Damascus, July 14 (RHC)-- Residents of the occupied Golan Heights have staged a demonstration to express their fierce opposition to the Tel Aviv regime’s plan to completely raze a village in the strategic plateau to build a military base, in a blatant violation of international law.... More


Caracas, July 14 (RHC)-- The Venezuelan government has announced that it will not allow the presence of a European Union Electoral Observation Mission in the presidential elections scheduled for next year.... More


Lima, July 13 (RHC)--The Peruvian government decided to extend for 30 days the declaration of a state of emergency on the main highways in the south of the country in view of the announcement of new anti-government protests, according to Prime Minister Alberto Otárola.... More


Los Angeles, July 13 (RHC)-- Negotiators for Hollywood actors’ union have unanimously recommended a strike after labour talks with studios failed to yield an agreement, setting the stage for performers to join film and television writers on picket lines by the weekend.... More


Brasilia, July 13 (RHC)-- Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva handed back the medals of the National Order of Scientific Merit to Brazilian experts, which had been revoked by former president Jair Bolsonaro.... More


Tunis, July 13 (RHC)-- Two further groups of sub-Saharan African refugees, including children, have been confirmed to be trapped in a militarised border zone between Tunisia and Libya despite reports that hundreds had been evacuated to state-owned properties in the surrounding region.... More


New York, July 13 (RHC)-- Longtime political prisoner Mutulu Shakur has died from cancer at the age of 72, just seven months after his release on parole and nearly 37 years in prison. The stepfather of the late hip-hop icon Tupac Shakur was convicted in 1988 of conspiracy in several armed robberies and for aiding the 1979 prison escape of Assata Shakur, who fled to Cuba to escape trumped-up charges.... More


Brasilia, July 13 (RHC)-- Brazilian President Lula da Silva has put an end to a program implemented by former president Jair Bolsonaro that promoted the creation of "civic-military schools."... More


Iran is opening up to the world in a difficult internal context, due to Western sanctions, mainly from the United States, which has forced it to boost its development, mainly with its own resources and talent.... More


Jenin, Occupied West Bank, July 13 (RHC)-- Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas has visited the Jenin refugee camp, a week after a 48-hour Israeli assault.   The official PA news agency, Wafa, said Abbas, who arrived by helicopter on Wednesday, made the visit “to check citizens’ conditions and progress in the reconstruction of the camp and the city following the last Israeli aggression.”... More


Quito, July 13 (RHC)-- The Plenary of the National Electoral Council (CNE) of Ecuador concluded on Wednesday to start this July 13 the electoral campaign, which will run until August 17th.... More


Caracas, July 13 (RHC)-- The Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America (ALBA) issued a statement on Wednesday urging the III Summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) and the European Union (EU) to contribute to the legitimate development aspirations of the region.... More


Brasilia, July 12 (RHC)-- Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has urged that the Amazon be a negotiating tool with the developed world and criticized the lack of commitments from those countries regarding the largest rainforest on the planet.... More


Canberra, July 12 (RHC)-- Australian journalist and publisher Julian Assange turned 52 in London’s Belmarsh prison last week.  It was his fifth July 3rd birthday that the WikiLeaks founder has spent at the notorious maximum-security facility over having published classified US documents that had been leaked to him.... More


Lima, July 12 (RHC)-- Peruvian leftist leader Hugo Blanco has passed away at the age of 88 in Sweden, where he was living with his family.  His remains were transported from Sweden to Cusco, Peru, where people held a funeral ceremony in honor of the former member of the Revolutionary Workers' Party.... More


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