Washington, May 10 (RHC)-- U.S. President Joe Biden’s administration is preparing for the end of a controversial public health order that has allowed authorities to turn away most asylum seekers at the United States border with Mexico.... More


Gaza City, May 9 (RHC)-- Widespread international condemnations have poured in after the Israeli regime carried out fresh airstrikes against the Gaza Strip, leaving at least 13 Palestinians dead and 20 others wounded.... More


Dallas, May 9 (RHC)-- In the U.S. state of Texas, public anger is growing over the lack of information being shared by investigators as they piece together details about the 33-year-old gunman who killed eight people and wounded seven others during a mass shooting in the Dallas suburb of Allen on Saturday. ... More


Quito, May 9 (RHC)-- On Tuesday, the National Assembly began the debate to decide whether the impeachment trial against Ecuadorean President Guillermo Lasso moves to a phase in which legislators will vote for or against his removal.... More


Port-au-Prince, May 9 (RHC)-- At the presentation of his latest report on Tuesday, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk warned that a vicious cycle is taking shape in Haiti due to the appearance of vigilantes who take the law into their own hands to fight armed gangs.... More


New York, May 9 (RHC)-- Donald Trump sexually abused writer E Jean Carroll in the 1990s and then defamed her by branding her a liar, a jury has decided, delivering a legal blow to the former U.S. president as he seeks re-election in 2024.... More


Brussels, May 9 (RHC)-- The European Union delegation in Israel has cancelled its Europe Day diplomatic reception over the planned participation of far-right Israeli Minister of National Security Itamar Ben-Gvir.... More


Canberra, May 9 (RHC)--Australian lawmakers have met U.S. Ambassador Caroline Kennedy, urging her to help drop the pending extradition case against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and allow him to return to Australia.... More


Caracas, May 9 (RHC)-- Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro called on Monday on the people to remain in battle to denounce and repudiate the looting of the company CITGO, a subsidiary of the state-owned oil company PDVSA, after the decision of the U.S. government.... More


Washington, May 9 (RHC)-- More than 14,600 people in the United States, including hundreds of children and teenagers, have been killed in gun-related violence since the beginning of the year, according to the figures provided by a non-profit research group.... More


Gaza City, May 9 (RHC)-- At least 10 people have been killed in Israeli air raids on the Gaza Strip in what Israel’s military said was the targeting of members of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad movement.  Al Jazeera’s Youmna El Sayed, reporting from Gaza, said the Ministry of Health declared that 10 people were killed in the Gaza Strip, and an unconfirmed number of people were injured in the Israeli air attacks.... More


Kinshasa, May 8 (RHC)-- In the Democratic Republic of Congo, over 400 people were killed and entire villages were wiped away after torrential rains led rivers to burst their banks in South Kivu province. ... More


Washington, May 8 (RHC)-- The Washington Post reports conservative judicial activist Leonard Leo arranged for Clarence Thomas’s wife, Ginni Thomas, to be paid at least $80,000 for consulting work over a decade ago. ... More


Dallas, May 8 (RHC)-- In the U.S. state of Texas, a man armed with a semiautomatic rifle killed eight people and injured seven others Saturday at a suburban shopping mall outside Dallas before he was shot dead by a police officer.  Hospitals treated victims as young as 5 and as old as 61. ... More


Edmonton, May 8 (RHC)-- The Canadian province of Alberta announced a state of emergency over the weekend as 103 wildfires flared across the province, forcing 25,000 people to flee their homes in what a top official said was an "unprecedented" crisis.  Thousands more have been told to be ready to leave on a moment's notice.... More


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