Quito, February 13 (RHC)-- Ecuadorean presidential candidate Guillermo Lasso, leader of the right-wing CREO party, pledged that if he wins in next week's presidential elections he will revoke the asylum granted to Wikileaks publisher Julian Assange, arguing it is no longer necessary. ... More
Brasilia, February 13 (RHC)-- A Brazilian federal judge suspended the nomination of a close ally of President Michel Temer to a ministry-level position, according to the court's website.... More
Berlin, February 13 (RHC)-- Several thousand people have staged rallies across Germany to protest the deportation of Afghan asylum-seekers from the country.... More
Paris, February 13 (RHC)-- More violence erupted over the weekend after some 2,000 demonstrators gathered outside the courthouse in Bobigny, northeast of the French capital, carrying banners and placards that read “Police rape,” and “Police kill innocent people.” ... More
Washington, February 13 (RHC)-- U.S. President Donald Trump’s mental health is a source of great concern for some lawmakers on Capitol Hill, according to Al Franken, a Minnesota Democratic senator. ... More
United Nations, February 13 (RHC)-- The United Nations has voiced “grave concern” after a UN probe determines that at least 18 civilians were killed in U.S. airstrikes last week. ... More
Washington, February 11 (RHC)-- U.S. immigration authorities arrested hundreds of undocumented immigrants in at least a half-dozen states over the past several days. ... More
Mexico City, February 11 (RHC)-- More than two years after 43 students from Ayotzinapa School went missing in Mexico's violence-ridden Guerrero state, their parents' quest for justice has reached a small, yet unsatisfying, breakthrough. ... More
Washington, February 11 (RHC)-- U.S. President Donald Trump says he will take action as soon as next week to bolster national security in response to a court ruling blocking his travel ban.... More
Washington, February 11 (RHC)-- Jeff Sessions has been sworn in as U.S. attorney general. Vice President Mike Pence administered the oath of office to the longtime Alabama senator during a ceremony in the Oval Office. ... More
Phoenix, February 11 (RHC)-- The mother of two U.S.-born children who is at the center of an immigration fight in Arizona has been deported to Mexico. ... More
Washington, February 11 (RHC)-- In the U.S. state of North Dakota, construction crews have resumed work on the final section of the Dakota Access pipeline, after the Donald Trump administration granted an easement to allow Energy Transfer Partners to drill beneath the Missouri River. ... More
Tokyo, February 11 (RHC)-- Japanese protesters have rallied outside Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's office in the capital, Tokyo, urging him to shut down nuclear power plants in the country, which was hit by one of the world's worst nuclear incidents nearly six years ago. ... More
San Juan, February 10 (RHC)-- Longtime Puerto Rican independence activist Oscar López Rivera returned to Puerto Rico on Thursday to serve the remainder of his sentence, which was commuted by outgoing President Barack Obama. His official date of clemency is May 17. ... More
San Francisco, February 10 (RHC)-- A San Francisco-based appeals court has rejected a request from the Department of Justice to restore U.S. President Donald Trump’s executive order banning citizens of seven Muslim countries from entering the United States, setting up a potential showdown in the Supreme Court.... More
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