Rome, March 10 (RHC)--At least 14 people from sub-Saharan African countries have drowned off Tunisia as they tried to reach Europe by boat in the latest tragedy on the Mediterranean Sea. Tunisia’s coastguard said in a statement on Wednesday that officers the previous night had intercepted “a group whose boat had sunk, rescuing 54 people of various sub-Saharan African nationalities and recovering 14 bodies.”... More
Caracas, March 10 (RHC)-- The Venezuelan government will not sign any agreement with the opposition of the Unitary Platform until the unilateral coercive measures are lifted, said the president of the National Assembly, Jorge Rodriguez.... More
Mexico City, March 10 (RHC)-- Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has rejected calls for the United States military to intervene to stem drug cartel violence in Mexico, saying such a move would violate the country’s sovereignty.... More
Ramallah, Occupied West Bank, March 10 (RHC)-- Israeli forces have killed three Palestinians in a raid in Jenin in the northern occupied West Bank, less than 48 hours after six others were killed in another raid on the city. The Palestinian Ministry of Health said the three men shot dead on Thursday morning were identified as Ahmad Fashafsheh, 22, Sufian Fakhouri, 26, and Nayef Malaysheh, 25.... More
Washington, March 10 (RHC)-- U.S. journalist Vincent Bevins, in his new explosive book "The Jakarta Method," has laid bare mass murders orchestrated by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in Indonesia, Latin America, and around the world during the Cold War. ... More
Paris, March 9 (RHC)-- In France, 1.3 million people took to the streets Tuesday in the sixth — and largest yet — nationwide protest against raising the pension age from 62 to 64. Train services were disrupted, schools were shut, and fuel deliveries blocked.... More
Madrid, March 9 (RHC)-- Spain’s government approved a draft law aimed at bolstering equal representation of women in politics, business and other institutions. The measure, announced by Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez at a rally for the Socialist Party over the weekend, will now be debated and voted on by the Spanish parliament. ... More
Washington, March 9 (RHC)-- The Joe Biden administration is considering a plan to vaccinate millions of chickens against avian influenza. The plan comes amid the worst outbreak of the viral disease in U.S. history, which has killed tens of millions of domesticated chickens, turkeys and ducks, along with countless wild birds. ... More
Port-au-Prince, March 9 (RHC)-- In Haiti, the humanitarian aid group Doctors Without Borders is considering suspending its operations after a series of shootouts at its clinics in Port-au-Prince and other violent incidents as the island nation is increasingly controlled by gangs. ... More
Tokyo, March 9 (RHC)-- South Korea has agreed to set up a fund to compensate victims of forced labor during Japan’s colonization of Korea in the first half of the 20th century. South Korea’s Foreign Ministry plans to raise the funds through voluntary contributions by businesses. ... More
Washington, March 9 (RHC)-- The Joe Biden administration is considering a plan to start detaining asylum-seeking families who are apprehended on the U.S.-Mexico border — after U.S. officials had largely ended the practice over the past two years. ... More
Jenin, March 9 (RHC)-- The occupied West Bank observed a general strike yesterday, one day after Israeli forces raided a Jenin refugee camp, killing six Palestinians. It was the latest deadly attack by Israel, which has killed at least 73 Palestinians since the start of the year.... More
Athens, March 9 (RHC)-- Tens of thousands of people have rallied in Athens and cities across Greece to demand accountability following the deaths of 57 people last week in the country’s worst train disaster.... More
United Nations, March 9 (RHC)-- Damage caused by devastating earthquakes in Turkey will exceed $100 billion, a United Nations Development Program (UNDP) official says ahead of a major donor conference next week.... More
London, March 9 (RHC)-- The United Kingdom government says it is ready for legal challenges to a tough new law intended to stop tens of thousands of people a year from reaching the country in small boats across the English Channel.... More
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