Athens, January 16 (RHC)-- Thousands of demonstrators have once again taken to the streets of the Greek capital, Athens, to protest against planned modifications of the country’s pension system demanded by international lenders in return for rescue funds. ... More
Washington, January 16 (RHC)-- The U.S. Naval Criminal Investigative Service has reopened its investigation into accusations members of a Navy SEAL team brutally beat several Afghan detainees at a remote outpost in southern Afghanistan in 2012. ... More
Paris, January 16 (RHC)-- Six men have been hospitalized — and one of them was pronounced brain-dead — after a drug trial in northwestern France, the country’s health minister said on Friday. ... More
Geneva, January 15 (RHC)-- Human rights experts from the United Nations and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) have called on the United States government to promptly close its prison at Guantánamo and end impunity for abuses in the so-called ‘global war on terror’ such as ‘enhanced interrogation techniques’ and extraordinary rendition.... More
Washington, January 15 (RHC)-- Ten Yemeni inmates held at the U.S. military prison in Guantanamo have been sent to Oman. The transfer of the Yemeni inmates, all held for more than a decade without charge or trial, marked the largest group of prisoners shipped out of the notorious detention center. ... More
United Nations, January 15 (RHC)-- The UN special envoy for Syria says the five permanent members of the Security Council will push for "immediate action" to deliver humanitarian aid to beleaguered areas in the Arab country. ... More
London, January 15 (RHC)-- Ecuador says it has agreed to a Swedish request for permission to interrogate Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, in its embassy in London. Ecuadorean Foreign Minister Ricardo Patiño said: "We will cooperate with the Swedish authorities so they can take some statements. We have said that from the beginning." ... More
United Nations, January 15 (RHC)-- The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) warns that millions of Yemeni children are in need of urgent help, amid the Saudi-led war on the impoverished country. ... More
Gaza City, January 15 (RHC)-- Israel has severely reduced gas supplies to the besieged Gaza Strip, making life even more difficult for families dealing with the extremely cold weather. ... More
Caracas, January 14 (RHC)-- Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has met with his cabinet to evaluate proposals and set the work guidelines to begin a new stage of the Bolivarian Revolution.... More
Havana, January 14 (RHC)-- Colombia's peace negotiations continue in Havana, involving delegations from the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia-People's Army (FARC-EP) and the government of President Juan Manuel Santos.... More
Geneva, January 14 (RHC)-- The United Nations’ health agency has named Liberia Ebola-free, putting an end to the endemic in West Africa. The World Health Organization, the WHO, announced Thursday that Liberia had gone 42 days without recording any new Ebola infections, thereby joining Sierra Leone and Guinea as being declared free of the virus. ... More
Madrid, January 14 (RHC)-- The leader of the Spanish Socialist Workers Party (PSOE), Pedro Sanchez, has appealed to Podemos to form an alternative government that will prevent the re-election of conservative Mariano Rajoy. ... More
Jakarta, January 14 (RHC)-- The Islamic State has claimed responsibility for a series of explosions that ripped through the Indonesian capital Jakarta today. ... More
Kouyape, January 14 (RHC)-- More than a dozen people have lost their lives and at least one person has sustained injuries in a bomb attack targeting a mosque in Cameroon’s volatile northern region near the border with Nigeria. ... More
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