German chancellor’s party loses power, Greens and far-Right party gain.  Photo: AP

Berlin, October 17 (RHC)-- In Germany, the party of Chancellor Angela Merkel suffered losses in Bavarian regional elections that saw big gains for the Green Party... More


U.S. Senate confirms former BP oil defender as top White House lawyer.  Photo: Google

Washington, October 17 (RHC)-- The U.S. Senate has confirmed the lawyer who defended oil giant BP from lawsuits over the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill as the Donald Trump administration’s top environmental lawyer. ... More


Trump plays lots of golf.  Photo: Google

Miami, October 17 (RHC)-- U.S. President Donald Trump visited Florida and Georgia in the wake of Hurricane Michael’s destructive path, which has killed at least 19 people in the United States, with dozens still missing. ... More


Members of the Cuban Mission to the UN after the frustrated US event.

United Nations, October 16 (RHC)-- "Lift the blockade on Cuba!" demanded the island's ambassador to the United Nations, Anayansi Rodríguez, during an event organized Tuesday against the Caribbean country by the United States. ... More


 Third congress of young artists gets underway in Cuban capital.   Photo: Granma

Havana, October 16 (RHC)-- More than 300 delegates from across the island have gathered in the Cuban capital to take part in the Third Congress of the Hermanos Saíz Association, the AHS.... More


Havana, October 16 (RHC)-- Representatives from more than 60 countries have confirmed their attendance at the 36th International Trade Fair of Havana, scheduled from October 29th to November 2nd. ... More


American Airlines adds more flights to Havana.   Photo: Google

Havana, October 16 (RHC)-- American Airlines has announced that it will offer more daily flights to Cuba, despite U.S restrictions on its citizens who want to visit the island. ... More


Seychelles, October 16 (RHC)-- The International Affairs Commission of the National Assembly of Seychelles issued a statement condemning the economic, commercial and financial blockade of the United States against the Cuban people.... More


Brazilian presidential candidate Fernando Haddad.  Photo: teleSUR

Brasilia, October 16 (RHC)-- During an interview with the Spanish newspaper El Pais, Brazilian presidential candidate Fernando Haddad spoke primarily about his opponent and democracy in Brazil, among other issues.... More


U.S.-backed, Saudi-led airstrike on Yemen.  Photo: AFP

Sanaa, October 16 (RHC)-- In Yemen, at least 19 people have been killed and another 30 people injured as a U.S.-supported, Saudi-led airstrike struck a convoy of buses full of civilians fleeing an assault on Yemen’s port city of Hodeidah. ... More


A man carries a child along other Hondurans fleeing poverty and violence, as they move in a caravan toward the U.S., in San Pedro Sula, Honduras.  Photo: Reuter

San Pedro Sula, October 16 (RHC)-- Another migrant caravan has left from Honduras to the United States in order to escape poverty, violence and now major rains that have left at least six people killed since last week.... More


Palestinian children in tent serving as temporary school.  Photo: AFP

Ramallah, October 16 (RHC)-- A series of fierce clashes have broken out between Palestinian protesters and Israeli forces after the Tel Aviv regime ordered the closure of a Palestinian school in the occupied West Bank.... More


People in the northern part of the besieged Gaza Strip hold a naval rally in protest against the decade-long Israeli siege on the impoverished sliver, on Octobe

Ramallah, October 16 (RHC)-- Israeli soldiers have wounded dozens of Palestinians who held a protest rally along the northern coast of the besieged Gaza Strip in a bid to break the decade-long blockade on the impoverished sliver.... More


Anayansi Rodriguez

United Nations, October 15 (RHC)-- Cuba has requested the cancellation a US-sponsored event scheduled for Tuesday at the Economic and Social Council Chamber (ECOSOC) at UN Headquarters in New York.... More


 Carlos Fernandez de Cossio.  Photo: Prensa Latina

Havana, October 15 (RHC)-- The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Minrex) General Director for the United States, Carlos Fernández de Cossío, has denounced the increasingly hostile rhetoric being used by Washington against Cuba. ... More


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