Former U.S. congressional aide arrested.  Photo: File

Washington, June 12 (RHC)-- In the U.S., federal agents have arrested a former senior aide to the Senate Intelligence Committee, charging him with repeatedly lying to the FBI in a probe of who leaked classified information to reporters.... More


Immigrants sent to U.S. federal prisons.  Photo: AP

Washington, June 12 (RHC)-- The Donald Trump administration has announced that it is transferring about 1,600 immigrants held in Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody to federal prisons, in the first large-scale transfer of this kind.... More


Marco Antonio Muñoz, Honduran immigrant in U.S.   Photo: Democracy Now

Dallas, June 12 (RHC)-- An undocumented immigrant from the Central American nation of Honduras was found dead in a jail cell in the U.S. state of Texas of an "apparent suicide" last month after his wife and son were separated from him at the U.S.-Mexico border.... More


Kim Jong-un and Donald Trump shake hand  at the beginning of the summit. AP Photo

Singapore, June 12 (RHC)-- US President Donald Trump considered his meeting with the leader of the People's Democratic Republic of Korea, Kim Jong-un, as 'honest, direct and productive'.... More


Minrex statement on “sonic attacks.”    Cartoon: Osval

Havana, June 11 (RHC)-- The Cuban Foreign Ministry has issued a statement in Havana on Sunday, acknowledging that the United States admits it does not know the explanation, nature or cause of the health problems reported by its diplomats.... More


Havana, June 11 (RHC)-- Representatives from Cuba, El Salvador, Mexico and Russia met over the weekend in the eastern province of Guantánamo to discuss the connection between universities and local development projects.... More


Havana, June 11 (RHC)-- Cuban reservoirs are functioning well despite the impact of recent heavy rains, according to President of the National Institute of Hydraulic resources, Inés María Chapman.... More


The photo shows the undersea tunnel crossing from the besieged Gaza Strip into the Mediterranean Sea, which the Israeli army destroyed on June 3, 2018.  Photo:

Gaza City, June 11 (RHC)-- The Israeli military has destroyed a tunnel from the northern part of the Gaza Strip, which purportedly gave frogmen from the Palestinian Hamas resistance movement unnoticeable access to the sea from their base in the besieged enclave.... More


US President Donald Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau hold a meeting on the sidelines of the G7 Summit in La Malbaie, Quebec, Canada, June 8, 201

Ottawa, June 11 (RHC)-- The row between the U.S. and Canada has escalated in the wake of the recent G-7 summit. Donald Trump departed early from Quebec, where the G-7 leaders were gathering, on Saturday, saying a more urgent priority for him was an upcoming face-to-face meeting with North Korea's Kim Jong-un in Singapore.... More


Supporters of Lula da Silva rally over the weekend.  Photo: Reuters

Brasilia, June 11 (RHC)-- Thousands of supporters reunited for a vigil outside the prison cell of Brazil's ex-President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva after the Workers' Party officially announced his candidacy for president over the weekend and as he maintains his wide lead in a recent presidential poll issued Sunday.... More


Photo released on Twitter by the German Government's spokesman Steffen Seibert on June 9, 2018 and taken by the German government's photographer Jesco Denzel sh

Berlin, June 11 (RHC)-- German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas has slammed U.S. President Donald Trump for sending tweets about a recent meeting of G-7 group of industrialized nations, saying those statements are further destroying trust between the United States and traditional allies in the West.... More


German Chancellor Angela Merkel walks to the official G-7 welcoming ceremony in La Malbaie, Quebec, Canada, June 8, 2018.  Photo: AFP

Berlin, June 11 (RHC)-- German Chancellor Angela Merkel has said the U.S. President Donald Trump's tweets concerning the G-7 summit "sobering and a little depressing."... More


U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions.  Photo: AFP

San Diego, June 11 (RHC)-- In the United States, a federal judge has ruled that an ACLU lawsuit challenging the Donald Trump administration’s policy of separating children from their undocumented immigrant parents may proceed.... More


Video shows police beating unarmed man in Arizona.  Photo: Democracy Now

Phoenix, June 11 (RHC)-- In Mesa, Arizona, four police officers have been placed on paid administrative leave, after surveillance video showed them repeatedly punching an unarmed man and slamming his head into a wall.... More


Italian actor Franco Hero

Havana, June 9 (RHC) -- Veteran Italian actor Franco Nero has thanked the Cuban audiences and staff of the co-production Havana Kyrie, currently being shot here... More


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