Dublin, May 26 (RHC)-- The Irish government has supported a parliamentary motion condemning the “de facto annexation” of Palestinian land by Israeli authorities, in what it said was the first use of the phrase by a European Union country in relation to Israel.... More


Bogota, May 26 (RHC)-- Colombian President Ivan Duque, who has faced widespread anti-government protests in recent weeks, has become the country’s most unpopular president ever, according to a new poll.... More


New York, May 26 (RHC)-- U.S. airlines and agencies are preparing for increased domestic air travel this summer even as the government continues to debate whether to allow more foreign travellers to visit.... More


London, May 26 (RHC)-- After winning a landmark ruling against the UK’s GCHQ spy agency, activist groups praised former NSA contractor Edward Snowden for blowing the lid off the UK’s surveillance regime.   And activists called yet again for his pardoning.... More


Bogota, May 26 (RHC)-- In the middle of a day of protests in Tuluá, department of Valle del Cauca, a fire broke out at the Palace of Justice of the municipality.... More


New York, May 26 (RHC)-- New York prosecutors have convened a grand jury that is expected to decide whether to indict former President Donald Trump, suggesting they may have found evidence of a crime, US media reported.... More


United Nations, May 26 (RHC)-- Iran’s Ambassador to the United Nations Majid Takht-Ravanchi says Israeli officials must be brought to justice for perpetrating “heinous” crimes against the Palestinian people in flagrant violation of international law.... More


Bogota, May 26 (RHC)-- Thousands of Colombians are mobilizing this Wednesday in the main cities of the country in response to the call of the National Strike Committee to push for negotiations with the government.... More


Bogota, May 26 (RHC)-- Colombian alternative media confirmed Tuesday that the discovery of two bodies in the municipality of Palmira, department of Valle del Cauca are two young people who participated in the National Strike in the Siloé neighborhood, located in the city of Cali.... More


Porto Alegre, May 26 (RHC)-- Former Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff returned Tuesday to her home in Porto Alegre, capital of the state of Rio Grande do Sul, following medical tests at a hospital after complaining of pains.... More


Geneva, May 25 (RHC)-- The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) has called on nations to commit to global efforts to inoculate the world’s poorest and more vulnerable against COIVD-19, as he blasted “scandalous inequity” in vaccine distribution.... More


Tel Aviv, May 25 (RHC)-- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has promised a “very powerful response” if Hamas breaks a ceasefire that ended a deadly 11-day bombardment of the Gaza Strip.  Netanyahu made the comment in West Jerusalem on Tuesday during a joint press conference with American Secretary of State Antony Blinken, who travelled to the region to bolster the initial ceasefire agreement.... More


The number of new people forced to move within their own countries by climate disasters rose to the highest in at least a decade in 2020, more than three times those displaced due to conflict and violence.... More


Beijing, May 25 (RHC)-- China has administered more than 500 million vaccines in the fight against Covid-19, inoculating more than 10 million people every day, as Beijing aims to have vaccinated 40% of its population by the end of June.... More


Kinshasa, May 25 (RHC)-- Powerful aftershocks from the Mount Nyiragongo volcano have rocked the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) as the death toll from a recent eruption that left hundreds of families displaced rose to 32.... More


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