Supreme Court's ruling came amid a revived debate over sexual violence in India.  (Photo: Anindito Mukherjee/Reuters)

New Delhi, December 19 (RHC)-- India's top court has rejected the final appeal of one of the four men sentenced to death for the 2012 gang rape and murder of a woman on a moving bus in capital New Delhi, paving the way for them to be hanged.... More


 The Venezuelan diplomat ratified the position of the UN, despite the destabilizing attempts of foreign powers.  (Photo: Twitter: Samuel Moncada)

United Nations, December 19 (RHC)-- The General Assembly of the United Nations has accepted the credentials of the Bolivarian Government led by Nicolás Maduro, validating him as the only representative of Venezuela before the multilateral organization.... More


Kenyan authorities have asserted that the Cuban doctors kidnapped in Kenya are well, and efforts continue for their safe return to their country," said Inés María Chapman, vice president of the Cuban Council of Ministers, in statements to national press on Monday.... More


Moscow, December 19 (RHC)-- A senior Russian military general says the U.S.-led NATO military alliance is preparing its forces for a major conflict, citing an increase in NATO’s war games close to Russian borders in the region.... More


New York, December 19 (RHC)-- Dozens of women have shot back at disgraced Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein’s complaint that his effort to promote women in Hollywood has been overshadowed by over 100 accusations of rape, sexual assault and sexual harassment against him.... More


Vatican City, December 19 (RHC)-- In news from the Vatican, Pope Francis has lifted secrecy rules on sexual abuse cases, in efforts to increase transparency around the sexual abuse scandals that have rocked the Catholic Church. ... More


Paris, December 19 (RHC)-- In France, strikes continue nationwide in protest of French President Emmanuel Macron’s proposed pension overhaul, which would effectively raise the retirement age for younger workers.... More


New Delhi, December 19 (RHC)-- In India, the Supreme Court has postponed hearing a challenge to the constitutionality of the new citizenship law, which has sparked massive protests across the country. ... More


Washington, December 19 (RHC)-- In the U.S., the highly secretive Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, known as the FISA Court, has accused the FBI of misleading its judges about the reasons for wiretapping former Trump campaign adviser Carter Page as part of the Mueller investigation.... More


Washington, December 19 (RHC)-- In an historic vote Wednesday evening, the U.S. House of Representatives impeached President Donald Trump, marking only the third time in U.S. history that a president has been impeached.... More


Havana, December 18 (RHC)-- Noemi Rabaza Fernandez, First Vice President of the Cuban Friendship Institute (ICAP), says that the island is working harder every day to build prosperous and sustainable socialism, during the welcoming ceremony of the Nordic Brigade of Solidarity with Cuba.... More


Havana, December 18 (RHC)-- Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla canceled the commemorative stamp for the 60th Anniversary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MINREX), in a ceremony held on Wednesday at the headquarters of that organization.... More


Havana, December 19 (RHC) Cuban vice-president Salvador Valdés Mesa, presided over a political-cultural event on Wednesday to mark the 60th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the Republics of Cuba and Ghana.... More


Economy and Planning Minister Alejandro Gil. File Photo

Havana, December 19 (RHC)-- The National Assembly of People's Power (Cuban Parliament) is meeting in full Thursday to receive information on the progress of the economy and agriculture.... More


Johana Tablada, the Deputy Director for U.S. Affairs at the Cuban Foreign Ministry

Havana, December 18 (RHC)— The Deputy Director for U.S. Affairs at the Cuban Foreign Ministry, Johana Tablada, blasted on Wednesday the latest maneuver orchestrated by the OAS under the leadership of its Secretary-General, Luis Almagro, in support of the current U.S. smear campaign against the Caribbean island's international medical cooperation.... More


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