Brasilia, February 15 (RHC)-- Brazil's Defense Ministry has dispatched 9,000 troops into the streets of Rio de Janeiro to maintain security as the country's second largest city prepares for a mass carnival amid anti-austerity protests and low morale among police. ... More


Peshawar, February 15 (RHC)-- Multiple bombings over the past three days have rocked Pakistan, with the latest attacks claiming the lives of six people in the northwest. ... More


U.S. Secret Service Director Joseph Clancy

Washington, February 15 (RHC)-- U.S. Secret Service Director Joseph Clancy has planned to resign next month, leaving President Donald Trump to pick the person he wants to lead the 7,000-employee agency tasked with protecting the president and his family. ... More


Bogota, February 14 (RHC)-- Another Indigenous leader and activist was killed in Colombia as authorities refuse to acknowledge the return or existence of paramilitaries in native communities. ... More


Washington, February 14 (RHC)-- U.S. President Donald Trump’s national security adviser, Michael Flynn, has resigned following revelations he spoke with the Russian ambassador about U.S. sanctions during a late December phone call. ... More


Berlin, February 14 (RHC)-- The German tennis association has responded with outrage after the United States Tennis Association made the embarrassing error of playing the Nazi-era version of Germany's national anthem during a Federation Cup tie in Hawaii. ... More


Washington, February 14 (RHC)-- The U.S. Senate has voted 53-47 to confirm Steven Mnuchin to be the Secretary of the U.S. Treasury Department.... More


Los Angeles, February 14 (RHC)-- Mexico’s left-wing presidential hopeful Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has launched a U.S. tour beginning in Los Angeles aimed at promoting and defending the rights of Mexican immigrants north of the border. ... More


Peruvian President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski

Lima, February 14 (RHC)-- Peruvian President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski's approval rating dropped five percentage points for the second month in a row in February, as a widening graft scandal entangled his former boss, an Ipsos poll shows. ... More


Mexico City, February 13 (RHC)-- More than 20 cities in Mexico were the scene of huge protests against Donald Trump’s anti-Mexican rhetoric and his calls for Mexico to pay for his controversial border wall. ... More


Washington, February 13 (RHC)-- U.S. President Donald Trump’s proposed wall along the U.S.-Mexico border would be a series of walls and fences that could cost about $21 billion, and take more than three years to build, according to a U.S .government estimate. ... More


Dublin, February 13 (RHC)-- Following the new Israeli decision to legalize settlements on Palestinian land, the Republic of Ireland appears poised to recognize Palestine as a legitimate state in the near future. ... More


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


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