Ramallah, June 9 (RHC)-- Israeli forces detained 13 Palestinians on Thursday during several brutal raids across the West Bank, including in Ramallah and East al-Quds, according to the Wafa news agency.... More


Los Angeles, June 9 (RHC)--The People's Summit for Democracy, which will last until tomorrow, Friday, got underway in Los Angeles. ... More


Los Angeles, June 9 (RHC)-- The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Argentina, Santiago Cafiero, urged on Wednesday the Organization of American States (OAS) not to promote instability in the region within the framework of the Summit of the Americas being held in the United States.... More


Los Angeles, June 9 (RHC)-- In the framework of the Summit of the Americas, celebrated in Los Angeles, Peruvian President Pedro Castillo met with his  Colombian counterpart, President Ivan Duque, on Wednesday morning.... More


Brussels, June 9 (RHC)-- The European Parliament has approved a draft law that prohibits the sale of new carbon dioxide-emitting vehicles and is set to take effect in 2035.... More


United Nations, June 9 (RHC)-- At a plenary session of the UN General Assembly, Hungarian diplomat Csaba Korosi was elected the president of the upcoming 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA).  He will take up the new post in September to succeed Abdulla Shahid.... More


Kabul, June 9 (RHC)-- The United States continues to drag its feet on unfreezing assets of Afghanistan even as half of the crisis-hit country grapples with acute hunger almost 10 months after the Taliban made a stunning comeback and the U.S.-led forces beat a hasty retreat.... More


Beijing, June 9 (RHC)-- China says the United States should stop fabricating and spreading false information and end taking pride in its “Empire of Lies.”... More


Washington, June 9 (RHC)-- An internal U.S. government report has found the State Department and Pentagon have failed to assess how many civilians are being killed with U.S.-made weapons in the U.S.-backed, Saudi-led war in Yemen. ... More


Phoenix, June 9 (RHC)-- In Tempe, Arizona, three police officers have been placed on leave after they ignored an unhoused man’s pleas to help him from drowning in a lake.  The incident began when police responded to a reported disturbance involving 34-year-old Sean Bickings and a companion near Tempe Town Lake last month. ... More


Mexico City, June 9 (RHC)-- Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Wednesday described U.S. Senators Robert Menendez, Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz as "blackmailers" in the cases of Cuba, Mexico and the 9th Summit of the Americas.... More


Buenos Aires, June 9 (RHC)-- The Puebla Group denounced Wednesday the exclusion of Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela from the IX Summit of the Americas, held until Friday, June 10th, in the U.S. city of Los Angeles.... More


Cali, June 8 (RHC)-- In Colombia, on Tuesday afternoon, Jesusita Moreno "Doña Tuta", a popular and beloved Black leader, was shot to death in Cali.... More


Brasilia, June 8 (RHC)-- Indigenous representatives of the Amazon rainforest, in South America, have denounced being excluded from the work of civil society in the so-called Summit of the Americas being held this week in Los Angeles, which has on its agenda the discussion on climate change.... More


United Nations, June 8 (RHC)-- A new United Nations report says surging global food insecurity has placed 750,000 people in five countries -- including Yemen and Afghanistan -- at immediate risk of “starvation or death.”... More


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