Trump Organization subpoenaed in Emoluments Clause lawsuit.  Photo: AFP

Washington, December 10 (RHC)-- In the United States, the attorneys general of the District of Columbia, Maryland, the state of Maine and five federal agencies have sent subpoenas to the Trump Organization for financial documents relating to President Donald Trump’s business interests. ... More


Sentencing memo for Michael Cohen implicates Donald Trump in federal crimes.  Photo: Google

Washington, December 10 (RHC)-- U.S. Federal prosecutors have accused President Donald Trump of committing a federal crime by directing illegal hush money during the presidential campaign... More


Asylum seeker and 4-year-old child reunited after separation of 8 months.  Photo: Press TV

Dallas, December 10 (RHC) -- In the U.S. state of Texas, a Salvadoran mother and her 4-year-old son have been reunited under court order, eight months after immigration agents separated them at the border. ... More


Mass protests in France spill over border.  Photo: Democracy Now

Paris, December 10 (RHC)-- In France, the “yellow vest” protests continued for a fourth consecutive week.  An estimated 130,000 people took to the streets across the country over the weekend, resulting in over 1,700 arrests. ... More


Greenland ice sheet melting at fastest pace in centuries.  Photo: Reuters

Washington, December 10 (RHC)-- A new report finds Greenland’s ice sheet is melting at the fastest rate in centuries, as atmospheric carbon dioxide levels from human activity continue to increase to historic highs. ... More


Havana, December 10 (RHC)-- The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Cuba (MINREX) has criticized renewed hostility by the Organization of American States (OAS), acting on orders of the U.S. Government.... More


Marrakesh, December 10 (RHC)-- Over 150 countries adopted a global pact Monday to improve the way states handle migrant flows as part of an Intergovernmental Convention underway in Morocco.... More


Ni Una Menos protest in Argentina against the ruling in the Lucia Perez femicide case.   Photo: EFE

Buenos Aires, December 7 (RHC)-- Thousands of women in Argentina took to the streets to protest against the inaction of the judiciary regarding the femicide of Lucia Perez.... More


A five-year-old Yemeni boy suffering from severe malnutrition on a bed at a treatment clinic in Khokha district in the western province of Hudaydah, Yemen.  Pho

Geneva, December 7 (RHC)-- The UN food agency says more than 15 million people in Yemen are in food “crisis” or “emergency,” warning that the number could increase to 20 million without sustained food aid, as the brutal war imposed by Saudi Arabia on the impoverished nation nears its fourth anniversary.... More


Demonstrators hold images of Camilo Catrillanca, an indigenous Mapuche man who was shot in the head during a police operation in 'Ercilla' town south of Santiag

Mexico City, December 7 (RHC)-- The National Liberation Zapatista Army (EZLN), the National Indigenous Congress (CNI) and the Indigenous Government Council (CIG) from Mexico condemned the murder of the Mapuche Campesino Camilo Catrillanca ... More


An Israeli soldier aims at a Palestinian protester following a weekly demonstration against the expropriation of Palestinian land by Israel in the village of Ka

Ramallah, December 7 (RHC)-- At least five Palestinian teenage boys have been injured after Israeli military forces carried out raids across the occupied West Bank over the past 24 hours, and engaged in clashes with local residents in a number of villages and towns.... More


 Quebec youth sue Canada, citing gross negligence on climate change.  Photo: Democracy Now

Ottawa, December 7 (RHC)-- In Canada, an environmental group is launching a class-action lawsuit against the government on behalf of the nearly 3.5 million Quebecers under the age of 35, who they say will be the most affected by climate change. ... More


Barclays customers demand divestment from tar sands pipelines.  Photo: Reuters

Toronto, December 7 (RHC)-- Thirty thousand customers of Barclays are demanding that the British bank divest from pipelines that carry oil from Canada’s tar sands.... More


Canada arrests Huawei executive for extradition to U.S.   Photo: Democracy Now

Ottawa, December 7 (RHC)-- In Canada, authorities have arrested a top executive with the technology giant Huawei and are preparing to extradite her to the United States to stand trial. ... More


Former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev who signs INF treaty with Ronald Reagan.  Photo: AFP

Washington, December 7 (RHC)-- A group of U.S. senators have written an open letter to President Donald Trump urging not to withdraw the United States from the Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty, a Cold War-era nuclear weapons agreement with Russia.... More


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