Gaza City, August 2 (RHC)-- People of the Gaza Strip have slammed Arab countries for their silence on Tel Aviv’s atrocities, as the Israeli war claims more Palestinian lives.... More


Gaza City, August 2 (RHC)-- Large parts of Gaza remain without power or running water after Israel bombed the area’s lone power plant earlier this week. Doctors and medical personnel are warning that the lack of electricity, combined with dwindling medical supplies, have created a humanitarian crisis in the besieged Gaza Strip. ... More


Brasilia, August 2 (RHC)-- Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff and visiting Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Friday agreed to elevate bilateral ties to a global strategic partnership.... More


Washington, August 2 (RHC)-- The CIA has admitted to spying on a computer network used by a U.S. Senate committee investigating the agency’s post-9/11 torture and rendition program. ... More


Washington, August 2 (RHC)-- The U.S. Senate report on CIA torture and rendition remains classified but new revelations emerged from it this week when the White House accidentally e-mailed talking points to the Associated Press. ... More


Brussels, August 2 (RHC)-- The European Court of Human Rights has issued the first-ever ruling on the CIA torture and rendition program, confirming the existence of a secret U.S. prison in Poland.... More


El Paso, August 2 (RHC)-- The U.S. Border Patrol is facing a civil rights lawsuit for the 2012 shooting death of a Mexican teenager. Sixteen-year old José Antonio Rodríguez was killed after U.S. border agents opened fire on people throwing rocks from the Mexican side of the border. ... More


Panama City, August 2 (RHC)-- Panama’s Vice President and Foreign Minister Isabel Saint Malo de Alvarado told reporters in Panama City that Cuba would be invited to the 7th Summit of the Americas, to be hosted by the Central American nation in May 2015.... More


Washington, August 2 (RHC)-- The International Committee for the Freedom of the Cuban anti-terrorist fighters held in U.S. prisons will carry out new actions from September 12th through October 8th in Washington, DC and San Francisco, while activists in different cities of the world will also to mark the 16th anniversary of the arrest of the five Cuban heroes.... More


Tokyo, August 2 (RHC)-- Cuba’s cultural, historic and tourist attractions were presented during a monthly business forum at Tokyo’s Azabu 2020 Club, according to the island’s embassy in the Japanese capital city. ... More


Ciego de Avila, August 2 (RHC)-- The export of over 12,000 tons of charcoal to Europe thus far this year has yielded significant benefits to local sector in central Cuba, whose export plan totals 24 thousand tons 2014.... More


Havana, August 2 (RHC)-- Dance and circus worked hand in hand to surprise and delight the audience at the inauguration this week of the 13th edition of the International Circus Festival –- Circuba 2014.... More


Sports News Roundup Aug 1

The men's volleyball team of Cuba advanced to the semifinals of the CONCACAF Under-21 Continental Confederation of North, Central America and the Caribbean based in El Salvador, after defeating Nicaragua 3-0, according to the website of the tournament, qualifying for the World Volleyball Cup 2015.... More


Buenos Aires, August 1 (RHC) -- Argentinian Cabinet Chief Jorge Capi-tanich said Thursday that his country was not in default, even though its debt talks with holdout investors had failed, Xinhua news agency reported.... More


Gaza City, August 1 (RHC)-- At least 13 more Palestinians, including four children, have been killed in the besieged Gaza Strip as Israel keeps pounding the coastal enclave for more than three weeks. ... More


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