Oslo, July 30 (RHC)-- In Sweden, a student activist halted an Afghan asylum seeker’s deportation back to Afghanistan by refusing to sit down on a flight, preventing the plane from taking off. ... More
Washington, July 30 (RHC)-- In climate change news, a staggering 41 different heat records have been broken in the United States so far this month alone. ... More
New York, July 30 (RHC)-- In the United States, the new owner of the New York Daily News says he will fire half the staff of the longtime newspaper. ... More
Havana, July 30 (RHC)-- Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez received his Colombian counterpart, María Ángela Holguín Cuéllar, who visited Havana to meet with representatives of the National Liberation Army (ELN).... More
New York, July 28 (RHC)-- In the U.S., nationwide protests have been held against Donald Trump’s so-called “zero tolerance” immigration policies. ... More
Tel Aviv, July 28 (RHC)-- Palestinian teenager Ahed Tamimi, who has been held in an Israeli prison for slapping a fully armed Israeli soldier in the occupied West Bank town of Nabi Saleh, will be released this Sunday, a spokesman for the Israel Prisons Service told The Times of Israel.... More
London, July 28 (RHC)-- An online petition to provide WikiLeaks co-founder Julian Assange political asylum in New Zealand has been extended to August 7th. It reads that the “House of Representatives urges the Government to provide Julian Assange with permanent political asylum in New Zealand, including a guarantee of safe passage from the United Kingdom to New Zealand.”... More
Washington, July 28 (RHC)-- On Capitol Hill, a majority of House Democrats joined Republican to vote in favor of a massive, $717 billion military spending bill, the National Defense Authorization Act. ... More
Rabat, July 28 (RHC)-- In North Africa, about 800 migrants rushed a heavily fortified border separating Morocco from the tiny Spanish enclave of Ceuta, in a coordinated push to reach European soil, where they could apply for political asylum. ... More
New York, July 28 (RHC)-- U.S. President Donald Trump’s former personal attorney and fixer Michael Cohen is prepared to tell special counsel Robert Mueller that Trump knew in advance about a meeting at Trump Tower in June of 2016 where Russians were offering “dirt” on Hillary Clinton. ... More
Washington, July 28 (RHC)-- Federal officials say 711 immigrant children remain separated and in U.S. custody, after the Donald Trump administration missed a court-imposed deadline to reunite all 2,500 families separated at the U.S.-Mexico border. ... More
Havana, July 28 (RHC)-- Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez is meeting Saturday with his French counterpart, Jean-Yves Le Drian, who is on an official two-day visit to the island.... More
Havana, July 28 (RHC)-- Over the past 6 years, traffic accidents have killed 4,446 people and injured some 50, 000 others in Cuba, and they have become the leading cause of death among young people between the ages of 15 and 29 years old.... More
Madrid, July 28 (RHC)-- The president of Ecuador says Julian Assange must leave his country’s London embassy “eventually”, revealing discussions are underway with British authorities to end his asylum.... More
Gaza City, July 26 (RHC)-- At least three people have been killed in Israel's latest series of attacks that targeted multiple locations throughout the Gaza Strip.... More
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