Rome, July 15 (RHC)-- The number of people who died trying to cross the Mediterranean Sea nearly doubled in the first half of 2021, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said on Wednesday.... More
Kabul, July 15 (RHC)-- A group of the military forces that the U.S. has taken out of Afghanistan have been sent over to Yemen, where they have occupied a strategic southwestern airbase.... More
Mexico City, July 14 (RHC)--Mexican President Andres Manuel López Obrador has demanded from his Spanish counterpart, Pedro Sánchez, as well as from King Felipe VI, apologies for the European invasion of American territory in the 15th and 16th centuries.... More
New York, July 14 (RHC)-- The coronavirus infections curve in the United States is rising again after months of decline, with the number of new cases per day doubling over the past three weeks, driven by the fast-spreading Delta variant, lagging vaccination rates and Fourth of July gatherings.... More
Tunis, July 14 (RHC)-- A surge of coronavirus cases in several Middle Eastern countries could have dire consequences, aggravated by the spread of the Delta variant and low vaccine availability, the World Health Organization said on Wednesday.... More
Paris, July 14 (RHC)-- Protests took place across France on Wednesday with heated clashes erupting with police in Paris. A number of groups, including those associated with the Gilets Jaunes (Yellow Vest) movement, held demonstrations across the country on Tuesday following the government’s announcement of compulsory vaccinations for health workers and the introduction of a national COVID-19 passport. ... More
Ottawa, July 14 (RHC)-- In Canada, over 160 unmarked graves have been found at the former Kuper Island Industrial School, which operated as a boarding school for Indigenous children from 1890 to 1975 on Penelakut Tribe territory. ... More
United Nations, July 14 (RHC)-- A United Nations human rights expert says Israeli settlements in East Jerusalem and the occupied West Bank amount to a war crime.... More
Damascus, July 14 (RHC)-- Syria’s foreign minister has blasted the “catastrophic” impact of Western sanctions on his country, saying the restrictive measures have hampered the government’s ability to meet the basic needs of the Syrian people.... More
Washington, July 14 (RHC)-- German Chancellor Angela Merkel is visiting the White House this week and ahead of her visit, a group of Democratic lawmakers have requested a meeting with her. ... More
London, July 14 (RHC)-- The British Medical Association (BMA) has called the UK government's decision to lift the last restrictions against COVID-19 in England by July 19th "irresponsible."... More
Washington, July 14 (RHC)-- As coronavirus cases continue to rise in the United States, the Biden administration has begun vaccinating people detained in Immigration and Customs Enforcement jails with the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 shot. ... More
Tehran, July 14 (RHC)-- Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has denounced Washington’s “extreme unilateral adventurism,” urging the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) to support multilateralism and oppose unlawful unilateral actions and pressure.... More
La Paz, July 14 (RHC)-- Magistrate Antonio Amaru, of the First Court of Criminal Instruction of the Bolivian city of El Alto, informed Jeanine Áñez of the extension for another two months of her preventive detention, while rejecting an appeal by the prisoner to assume in freedom her defense in the framework of the coup d'état case.... More
Buenos Aires, July 14 (RHC)--The Government of Argentina denounced former President Mauricio Macri (2015-2019) and other officials of his mandate for the shipment to Bolivia of military supplies that were used to repress the population after the coup d'état against former President Evo Morales.... More
More Views
- ALBA-TCP denounces campaign against Manuel Zelaya's leadership in Honduras
- Greta Thunberg arrested at pro-Palestine protest in Copenhagen
- Libre Party reaffirms support for Honduran president in the face of coup threats
- Ignacio Ramonet sends open letter to U.S. President Joe Biden
- Caravan in Panama demands removal of Cuba from U.S. terrorist list
