An asylum seeker, part of a caravan of thousands from Central America jumping a border fence from Mexico to the U.S, in Tijuana, Mexico, Dec. 3, 2018   Photo: R

Tijuana, December 4 (RHC)-- Several members of the Central American Exodus caravan tried a different way of gaining asylum in the United States, making their way across the border fence in Tijuana, Mexico... More


Paris was scene of major protests over past weeks.  Photo: Reuters

Paris, December 4 (RHC)-- In France, Prime Minister Édouard Philippe has suspended fuel tax hikes in an attempt to quell the growing tension between President Macron’s government and protesters. ... More


Right-wing party in Andalusia makes gains.  Photo: EFE

Madrid, December 4 (RHC)-- In Spain, the far-Right Vox party won a number of seats in a regional parliamentary election in Andalusia ... More


A picture taken on July 20, 2018 shows a fireball exploding in Gaza City during Israeli bombardment of the area.  Photo: AFP

Ramallah, December 4 (RHC)-- A report issued by the Palestine Liberation Organization, the PLO, shows that there has been an escalation of Israel’s aerial aggression against the besieged Gaza Strip... More


People take part in a march called "Claim the Climate" demanding Belgian authorities to take action during the COP24, in Brussels, Belgium; December 2

Brussels, December 4 (RHC)-- Thousands marched in Brussels urging the Belgian government to respect its commitments on countering climate change as a United Nations conference on keeping global warming in check got underway in Poland. ... More


Palestinian protesters wave national flags as they participate in a demonstration on the beach near the maritime border with Israel, in the northern Gaza Strip,

Gaza City, December 4 (RHC)-- More than a dozen Palestinians have been injured and scores of others sustained injuries as hundreds of people staged a demonstration near the Gaza Strip's northern maritime border ... More


In this file picture, two BLU-108 canisters, one with two skeet (submunitions) still attached, is seen in the al-Amar area of al-Safra in Sa’ada province, north

Sanaa, December 4 (RHC)-- The Yemeni Armed Forces says the Saudi-led military coalition continues to use internationally-banned weapons, particularly cluster bombs, in its aerial bombardment of residential neighborhoods in Yemen... More


 Palestinians stage a protest rally in the besieged Gaza Strip on December 3, 2018.  Photo: Ma'an News Agency

Gaza City, December 4 (RHC)-- Hundreds of Palestinian protesters have staged a rally in the besieged Gaza Strip, calling for an end to a decade-long Israeli siege on the coastal enclave. ... More


New Latin American Film Festival

Havana, December 4 (RHC)-- Five full length Cuban feature movies are competing for the Coral Awards at the 40th New Latin American Film Festival scheduled for Havana, Dec 6-16... More


Mexico City, December 4 (RHC)-- Mexico’s newly-inaugurated president Andrés Manuel López Obrador has ordered the creation of a truth commission to re-examine the kidnapping and murder of 43 students who disappeared after they were attacked by cartel gunmen and corrupt police officers.... More


Havana, December 4 (RHC)—Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel received on Monday the President of the Republic of Haiti, His Excellency Jovenel Moïse, who is on an official visit to Cuba.... More


President of Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic expresses thanks for Cuba's solidarity

Havana, December 3 (RHC)-- Brahim Gali, the President of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic, arrived in Cuba on Sunday for an official visit to the island. ... More


Uruguay denies asylum to former Peruvian president Alan Garcia.  Photo: CubaDebate / La República

Montevideo, December 3 (RHC)-- Uruguayan President Tabaré Vazquez has announced that his country will not provide asylum to Peru's former president Alan Garcia, who is currently under investigation for money laundering and collusion. ... More


Munitions discovered by Syrian government forces at an arms depot used by militants during a clean-up operation in the country's southern region, on December 1,

Damascus, December 3 (RHC)-- Syrian security forces have uncovered new caches of arms made in the United States and other Western countries that were used by foreign-sponsored Takfiri militants in the southern region.... More


Some Catholic churches are literally made of gold.  Photo: Google

Vatican City, December 3 (RHC)-- Pope Francis said it is possible to sell church goods or even unused church buildings "in case of need" by poor people, although that "should not be the first or only solution."... More


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