Atlanta, August 21 (RHC)-- Authorities in the U.S. state of Georgia said they are investigating threats against members of the grand jury that indicted former United States President Donald Trump and 18 of his allies.... More


Brussels, August 21 (RHC)-- The Netherlands and Denmark said on Sunday that they would give Ukraine long-demanded F-16 fighter jets.  The move was announced during a meeting between Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky and Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte, as the leaders toured an airbase in Eindhoven.... More


Ramallah, August 21 (RHC)--The latest Israeli raid on the Jenin refugee camp in the northern Occupied West Bank last month has been described as a “massacre” by local officials and residents and condemned by the United Nations, but it is far from unique in scope and brutality.... More


Brasilia, August 21 (RHC)-- The Federal Police (PF) and the Brazilian Attorney General's Office (PGR) have carried out arrest warrants against members of the leadership of the Military Police of the Federal District (PM-DF) accused of allowing the coup attempts against the three branches of the Republic on January 8.... More


Quito, August 21 (Prensa Latina)-- The president of the National Electoral Council (CNE), Diana Atamaint, confirms that next October 15, Ecuadorians will return to the polls to elect the president in a runoff between Luisa Gonzalez and Daniel Noboa.... More


London, August 21 (RHC)-- According to reports from London, the Bibby Stockholm, which docked off the Dorset Coast last month, was supposed to house as many as 500 refugees.  But, within recent days, a few dozen refugees were sent on board and then swiftly removed due to the discovery of Legionnaire’s disease in the water supply of the barge.... More


Brasilia, August 21 (RHC)-- Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva traveled this Sunday to Johannesburg to participate next week in the Brics Summit (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa),in which he will promote the expansion of the forum to more countries of the Global South.... More


Guatemala City, August 20 (RHC)-- Bernardo Arévalo de León, from the political group Semilla, has been declared the next president of Guatemala, when 92 percent of the votes cast in the election in the Central American country have been counted.   The Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE) announced it will take five days to present the final results.... More


Oslo, August 20 (RHC)-- Norwegian mass killer Anders Behring Breivik is suing the state for allegedly violating his human rights due to being held in “extreme” isolation, and has filed another application for parole, his lawyer said.... More


Washington, August 20 (RHC)-- The U.S. Justice Department is seeking 33 years in prison for former Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio, who was convicted of seditious conspiracy earlier this year in relation to the 2021 riot at the U.S. Capitol.... More


Tel Aviv, August 20 (RHC)-- A high-ranking former Israeli military official insists the regime’s treatment of Palestinians in the occupied West Bank is identical to the discriminatory practices of Nazi Germany and amounts to apartheid.... More


Guatemala City, August 20 (RHC)-- The magistrate of the Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE) of Guatemala, Blanca Alfaro, advanced in the framework of the second round of the presidential elections, that she made the decision to resign from her position, due to the inadequate environment in which she carries out her work.... More


United Nations, August 20 (RHC)-- A report by the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), informed that at least 11 children die every week on the migratory routes between North Africa and Europe.  The news has aroused alarm in world public opinion, making visible a tragedy that goes unnoticed due to the indolence of many, especially those human traffickers involved in assisting them.... More


Madrid, August 20 (RHC)-- Thousands of residents from Tenerife in Spain’s Canary Islands have been evacuated as a wildfire authorities deemed “out of control” rages on for a fourth day.  The Canary Islands emergency services said more than 26,000 people had been evacuated by Saturday afternoon, according to provisional estimates, a sharp rise from 4,500 on Friday. Some 11 towns have now been affected.... More


Quito, August 20 (RHC)-- More than 13 million Ecuadorians are called to participate in a general election to elect the new president, vice president and assembly members amid a climate of violence and insecurity throughout the South American country.... More


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