Washington, October 12 (RHC)-- U.S acting Homeland Security Secretary Kevin McAleenan has announced he is resigning and a new acting chief of the agency would be named next week. McAleenan, the fourth person to serve in the post since the Donald Trump presidency began, submitted his resignation to the White House on Friday, the president announced on Twitter.... More
October 12 (RHC)--The President of the Republic of Cuba, Miguel Diaz-Canel, led this week's meeting of the Working Group for Attention to Social Prevention, which examined the incorporation of people into employment and actions to prevent drug use in educational centers.... More
Addis Abeba, October 12 (RHC)-- Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed was awarded the 100th Nobel Peace Prize in an announcement Friday morning. The prime minister helped broker a historic peace deal between Ethiopia and Eritrea last year. ... More
Damascus, October 12 (RHC)-- In northern Syria, dozens have been killed and tens of thousands have fled their homes amid the Turkish military offensive against Kurdish-controlled areas. The Kurdish Red Crescent said at least 11 civilians have been killed, including one baby. Aid groups say half a million people are at risk of being forced from their homes. ... More
Bogota, October 12 (RHC)-- Colombian police repressed thousands of Colombian students who were demonstrating in rejection of corruption and asking President Ivan Duque to comply with the 2018 agreements which were aimed at strengthening education in the country.... More
Washington, October 12 (RHC)-- A senior adviser to U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has resigned, with the State Department mired in a controversy over the Trump administration’s dealings with Ukraine that has prompted an impeachment inquiry targeting the president. ... More
Havana, Oct 12 (RHC)—Cuba´s Permanent Mission to the United Nations on Friday denounced in New York that the intensification of the U.S. blockade against Cuba has serious negative repercussions on tourism, a strategic sector in the economic and social development of the country.... More
Hanoi, October 12 (RH)-- General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee and President Nguyen Phu Trong sent a message of congratulations to Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez on his election as President of the Republic of Cuba.... More
Caibarien, October 12 (RHC)—Renowned US cardiologist Matthew W. Martinez says Washington´s blockade on Cuba is anachronistic and must cease.... More
Quito, October 11 (RHC)-- For the ninth consecutive day, Ecuador's civil society movements, spearheaded mainly by the Ecuadorean Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities (Conaie), continued a nationwide strike and holding massive protests across the Andean country against President Lenin Moreno and the economic policies package he agreed upon with the International Monetary Fund (IMF).... More
Washington, October 11 (RHC)-- The Pentagon has announced it has approved the deployment of 3,000 additional U.S. troops and military hardware to Saudi Arabia, boosting the country's defenses after attacks on its oil installations. ... More
Gaza City, October 11 (RHC)-- Gaza’s Health Ministry says 49 Palestinians have been injured by Israeli forces during the weekly anti-occupation protests in the besieged coastal enclave. Ashraf al-Qedra, the spokesman for the ministry, said in a Tweet that 22 children were among those wounded during the Friday’s protests in eastern Gaza. He noted that 21 of the total number of injuries were caused by live ammunition used by Israeli troops. ... More
Tehran, October 11 (RHC)-- Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says all regional states at various levels, including experts, think-tanks, the private sector, senior officials, ministers and heads of state, must hold meetings on the Hormuz Peace Endeavor (HOPE) proposed by Tehran to facilitate implementation of this regional initiative without need for any foreign contribution. ... More
Washington, October 11 (RHC)-- In the United States, the FBI has carried out thousands of unconstitutional, warrantless searches of the National Security Agency’s vast computer archives — including the protected personal data of U.S. citizens and residents. ... More
Copenhagen, October 11 (RHC)-- Denmark is to impose temporary border controls at the Swedish border next month, after Swedes were suspected of being behind a number of serious attacks this year in the Danish capital Copenhagen.... More
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