Tel Aviv, December 26 (RHC)-- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says ties with the United Nations will be reassessed now that the Security Council has adopted a resolution calling for a halt on building illegal settlements. ... More
New York, December 26 (RHC)-- In financial news, Deutsche Bank is set to pay $7.2 billion in fines over its role in the U.S. housing market collapse, in a tentative settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice. ... More
London, December 26 (RHC)-- In medical news, a new study finds an experimental vaccine was 100 percent effective in protecting West Africans against the Ebola virus during an outbreak in 2014-15, raising the prospect that the future spread of the deadly disease could be halted. ... More
Cubans are celebrating the 58th anniversary of the monumental Christ of Havana, an emblematic sculpture of the Cuban capital... More
Moscow, December 25 (RHC)-- A Russian passenger plane with 92 people aboard, including a well-known military band, crashed into the Black Sea on its way to Syria on Sunday minutes after takeoff from the resort city of Sochi, the Defense Ministry said.... More
Saint George's, December 24 (RHC)-- A special tribute to the late leader of the Cuban Revolution Fidel Castro took place during the celebration in Grenada of the 44th anniversary of relations between Cuba and the Caribbean Community (CARICOM).... More
Mexico City, December 24 (RHC)-- More than 30,000 people lost their job and their only source of income following the deadly explosion at a fireworks market in Tultepec, State of Mexico, which has left at least 33 people dead and dozens injured, according to local authorities.... More
Caracas, December 23 (RHC)-- Venezuelan Foreign Minister Delcy Rodríguez met Thursday in Caracas with Cuban Minister for Foreign Trade and Investment Rodrigo Malmierca.... More
Buenos Aires, December 23 (RHC)-- Chilean deputy Camila Vallejo said in Argentina that the historic leader of the Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro, “was a man of strong principles, who bestowed human rights and dignity on his people.”... More
Damascus, December 23 (RHC)-- The last of the anti-government forces evacuated from the besieged city of Aleppo, Syria on Thursday, as they rode away in the green government buses that have now come to symbolize their surrender of the city.... More
Valletta, December 23 (RHC)-- The hijackers of an Afriqiyah Airways plane have surrendered and the final hostages have been released, according to Malta's Prime Minister Joseph Muscat.... More
Berlin, December 23 (RHC)-- Police in Milan, Italy, say they have shot and killed Anis Amri, the main suspect in an attack on a market in Berlin earlier this week. ... More
New York, December 23 (RHC)-- The Electronic Information Privacy Center reports that a company co-founded by billionaire Trump adviser Peter Thiel provided secret assistance to the U.S. Customs and Border Protection as it tracked travelers and immigrants.... More
New York, December 23 (RHC)-- Donald Trump’s son Eric says he would no longer solicit donations to his charitable foundation, after critics accused him of peddling influence in exchange for donations.... More
Minneapolis, December 23 (RHC)-- In the U.S. state of Minnesota, a judge has sentenced a woman to six months in prison after she ordered a Somali-American woman to "speak English" before smashing a beer mug into her face for speaking Swahili.... More
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