Anti-fascist demonstrators march in Washington, DC.  Photo: Twitter / @ALCHYMEDIA TV

Washington, August 13 (RHC)-- In Washington, DC a white supremacist rally outside the White House over the weekend was vastly outnumbered by counter protesters.... More


 Iran’s UN Ambassador Gholamali Khoshroo.  Photo: Press TV

United Nations, August 13 (RHC)-- In an unprecedented measure, the U.S. is punishing countries for abiding by a Security Council resolution, says Iran’s UN Ambassador Gholamali Khoshroo. ... More


U.S. Secretary of Defense James Mattis.  Photo: Reuters

Washington, August 13 (RHC)-- U.S. Secretary of Defense James Mattis has begun his first South American tour this Sunday, arriving in Brazil.... More


The number of British rough sleepers have increased by more than 57 percent since 2011.  Photo: Reuters

London, August 13 (RHC)-- The number of people sleeping rough in Britain has increased considerably, according to a report, as many blame government cuts to social services as a main reason. ... More


GEO Group for-profit charged with systematic wage theft.  Photo: AP

Seattle, August 13 (RHC)-- In a victory for immigrant rights organizers in the United States, a federal judge in Washington state has certified a class-action lawsuit alleging systematic wage theft at GEO Group’s for-profit Northwest Detention Center. ... More


U.S. court says family of Mexican teenager killed by U.S. border patrol can sue.  Photo: EFE

San Antonio, August 13 (RHC)-- A U.S. federal appeals court has ruled that the family of a 16-year-old Mexican boy who was fatally shot in the head by a U.S. Border Patrol agent can file a civil lawsuit against the agent and the U.S. government for damages. ... More


Puerto Rican prisoners could be transferred to U.S. prisons.  Photo: Reuters

San Juan, August 13 (RHC)-- Puerto Rico is planning to transport 3,200 prisoners to private prisons on the U.S. mainland, thousands of miles away from their families on the island. ... More


A mural commemorates the story of the Seattle chapter of the Black Panther Party, April 27, 2018.  Photo: Reuters

New York, August 13 (RHC)-- Robert Seth Hayes, a member of the Black Panthers Party (BPP) and the Black Liberation Army in the United States, has been released on parole after 45 years in prison for murdering a New York City transit officer in 1973. ... More


Caracas, August 11 (RHC)-- Venezuelan Communications Minister Jorge Rodriguez has revealed more information linking former legislator, Julio Borges, to the failed assassination attempt against President Nicolas Maduro. ... More


Washington, August 11 (RHC)-- The Donald Trump administration has admitted that it has still not reunited 559 children immigration officials forcibly separated from their parents at the border. The hundreds of children are still in government custody more than two weeks after a court-imposed deadline requiring the Trump administration to reunite all of the separated families. ... More


Havana, August 11 (RHC)-- The Cuban Movement for Peace and Sovereignty of the Peoples (MOVPAZ) has ratified its position in favor of the elimination of foreign military bases anywhere in the world, especially in Latin America.... More


San Juan, August 10 (RHC)-- The colonial government of Puerto Rico has quietly acknowledged in a report posted on-line that in all likelihood more than 1,400 people died in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria -- a figure that is more than 20 times the official death toll. The "official toll" stands at 64.... More


Buenos Aires, August 10 (RHC)-- Argentinean activists and feminists organized in the National Campaign for the Right to Legal, Safe, and Free Abortion have vowed to continue their fight after the Senate rejected the Voluntary Interruption of Pregnancy Bill, which would have ended the criminalization of women who choose to abort within the first 14 weeks.... More


United Nations, August 10 (RHC)-- The United Nations children’s agency (UNICEF) has warned that a fresh cholera outbreak is spreading quickly in Yemen’s vital seaport of Hudaydah, amid ongoing attacks by the Saudi-led coalition against the besieged provincial capital. Cholera infection first became epidemic in Yemen in October 2016 and spread until December the same year, when it decreased. The second outbreak began in the Arabian Peninsula country in April last year.... More


Havana, August 10 (RHC)-- Cuba has arrived at three million international visitors, a figure achieved despite the negative campaigns organized and directed by the U.S. government to discourage the travel of Americans to the island. ... More


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