Lima, December 5 (RHC)-- The Peruvian government expressed its respect for democratic principles and asked the people not to fall into speculations "about the alleged breakdown of the constitutional order."... More


Tegucigalpa, December 5 (RHC)-- The Honduran government has announced that it will impose a partial state of emergency in some sectors of the country beginning on Tuesday, December 6, to stop the incidence of crime and the scourge of extortion.... More


Ramallah, December 4 (RHC)-- The Palestinian foreign ministry has said the shooting of a Palestinian man by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank was tantamount to an execution meant to escalate already spiralling violence in the occupied territory, Reuters news agency reported.  The Palestinian Health Ministry confirmed the death over the weekend.... More


Bogota, December 4 (RHC)-- Colombia has reached an agreement in peace talks with the ELN rebel group to allow the Indigenous Embera community to return to its lands in the west of the country, President Gustavo Petro said.  The pact is the first significant success achieved at peace negotiations taking place between the government and the left-wing National Liberation Army (ELN), the country’s largest remaining rebel group.... More


Paris, December 4 (RHC)-- France's state-owned railway company has cancelled more than half of its trips this weekend because of a nationwide strike by rail conductors.  The French train operator SNCF imposed the drastic service cutbacks as nearly 10,000  conductors went on strike Saturday demanding better work conditions.... More


Manama, December 4 (RHC)-- People in Bahrain have staged fresh demonstrations across the Persian Gulf country to reiterate their support for the Palestinian cause, and to condemn the establishment of full diplomatic relations with the Tel Aviv regime, and the visit by Israeli president Isaac Herzog to Manama.... More


Gaza City, December 4 (RHC)-- Israel's aircraft have targeted several positions in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, claiming that the new assault is in response to alleged rocket fire from the direction of the blockaded coastal sliver earlier on Saturday.... More


Washington, December 4 (RHC)-- The United States has unveiled its latest high-tech strategic bomber – the B-21 Raider – which is capable of carrying a nuclear payload and can be flown without a crew on board.  The next-generation stealth bomber was rolled out at arm’s manufacturer Northrop Grumman’s facility in California during a flashy ceremony attended by top US officials on Friday.... More


La Paz, December 3 (RHC)-- The Law for the Application of the Results of the Population and Housing Census in the Financial and Electoral Spheres has been enacted by Bolivian President Luis Arce.   The regulation that sets March 23, 2024, as the date for the Population and Housing Census was approved last November 26 by the Chamber of Deputies and sanctioned on November 29 by the Senate. ... More


San Salvador, December 3 (RHC)-- El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele has announced the deployment of 10,000 security forces to a suburb of San Salvador known to be a stronghold for gangs.  The move is the latest escalation in a crusade against gang violence that began in March, which human rights groups say has been marred by unjustified detentions.... More


Caracas, December 3 (RHC)-- The Executive Secretary of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America-People's Trade Agreement (ALBA-TCP), Sacha Llorenti, has strongly criticized statements made by Josep Borrell, the European Union's high representative for Foreign Affairs.... More


Manama, December 3 (RHC)-- People in Bahrain have taken to the streets in the tiny Persian Gulf island country to condemn normalization of relations with the Tel Aviv regime and express their outrage over Israeli president Isaac Herzog’s upcoming visit to the state.... More


Kampala, December 3 (RHC)-- Uganda has discharged its last known Ebola patient from hospital, a senior health official has said, raising hopes that an outbreak that has killed at least 56 people would end soon.   Officials first confirmed the outbreak in September and said it was the Sudan strain of the virus, which kills 40 to 60 percent of those it infects and for which there is no proven vaccine.... More


Ramallah, December 3 (RHC)-- Israeli troops have shot dead a Palestinian youth in the occupied West Bank, marking the most recent case of such deadly violence by the regime’s forces against Palestinians in the occupied territories.  The 22-year-old, identified as Ammar Mefleh, was shot dead following an alleged stabbing attack against the regime’s forces at a checkpoint in the northern West Bank town of Hawara on Friday.... More


Washington, December 3 (RHC)-- Two former American diplomats have called on the administration of U.S. President Joe Biden to no longer provide offensive weapons or military aid to Israel’s new regime, expressing fear that the far-right extremists would further aggravate the situation in the occupied cities of al-Quds and the West Bank.... More


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