Washington, January 20 (RHC)-- The New York Times reports that the Pentagon is proposing widening the permissible use of nuclear weapons to include responding to cyberattacks and other non-nuclear attacks to U.S. infrastructure. ... More


Geneva, January 20 (RHC)-- The United Nations says at least 5,000 children in Yemen have been killed or maimed since March 2015... More


Washington, January 20 (RHC)-- The U.S. Senate has overwhelmingly voted to renew a warrantless internet surveillance program, disregarding civil liberties advocates.... More


Tegucigalpa, January 20 (RHC)-- Former Honduran president Manuel Zelaya has thanked members of the National Congress for protesting the reelection of Juan Orlando Hernandez (JOH) of the National Party... More


Havana, January 19 (RHC-PL)-- The Municipal Assemblies of People's Power will hold special sessions on Sunday, January 21st, to nominate the candidates for delegates to the Provincial Assemblies and deputies to the Parliament.... More


Maputo, January 19 (RHC-Minrex)-- As part of the actions to consolidate and strengthen cooperation between Cuba and Mozambique in the field of Higher Education, Pavel Díaz Hernández, Ambassador of Cuba... More


Havana, January 19 (RHC-PL)-- Latin American and European pediatricians will participate in the 28th Pediatrics Conference that begins on January 24, dedicated to the 90th anniversary of the Cuban Society of Pediatrics, according to the organizers. ... More


Cuba to Attend Global Game Jam

Havana, January 19 (RHC-PL)-- Cuban developers will, for the fourth time, participate in the Global Game Jam, the world's largest, in which they will create an entertaining video game. ... More


El Paso, January 19 (RHC)-- In the United States, the migrant support group No More Deaths says U.S. Border Patrol agents routinely vandalize or confiscate humanitarian aid left by activists near the U.S. border with Mexico... More


United Nations, January 19 (RHC)-- The last three years were the hottest on record, the United Nations weather agency said Thursday, citing fresh global data underscoring the dramatic warming of the planet. ... More


New York, January 19 (RHC)-- The majority of extremist-related murders last year in the United States were committed by right-wing, white supremacists, according to a new report. ... More


Washington, January 19 (RHC)-- The U.S. news network CNN is the uncontested winner of the much-anticipated “Fake News Awards” put together by U.S. President Donald Trump... More


Washington, January 19 (RHC)-- U.S. President Donald Trump is wrapping up a year in office with the lowest average approval rating of any elected U.S. president in his first term. ... More


Tel Aviv, January 19 (RHC)-- An Israeli military judge has ordered a 16-year-old Palestinian girl to remain jailed while she awaits trial on 12 charges, including assaulting a soldier and incitement to violence. ... More


A Palestinian girl looks through a plastic sheet as raindrops are seen, outside her family's house in Al-Shati refugee camp in Gaza City (Reuters)

Washington, January 19 (RHC- Agencies) -- The United States will not provide 45 million dollars in food aid for Palestinians that it pledged last month as part of the West Bank/Gaza Emergency Appeal led by the U.N. Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), the U.S. State Department said on Thursday.... More


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