Venezuelan Attorney General Tarek William Saab speaks at a press conference on the assassination attempt.  Photo: VTV

Caracas, August 9 (RHC)-- Venezuelan Attorney General Tarek William Saab has announced that 19 individuals have been identified as being directly involved in the failed assassination attempt against President Nicolás Maduro. ... More


Palestinian mourners carry the body of a Hamas member killed by Israeli fire, during his funeral in Jabalia, in the northern Gaza Strip, on August 7, 2018.  Pho

Gaza City, August 9 (RHC)-- Armed Israeli drones and F-16 warplanes have pounded an agricultural area in the northern Gaza city of Beit Lahiya as clashes between Palestinian resistance forces and the Israeli military continue. ... More


The 13th Global University of Work Conference coincided with an international event supporting Lula.   Photo: Twitter / @CUTSAOPAULO

Sao Paulo, August 9 (RHC)-- Unionists from Brazil and other parts of the world took part in the International Action in Defense of Democracy in which they expressed support for former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva... More


German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas speaks during a joint press conference with South Korean Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha in Seoul on July 26, 2018.  Photo: A

Berlin, August 9 (RHC)-- German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas has criticized Washington’s re-imposition of sanctions against Tehran, pledging to work to guarantee the survival of the Iran nuclear agreement abandoned by the US in defiance of opposition from other parties to the deal.... More


Former Chilean president Michelle Bachelet.  Photo: The Financial Express / Google

New York, August 9 (RHC)-- United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres has nominated former Chilean President Michelle Bachelet to be the next human rights chief, the U.N. said Wednesday.... More


Israeli Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan.  Photo: Press TV

Tel Aviv, August 9 (RHC)-- Israeli Minister of Public Security Gilad Erdan said that Iran should completely "disappear" from the map of the world.... More


Senator Cristina Fernandez addresses SDenate during debate of abortion bill.

Buenos Aires, August 9 (RHC)-- Argentina´s former president and current senator Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner rejected Thursday the Senate's refusal to approve the legalization of abortion, but she was optimistic about the future.... More


Havana, August 8 (RHC)-- The Cuban Friendship Institute, ICAP, has expressed its support for Venezuela and its Chavista leadership in the face the recent assassination attempt against President Nicolas Maduro. ... More


Havana, August 8 (RHC)-- The Council of Ministers in Cuba has approved a set of amendments to the policy in force regarding the handing over in usufruct of idle land previously state-owned to individuals and entities. ... More


UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres.  Photo: UN file

United Nations, August 8 (RHC)-- UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has condemned Saturday's drone attack, which targetted Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.... More


  A file photo of the Russian Foreign Ministry building in Moscow.  Photo: File

Moscow, August 8 (RHC)-- Russia says it was "deeply disappointed" by U.S. President Donald Trump's move to re-impose unilateral sanctions on Tehran... More


PT and PCdoB have confirmed a left-wing coalition candidacy for the upcoming October presidential elections.   Photo: Ricardo Stuckert

Brasilia, August 8 (RHC)-- In Brazil, following a closed meeting, the presidents of the Workers Party (PT), Senator Gleisi Hoffman, and of the Brazilian Communist Party (PCdoB) lawmaker Luciana Santos announced in a press conference they were entering into a coalition for the upcoming October presidential elections.... More


Iranians protest against US President Donald Trump's decision to walk out of a 2015 nuclear deal.  Photo: Tasnim News Agency

Brussels, August 8 (RHC)-- If European companies cave in to U.S. President Donald Trump's threat of secondary sanctions and stop doing business in Iran, they will be punished by the EU itself, says the aide to Federica Mogherini, the bloc's foreign policy chief.... More


Palestinian teenager Qassem Abu Bakr.   Photo via Twitter

Tel Aviv, August 8 (RHC)-- An Israeli military court has handed down a jail term of 18 months to an Palestinian teenager as the number of Palestinian children being held in Tel Aviv regime’s prisons... More


In this file photo taken on March 27, 2018 Britain's former foreign secretary Boris Johnson leaves 10 Downing Street in central London after attending the weekl

London, August 8 (RHC)-- The chairman of Britain's governing Conservative Party told former UK foreign minister Boris Johnson to say sorry for Islamophobic comments he made about Muslim women wearing the burqa.  ... More


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