Sanaa, June 14 (RHC)-- The bodies of 25 migrants have been recovered off the coast of Yemen after their boat, reportedly carrying up to 200 people, capsized, a provincial official told AFP news agency.... More
Baghdad, June 14 (RHC)-- An unidentified drone has dropped a number of explosive projectiles on a US military facility at the Baghdad International Airport in Iraq. A security source told Shafaq News that the explosive-laden drone targeted a wall of an airbase at the airport at dawn Monday.... More
Christchurch, June 14 (RHC)-- A planned film about the 2019 Christchurch mosque killings has sparked an intense backlash in New Zealand, with community members and leaders slamming the project for pushing a “white saviour” narrative.... More
Buenos Aires, June 14 (RHC)-- In Buenos Aires, agents of the Interpol department of the Argentinean Federal Police (PFA) captured this Saturday the former army colonel Walter Klug Rivera, who is convicted of crimes committed during the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet (1973-1990) in Chile and was a fugitive in Argentina.... More
Tel Aviv, June 14 (RHC)-- Benjamin Netanyahu is out after 12 years as Israel’s prime minister. On Sunday, lawmakers approved a new coalition government and swore in far-right nationalist Naftali Bennett as its leader. ... More
London, June 14 (RHC)-- The G-7 summit concluded in Cornwall, England, on Sunday. As thousands of activists and protesters descended on the coastal town, world leaders failed to set firm goals on ending the use of coal and other measures to slow down the climate catastrophe. ... More
San Francisco, June 14 (RHC)-- COVID cases and deaths continue to fall in the United States, with just 2% of tests coming back positive now. California is set to fully reopen tomorrow, Tuesday, after over one year of restrictions.... More
Baton Rouge, June 14 (RHC)-- In the U.S. state of Louisiana, an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) jail has been put on a “communications lockdown” after imprisoned women led a protest in response to a possible exposure to tuberculosis and medical negligence.... More
San Diego, June 14 (RHC)-- Record heat is set to grip the U.S. southwest this week, with excessive heat warnings issued in at least eight states and temperatures soaring to more than 120 degrees in some areas. ... More
New York, June 14 (RHC)-- The Pulitzer Prize Board has awarded a special citation to Darnella Frazier, the teenager who recorded the police murder of George Floyd last May on her cellphone. Frazier was just 17 years old when she made the recording that would go viral and trigger mass, global protests for racial justice.... More
Caracas, June 14 (RHC)-- The Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of the Americas-People's Trade Agreement (ALBA-TCP), denounced this Sunday that the economic, financial and commercial blockade against Venezuela prevents the South American country from accessing the purchase of vaccines to combat the COVID-19 pandemic.... More
Guatemala City, June 14 (RHC)--For years, Marcia Mendez has never stopped searching for her sister. Now, decades after Luz Haydee was disappeared by Guatemalan military forces, justice may be on the horizon, after a Guatemalan judge this month ordered a trial into crimes committed in the 1980s.... More
Algiers, June 14 (RHC)-- Algeria cancelled the accreditation of France 24, the communications ministry said on Sunday, a day after parliamentary elections in the former French colony.... More
Riyadh, June 14 (RHC)-- No foreign pilgrims will be allowed to perform the Hajj once again this year after Saudi Arabia restricted the annual pilgrimage to citizens and residents, and set a maximum of 60,000 pilgrims in response to the coronavirus pandemic.... More
Washington, June 14 (RHC)-- The U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) said Johnson & Johnson must throw away millions of doses of its COVID-19 vaccine that were manufactured at a problem-plagued Baltimore factory but also cleared millions for use.... More
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