United Nations, March 8 (RHC)-- The United States has blocked adoption of a United Nations Security Council statement supporting a ceasefire agreed between Russia and Turkey in Syria’s northwestern province of Idlib, although the deal has led to direly-needed de-escalation in the province... More
Tel Aviv, March 8 (RHC)-- In Israel, opposition groups are uniting in a bid to end Benjamin Netanyahu’s long-running career as prime minister, after Israel’s third election in less than a year failed to produce a clear winner. ... More
San Francisco, March 8 (RHC)-- In California, a Coast Guard helicopter airlifted coronavirus test kits to the Grand Princess cruise ship as it remained quarantined off the coast of San Francisco with thousands of people on board. The ship was denied a port after some passengers and crew became ill. ... More
Atlanta, March 8 (RHC)-- Across the United States, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has confirmed at least 227 novel coronavirus cases — though health officials say the true number is likely far higher due to a severe shortage of test kits in the country. ... More
Geneva, March 7 (RHC)-- In Geneva, the director of the World Health Organization said there’s a “long list of countries not doing enough” to combat the virus. ... More
Dallas, March 7 (RHC)-- In the U.S., 150 women from Cameroon who have been imprisoned for months in a for-profit ICE detention center in Texas have been transferred to other remote immigration jails, in apparent retaliation for their protests over indefinite detention and dangerous conditions.... More
Caracas, March 7 (RHC)-- Venezuela's Vice President, Delcy Rodriguez, reiterated on Friday accusations against the United States for crimes against humanity.... More
Washington, March 7 (RHC)-- U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has condemned a decision by the International Criminal Court to probe alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in Afghanistan by U.S. troops and the CIA.... More
Ramallah, March 7 (RHC)-- In the occupied West Bank, Israeli troops have bulldozed the homes of two Palestinian families whose relatives are blamed for an attack last year that killed an Israeli citizen. ... More
Phoenix, March 7 (RHC)-- In the U.S., there are increased concerns over Bernie Sanders’s safety, after a man unfurled a Nazi flag at a Sanders event in Phoenix, Arizona.... More
Bangkok, March 6 (RHC)-- Cuba and Thailand reviewed bilateral cooperation in science, technology, ecotourism, the environment, medical care, and education; diplomatic sources reported this Friday.... More
Ottawa, March 6 (RHC)-- Marcelino Medina González, First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Cuba, held talks on Friday with David Morrison, Foreign and Defense Policy Advisor to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, as part of his working visit to Canada.... More
Havana, March 7 (RHC)-- Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla held talks with his Panamanian counterpart, Alejandro Ferrer, on Friday, as part of his official visit to the Central American nation.... More
Cabaiguan, March 6 (RHC)—The Secretary-General of the Federation of Cuban Women (FMC), Teresa Amarelles Boué, presided over the central rally on the island to celebrate International Women's Day.... More
Havana, March 6 (RHC)-- President Miguel Diaz Canel-Bermudez led on Friday two territorial meetings to oversee the territorial implementation of the National Plan for the deterrence and control of the Coronavirus epidemic on the Caribbean island.... More
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