New York, December 12 (RHC)-- Internet users, including Press TV’s followers on social media platforms, have reacted with shock and dismay to Google’s most recent attack against the Iranian news network.... More


A Palestinian waves the national flag as he covers his face from tear gas fired by Israeli forces in the West Bank.  (Photo: AFP)

Brussels, December 12 (RHC)-- European Union foreign ministers are expected to exchange views next month on whether the 28-nation bloc should recognize Palestine as a sovereign state as the US pushes ahead with pro-occupation policies undermining the prospect of the so-called two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. ... More


Clinical problems related to cardiovascular health of cancer patients are the main focus of the 3rd Cardio-Oncology Symposium, which began sessions Thursday at TRYP Habana Libre hotel in the Cuban capital.... More


La Paz, December 12 (RHC)-- The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) has called for an international investigation into human rights abuses in Bolivia following the disputed October presidential election that sparked weeks of violence.... More


A malnourished Yemeni toddler at a clinic in the port city of Hudaydah. (Photo: AFP)

Sanaa, December 12 (RHC)-- The Yemeni minister of public health and population has warned about the catastrophic toll that the ongoing Saudi-led military onslaught and blockade has taken, stating that it is estimated that 1,000 children die in the crisis-hit and impoverished Arab country on a daily basis.... More


Santiago de Chile, December 12 (RHC)-- The Chilean Senate has approved the constitutional accusation against former Interior Minister, Andrés Chadwick, for his political responsibility in human rights violations and curfews during the first days of the Chilean social crisis beginning in October.... More


Madrid, December 12 (RHC)-- Cuba reiterated on Wednesday its commitment to global efforts to address climate change but made clear the principle of common but differentiated responsibilities.... More


Buenos Aires, December 12 (RHC) --Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel met Wednesday with survivors of the former Higher School of Mechanics of the Navy (ESMA), known as underground detention, torture, and extermination center of the Argentinian dictatorship (1976-1983).... More


Mexico, December 12 (RHC)-- The Mexican Chamber of Deputies demanded the elimination of the commercial, economic and financial blockade of the United States against Cuba.... More


Havana, December 12 (RHC)-- Cuban Communist Party First Secretary Raul Castro welcomed President Miguel Diaz-Canel and his entourage Wednesday night, upon their return from their trip to Argentina for the inauguration of President Alberto Fernandez and Vice President Cristina Fernandez.... More


Leaders protest before the president of Colombia, Iván Duque, in Cartagena.  (Photo: EFE)

United Nations, December 12 (RHC)-- At least 86 human rights defenders have been murdered so far this year in Colombia, according to a report released this week by Alberto Brunori, the country's representative of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights.... More


Wreckage of a Wing Loong drone belonging to the Saudi-led coalition after it was shot down by Yemeni forces.  (Photo by Yemen’s Operations Command Center)

Sanaa, December 12 (RHC)-- Yemeni army forces, supported by allied fighters from the Popular Committees, have intercepted and targeted an unmanned aerial vehicle belonging to the Saudi-led military coalition while flying in the skies over Saudi Arabia’s southwestern border region of Najran.... More


Washington, December 11 (RHC)-- A confidential trove of documents obtained by The Washington Post is being called “The modern-day Pentagon Papers.”  The documents reveal how senior U.S. officials have lied throughout the 18-year war in Afghanistan, the longest war in U.S. history. ... More


Madrid, December 11 (RHC)-- Protests continue in Madrid, Spain, as part of COP25.  On Tuesday, indigenous women protested outside the U.S. Embassy to demand action to address the crisis of missing and murdered indigenous women and girls across North America.  Madrid police shut down the protest within minutes. ... More


Colombia's President Ivan Duque and OAS General Secretary Luis Almagro at the Inter-American Treaty of Reciprocal Assistance meeting in Bogota.  (Photo: Reuters

Bogota, December 11 (RHC)-- The American Association of Jurists (AAJ) president Luis Dussan Tuesday said that the Organization of American States (OAS) is the biggest violator of human rights against Venezuela.... More


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