Tehran, February 14 (RHC)-- A senior Iranian military official says the massive turnout in the 1979 Islamic Revolution anniversary rallies served as a response to the "foolish rhetoric" by U.S. officials against Iran.... More
Buenos Aires, February 14 (RHC) -– Argentinian President Cristina Fernández went on Thursday evening the Favaloro Foundation Hospital in Buenos Aires for a medical check-up, including a brain scan and an electrocardiogram which were described as “satisfactory.”... More
Athens, February 14 (RHC)-- Newly-released figures show unemployment rate in Greece has soared to a record high of 28 percent in November 2013. According to the country’s statistics agency, ELSTAT (Hellenic Statistical Authority), which just published the fresh data, the jobless rate rose from a downwardly revised 27.7 percent the previous month.... More
New York, February 14 (RHC)-- A heavy winter storm that slammed the U.S. southeast and made its way up to the north has left over a dozen people dead and knocked out electricity to hundreds of thousands of American homes.... More
Manama, February 14 (RHC)-- The Bahraini regime has beefed up security measures as the tiny Persian Gulf kingdom braces for nationwide protest rallies to mark the third anniversary of the 2011 revolution.... More
Caracas, February 13 (RHC) -– Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro denounced that his government is facing an attempted coup d'etat, following unprecedented violent actions spearheaded by his political rivals.... More
Caracas, February 13 (RHC) Vezuelan Attorney General Luisa Ortega said on Thursday that the perpetrators of Wedenesay's violent attacks, which resulted in 3 dead and 76 wounded, will be brought to justice and she called on the people to build peace in the country.... More
Kabul, February 13 (RHC)-- Afghanistan has released 65 inmates from Bagram Detention Center, despite U.S. pressures against the move. Kabul released the prisoners on Thursday, a day after the United States voiced concern over the issue.... More
Washington, February 13 (RHC)-- U.S. intelligence officials are claiming Edward Snowden stole internal National Security Agency documents by using cheap and widely available software that still went mostly undetected.... More
Washington, February 13 (RHC)-- In the latest of Snowden’s disclosures, new information has emerged on the National Security Agency’s secret role in U.S. military and CIA assassinations overseas. ... More
Tokyo, February 13 (RHC)-- Hundreds of Japanese protesters have taken to the streets of Okinawa Island to demonstrate against a controversial plan to relocate a U.S. military base there. The protest came ahead of a three-day visit by U.S. Ambassador to Tokyo, Caroline Kennedy, to the southern Japanese island.... More
Brasilia, February 13 (RHC) -– Representatives of the Landless Workers Movement (MST) on Wednesday staged a protest before several government institutions to demand education and land reform.... More
Washington, February 13 (RHC)-- Seventeen activists arrested for protesting U.S. drone warfare at a New York air base in 2012 have been found guilty of disorderly conduct, but not guilty of trespassing. ... More
Dhaka, February 13 (RHC)-- Two owners of the Bangladesh garment factory where 112 workers died in a 2012 fire have turned themselves in. Delwar Hossain and his wife Mahmuda Akter are among six wanted in connection with the worst factory fire in Bangladesh’s history. ... More
Lima, February 13 (RHC) -– Peruvian President Ollanta Humala began a Middle East tour on Thursday that will take him to Israel, Qatar and the Palestinian Authority-ruled West Bank.... More
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