Vatican City, May 29 (RHC) -– Pope Francis received Uruguay’s charismatic former president, Jose Mujica, on Thursday at the Vatican, according to a report by Telesur news channel.... More
Riyadh, May 29 (Euronews) –- In other news, Islamic State militants have claimed responsibility for a bombing that killed four people at a Shi’ite Mosque in Saudi Arabia, the second attack claimed by the Sunni extremist group in a week.... More
Havana, May 29 (RHC-PRESSTV) -– Meanhwile, Cuban and Norwegian mediators have expressed concern about the peace process between the Colombian government and FARC rebels following an escalation in violence between the two sides.... More
Zurich, May 29 (RHC)-- Pro-Palestinians have staged a rally in the Swiss city of Zurich to call on football’s governing body, FIFA, to expel Israel from world soccer tournaments. On Thursday, the protesters gathered outside the venue for the 65th FIFA Congress, as delegates turned up for the event. ... More
Paris, May 29 (RHC)-- French medical staff have staged a demonstration to voice their anger at the Socialist government’s planned changes in their working hours, saying the reforms will cause more burnout for workers and poor patient care. ... More
Washington, May 29 (RHC)-- United States Secretary of State John Kerry has been sued by a government watchdog group over Hillary Clinton’s government e-mails. ... More
United Nations, May 29 (Xinhua) -- The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) reported that more women and children have been used as suicide bombers in northeast Nigeria in the first five months of this year than during the whole of 2014.... More
Kuala Lumpur, May 29 (Euronews) -– Malaysia’s deputy home minister says 139 uncovered graves, which are believed to contain the corpses of trafficked migrants, appear to hold one body each.... More
Sanaa, May 28 (RHC)-- Saudi-led airstrikes have killed at least 80 people in Yemen, marking the deadliest day of the two-month bombing campaign to date. The strikes battered the Yemeni capital Sanaa and the Bakeel al-Meer area near the Saudi border, where residents told Reuters at least 40 people were killed, most of them civilians. ... More
Caracas, May 28 (teleSUR-rhc)-- A second recording in which Venezuelan right-wing opposition politicians talk in their prison cells detailing a violent plan for seizing power was broadcast on Venezuelan state television channel VTV on Wednesday. ... More
Johannesburg, May 28 (RHC)-- The United Nations special rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions has expressed concern about a surge in the number of executions carried out by Saudi Arabia, denouncing the trend as "very disturbing." ... More
London, May 28 (RHC)-- UK police have clashed with protesters in Westminster protesting the austerity programs of the all-out Conservative government of Prime Minister David Cameron. The protesters say the government's austerity measures and its plan to repeal the Human Rights Act are threatening the country. ... More
Philadelphia, May 28 (RHC)-- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is asking the United States to provide Tel Aviv 50 percent more money for weapons and "we'll shut up" on Iran nuclear talks, an author and investigative journalist in Philadelphia says. ... More
Geneva, May 28 (RHC)-- Swiss activists have held a protest against a deal between Switzerland and the Tel Aviv regime for the purchase of Israeli drones. The protesters in the central eastern city of Thun took part in the demonstration against the purchase of Hermes 900 drones from the Israeli company Elbit Systems, according to the Group for a Switzerland without an Army, known by its Swiss acronym, GSoA. ... More
Brussels, May 28 (RHC)-- European and U.S. officials have called on Greece to reach a fast deal with its bailout creditors required for the release of the financial aid that Athens desperately needs. Valdis Dombrovskis, the European Commission vice president for the Euro and Social Dialogue, at a press conference Wednesday highlighted the need to strike a deal over the Greek debt "as quickly as possible." ... More
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