Artemisa, July 31 (RHC)-- The more than 60 members of the Latin American and Caribbean Brigade of Solidarity with Cuba were welcomed Monday at the Julio Antonio Mella International Camp in the western province of Artemisa by officials with the Cuban Institute of Friendship with the Peoples (ICAP).... More


New York, July 31 (RHC)-- The Inter-religious Foundation for Community Organization, IFCO/Pastors for Peace, is preparing their 29th Caravan to Cuba in November.  ... More


Palestinian activist and campaigner Ahed Tamimi, 17, smiles during an interview with Agence France-Presse (AFP) in the occupied West Bank village of Nabi Saleh

Ramallah, July 31 (RHC)-- Ahed Tamimi, a Palestinian teenage girl who gained international fame for slapping Israeli soldiers, says she was deeply changed by her eight-month sentence in an Israeli jail but regrets none of her actions. ... More


 The New York Times building in Manhattan.  Photo: AP

New York, July 31 (RHC)-- The publisher of the New York Times has urged U.S. President Donald Trump to stop describing the American news media as "enemies of the people," saying it could "lead to violence" against reporters. ... More


U.S. judge to appoint independent monitor to oversee detention centers with children.  Photo: AFP

Los Angeles, July 31 (RHC)-- In the U.S. city of Los Angeles, federal judge Dolly Gee has mandated the appointment of an independent monitor to force the Trump administration to improve health and safety standards in immigrant detention centers that house children. ... More


Boston Globe reveals TSA domestic surveillance program "Quiet Skies"   Photo: File

Boston, July 31 (RHC)-- A Boston Globe investigation has revealed the existence of a domestic surveillance program run by the Transportation Security Authority... More


Mexican journalist Emilio Gutiérrez Soto and his son freed from detention.  Photo: Democracy Now

Mexico City, July 31 (RHC)-- In the U.S. state of Texas, Mexican journalist Emilio Gutiérrez Soto and his son have been released from ICE detention ... More


U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg says she plans to serve 5 more years.  Photo: AP

Washington, July 31 (RHC)-- U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg says she plans to continue serving on the bench for at least another five more years.  ... More


Israel's Netanyahu to visit Colombia for Duque's swearing-in.  Photo: Reuters

Bogota, July 31 (RHC)-- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is scheduled to visit Colombia for the swearing-in ceremony of newly elected Ivan Duque... More


This handout picture released by the official Syrian Arab News Agency, SANA, on July 29, 2018, shows displaced Syrians returning to their villages in the provin

Damascus, July 31 (RHC)-- Syrian army troops have liberated yet another town in al-Yarmouk basin in the country’s southwestern province of Dara’a, further tightening the noose around the last remnants of the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group in the area. ... More


José Ramón Balaguer and Ulises Guilarte in Venezuela

Caracas, July 30 (RHC) – A high-level Cuban delegation attending the 4th Congress of Venezuela’s United Socialist Party ratified the Cuban government’s support for President Nicolas Maduro and for the Boliviarian Revolution in that nation.... More


At Central American Games, Cuba’s Yarisley Silva wins women's pole vault gold. File photo

Barranquilla, July 30 (RHC)-- Cuba's Yarisley Silva, Olympic silver medalist in London 2012, beat Venezuela's Robeilys Peinado to win the women's pole vault gold at the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games in Barranquilla, Colombia.... More


Palestinian resistance icon Ahed Tamimi freed.  Photo: AP

Ramallah, July 30 (RHC)-- Palestinian teenager Ahed Tamimi was released from Israeli custody on Sunday after nearly eight months of incarceration.... More


 Julian Assange faces deportation to the U.S.   Photo: Reuters

Quito, July 30 (RHC)-- Ecuador's former president Rafael Correa said in an interview with RT that Julian Assange’s days in the Ecuadorean embassy in London are numbered, a claim which contradicts the statements made by Ecudorean President Lenin Moreno last week. ... More


United Nations chief says UN running out of cash.  Photo: AFP

United Nations, July 30 (RHC)-- United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres has warned that the world body is confronted with an unprecedented funding shortage for its core budget.  ... More


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