Baghdad, January 5 (RHC)-- Iraq's parliament has voted to have foreign troops removed from the country, heeding a call from its caretaker prime minister.  The move comes after the U.S. assassination of a top Iranian general and a commander of Iraqi militia forces.... More


Embassy of Switzerland in Tehran.  (Photo: Google)

Tehran, January 5 (RHC)-- Iran has summoned the Swiss diplomatic mission in Tehran today after a series of tweets from U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to destroy the Islamic Republic's cultural sites if American assets were targeted.... More


Trump participates in prayer before speaking at an Evangelicals for Trump Coalition Launch in Miami. (Photo: Reuters)

Miami, January 5 (RHC)-- U.S. President Donald Trump turned a mega-church revival gathering into a campaign rally over the weekend, referring to a group of evangelical supporters on issues that include claims of Democratic Party anti-Semitism, the promise to take the prayer to public schools and bragging about the recent assassination of an Iranian Major-General.... More


Washington, January 4 (RHC)-- U.S. President Donald Trump has warned that his military would hit “very important” targets related to Iran if the Iranians want to take a retaliatory action against the US for the assassination of a senior military commander.... More


Baghdad, January 4 (RHC)-- Several rockets fell inside Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone, its Jadriya neighborhood, and the Balad air base housing U.S. troops on Saturday, the Iraqi military said.... More


Protest against Trump's wars held in San Francisco on Saturday.  (Photo: Bill Hackwell)

San Francisco, January 5 (RHC)-- More than 70 demonstrations took place across the United States on Saturday to protest the Trump administration's killing of a top Iranian general and decision to send about 3,000 more soldiers to the Middle East.... More


Sydney, January 4 (RHC)-- Australia is bracing for what is expected to be the worst weekend yet in an already devastating climate-fueled wildfire season that has ravaged the southeastern part of the country, killed at least 18 people and nearly half a billion animals, and destroyed 14.5 million acres of land.... More


Evo Morales at a meeting with MAS leaders, Buenos Aires, Argentina, Decembr 29, 2019.  (Photo: EFE)

La Paz, January 4 (RHC)-- In Bolivia, local media Unitel has released a poll according to which 20.7 percent of Bolivians will vote for the Movement Towards Socialism (MAS) presidential candidate, whoever he or she might be.... More


Havana, January 4 (RHC)-- Cuba has rejected the attack, ordered by U.S. President Donald Trump, against the airport of Baghdad, the Iraqi capital, which resulted in several deaths. Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez wrote on Twitter that the island strongly condemns the airstrike and the use of missiles for selective assassination.... More


Baghdad, January 4 (RHC)-- Hundreds of thousands of Iraqis chanting "Death to America" have joined the funeral procession for Iranian commander Qassem Soleimani and Iraqi anti-terror forces chief Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis in Baghdad. ... More


Caracas, January 4 (RHC)-- The Venezuelan government has condemned the military attack carried out by the United States against Baghdad, Iraq, in which the Quds Force commander Major-General Qassem Soleimani was assassinated and called for respecting international law in order to preserve peace.... More


Baghdad, January 3 (RHC)-- A fresh U.S. air raid targeting a commander of Iraq's Hashd al-Shaabi paramilitary forces killed at least six people early on Saturday, according to news reports -- one day after an American drone attack killed top Iranian general Qassem Soleimani.... More


Washington, January 3 (RHC)-- The United States is sending nearly 3,000 additional troops to the Middle East from the 82nd Airborne Division as a precaution amid rising threats to American forces in the region, US officials have said.  The move comes after U.S. President Donald Trump ordered the killing of Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani. ... More


Tehran, January 3 (RHC)-- Iran's Foreign Ministry is ready to continue its cooperation with the Quds Force of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) and its new commander Esmail Qaani, Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says.... More


 Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador at a news conference at the National Palace in Mexico City.  (Photo: Reuters)

Mexico City, January 3 (RHC)-- Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) reaffirmed Thursday that he will not fall to "any provocation" and ratified that he will not hand over the former officials from Evo Morales government that have been granted asylum at his country's embassy in La Paz, Bolivia.... More


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