Mexico, March 15 (RHC)--The Office of the UN High Commissioner of Human Rights said Thursday that it has strong grounds to believe that the investigation into the disappearance of 43 students from a rural Mexican college in 2014 was marred by torture and cover-ups.... More


Asunción, March 15 (RHC)-- In Paraguay, lawmakers have requested a political trial against President Horacio Cartes, just a month before the presidential elections, scheduled for April 22.... More


Pedro Pablo Kuczynski

Lima, March 15 (RHC)--Peru’s congress voted by a wide margin on Thursday to reopen impeachment proceedings against President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski.... More


Moscow, March 15 (RHC) – Moscow has vowed there will be a swift response to the expulsion of 23 of its diplomats by Britain.... More


La Paz, March 15 (RHC)-- Bolivian President Evo Morales has written to his Peruvian counterpart Pedro Pablo Kuczynski, asking him to "recognize the right of … Venezuela to participate in the VIII Summit of the Americas."... More


Washington, March 15 (RHC)-- In the wake of the most recent massacre at a school in Florida, tens of thousands of students across the United States walked out of their schools Wednesday to protest U.S. Congress failure to directly address gun violence.... More


Cairo, March 14 (RHC) -- The Arab Parliament called on Wednesday on European parliaments to push their governments to recognize Palestine as an independent state.... More


Brussels, March 14 (RHC) – The UK will "regret" its decision to leave the European Union, a top EU official has warned.... More


Salvador de Bahia, March 14 (RHC)-- Thousands of people took to the streets of Salvador, Brazil in the name of democracy as the 13th edition of the World Social Forum on Tuesday.... More


Syrian President Bashar al-Assad

Damascus, March 14 (RHC) -- Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said Wednesday that the United States aims to fragment regional countries through supporting the terror groups, according to state news agency SANA.... More


Venezuela's Communications Minister Jorge Rodriguez said they would continue to press the United Nations to create a committee to monitor electoral practices in

Havana, March 14 (RHC)-- The United Nations says it is considering a request from the Venezuelan government and opposition to send observers to the country's presidential and state elections, scheduled for May 20th. ... More


Former Interior Minister Miguel Rodriguez Torres.

Caracas, March 14 (RHC)--Venezuelan security forces have detained Miguel Rodriguez Torres, a former interior minister and intelligence chief  under charges of connection to armed attacks on public institutions last year.... More


Berlin, March 14 (RHC)--German lawmakers voted on Wednesday to re-elect Angela Merkel as chancellor for a fourth term that may prove her most challenging yet as she takes charge of a fragile coalition.... More


Stephen Hawking during the presentation of the  Breakthrough Starshot Initiative in New York, April 12, 2016. Lucas Jackson/ Reuters

London, March 14 (RHC)--World renowned physicist Stephen Hawking has died at the age of 76. He died peacefully at his home in Cambridge in the early hours of Wednesday, his family said.... More


German Chancellor and Christian Democratic Union leader Angela Merkel . File Photo

Berlin, March 13 (RHC) -- The leaders of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), Christian Social Union (CSU) and German Social Democrats (SPD) revealed the key priorities of Germany's new federal government on Monday.... More


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