Undated file picture shows Palestinian prisoner Samer al-Arbeed.  (Photo: Press TV)

Ramallah, September 30 (RHC)-- The Addameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association, which advocates the rights of Palestinian inmates, says prisoner Samer al-Arbeed has been taken to hospital in a critical condition as a result of brutal torture at a detention center in the occupied territories.... More


Greta Thunberg and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau meet in Montreal.  (Photo: Reuters)

Montreal, September 30 (RHC)-- Teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg has urged Justin Trudeau and other world leaders to do more for the environment as she led half a million protesters in Montreal as part of a global wave of “climate strikes."... More


Washington, September 30 (RHC) –The famous Cuban band Síntesis is holding a concert in Washington D.C.’s John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts on Monday... More


United Nations, September 30 (RHC)-- After a week of intense work, the General Assembly of the United Nations is resuming its general debate Monday with the last speakers on behalf of its 193 member states.... More


Havana, September 30 (RHC)--Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel reaffirmed Cuba's strong support for Venezuela in the face of U.S. aggressions with the complicity of other countries.... More


Havana, September 30 (RHC)-- Mswati III, monarch of Eswatini, is in Cuba on an official visit, The King was received Sunday at Havana´s International airport by Ana Teresita González Fraga, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs.... More


Beijing, September 29 (RHC)-- The Medal of Friendship was awarded by Chinese President Xi Jinping to Raul Castro, First Secretary of the Cuban Communist Party.... More


United Nations, September 29 (RHC)-- Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Rodriguez handed to United Nations General Secretary Antonio Guterres the more than 13 million petitions signed from around the world for the #NoMoreTrump campaign during a side meeting at the 74th general assembly taking place in New York.... More


Washington, September 29 (RHC)-- The White House is considering delisting Chinese companies from United States stock exchanges, said three separate sources to Reuters.  The move would be a major escalation in trade tensions between the world's number one and two biggest exporters.... More


Miami, September 29 (RHC)-- Hurricane Lorenzo intensified into a Category 5 hurricane over the weekend, smashing a record for the easternmost Atlantic hurricane to attain such a strong intensity, and poses a danger to the Azores later this week.... More


 Peruvian companies, so scared of U.S. sanctions, are refusing to fuel planes to fly to Caracas.  (Photo: teleSUR)

Lima, September 29 (RHC)-- Venezuela's government denounced on Sunday Peruvian fuel companies for refusing to provide gas for the Return to the Homeland initiative.  The move left the refugees stranded in the Andean country, but still far from their native Venezuela.... More


United Nations, September 29 (RHC)-- Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Muallem has slammed as “illegal” the military presence of the U.S. and Turkey in northern Syria, demanding an immediate withdrawal of all foreign forces from his country.... More


Iran's Ambassador to the United Nations Majid Takht-Ravanchi.  (Photo: UN)

New York, September 29 (RHC)-- The United States has rejected a request by Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif to visit Iran's Ambassador to the United Nations Majid Takht-Ravanchi, who is being treated for cancer in a hospital in New York.... More


New York, September 29 (RHC)-- Environmental activist Greta Thunberg’s searing address at the United Nations earlier this week earned enthusiastic praise from climate researchers, with many saying that the 16-year-old has found ways to raise awareness of climate science, galvanize support and resonate with people in ways that they have struggled to for decades.... More


Former CIA officer Valerie Plame and her husband, former Ambassador Joseph Wilson. (Photo: AP)

Santa Fe, September 29 (RHC)-- Joseph Wilson, a U.S. diplomat who questioned the central underpinning for the invasion of Iraq under former President George W. Bush, died on Friday at the age of 69, the New York Times reported.... More


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