United Nations, April 27 (RHC)-- The United Nations is warning half of Somalia’s population -- nearly 8.3 million people -- will need humanitarian assistance this year amid Somalia’s worst drought in decades. ... More


London, April 27 (RHC)-- New research finds ice sheets in Greenland and Antarctica melted at a far faster rate than previously believed at the end of the last ice age, raising fears that global sea level rise could rapidly accelerate this century as modern-day glaciers collapse due to human activity. ... More


Tehran, April 27 (RHC)-- Iran’s ambassador and permanent representative to the UN has denounced the silence of the Security Council regarding Israeli violations of Palestinians’ rights, arguing that the practice has rendered the UN resolutions ineffective and subjected Palestinian people to constant aggression.... More


New York, April 27 (RHC)-- Peru’s police and military have violently suppressed recent anti-government protests, resulting in deaths that likely amount to “extrajudicial or arbitrary killings” under international law, according to a new 107-page report from the nonprofit Human Rights Watch (HRW).... More


United Nations, April 26 (RHC)-- Haitians are living through an “alarming” surge in violence, the head of the United Nations Integrated Office in Haiti (BINUH) has said, with the number of criminal incidents more than doubling since last year.... More


Brasilia, April 26 (RHC)-- Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro is testifying to federal police about his conduct around the January 8 attacks on government buildings by his supporters in capital Brasilia following his election loss.... More


London, April 26 (RHC)-- Black children in England and Wales are six times more likely to be strip-searched by police, according to a report that finds children were failed by those sworn to protect them.... More


New Delhi, April 26 (RHC)-- A record-shattering heat wave has hit multiple Asian countries, including India, Bangladesh, Laos, Thailand and parts of China.  ... More


Asunción, April 26 (RHC)-- In Paraguay, leftist politician Efrain Alegre promised to fight the "mafia" entrenched in the Paraguayan state if he wins the April 30th elections.... More


Caracas, April 26 (RHC)-- The President of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, held a meeting this Tuesday at the Miraflores Palace, with the Prime Minister of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Ralph Gonsalves, to consolidate bilateral cooperation.... More


Brasilia, April 26 (RHC)-- The 2023 edition of Brazil's Camp Terra Livre (Free Land), in which indigenous communities and movements debate and mobilize about their future, continues in Brasilia.... More


Quito, April 26 (RHC)-- The death toll from the landslide that occurred on March 26th in Alausí, Chimborazo province, Ecuador, has risen to 48, according to authorities.... More


Mexico City, April 26 (RHC)-- Mexico's Attorney General's Office (FGR) has charged the head of the National Migration Institute (INM), Francisco Garduño, for the death of 40 migrants during a fire at the Ciudad Juárez migration station.... More


Vatican City, April 25 (RHC)-- In a historic shift long sought by Indigenous-led activists, the Holy See formally repudiated the Doctrine of Discovery, a dubious legal theory born from a series of 15th-century papal decrees used by colonizers including the United States to legally justify the genocidal conquest of non-Christian peoples and their land.... More


New York, April 25 (RHC)-- Two recently published polls have revealed that the rising cost of living is causing financial strain for most Americans -- especially people with lower incomes -- and that pessimism about the state and future of the country's economy is pervasive and spreading.... More


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