Leprosy is back in Latin America.  Photo: Google

Bogota, March 1 (RHC)-- Leprosy continues to plague 24 out of 35 countries in Latin America with Health Ministries registering an average of 27,000 new cases yearly. ... More


Hong Kong authorities confiscate illegal ivory cargo.  Photo: Press TV

Hong Kong, March 1 (RHC)-- In Hong Kong, lawmakers have voted to ban the sale of ivory -- a move hailed by animal rights campaigners as a major step toward protecting elephants. ... More


 Veteran's hospital in the United States.  Photo: Veterans Administration

Washington, March 1 (RHC)-- A new study finds roughly half of all U.S. veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan need mental healthcare -- but aren’t getting it. ... More


Paul Manafort, former campaign manager for Donald Trump, exits the E. Barrett Prettyman Federal Courthouse, February 28, 2018 in Washington, DC.  Photo: AFP

Washington, March 1 (RHC)-- U.S. President Donald Trump's former election campaign chairman Paul Manafort has plead not guilty to new charges he acted as an unregistered foreign agent and directed an international money-laundering conspiracy. ... More


 Hope Hicks announced she plans to step down.  Photo: AP

Washington, March 1 (RHC)-- In the United States, White House Communications Director Hope Hicks said Wednesday she’ll step down in the coming weeks.... More


Protesters try to pass a police blockade, guarding the entrance of a public notary's office in Athens on February 28, 2018.  Photo: AP

Athens, March 1 (RHC)-- Greek protesters scuffled with police outside a notary office in Athens where electronic auctions of foreclosed properties were expected to take place. ... More


Geneva, March 1 (RHC)-- The U.N. Working Group on Arbitrary Detention said on Wednesday that a Pakistani man held at the U.S.-run Guantanamo Bay detention facility since 2006 should be released immediately and given a right to compensation.... More


Putin during his annual address to the joint session of the bicameral Federal Assembly. Maxim Shemetov / Reuters

Moscow, March 1 (RHC)-- President Vladimir Putin warned on Thursday that Moscow would regard a nuclear attack on its allies as a nuclear attack on Russia itself and would immediately respond.... More


Geneva, March 1 (RHC)—Cuba´s Ambassador to the UN Council for Human Rights in Geneva, Pedro Luis Pedroso, has reiterated the island´s commitment to the promotion and protection of human rights.... More


Havana, March 1(RHC)-- Despite Washington´s advise to US citizens not to travel to Cuba, Carnival Cruise Line is announcing 17 additional sailings to the Caribbean island.... More


Havana, Feb. 28 (RHC)-- Cuba and Chile held a first round of migration talks earlier this week in Santiago de Chile. ... More


Havana, Feb. 28 (RHC)-- Cuba's Geology and Mining Services has identified more than nine thousand mineral deposits across the country. ... More


Wildfire at the U.S. Naval Base in Guantánamo has been put out with help from Cuba's Revolutionary Armed Forces

Havana, Feb. 28 (RHC)-- A wildfire at the U.S. Naval Base in Guantánamo has been put out with help from Cuba's Revolutionary Armed Forces (FAR).... More


 Venezuela's Foreign Minister stressed the importance of dialogue in Venezuela.  Photo: Reuters

Geneva, Feb 28 (RHC)-- Venezuela’s Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza, speaking at a press conference at the United Nations Human Rights Council session in Geneva... More


 The file photo shows US and Israeli forces preparing for joint exercises.  Photo: File

Tel Aviv, Feb 28 (RHC)-- Thousands of U.S. troops have been stationed in Israel to participate in a joint military exercise with Israeli forces amid escalating tensions in the region.... More


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