Ramallah, February 4 (RHC)-- Israeli regime forces have raided a protest village in the Jordan Valley region of the occupied West Bank. According to reports, the Israeli troops stormed the al-Awdeh protest village, demolishing all tent structures there on Monday. The reports said that the soldiers also detained several activists. ... More
Ramallah, February 4 (RHC)-- The funeral for two Palestinian victims, whose remains were held by the Israeli regime for over a decade, has been held in the occupied West Bank. On Monday, thousands of people attended the funeral for Ayat al-Akhras, from Duheisha refugee camp, and Daoud Abu Swayy, from the village of Artas, in the West Bank town of Bethlehem.... More
Moscow, February 4 (RHC)-- An adviser to Edward Snowden has ruled out plea talks with the U.S. government unless Snowden is offered amnesty. U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder said last week he is open to meeting with Snowden’s lawyers, but ruled out the prospect of amnesty or clemency. ... More
Ottawa, February 4 (RHC)-- The Canadian intelligence agency has defended spying through the wireless Internet service at a major airport, claiming it would not be able to locate its targets without the technology.... More
Havana, February 3 (RHC) -- Negotiators for the government of Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos arrived in Cuba this Sunday to resume peace talks with representatives of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) militias.... More
Baghdad, February 3 (RHC)-- At least 21 more people have been killed and several others injured in violent attacks in and around Baghdad and north of the Iraqi capital, according to security and hospital sources.... More
United Nations, February 3 (RHC)-- The United Nations has censured the Israeli regime for demolishing 36 Palestinian homes in the Jordan Valley. James Rawley, the UN humanitarian coordinator in the occupied Palestinian territories, released a statement calling for a halt in such actions in the occupied West Bank.... More
San José, February 3 (RHC) -- None of the 13 candidates in Costa Rica's presidential race succeeded in winning the required number of votes for an outright victory, leaving the two leading players facing a run-off next month, the electoral authority said late Sunday.... More
Madrid, February 3 (RHC)-- Official figures show the number of suicides in Spain increased by 11.3 percent in 2012 from the previous year, reaching its highest level in the past years. Figures from Spain's National Institute of Statistics showed 3,539 suicide (2,724 men and 815 women) cases in Spain during 2012, a rate of 7.6 per 100,000 inhabitants. The figures were the highest since 2005.... More
Brussels, February 3 (RHC)-- Official figures show that the jobless rate in the Eurozone remained near record high of 12 percent in December. The jobless rate, which was released by the European Union's Statistics Office -- Eurostat -- has remained unchanged since October.... More
San Salvador, February 3 (RHC) -- In El Salvador, official results from the country’s presidential election show that the candidate from the ruling Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front (FMLN), Salvador Sanchez Ceren, narrowly missed victory and will face a run-off vote with a conservative rival.... More
Washington, February 3 (RHC)-- Thousands of U.S. Marines could be based in Africa in coming years as part of America’s so-called global realignment, according to a top U.S. Army general in the region.... More
Addis Ababa, February 3 (RHC)-- The African Union has called on the International Criminal Court to stop criminal proceedings against sitting African presidents, urging AU member states to "speak with one voice" against the ICC.... More
Caracas, Feb 1, (RHC), -- The Venezuelan government launched Friday a new security measure to crack down on a surge in crimes.... More
Warsaw, February 1 (RHC)-- New details have emerged on the George W. Bush-era secret CIA jail used to hold and torture foreign prisoners in Poland.... More
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