Tehran, February 5 (RHC)-- The Iranian government has delivered 10,000 homes to owners under its massive affordable housing project as President Ebrahim Raeisi vows to accelerate the completion of unfinished projects to provide more housing to low income-earners in the country.... More


Tel Aviv, February 5 (RHC)--Tens of thousands of Israelis have gathered for a fifth week of protests against controversial judicial changes proposed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government.  Protesters in the central city of Tel Aviv braved heavy rain for Saturday’s protest, carrying blue and white Israeli flags and chanting slogans against Netanyahu’s justice minister.... More


Santiago de Chile, February 5 (RHC)-- The Chilean government confirmed early Sunday morning that at least 23 people have died as a result of the forest fires reported in the regions of Bío Bío, Ñuble and La Araucanía, while 554 people were injured.... More


Lima, February 5 (RHC)-- The Peruvian National Police violently repressed this Saturday demonstrators who intervened in the March of the Cones in Lima, in another day of struggle to demand the resignation of President-designate Dina Boluarte, the closure of Congress, the advancement of elections and the activation of a constituent process.... More


Lisbon, February 5 (RHC)-- In Brazil, Supreme Court Judge Gilmar Mendes denounced that his country was being ruled by elites that had support from Rio de Janeiro's paramilitary groups.... More


Ramallah, February 4 (RHC)-- At least thirteen Palestinians have been injured after Israeli military forces stormed a refugee camp in the West Bank, amid fears that the situation across the occupied territories is going to implode in the near future.... More


Santiago de Chile, February 4 (RHC)-- At least 13 people are reported dead as more than 151 raging wildfires across Chile have destroyed homes and thousands of acres of forest.  Local authorities said 11 of the deaths occurred in the town of Santa Juana in Biobio, a region some 500 km south of the capital Santiago.... More


Caracas, February 4 (RHC)-- The President of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, signed with the Minister of Commerce, Industry and Tourism of Colombia, Germán Umaña Mendoza, an agreement for the promotion and protection of investments between both nations.... More


Santiago de Chile, February 4 (RHC)-- Wildfires in the South American nation of Chile have killed an estimated seven people as blazes tear across wide swathes of forests and farmland, incinerating homes.... More


Lima, February 4 (RHC)-- Mobilizations continued this Friday in Peru to demand the resignation of the designated president, Dina Boluarte.   Demonstrators are also demanding the closure of Congress, new general elections and a Constituent Assembly.... More


Rome, February 4 (RHC)-- A pregnant woman and four-month-old baby were among several victims who died on board a refugee and migrant vessel in the central Mediterranean, according to officials and witnesses.  The Italian coastguard “recovered eight bodies, five men and three women” late on Thursday and 42 survivors were brought ashore, Filippo Mannino, mayor of the island of Lampedusa, told AFP.... More


Brasilia, February 3 (RHC)-- The Brazilian Federal Police initiated this Friday the fourth phase of the operation Lesa Patria directed against the coup plotters who participated last January 8 in the attacks against the headquarters of the Presidency, the Congress and the Supreme Court, in the federal capital, Brasília.... More


New York, February 3 (RHC)-- A “powerful” blast of Arctic cold has swept across the northeastern United States and parts of Canada, threatening record low temperatures over the weekend.  The National Weather Service in the U.S. warned on Friday that the “impressive” cold front would plunge temperatures 15 to 35 degrees below average on the Fahrenheit scale (7 to 17 Celsius) across a broad swathe of the country, from the Upper Mississippi Valley to New England.... More


New York, February 3 (RHC)-- In New York City, police evacuated an encampment of asylum seekers outside the Watson Hotel late Wednesday, threatening to arrest anyone who did not leave.  Videos show sanitation workers throwing suitcases into a dumpster. ... More


United Nations, February 3 (RHC)-- Iran’s ambassador to the UN has underscored Israel’s liability for a foiled “terrorist” drone attack on a military workshop in the central Iranian city of Isfahan, saying the Islamic Republic reserves the right to firmly respond to any threats or wrongful actions by the Tel Aviv regime.... More


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