Kabul, June 2 (RHC)-- A series of violent clashes between Afghan police and Taliban militants have claimed the lives of at least 13 people in northern Afghanistan, local authorities say. The casualties caused after a group of heavily armed Taliban militants stormed a police outpost in northern Samangan Province. ... More
Baghdad, June 2 (RHC)-- In Iraq, suicide bombers from the self-proclaimed Islamic State rammed Humvees packed with explosives into a police base in Anbar province, killing at least 45 Iraqi police officers. ... More
Gaza City, June 2 (RHC)-- German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier has called for the removal of Israel's eight-year-long blockade on the Gaza Strip. More action to rebuild and improve Gaza's troubled economy "requires the opening of crossing points," said Steinmeier during a rare visit to Gaza on Monday. ... More
Berlin, June 2 (RHC)-- Germany and France have called on the European Union to revise its proposed mechanism for admitting asylum seekers, calling for a more balanced approach. ... More
Abuja, June 2 (RHC)-- A runaway fuel tanker has barreled into a bus station in southeastern Nigeria, causing at least 70 deaths. The truck rammed into 12 buses on Sunday in a crowded terminal in the city of Onitsha in Anambra State, setting off a large fire. ... More
Washington, June 2 (RHC)-- The Barack Obama administration has rejected the possibility of dropping charges against NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden, despite supporting a bill to overhaul the bulk phone spying program he exposed. ... More
Washington, June 2 (RHC)-- In a landmark religious discrimination case, the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled in favor of a Muslim woman rejected from a job for wearing a headscarf. ... More
Kathmandu, June 2 (RHC) –- A team of Cuban doctors providing medical assistance to victims affected by the devastating April earthquake in Nepal has treated a total of 4,610 patients, including 52 surgeries on patients, according to official reports. ... More
Washington, June 2 (RHC) -– A U.S. House of Representatives panel is trying to prohibit funding for an embassy or other diplomatic facility in Cuba, in a bid to frustrate the Barack Obama administration's efforts to normalize diplomatic ties with Havana.... More
Moscow, June 2 (RHC-AGENCIES) –- The president of Russia's Rosatom Corporation, Serguei Kirienko, and Cuban Science Minister Elba Rosa Perez considered in Moscow opportunities for bilateral cooperation in the nuclear energy field.... More
Washington, June 2 (RHC-AGENCIES) –- President Barack Obama plans to nominate Roberta Jacobson, the lead negotiator on his new Cuba policies, to be the next U.S. ambassador to Mexico, the White House announced Monday. ... More
Little Rock, June 2 (RHC) -- Fifty-three businesspeople from the U.S. state of Arkansas and officials hosted by the State Chamber of Commerce will begin a week-long visit to Cuba Tuesday, amid the warming relationship between the U.S. and Cuba.... More
Ciego de Avila, June 2 (RHC) -– France's Accor Hotel Chain will assume in November the management of a new hotel on Cayo Coco Key, off the north-central Cuban coast.... More
Zapata Swamp, June 2 (RHC) -- The Cuban Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment (Citma) announced on Monday the 10th International Symposium Wetlands 2015, to be held in the beautiful Zapata Swamp next November 3rd to 6th.... More
Washington, June 2 (RHC)-- On the campaign trail in the United States, South Carolina Republican Senator Lindsey Graham has entered the presidential race. Graham launched his campaign Monday with a warning about "radical Islam ... running wild." ... More
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