Cairo, June 13 (RHC)-- The Arab Parliament has expressed support for Syria’s security and sovereignty as it welcomes the return of Damascus to the Arab League.  The legislative body of the 22-member intergovernmental organization of Arab states made the statement at the headquarters of the General Secretariat of the Arab League in Cairo over the weekend, Syria's official news agency SANA reported.... More


Caracas, June 13 (RHC)-- Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro rejected on Monday the statements made by the former president of the United States, Donald Trump, about his intention to "get all the oil" of the South American nation during his administration.... More


Mexico City, June 12 (RHC)-- The Mexican political party Morena (Movimiento de Regeneración Nacional), in which President Andrés Manuel López Obrador is a militant, held its National Council over the weekend, an occasion in which the call for the survey to define the candidate for the presidential elections of 2024, whose name will be announced next September, was approved.... More


Brasilia, June 12 (RHC)-- Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva will present the new Literacy Policy that will govern the country, considered the main program of his government in the field of Education, official sources reported.... More


Caracas, June 12 (RHC)-- Iranian President Ebrahim Raeisi is in the Venezuelan capital of Caracas, the first leg of a five-day tour of Latin American countries.  Raeisi arrived at Simon Bolivar International Airport in Caracas on Monday morning, leading a high-ranking delegation at the formal invitation of his Venezuelan counterpart, Nicolas Maduro.... More


Beijing, June 12 (RHC)-- On Monday, Honduran President Xiomara Castro and Chinese President Xi Jinping signed 22 Memorandums of Understanding (MoU) to advance the deepening of relations between their countries, which announced the establishment of diplomatic relations in March.... More


United Nations, June 12 (RHC)-- The United Nations Relief and Works Agency has only received about one-third of the $300 million in funding it needs from international donors to continue its humanitarian work in the Occupied Territories and Palestinian refugee camps in surrounding countries. ... More


Washington, June 12 (RHC)-- An unprecedented level of debt has plunged average Americans into dire economic straits, adding to the hardships of citizens trying to make ends meet amid soaring inflation.  The Washington, DC publication The Hill reported on Tuesday that a typical American household now carries $10,000 in credit card debt, raising America’s credit card balance to the tune of $1 trillion.... More


United Nations, June 12 (RHC) -- Gender inequality has remained stagnant for a decade, according to research by the United Nations, as cultural biases and pressures continue to hinder women’s empowerment and leave the world unlikely to meet the UN’s goal of gender parity by 2030.... More


United Nations, June 12 (RHC)-- Civil society groups in Israel and Palestine face serious human rights violations by Israeli authorities seeking to perpetuate an illegal occupation and apartheid regime, according to a report published by the United Nations Human Rights Council.... More


Guatemala City, June 12 (RHC)-- A Guatemalan appeals court disobeyed a ruling from the Inter-American Court of Human Rights by ordering the release of three former high-ranking military officers convicted of crimes against humanity.   In March, the regional human rights court halted the release of the prisoners “to prevent irreparable damage to the right of access to justice for the victims”.... More


Rome, June 12 (RHC)-- Silvio Berlusconi, Italy’s former prime minister, has died.  He was 86.... More


Washington, June 12 (RHC)-- More than two years after the deadly January 6 insurrection, 12 million people in the United States -- or 4.4% of the adult population -- believe the use of violence is justified to restore former President Donald Trump to power, The Guardian reported Friday.... More


Saint John, June 12 (RHC)-- The Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda, Gaston Browne, rejected the declarations about Venezuela, made by the former president of the United States, Donald Trump.  The former president and now Republican front-runner for another residency at the White House, made the slanderous comments about Venezuela during a speech delivered at a campaign rally in the U.S. state of North Carolina.... More


Caracas, June 11 (RHC/Prensa Latina)-- Venezuela's Minister of Foreign Affairs Yván Gil has affirmed that the United States could not and never will be able to defeat his country.... More


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