The area in Mexico's central Veracruz where a mass grave containing 166 human skulls was found in August.  Photo: EFE

Mexico City, September 10 (RHC)-- Over the past 18 months, 696 bodies have been recovered from 163 clandestine mass graves in Mexico, according to a new report by the National Commission on Human Rights (CNDH). ... More


 The undated photo shows a teenage Palestinian girl who suffers from cancer at the Augusta Victoria Hospital in East Jerusalem.  Photo: Press TV

Washington, September 10 (RHC)-- The United States has decided to cut off financial aid to East Jerusalem hospitals that provide cancer treatments and other critical care for Palestinians, amid warnings of the “collapse” of medical centers. ... More


Still photo shows suspected white phosphorus munitions raining down on the northern Syrian city of Raqqah in June 2017.  Photo: Via the New Arab

Moscow, September 10 (RHC)-- U.S. warplanes have reportedly dropped phosphorous bombs on a village in the eastern Syria province of Dayr al-Zawr.  Vladimir Savchenko, the chief of the Russian Center for Reconciliation of the Opposing Parties in Syria, announced the development on Sunday, Russia's ITAR-TASS news agency reported.... More


Venezuela's Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza attends the Human Rights Council at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, September 10, 2018.  Photo: Reuters

Geneva, September 10 (RHC)-- Venezuelan Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza said Monday that "there is no humanitarian crisis in Venezuela," but rather an "economic crisis" as a consequence of the sanctions and the blockade exercised by sectors of the international political right against the South American nation.... More


Activists around the world rally to demand action on climate change.  Photo: Democracy Now

Paris, September 10 (RHC)-- Activists held hundreds of protests over the weekend in more than 90 countries as part of a worldwide day of action demanding urgent action to address climate change.... More


 Participants paraded to the General Cemetery where a memorial for victims of the 1970 coup was decorated with flowers.  Photo: EFE

Santiago de Chile, September 10 (RHC)-- Tens of thousands filled the streets of Santiago de Chile on Sunday during a march in solidarity with the victims from the Augusto Pinochet era, a 17-year dictatorship which began on September 11, 1973. ... More


Bob Woodward's new book is already a Best Seller.  Photo: Google

Washington, September 8 (RHC)-- A highly anticipated book by longtime Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward depicts the Trump administration as an out-of-control operation, with Chief of Staff John Kelly reportedly calling the White House a "crazytown."  ... More


Nearly 500 migrant children remain separated from their parents.  Photo: AFP

Washington, September 7 (RHC)-- In immigration news in the U.S., nearly 500 children remain separated from their parents, more than a month after a court-imposed deadline mandating the Donald Trump administration reunite all children immigration officials forcibly separated from their parents at the border. ... More


 U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.  Photo: AP

Washington, September 7 (RHC)-- In the U.S., on Capitol Hill, Judge Brett Kavanaugh's Supreme Court confirmation hearing continues before the U.S. Senate.  Earlier, Kavanaugh was questioned for the first time by members of the Senate Judiciary Committee.  He faced inquiries on gun control and acknowledged he has said some semi-automatic rifles cannot be banned. ... More


Unnamed Trump official cites "quiet resistance" within administration, gives Donald a headache.  Photo: Reuters

Washington, September 7 (RHC)-- In the United States, the White House is scrambling to ferret out disloyal members of President Donald Trump's inner circle, after the New York Times published an anonymous op-ed piece it says was written by a senior administration official claiming that a "quiet resistance" is underway seeking to constrain Trump's worst impulses.... More


Tel Aviv, September 7 (RHC)-- The Israeli army has admitted, for the first time, that it provided large amounts of cash, weapons and ammunition to foreign-sponsored Takfiri terrorists operating in the occupied Golan Heights.... More


Argentinean president Mauricio Macri.  Photo: EFE

Buenos Aires, September 7 (RHC)-- Argentinean authorities are announcing additional measures that President Mauricio Macri hopes will end the country's economic downward spiraling, including increasing farm export taxes.... More


Israeli planes hit targets in Syria.  Photo: Reuters

Damascus, September 7 (RHC)-- Israeli planes targeted military positions in Syria, but Syrian air defenses confronted and downed some of the rockets, state news agency SANA reported.  Citing a military source, SANA said Israeli aircraft had targeted "our military positions in the provinces of Tartous and Hama." ... More


Rafael Correa

Quito, September 7 (RHC)-- Former Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa reacted to the announcement by the national government of possible sanctions against him for mismanagement, during his tenure, of the case against the US oil company Chevron-Texaco.... More


President Hassan Rouhani,Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and  Russian President Vladimir Putin. RT Photo

Tehran, September 7 (RHC)--   The presidents of Iran, Russia and Turkey are meeting Friday in Tehran to discuss the war in Syria, with all eyes on a possible military offensive to retake the last rebel-held bastion of Idlib.... More


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