Ramallah, February 13 (RHC)-- Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas says the international community and the European Union, including Germany in particular, should put pressure on Israel to stop its actions as the Tel Aviv regime is pressing ahead with its occupation, expansionism and racism.... More

Panama City, February 13 (RHC)-- The XXXVI Ordinary Assembly of the Latin American Parliament (PARLATINO), which meets in Panama City, supported on Saturday the legitimate right of Argentina in the sovereignty dispute over the Falkland Islands, South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands, as well as surrounding seas, territories usurped by the United Kingdom.... More

La Paz, February 13 (RHC)-- The former president of Bolivia, Evo Morales, denounced this Saturday that the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) is carrying out a destabilizing plan against the coca growers' movement and its leaders.... More

Kabul, February 12 (RHC)-- U.S. President Joe Biden’s decision to effectively seize the Afghan central bank’s funds in the United States and repurpose half of the money as compensation to the victims of the 9/11 attacks has drawn rebuke and accusations of “theft” against Washington.... More

New York, February 12 (RHC)-- Dozens of Cameroonian asylum seekers who were deported by the U.S. government between 2019 and 2021 faced serious human rights violations, including torture, rape and arbitrary arrests, upon returning to Cameroon. That’s according to a new Human Rights Watch report that traced the whereabouts of at least 80 Cameroonians expelled from the U.S. despite saying they feared for their lives.... More

Antananarvio, February 12 (RHC)-- The death toll from Cyclone Batsirai in Madagascar jumped to 120, with tens of thousands needing shelter after their homes were destroyed.  The state disaster relief agency said of the deaths, 87 had occurred in one area: the Ikongo district in southeast Madagascar.  It said earlier this week it was still collecting details about what has happened in Ikongo.... More

Sanaa, February 12 (RHC)-- Saudi Arabia has launched a new round of airstrikes against areas across Yemen, as the Riyadh regime and its allies continue a devastating war and all-out brutal blockade against the impoverished Arab nation.... More

Pretoria, February 12 (RHC)-- The head of the World Health Organization has said the acute phase of the pandemic could end this year, if about 70 percent of the world gets vaccinated.  “Our expectation is that the acute phase of this pandemic will end this year, of course with one condition, the 70 percent vaccination [target is achieved] by mid this year around June, July,” Tedros Adhanom, told reporters in South Africa on Friday.  “If that is to be done, the acute phase can really end, and that is what we are expecting.  It’s in our hands.  It’s not a matter of chance.  It’s a matter of choice.”... More