Ramallah, May 23 (RHC)-- The Palestinian Authority's caretaker Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah has secured a consensus between two main political factions of Hamas and Fatah to lead the new Palestinian unity government.... More


Washington, May 23 (RHC)-- U.S. activists have vowed to continue their struggle to force the closing of the illegal U.S. prison at Guantanamo. ... More


Kabul, May 22 (RHC)-- At least 21 people, most of them security forces, have been killed in militant attacks across Afghanistan. According to official reports, a large group of militants targeted several police checkpoints in Yamgan district of the northeastern Badakhshan province, killing six policemen and wounding three others.... More


Bogotá, May 22 (Mercopress-RHC) -- Former Costa Rican President José María Figueres has begun the deployment of 64 international experts and observers in Colombia ahead of the country’s presidential election on Sunday, May 25th.... More


Lima, May 22 (NNN-RHC) -- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is considering visiting Peru during a forthcoming five-nation tour of South America, a government source said on Wednesday.... More


Abuja, May 22 (RHC)-- At least 48 people have been killed in the latest suspected assault from Nigeria’s Boko Haram. Three villages were attacked in overnight raids near Chibok, the town where the Boko Haram seized nearly 300 schoolgirls last month. ... More


Beijing, May 22 (RHC)-- China and Russia have struck a landmark energy deal after 10 years of talks. The $400 billion, 30-year agreement will send gas from Siberia to China through a pipeline. ... More


Qutio, May 21 (RHC)-- Indigenous and farmer communities from several countries, including from the rainforest of Ecuador, are holding demonstrations today, May 21st, in the framework of the International Anti-Chevron Day. ... More


Bogotá, May 21 (PL-RHC) -- In the northern city of Cartagena de Indias, Colombian authorities seized a shipment of 272 kilos of cocaine that was being transported by sea to the United States. ... More


La Paz, May 21 (PL-RHC) -- The Bolivian Government and the European Union will sign three financial agreements to strengthen the struggle against drug trafficking.... More


Panama City, May 21 (PL-RHC) -- Dengue cases continue to rise in the district of San Miguelito, in Panama City, where 850 cases have been reported so far this year, said the director of the Regional Office of Health, Milizbeth Ramos.... More


Washington, May 21 (RHC)-- The Barack Obama administration says it will release the secret government memo that authorizes the killings of Americans overseas. ... More


United Nations, May 21 (RHC)-- A senior United Nations official has called for an investigation into the deaths of two Palestinian teenagers shot dead last week by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank.... More


Gaza City, May 21 (RHC)-- A humanitarian aid convoy has arrived in the besieged Gaza Strip as part of efforts to break the Israeli-imposed blockade of the impoverished Palestinian coastal enclave. According to a report on Press TV, the convoy entered the Gaza Strip through Egypt’s Rafah border crossing, carrying medical supplies and humanitarian assistance.... More


Panama City, May 20 (RHC) – Panama said on Monday it would restore consular relations with Venezuela in the coming days, months after Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro broke diplomatic and economic ties, accusing Panama's government of siding with the U.S.-backed right-wing opposition.... More


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