Washington, December 29 (RHC)-- The Israeli ambassador to the United States says that Tel Aviv has "evidence" that Washington was "actually behind" what led up to a UN resolution against Israel, asserting that such information will only be given to President-elect Donald Trump.... More


Havana, December 28 (RHC/acn)– The Cuban Parliament has passed a law prohibiting the use of the figure and name of Fidel Castro to designate squares and streets or to raise monuments in his memory.... More


Havana, December 28 (RHC/acn)-- Cuban President Raul Castro warned that the country´s economy will continue to face in 2017 the ongoing financial tensions and economic challenges, but he predicted an improving trend during that time period.... More


Havana, December 28 (RHC/acn)-- The Cuban parliament backed a draft bill on the country's 2017 national budget which includes new tax regulations.... More


Susely Morfa, Leader of the Young Communist League

Havana, December 28 (RHC/acn)-- The Cuban Parliament elected 34-year Susely Morfa, leader of the Young Communist League, as a new member of the country's Council of State.... More


Damascus, December 28 (RHC)-- Russia says its embassy in the Syrian capital, Damascus, has been hit by two mortar shells.... More


Ankara, December 28 (RHC)-- Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says he has "confirmed evidence" that the U.S.-led coalition is supporting Daesh and other terrorist groups in Syria.... More


Brasilia, December 28 (RHC)-- Brazilian senate-imposed president Michel Temer has announced a labor reform that expands workdays from 8 to 12 hours, cutting lunch time to half an hour and reducing holidays.... More


London, December 28 (RHC)-- Argentina and the UK have agreed to identify bodies buried on the Malvinas Islands, which both countries fought a war over in 1982.... More


Thomas Bossert, Trump's Homeland Security and Counter-terrorism Adviser

New York, December 28 (RHC)-- U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has appointed a top national security aide under former President George W. Bush as his homeland security and counter-terrorism adviser.... More


Charleston, December 28 (RHC)-- The director of a West Virginia non-profit agency who called First Lady Michelle Obama "an ape in heels" in a Facebook post has been fired and the institution put under outside management, state officials said on Tuesday.... More


New York, December 28 (RHC)-- A major snow storm sweeping through the northern United States is delaying flights and keeping people off the roads, with forecasters saying it could bring heavy snow to the East Coast before New Year's Eve.... More


Washington, December 28 (RHC)-- The water crisis in Gaza has become so heightened that the United Nations' 2014 prediction that the region will become uninhabitable by 2020 stands to be true, according to a report released earlier this month by the World Bank.... More


Dakar, December 28 (RHC)-- Senegal has defended its recent UNSC vote to halt Israel’s illegal settlement activities on Palestinian territories, after Tel Aviv recalls its ambassador to Dakar.... More


Syracuse, December 28 (RHC)-- In Syracuse, New York, four people were arrested outside the Hancock Air National Guard Base at a nonviolent protest against the U.S. drone assassination program.... More


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