China's unprecedented public health responses to the COVID-19 outbreak have yielded notable results in blocking human-to-human transmission of the virus.... More


President Nicolas Maduro commemorates first anniversary of the Venezuelan people defeating invasion from Colombia.  (Photo: VTV)

Caracas, February 24 (RHC)-- Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro recalled this Sunday the victory of the Venezuelan people before the aggression of violent groups at the service of the right on February 23, 2019 on the border with Colombia.... More


Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip in the early hours of February 24, 2020. (Photo: Palestinian Information Center)

Ramallah, February 24 (RHC)-- Israeli jets have bombed several locations across the Gaza Strip after Palestinian resistance groups fired rockets towards Israel in retaliation for the murder of a Palestinian earlier in the day. ... More


Ramallah, February 24 (RHC)-- Israeli forces have shot dead two Palestinians along a fence separating the besieged Gaza Strip from the occupied territories and injured several others who rushed to confront an armored bulldozer. ... More


Pope Francis addressing bishops at the Basilica pontificia di San Nicola during a visit to Bari, southern Italy.  Photo: AFP)

Bari, February 24 (RHC)-- Pope Francis has hit out at U.S. President Donald Trump's so-called "Deal of the Century" on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, saying that "unfair and inequitable solutions" would only be a prelude to new crises in the region.... More


Pablo Berti, Head of the Human Rights and Social Affairs Group at the island’s Foreign Ministry. RHC Photo.

Havana, February 24 (RHC)—Cuba is advancing on human rights and will continue to cooperate with the UN Human Rights Council, Pablo Berti, Head of the Human Rights and Social Affairs Group at the island’s Foreign Ministry said in Havana.... More


Serbia's Minister for Environmental Protection, Goran Trivan.

Havana, February 24 (RHC)-- Serbia's Minister for Environmental Protection, Goran Trivan, arrived in Cuba on an official visit, where he will carry out an extensive program of activities, including the signing of a cooperation document. ... More


Havana, February 24 (RHC)-- Cuba is exhibiting this Monday one of its greatest achievements in the field of public health, counting more than six thousand kidney transplants since February 24, 1970.... More


Havana, February 24 (RHC)-- Cuba commemorates this the 125th anniversary of the resumption of the independence struggles on February 24, 1895, and the first year of the approval of its new Constitution.... More


Havana, February 24 (RHC)--The 102nd anniversary of the founding of the Red Army, 'Defenders of the Fatherland Day', was celebrated Sunday at the Mausoleum of the Soviet Internationalist Soldier, in the outskirts of Havana.... More


Washington, February 24 (RHC)-- The digital media Zero Hedge (ZH) has published information affirming that the United States continues to consider military actions as an option to overthrow Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro.... More


Correa has said he is not interested in power, but instead in preventing the elites from controlling Ecuador for the next 30 years.  (Photo: Reuters)

Brussels, February 24 (RHC)-- The former president of Ecuador, Rafael Correa, will return to his country at the end of the year to register his candidacy for vice president or as a member of the assembly, facing the 2021 presidential elections, Fausto Vase, his lawyer, told Reuters.... More


Bogota, February 24 (RHC)-- Colombia's largest cities were the scene of protests over the weekend against President Ivan Duque -- with students, teachers, and truck drivers taking the streets.... More


Ramallah, February 24 (RHC)-- Israeli military forces have shot dead a young Palestinian man in the occupied Old City of Jerusalem for an alleged stabbing attempt against police forces.  Tensions continue to rise over the so-called "Deal of the Century" unveiled by U.S. President Donald Trump last month on the decades-old Israeli-Palestinian conflict.... More


Syrian air defense systems respond to missile strike in the sky over Damascus.  (Photo: Russia’s RT Television news network)

Damascus, February 24 (RHC)-- Syria has warned against any violation of its airspace, emphasizing that such an encroachment will be treated as a “foreign act of aggression” and duly confronted.... More


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