Washington, August 12 (RHC)-- A former Virginia police sergeant who joined Donald Trump’s supporters in storming the United States Capitol on January 6th last year, was sentenced to seven years and three months in prison, matching the longest prison sentence so far among hundreds of Capitol riot cases.... More
Lima, August 12 (RHC)-- The Peruvian president, Pedro Castillo, has again rejected the accusations of corruption against him and denounced that opposition sectors linked to the right wing want to build evidence to incriminate him in order to force his resignation from office.... More
Caracas, August 12 (RHC)-- A commission of parliamentarians from the Venezuelan National Assembly delivered Thursday to the Argentinean embassy in Caracas the official claim demanding the immediate return of the Venezuelan cargo plane held in Buenos Aires for two months, as well as the release of its 19 crew members.... More
Bogota, August 12 (RHC)-- Colombia's new government has reestablished relations with the self-declared Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic in Western Sahara, which is under attack by Morocco, an ally of Washington.... More
Gaza City, August 12 (RHC)-- A Palestinian girl seriously injured in the latest Israeli aggression on the besieged Gaza Strip has succumbed to the wounds she sustained during recent Israel strikes on the besieged Gaza Strip.... More
Brasilia, August 12 (RHC)-- Thousands of Brazilians flocked to a law school Thursday in defence of the nation’s democratic institutions, an event that carried echoes of a gathering nearly 45 years ago when citizens joined together at the same site to denounce a brutal military dictatorship.... More
Paris, August 12 (RHC)-- France is battling a spate of wildfires, including a "monster" blaze in the parched southwest that has forced thousands to evacuate. Officials said Thursday six EU nations are sending firefighting teams and equipment to contain the raging flames which has left France overwhelmed. ... More
Caracas, August 12 (RHC)-- The president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, appointed on Thursday the former Minister for Foreign Affairs, Félix Plasencia, as the country's next ambassador to Colombia, in the framework of the process for the reestablishment of bilateral relations.... More
Vienna, August 12 (RHC)-- As Israel's systematic attacks on Gaza and al-Quds persist, another war continues to rage on in Europe. The battle pits pro-Palestine activists pushing a global anti-Israel boycott campaign versus local authorities who back ties with Israel.... More
Brasilia, August 12 (RHC)-- In Brazil on Thursday, jurists, intellectuals, artists, workers and businessmen took part in the reading of the "Letter to Brazilian Women and Men in Defense of the Democratic Rule of Law," a document which was prepared by Sao Paulo University's Law School and has been signed by over 900,000 Brazilians so far.... More
New York, August 11 (RHC)-- A group of prominent international economists have called on the administration of U.S. President Joe Biden to release Afghanistan's Central Bank assets amid unfolding economic and humanitarian catastrophes in the country.... More
Washington, August 11 (RHC)-- The U.S. Justice Department has charged an Iranian citizen with plotting to murder President Trump’s former national security advisor John Bolton. Federal prosecutors claim that Shahram Poursafi offered to pay a hitman $300,000 last November to assassinate Bolton in Washington, D.C., or Maryland. ... More
Brasilia, August 11 (RHC)-- In Brazil, the electoral deputy attorney general, Paulo Gonet Franco, expressed that there was "unacceptable propaganda" in the president's "victimization" speech due to the false arguments Bolsonaro used to point out that the electronic ballot box system is unreliable and could harm him.... More
Ramallah, August 11 (RHC)-- A street in Ramallah in the occupied West Bank has been renamed after slain Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh. On the eve of the three-month anniversary of Shireen’s killing by Israeli forces, an official ceremony was held on Wednesday to honour the late Palestinian-American journalist.... More
Washington, August 11 (RHC)-- U.S. President Biden has signed a bill to expand healthcare and disability benefits to some 3.5 million former U.S. service members poisoned by toxic “burn pits” on U.S. military bases in Iraq and Afghanistan. ... More
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