Daniel Ortega warns of U.S. military intervention against Nicaragua.  Photo: teleSUR

Managua, September 11 (RHC)-- Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega says he is open to meeting U.S. leader Donald Trump at the United Nations Security Council meeting this month despite that fact that he feels “under threat” from the country’s military amid interventionist comments and actions from the U.S. along with its regional right-wing governments. ... More


 White House to close Palestine Liberation Organization’s Washington office.  Photo: Google

Washington, September 11 (RHC)-- The Donald Trump administration has announced that the U.S. will shutter the Palestine Liberation Organization’s Washington office, part of a pressure campaign to supposedly bring the Palestinians to the negotiating table for Middle East peace talks as envisaged by President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and adviser Jared Kushner. ... More


Study shows labor protests and strikes in Argentina on the rise amid government mismanagement.  Photo: EFE

Buenos Aires, September 11 (RHC)-- In Argentina, a study has revealed that the number and intensity of labor protests, demonstrations and strikes have increased over the past, with nearly half of them resulting from layoffs and the freezing of wages and hiring.... More


 The picture shows medics treating injured Palestinian protesters on the Gaza beach.  Photo: via social media

Gaza City, September 11 (RHC)-- The Israeli navy has opened fire on a group of Palestinian fishing boats that sailed off the shore of Gaza to break the years-long siege on the coastal enclave. ... More


 Diosdado Cabello Rondón is a Venezuelan politician, member of the National Assembly of Venezuela and a former Speaker of the country's legislature.  Photo: Pre

Caracas, September 11 (RHC)-- Diosdado Cabello, speaker of the ruling Constituent Assembly of Venezuela has asserted that the U.S. was behind the failed drone assassination of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on August 4th.... More


Havana, September 11 (RHC)-- More than 28,000 Brazilian tourists have visited Cuba so far this year, which further consolidates the South American nation's position among the top 20 markets of vacationers to the Caribbean state. ... More


Havana, September 11 (RHC)-- Havana is hosting the 15th Meeting of Contact Points of the Asset Recovery Network.... More


Havana, September 11 (RHC)-- Cuba is preparing to dispatch a new 500-strong contingent of health specialists to Venezuela in late September and early October, to strengthen cooperation with the South American nation in the sector.... More


Cuban First Vice President, Salvador Valdes Mesa

Pyongyang, September 11 (RHC)-- Cuban First Vice President Salvador Valdes Mesa attended celebrations in Pyongyang on the 70th anniversary of the creation of the People's Democratic Republic of Korea.... More


 Ahed Tamimi and her family banned by Israeli authorities from travel.  Photo: EFE

Ramallah, September 10 (RHC)-- Bassem Tamimi, the father of recently released Palestinian activist Ahed Tamimi, has confirmed that Israel has banned the Tamimi family from traveling abroad. According to Bassem, his family had planned to travel to Europe via Jordan but were unable to do so because of the travel ban. ... More


This undated video grab-shot purportedly shows U.S. Marines stationed in Syria firing artillery shells in an unknown area.  Photo: Press TV

Washington, September 10 (RHC)-- U.S. Marines stationed in Syria have reportedly fired air and artillery shots into a desert area in south to send Russian forces a warning.  The air assault in the southern Syrian desert backed by artillery fire aimed to send a strong message to Russia, two U.S. defense officials told Fox News over the weekend.  They said: The message we want to convey to Russia is to not send your forces inside a restricted area near an American military outpost in southern Syria.... More


The area in Mexico's central Veracruz where a mass grave containing 166 human skulls was found in August.  Photo: EFE

Mexico City, September 10 (RHC)-- Over the past 18 months, 696 bodies have been recovered from 163 clandestine mass graves in Mexico, according to a new report by the National Commission on Human Rights (CNDH). ... More


 The undated photo shows a teenage Palestinian girl who suffers from cancer at the Augusta Victoria Hospital in East Jerusalem.  Photo: Press TV

Washington, September 10 (RHC)-- The United States has decided to cut off financial aid to East Jerusalem hospitals that provide cancer treatments and other critical care for Palestinians, amid warnings of the “collapse” of medical centers. ... More


Still photo shows suspected white phosphorus munitions raining down on the northern Syrian city of Raqqah in June 2017.  Photo: Via the New Arab

Moscow, September 10 (RHC)-- U.S. warplanes have reportedly dropped phosphorous bombs on a village in the eastern Syria province of Dayr al-Zawr.  Vladimir Savchenko, the chief of the Russian Center for Reconciliation of the Opposing Parties in Syria, announced the development on Sunday, Russia's ITAR-TASS news agency reported.... More


Venezuela's Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza attends the Human Rights Council at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, September 10, 2018.  Photo: Reuters

Geneva, September 10 (RHC)-- Venezuelan Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza said Monday that "there is no humanitarian crisis in Venezuela," but rather an "economic crisis" as a consequence of the sanctions and the blockade exercised by sectors of the international political right against the South American nation.... More


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