Damascus, December 15 (RHC)-- Syrian President Bashar al-Asad met in Damascus with Cuba's new Ambassador to the Arab country Rogerio Santana.... More
Doha, December 15 (RHC-PL) --Hamad Medical Corporation (CMH), manager of the Cuban Hospital in Dukhan, has opened a hostel for the recovery of patients in that hospital, considered a reference of health services in Qatar.... More
Moscow, December 15 (RHC)-- Russian jets carry out up to 40 airstrikes a day in support of Free Syrian Army (FSA) militants who are battling Daesh in Syria's Raqqah, Aleppo, Homs and Hama provinces, says Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces General Valery Gerasimov. ... More
Havana, December 15 (RHC-PL) -- Delegations from the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia People's Army (FARC-EP) and the Colombian government have signed an agreement on the point of victims of the armed conflict.... More
Riyadh, December 15 (RHC)-- A ceasefire to halt nine months of Saudi aggression against its southern neighbor Yemen took hold at noon local time (0900 GMT) on Tuesday. In a statement carried by the official Saudi Press Agency (SPA), Riyadh said the truce came as a request by fugitive former Yemeni President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi. ... More
Moscow, December 15 (RHC)-- Russian and U.S. foreign ministers believe the make-up of an opposition delegation needs to be determined before a scheduled meeting on Syria in New York. ... More
Kabul, December 15 (RHC)-- Doctors Without Borders has raised the death toll of the U.S. airstrike on its hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan.... More
Gaza City, December 15 (RHC)-- Thousands of Palestinians have rallied in Gaza to mark the 28th anniversary of the establishment of Hamas resistance movement. The demonstrators also voiced their support for an uprising against the Israeli occupation. ... More
Ottawa, December 15 (RHC)-- Hundreds of Syrian refugees have arrived in Canada, where they have been immediately granted permanent residency. ... More
London, December 15 (RHC)-- British resident Shaker Aamer has spoken out about his imprisonment at the U.S. prison in the illegally-occupied Cuban territory of Guantánamo. He was released in October after more than 13 years behind bars. ... More
Des Moines, December 15 (RHC)-- On the campaign trail for the U.S. presidency, a new poll of Republican voters in the U.S. state of Iowa shows Texas Senator Ted Cruz leading over business mogul Donald Trump. ... More
Los Angeles, December 15 (RHC)-- In the U.S. state of California, police and the FBI have launched a hate crimes probe after two mosques were vandalized. ... More
Chicago, December 15 (RHC)-- A U.S. Army National Guard soldier has pleaded guilty to plotting with his cousin to attack a suburban Chicago military base with the aim of killing over 100 people as part of a plan to assist Daesh Takfiris. ... More
Rome, December 15 (RHC)-- An Italian man, apparently suffering from financial problems, has set himself on fire in front of former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's home in northern Italy. The 30-year-old man doused his clothes with gasoline on Monday and set himself on fire outside the gates of Berlusconi's luxurious villa near the city of Milan. ... More
Richmond, December 15 (RHC)-- Gun control activists in the U.S. held a protest and vigil to mark the 3rd anniversary of the Sandy Hook mass shooting on Monday by gathering outside the National Rifle Association (NRA) headquarters in Virginia and demanding more control over firearms purchasers and for a ban on sales to people on federal watch lists. ... More
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