality.... More


Panama City, December 20 (RHC)-- Panamanians marked the 27th anniversary Tuesday of the 1989 U.S. invasion of the Central American country as the exact number of victims remains unknown more than a quarter of a century after the events.... More


Washington, December 19 (RHC)-- Thousands staged protests in cities across the United States on Sunday to express their solidarity with migrants. The demonstrations came on the occasion of International Migrants Day. ... More


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