Venezuelañs Foreign Minister, Jorge Arreaza. File Photo.

Caracas, June 23 (RHC)-- The Government of Venezuela described as disrespectful and interfering a report released by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights that criticizes the alleged situation in the South American country.... More


Havana, June 23 (RHC)—India´s president Ram Nath Kovind concluded his official visit to Cuba Friday evening after fulfilling an intense agenda in the Cuban capital.... More


Havana, June 22 (RHC) – Indian President Ram Nath Kovind was received in Havana this Friday afternoon by his Cuban counterpart Miguel Diaz-Canel. ... More


Santiago de Cuba, June 22 (RHC)-- Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel paid tribute Thursday to Cuban heroes and martyrs at the Santa Ifigenia Cemetery in Santiago de Cuba province.... More


Geneva, June 22 (RHC)-- The United Nations says more than 920,000 people have been displaced inside Syria during the first four months of 2018, the highest level since foreign-backed militancy began in the Arab country seven years ago.... More


Gaza City, June 22 (RHC)-- An Israeli warplane has carried out an airstrike against the southern part of the Gaza Strip as the Tel Aviv regime continues with its acts of aggression against the besieged Palestinian coastal sliver.... More


Mexico City, June 22 (RHC)-- Omar Gomez Lucatero, an independent candidate who aspired to be the mayor of Aguililla in the state of Michoacan, was murdered next to the local cemetery, which is close to a military barracks. His death brings the number of politicians murdered to 120 since September 2017, since the official beginning of this latest electoral season, the most violent in the country's history.... More


Washington, June 22 (RHC)-- A new investigation by Reveal shows that U.S. taxpayers have paid more than $1.5 billion in the last four years to companies operating immigrant youth detention centers that faced accusations of serious lapses in care. ... More


Tripoli, June 22 (RHC)-- At least 60 refugees were drowned after their rubber dinghy sank in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Libya last week, survivors have said. Nearly 40 survivors from the boat, which capsized on June 12th off the coast of Libya, were among more than 500 refugees on board the Diciotti, an Italian coastguard ship, which docked at the Sicilian port of Pozzallo.... More


Tel Aviv, June 22 (RHC)-- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said that the Tel Aviv regime may increase the "intensity" of its airstrikes on Gaza. "We are prepared for any scenario and our enemies would do well to understand this," he said during a military ceremony.... More


Hanoi, June 22 (RHC) – In a new gesture of solidarity, Vietnam has donated five thousand tons of rice to help Cubans affected by floods in recent weeks.... More


Cuban Parliament President Esteban Lazo mets with the Vice President of the Chama Cha Mapinduzi Party of Tanzania, Philip Mangula.  Photo: Alejandro Rodríguez L

Havana, June 21 (RHC)-- Cuban Parliament President Esteban Lazo met on Wednesday in Havana with the Vice President of the Chama Cha Mapinduzi Party of Tanzania, Philip Mangula... More


Activists rally outside of Trump World Tower to support immigrants and to mark World Refugee Day, June 20, 2018, in New York City.   Photo: AFP

Washington, June 21 (RHC)-- Outrage and protests across the United States and around the world forced U.S. President Donald Trump to take measures to try to resolve the issue of family separations ... More


 Trump tries to resolve separation of immigrant families.  Photo: AP

Washington, June 21 (RHC)-- U.S. President Donald Trump is coming under fire for his immigration policy despite backing down on a measure that would have seen more families separated at the country's southern border. ... More


A picture taken on June 18, 2018 in Geneva shows a general view during the opening of the 38th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council.  Photo: AFP

United Nations, June 21 (RHC)-- Diplomats from around the world defended the United Nations Human Rights Council after the United States withdrew from a body it branded an anti-Israel "cesspool." ... More


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