Tehran, August 3 (RHC)-- An informed Iranian source says the country will give a strong and crushing response to any measure taken against its national interests and security, blaming Britain and the US for the consequences of such moves against Tehran.... More


United Nations, August 3 (RHC)-- The United Nations reasserts its rejection of the Israeli regime’s settlement activities amid the regime’s continued threat of expelling Palestinian families from the holy occupied city of al-Quds’ Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood.... More


La Paz, August 3 (RHC)-- The president of Bolivia, Luis Arce, inaugurated this Monday the infrastructure of the new building of the Plurinational Legislative Assembly in the presence of representatives of 36 nations and indigenous peoples.... More


Brasilia, August 3 (RHC)-- According to a group of 18 active and former Brazilian Supreme Court justices, the country's electoral system is free of fraud.  The statement was issued amid unrelenting attacks by President Jair Bolsonaro, who is pushing for changes to the voting process.... More


Burlington, August 3 (RHC)-- In the U.S., Elka Schumann, co-founder of the Bread and Puppet theater company, has died at the age of 85.  Elka was born in the Soviet Union in 1935 and taken to the United States in 1941. ... More


Tokyo, August 3 (RHC)-- In Tokyo, the International Olympic Committee says it’s investigating whether an “X” gesture made by U.S. shot put silver medalist Raven Saunders violated its ban on political statements. ... More


Tripoli, August 3 RHC)-- Over 700 refugees — including a three-month-old baby — have been rescued off the coast of Libya and Malta as they attempted to reach Europe. ... More


Caracas, August 3 (RHC)-- Venezuelan Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza rejected Monday the aggressions carried out by the European Union (EU) against the institutionality of Nicaragua after the imposition of sanctions.... More


La Paz, August 3 (RHC)-- The Argentinean ambassador in La Paz, Ariel Basteiro, announced that they will soon receive new evidentiary documents found by the Bolivian government on the shipment of war material to that country, which would ratify the link of former President Mauricio Macri with the coup carried out against Evo Morales in 2019.... More


Miami, August 2 (RHC)-- The U.S. state of Florida has broken its previous daily record for the number of people hospitalized for COVID-19.  The state had 10,207 people hospitalised with confirmed COVID-19 cases on Sunday, according to data reported to the US Department of Health and Human Services.... More


Mexico City, August 2 (RHC)-- With 97.5 percent of the tallies counted, 97.7 percent of the participants answered "Yes" on the ballots of the popular consultation on ex-presidents held on Sunday in Mexico, according to official data.... More


Zurich, August 2 (RHC)-- Police have started removing around 200 climate activists who staged a protest at the entrance to banks Credit Suisse and UBS in Zurich demanding the financial institutions stop financing fossil fuel projects.... More


Ramallah, August 2 (RHC)-- Israeli authorities are plotting to confiscate more Palestinian land to expand settlements in the occupied al-Quds, as the Tel Aviv regime presses ahead with its land grab policies in the occupied territories.... More


Tunis, August 2 (RHC)-- Two humanitarian rescue ships have pulled 394 migrants from a dangerously overcrowded wooden boat in the Mediterranean in an operation lasting about six hours, Reuters news agency reported.... More


Los Angeles, August 2 (RHC)-- Concerns are growing in the United States after a nationwide moratorium on rental evictions during the coronavirus pandemic expired this weekend, threatening to make millions of Americans homeless as early as Monday morning.... More


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