Damascus, April 21 (RHC)-- The UN Security Council has called for humanitarian access to Palestinian refugees trapped inside Syria's violence-hit camp of Yarmouk, which has come under severe attacks by Takfiri militants. ... More
Sanaa, April 21 (RHC)-- At least 40 people have been killed and 547 more injured as Saudi jets target a missile depot in the Yemeni capital city of Sanaa. Earlier reports of the Monday attack on the missile depot in Faj Attan district, located on the outskirts of the capital, had put the death toll at 18. ... More
United Nations, April 21 (RHC)-- The UN's High Commissioner for human rights says "callous" EU migration policies are turning the Mediterranean into a "vast cemetery" as migrant death toll is skyrocketing. "Europe is turning its back on some of the most vulnerable migrants in the world, and risk turning the Mediterranean into a vast cemetery," Zeid Ra'ad Zeid al-Hussein said on Monday. ... More
Kiev, April 21 (RHC)-- U.S. paratroopers have begun training Ukrainian forces who are battling pro-Russian rebels in the country’s east. ... More
Tel Aviv, April 21 (RHC)-- Israeli President Reuven Rivlin and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have turned down a request from former U.S. President Jimmy Carter to meet during his upcoming visit to the occupied Palestinian territories because of Carter's 'anti-Israeli' stance, a report says. ... More
Paris, April 21 (RHC)-- A French passenger train traveling from Paris to Belfort has slammed into a truck, leaving 32 people injured. A local government source told AFP that the number of dead in the crash was “around thirty with light injuries ... and two people with more serious injuries, the train driver and a passenger." ... More
Washington, April 21 (RHC)-- Over 50 disability rights activists have been arrested at a protest in Washington, D.C. ... More
San Francisco, April 21 (RHC)-- Wal-Mart workers have accused the retailer of closing down five stores in order to suppress growing calls for a living wage and benefits. ... More
Havana, April 21 (RHC)-- Cuba's First Vice President Miguel Díaz-Canel met on Tuesday with visiting Governor of New York Andrew Cuomo.... More
Havana, April 21 (RHC)-- Cuba and Ireland signed a memorandum of understanding aimed at establishing more practical and effective mechanisms for strengthened political consultations and dialogue between the two governments.... More
Havana, April 21 (RHC)-- UNICEF's Regional Office in Cuba issued a communique condemning Monday's horrific terrorist attack in northern Somalia, in which seven people including four members of the UNICEF staff there, were killed.... More
Moscow, April 21 (RHC) –- Cuban President Raul Castro is slated to attend the Victory Day Parade in Moscow, held every May 9th in the Russian capital to mark yet another anniversary of the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany in 1945. ... More
Paris, April 21 (RHC) -- French President François Hollande met on Tuesday with Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez, who pays an official visit to France as part of a broader European tour.... More
Havana, April 21 (RHC) -- The National Electoral Commission (CEN) has begun preparations for a runoff of mid-term elections, in those districts where no candidate obtained over 50% of the votes.... More
Havana, April 21 (RHC) -– A trade mission representing 18 Jamaican companies arrived in Cuba on Monday to promote products in that market, EFE news agency reported.... More
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