Zurich, June 17 (RHC)-- Despite being one of world's richest countries, Switzerland maintains discriminatory and violent practices against women.... More


New York, June 17 (RHC)-- According to an exclusive report published by The New York Times, the U.S. government has planted malware in Russia's electrical grid system in an act of revenge for "Russian interference," according to former and current government officials.... More


Tel Aviv, June 17 (RHC)-- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's wife, Sara Netanyahu, appeared Sunday in court to admit criminal offense over the use of public funds to pay for expensive meals.... More


Tel Aviv, June 17 (RHC)-- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu unveiled Sunday Ramat Trump (Trump Heights), the new Golan Heights settlement named after the U.S. president, Donald Trump.... More


United Nations, June 17 (RHC)-- A statement released by the United Nations says that the incessant slaughter of ex-combatants of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) is a threat to the nation's peace process.... More


Havana, June 17 (RHC)-- The restrictions imposed by the Trump Administration on Cuba are having a negative impact on the non-state sector of Cuba.... More


Luxembourg, June 17 (RHC)-- The Foreign Ministers of the European Union (EU) address on Monday in Luxembourg the diplomatic efforts to avert the consequences of the application of the Helms-Burton law on Cuba, among others current affairs.... More


Bridgetown, June 17 (RHC)—Cuba´s foreign minister Bruno Rodriguez Parilla has arrived in Barbados, the last leg of a Caribbean tour that also included Trinidad-Tobago, St. Lucia and Guyana, where he attended the 6th CARICOM-Cuba Ministerial Conference.... More


Moscow, June 15 (RHC)-- Russia has warned against jumping to conclusions about a Thursday incident involving two oil tankers in the Sea of Oman, which the United States has claimed were attacks carried out by Iran. “We consider it necessary to refrain from hasty conclusions,” the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Friday.... More


United Nations, June 15 (RHC)-- United Nations human rights chief Michelle Bachelet has announced that she will visit Venezuela from June 19th to the 21st and hold separate talks with both President Nicolas Maduro and the United States-backed, self-declared interim president, Juan Guaido.... More


London, June 15 (RHC)-- In London, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange appeared before a magistrates’ court on Friday, saying his life was “effectively at stake” if the U.K. honors a U.S. request for his extradition. ... More


Moscow, June 15 (RHC)-- Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned of the negative consequences of the withdrawal from the 2015 multilateral nuclear agreement, saying the parties' compliance with the deal would be the "only logical and correct path."... More


Washington, June 15 (RHC)-- U.S. President Donald Trump lauded his own diplomacy Thursday with royalty and foreign leaders, but mistakenly cast the heir to the British throne, Prince Charles, as the "Prince of Whales" -- spelling Wales with an "h" and effectively changing the principality of Great Britain into an aquatic, marine animal. Trump later deleted the tweet and replaced it with one that spelled Wales correctly. ... More


Gaza City, June 15 (RHC)-- In the Gaza Strip, Palestinian medic Mohammed Sobhi al-Judeili succumbed to his wounds and died in a hospital, after he was shot in the head by Israeli snipers while serving with the Red Crescent at a protest near Israel’s separation barrier. He was the fourth medic killed by Israeli forces since weekly nonviolent protests began last year under the banner “Great March of Return.”... More


Washington, June 15 (RHC)-- White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders says she will step down at the end of June after nearly two years on the job. As President Trump’s spokesperson, Sanders defended the administration’s most notorious policies, including the Muslim travel ban, family separations and the mistreatment of migrants in U.S. custody.... More


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