Washington, June 11 (RHC)-- A top official at the U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency has been removed amid accusations of failing to investigate abuses and deadly shootings by agents on the Mexican border.... More


Damascus, June 11 (RHC) -- Cuban President Raul Castro sent a message of congratulations to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad for his victory in the recent presidential elections.... More


Washington, June 11 (RHC)-- U.S. private prisons with over 25,000 inmates violate human rights by subjecting prisoners to systematic abuse, according to a report issued on Tuesday.... More


Washington, June 11 (RHC) -- The struggle for the release of the three members of the Cuban Five who are still serving long sentences in U.S. jails received a new impetus with a day of solidarity actions this Tuesday in Washington, DC, where activists and personalities have gathered for a week to give their support to the cause.... More


Havana, June 11 (RHC) -- The risk of getting infected by a blood transfusion in Cuba is less than one percent, a rate similar to that of developed nations, an expert said Tuesday in Havana.... More


Santiago de Cuba, June 11 (RHC) – British ambassador to Cuba Tim Cole met with local authorities in eastern Santiago de Cuba and expressed his interest in learning more about the cultural traditions of the region.... More


Tokyo, June 11 (RHC) –- Cuba’s ambassador to Japan, Marcos Rodríguez Costa, met in Tokyo on Tuesday with Deputy Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry, Midori Matsushima, to assess the current state of bilateral relations in those sectors,” Prensa Latina news agency reported.... More


Sports News Roundup June 10

Over the weekend, Cuban Yuliesky Gourriel, debuted in style in the first division of Japanese professional baseball batting for his team, the Yokohama DeNA Baystars. They beat the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles by a score of 5 to one.... More


Brussels, June 10 (RHC)-- The North Atlantic Treaty Organization, NATO, has commenced war games near Russia's border as tensions rise between the West and Moscow over Ukraine. ... More


Quito, June 10 (PL-RHC) -- Ecuadorian Foreign Minister Ricardo Patiño is in Caracas, the Venezuelan capital, for a meeting of the Political Committee of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America (ALBA), during which he will express interest in knowing more about the nationwide Government-opposition peace dialogue in Venezuela.... More


Kabul, June 10 (RHC)-- Five U.S. soldiers and at least one Afghan soldier have been killed in what appears to be one of the deadliest instances of friendly fire of the war in Afghanistan. The soldiers were mistakenly killed by an airstrike that was called in by U.S. troops to beat back a Taliban ambush. ... More


Lima, June 10 (Andina-RHC) -- Peru, Mexico and Colombia seek closer cooperation among immigration agencies to combat organized crime at airports and international borders, Peruvian Deputy Foreign Minister Fernando Rojas said.... More


Baghdad, June 10 (RHC)-- In Iraq, Islamist militants have reportedly taken effective control of the second largest city, capturing key buildings in Mosul and liberating more than 1,000 inmates from the central prison.... More


San José, June 10 (PL-RHC) -- The Health Ministry confirmed the possible presence of the chikungunya virus in Costa Rica and warned of the tendency of the illness to spread, which may strain health services.... More


Abuja, June 10 (RHC)-- In Nigeria, suspected members of Boko Haram have kidnapped at least 20 women, loading them into vans at gunpoint. ... More


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