Major General Mohammad Baqeri, chairman of the Chiefs of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces.  (Photo: Press TV)

Tehran, April 3 (RHC)-- The chairman of the Chiefs of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces says the country will show the most severe reaction to the United States if it does anything to undermine the security of the Islamic Republic.... More


New York, April 3 (RHC)-- In New York City, the epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, over 1,400 people have died.  Governor Andrew Cuomo warned state residents to expect a high death rate through July.... More


New York, April 3 (RHC)-- In the United States, a third prisoner has died of COVID-19 at the Oakdale federal prison in Louisiana. ... More


Washington, April 3 (RHC)-- In the U.S., Georgia Republican Senator Kelly Loeffler is facing fresh calls to resign over revelations that her husband invested heavily in a medical supply company ahead of the stock market’s coronavirus crash.  ... More


United Nations, April 3 (RHC)-- The United Nations has indefinitely postponed the COP26 climate summit scheduled for Glasgow, Scotland, in November over coronavirus fears. ... More


Washington, April 3 (RHC)-- Elected officials around the United States are demanding that President Donald Trump and Republican lawmakers apologize for repeatedly calling the novel coronavirus the “Chinese virus.”   Trump’s repeated use of the term came as Asian Americans across the U.S. reported a rash of hate crimes, including a number of assaults on Asian New York City subway riders. ... More


Havana, April 3 (RHC)-- Cuba reported 36 new cases of COVID-19 as of midnight Friday, bringing to 269 the cases testing positive on the island.... More


Havana, April 3 (RHC)--COVID-19 has evidenced the huge limitations that the U.S. economic blockade imposes on Cuba. It's the main obstacle to purchase medicines, equipment and material required to confront the epidemic. ... More


Havana, April 3 (RHC)-- Cuba can control a possible major epidemic caused by COVID-19 thanks to its health system and planned organization, said Dr. Manuel Romero Placeres, director of the Pedro Kourí Institute of Tropical Medicine (IPK).... More


Havana, April 3 (RHC)-- Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel called for regular government exchanges with Cuban experts and scientists involved in the country's strategy for confronting the COVID-19.... More


Washington, April 3 (RHC)-- The number of coronavirus infections continue to rise worldwide, with more than 1,013,000 people diagnosed, as the death toll surpassed 53,000, including almost 6,000 in the United States, according to the data from Johns Hopkins University early on Friday.... More


Havana, April 3 (RHC)--The Cuban Communist Party joined the international call for cooperation in the battle against the novel coronavirus, which has taken the lives of more than 50,000 people around the world. ... More


Havana, April 3 (RHC)-- The people involved in the evacuation of the MS Braemar cruise ship are returning home healthy,  after completing the period of isolation, Juan Carlos Garcia Granda, Cuba's Minister of Tourism, said on Twitter on Thursday.... More


District in Havana quarantined

Havana, April 3 (RHC)-- The Provincial Defense Council of Havana decided to quarantine the Popular Council El Carmelo, Vedado in the Plaza Municipality on Thursday, at a meeting headed by its president, Luis Antonio Torres Iríbar, and its vice-president Reinaldo García Zapata.... More


Tehran, April 3 (RHC)-- Iran’s top diplomat has dismissed U.S. President Donald Trump’s claim that Tehran is about to launch an attack on American troops in Iraq, reaffirming Iran's position that it will not initiate any war, but will decisively respond to aggression.... More


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