Abuja, February 8 (RHC)-- Three crew members on board an oil vessel that exploded last week off the coast of Nigeria have been found alive, while seven were still missing, according to the ship’s operator.... More
United Nations, February 8 (RHC)-- An estimated 13 million people in the Horn of Africa are facing severe hunger, the United Nations’ World Food Program (WFP) has said.... More
Washington, February 8 (RHC)-- U.S. legislators have held a moment of silence at the Capitol to mark 900,000 COVID deaths in the country. The officials walked onto the steps of the seat of the US legislature carrying lights and stood silently as U.S. Army Chorus performed Shall We Gather at the River and God Bless America on Monday.... More
Ottawa, February 8 (RHC)-- Police in Canada's national capital have seized thousands of liters of fuel as part of a crackdown to end days long protest against the government's COVID-19 measures. Ottawa has been gridlocked by a so-called "Freedom Convoy" consisting of truckers and other motorists for 11 days now.... More
Lima, February 8 (RHC)-- The president of Peru, Pedro Castillo, denounced this Monday coup attempts against his government by political sectors and the media hegemony, through intense smear campaigns. ... More
Gaza City, February 8 (RHC)-- Advocates and families of Palestinian prisoners have protested at the Red Cross office in the besieged Gaza Strip in solidarity with thousands of Palestinian inmates languishing inside Israeli jails. They protested Israel’s inhumane treatment of Palestinian political prisoners.... More
Port-au-Prince, February 8 (RHC)-- Demonstrators gathered in Haiti on Monday to demand a new government and the resignation of Prime Minister Ariel Henry, in a context of violence and political crisis even before the assassination in July 2021 of President Jovenel Moïse.... More
Mananjary, February 8 (RHC)-- At least 20 people have been killed and more than 55,000 others were displaced after Cyclone Batsirai slammed into Madagascar’s eastern coast, officials have said.... More
San Jose, February 7 (RHC)-- Costa Rica’s former president Jose Maria Figueres has led the preliminary vote count in Sunday’s presidential election, with former finance minister Rodrigo Chaves set to face him in a run-off.... More
Addis Ababa, February 7 (RHC)-- The African Union (AU) has suspended a debate on whether to withdraw Israel’s accreditation as an observer to the bloc, avoiding a vote that risked creating an unprecedented rift in the 55-member body.... More
Washington, February 7 (RHC)-- U.S. Senate President pro tempore Patrick Leahy called for the release of Native American activist Leonard Peltier, imprisoned for 46 years for crimes he claims he never committed.... More
Ramallah, February 7 (RHC)-- In another hostile action against Palestinians, Israel has denied Palestinians their family reunification right, confirming recent charges by rights groups that Israel acts as an apartheid regime against the Palestinians.... More
Sanaa, February 7 (RHC)-- Yemen's National Salvation Government has recounted the drastically fatal effect that a 2015-to-present Saudi-led blockade of the country is having on the lives of thousands of cancer-stricken children.... More
Ramallah, February 7 (RHC)-- A Palestinian prisoners’ advocacy group says representatives of Palestinian political prisoners in Israeli detention have declared a state of general mobilization in protest against a new series of Israeli regime’s repressive measures.... More
Ottawa, February 7 (RHC)-- Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson on Sunday declared a state of emergency to help deal with an unprecedented 10-day occupation by protesting truckers that has shut down much of the core of the Canadian capital.... More
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