Bangkok, January 23 (RHC)-- Thailand has declared a state of emergency in the capital Bangkok amid continued protests against Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra. ... More


Karachi, January 23 (RHC)-- Three members of a polio vaccination team have been shot dead in the Pakistani city of Karachi. The victims were the latest to be killed in the fallout from the U.S. assassination of Osama bin Laden. ... More


Geneva, January 23 (RHC)-- The European Union has frozen talks over a controversial section of a trans-Atlantic trade deal with the United States to allow input from member states. ... More


New York, January 23 (RHC)-- States across the northeastern United States have declared emergencies amid heavy snowfall and freezing temperatures. Thousands of flights were canceled on Tuesday as over a foot of snow hit cities, including Philadelphia and New York City. ... More


United Nations, January 23 (RHC)-- The Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) has censured Israeli’s acts of aggression against Palestinians, calling on the UN Security Council to take action against the Tel Aviv regime.... More


Montreux, January 22 (RHC)-- A long-awaited international conference on the ongoing crisis in Syria kicked off in Switzerland on Wednesday.... More


Buenos Aires, January 22 (RHC)-– Argentina is looking forward to the upcoming summit of the Community if Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) because the Malvinas Islands issue will be on the agenda.... More


Washington, January 22 (RHC)-- As several lawmakers on Capitol Hill have called Edward Snowden a traitor and even go so far as to say he is a Russian spy, other officials are opening calling for his assassination. ... More


Bogotá, January 22 (RHC)-– Fourteen rebels of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) have been killed during an aerial and a ground attack on a rebel camp in the northeastern state of Arauca.... More


New York, January 22 (RHC)-- Amnesty International says Washington's continued operation of the notorious detention camp at Guantánamo and the torture of detainees there is a prime example of the U.S. double standard on human rights.... More


Tel Aviv, January 22 (RHC)-- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has again threatened Hamas, saying he will teach the Palestinian resistance movement a lesson very soon. Speaking in Tel Aviv, Netanyahu said: "We have a very clear policy and we respond forcefully against whoever hurts us." ... More


Islamabad, January 22 (RHC)-- At least 22 Shia pilgrims returning from Iran are killed when a powerful bomb explosion hit their bus in the restive Balochistan Province in southwest Pakistan.... More


Managua, January 22 (RHC)-- Nicaragua attracted 1.5 billion U.S. dollars in foreign direct investment (FDI) in 2013, up 17 percent from the previous year, state-run investment agency ProNicaragua said Tuesday.... More


Cairo, January 22 (RHC)-- Former Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi is to stand trial on charges of conspiring with foreign groups to carry out terrorist attacks. Egypt's prosecutor general said on Tuesday that Morsi will stand trial on February 16th for alleged espionage and conspiracy charges.... More


Gaza City, January 22 (RHC)-- Israeli forces have launched another airstrike on the blockaded Gaza Strip, with initial reports indicating there have been at least two deaths. In the attack, which occurred in the early hours of Wednesday, an Israeli fighter jet targeted a vehicle in the city of Beit Hanoun in northeast Gaza.... More


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