Tel Aviv, February 6 (RHC)-- The news outlet Axios is reporting Israel is pressuring the United States to recognize Moroccan sovereignty over occupied Western Sahara.  Morocco has occupied Western Sahara since 1975. ... More


Syria's air defense intercepted several Israeli missiles over the capital of Damascus. (Photo: SANA)

Damascus, February 6 (RHC)-- Syrian air defense forces have intercepted several missiles launched from the occupied Golan Heights, according to Syrian state media.... More


Ottawa, February 6 (RHC)-- Canada’s Federal Court of Appeal has dismissed a challenge to the $5.6 billion Trans Mountain oil pipeline brought by four indigenous groups, who say they were not adequately consulted about the pipeline expansion project. ... More


Tucson, February 6 (RHC)-- A U.S. federal judge has reversed the convictions of four humanitarian volunteers with the group No More Deaths.  The four volunteers had been fined and sentenced to probation last year after they left food and water for migrants inside the scorching Cabeza Prieta Wildlife Refuge in the summer of 2017. ... More


Iranian President Hassan Rouhani speaks during a cabinet meeting in Tehran.  (Photo: president.ir)

Tehran, February 6 (RHC)-- Iranian President Hassan Rouhani says the Americans did all in their power to bring Iran to its knees, but they failed to achieve that goal thanks to the nation’s strong unity and vigilance.... More


Washington, February 5 (RHC)-- U.S. President Donald Trump has been acquitted of both charges in the Senate impeachment trial.  Senator Mitt Romney of Utah was the only Republican who voted to convict Trump.... More


Brussels, February 5 (RHC)-- The European Union’s top diplomat has rejected the annexation clause featured in U.S. President Donald Trump’s Middle East plan, which is widely viewed as a scheme aimed at sidestepping international law and legitimizing Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territories.... More


A homeless man sleeps on a sidewalk in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.  (Photo: AFP)

New York, February 5 (RHC)-- A new study shows the population of homeless students in the United States has reached the highest level in over a decade. More than one and a half million public school students said they were homeless during the 2017-18 school year, according to the report from the National Center for Homeless Education.... More


Boston, February 5 (RHC)-- In the U.S., prisoners at a maximum-security prison in Shirley, Massachusetts, say guards have beaten and tasered them, as well as withheld food and denied them access to lawyers over recent weeks, as retaliation for an attack on correctional officers last month.... More


New York, February 5 (RHC)-- In the United States, a trial is underway in New York City for a former CIA software engineer who is charged with leaking thousands of agency documents, known as “Vault 7,” to WikiLeaks.... More


New York, February 5 (RHC)-- In the U.S., leaders of the Dignidad Literaria campaign -- or “literary dignity” in English -- are celebrating after the publisher Macmillan, which owns Flatiron Books, has agreed to expand Latinx representation in its staff and its publications.... More


Washington, February 5 (RHC)-- From immigration policies to the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan, U.S. President Donald Trump's main talking points on international policy during his third annual presidential report, known as "The State of the Union," were part of his speech Tuesday night on Capitol Hill. Observers said that the annual speech was nothing more than a narcissistic speech to kick off his reelection campaign.... More


San Juan, February 5 (RHC)-- A magnitude 5.0 earthquake rattled Puerto Rico Tuesday evening as residents still recover from a magnitude 6.4 quake last month that destroyed homes, left 300,000 people without water and knocked out the power for two-thirds of the island. ... More


Santiago de Cuba, February 5 (RHC)-- The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Serguei V. Lavrov is paying tribute to National Hero José Martí and the historic leader of the Revolution Fidel Castro, during a stopover on his trip to Mexico and Venezuela.... More


Havana, February  5 (RHC) The presence of Cubans in the digital public space is growing in a spiral, as a result of the process of computerization of its society. ... More


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