Bangui, January 13 (RHC)-- The Red Cross in the Central African Republic (CAR) has confirmed 13 deaths in two days of consecutive intense clashes in the country’s capital Bangui since Michel Djotodia announced his resignation from the presidency.... More


Tel Aviv, January 13 (RHC)-- Israel’s former prime minister, Ariel Sharon, has died at a hospital in Tel Aviv after eight years in coma, Israeli media reported. Israeli Army Radio said the former premier died on Saturday at the age of 85. ... More


Kabul, January 13 (RHC)-- Afghan President Hamid Karzai has ordered the release of 72 prisoners in defiance of U.S. pressure. The Barack Obama administration says the prisoners were involved in killing U.S. troops and Afghan civilians, but Karzai says there is insufficient evidence to warrant their continued detention. ... More


New Delhi, January 13 (RHC)-- An Indian diplomat whose arrest sparked a rift between India and the United States has returned to her home country. ... More


Kabul, January 11 (RHC)-- Blaming "poor visibility,” Afghan officials say that U.S. Marines stationed in Helmand Province have shot and killed a four year old boy.... More


Quito, January 11, (RHC), -- The Secretary of Legal Affairs of the Presidency of Ecuador, Alexis Mera, denounced on Friday that the U.S. oil conglomerate Chevron hacked private e-mails of the president of that South American nation, Rafael Correa.... More


Athens, January 11 (RHC)-- Official data show Greece’s unemployment rate rose to a new record high last year, highlighting the ravages of a six-year recession.... More


Washington, January 11 (RHC)-- The Barack Obama administration has launched an internal investigation of a drone strike that reportedly killed 12 people in Yemen last month. The victims were on their way to a wedding when they were apparently mistaken for an al-Qaeda convoy. ... More


Santiago, January 11, (RHC), -- The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) on Friday spoke highly of Latin America's agri-environmental policies in its report, and sorted out challenges facing sustainable development in the region.... More


Tel Aviv, January 11 (RHC)-- An international campaign to boycott Israeli products is taking a heavy toll on illegal settlers in the Jordan Valley region of the occupied West Bank.... More


Mexico City, January 11, (RHC), – Mexican police have shot dead six suspected gang members in the northern state of Sonora, state media reported.... More


Kabul, January 11 (RHC)-- United Nations figures show that malnutrition among Afghan children has increased more than 50 percent since 2012, with medical sources blaming the U.S.-led war for the crisis.... More


London, January 11 (RHC)-- A former U.S. drone operator has criticized U.S. and British politicians and military officials for delivering false and misleading statistics about civilian deaths in Washington's drone war worldwide.... More


New Delhi, January 11 (RHC)-- The United States says it is complying with a demand from India for the expulsion of a diplomat from the South Asian country as tension between New Delhi and Washington is on the rise following a diplomatic row between the two countries.... More


U.S. Job Growth Falls Sharply

Washington, January 11 (RHC)-- U.S. employers hired the fewest number of workers in almost three years during December, raising concerns about whether the job market can sustain its recent gains. ... More


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