Caracas, March 29 (RHC)-- The president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, denounced this Sunday that the Colombian government led by Iván Duque is behind the incursion of irregular armed groups of that country in Apure state and that they were neutralized by the Bolivarian National Armed Forces.... More


Brasilia, March 29 (RHC)-- Nearly 300 Brazilian diplomats have requested the resignation of Ernesto Araújo as Minister of Foreign Affairs, due to what they consider to be his conduct incompatible with constitutional principles and elementary codes of career.... More


Bamako, March 29 (RHC)-- From the African continent, local officials say the French military -- purportedly on counter-terrorism missions in Mali -- has killed six civilians in an airstrike in the northern part of the West African nation.... More


Damascus, March 29 (RHC)-- The Syrian government has started rationing the distribution of fuel in the country amid concerns that shipments could be delayed because Egypt’s Suez Canal is being blocked by a giant cargo ship that ran aground, according to the oil ministry.... More


Aden, March 29 (RHC)-- A surging number of COVID-19 cases is increasing the pressure on war-torn Yemen’s already strained healthcare system, an international medical charity has warned.  Doctors Without Borders (MSF) reported a “dramatic influx of critically ill COVID-19 patients requiring hospitalisation in Aden, Yemen, and many other parts of the country” and called on humanitarians groups and international aid donors to “immediately” scale up activities and funding.... More


New York, March 29 (RHC)-- Right-wing U.S.-based Fox News network has been sued by the North American voting machine company Dominion in a $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit, accusing the news outlet of disseminating “outlandish” claims about its alleged role in rigging the 2020 presidential poll in favor of Joe Biden.... More


La Paz, March 28 (RHC)-- The Bolivian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has rejected a statement made by U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, which calls for the release of former authorities of the de facto government.... More


Quito, March 28 (RHC)-- With just two weeks before the celebration of the second round of elections in Ecuador, the presidential candidate of the opposition Union for Hope (Unes), Andres Arauz, has a seven percentage point lead in voter intentions over the right-wing candidate Guillermo Lasso.... More


Caracas, March 28 (RHC)-- Venezuelan Minister of Defense General Vladimir Padrino said that the South American country is determined to expel any irregular Colombian armed group from Venezuelan territory regardless of its ideological persuasion.... More


Caracas, March 28 (RHC)-- Executive Vice President Delcy Rodriguez expressed her appreciation on behalf of Venezuela for the efforts of the World Health Organization (WHO) to distribute vaccines against COVID-19 through the COVAX mechanism, which will add to the vaccination process developed by the Bolivarian Government.... More


Paris, March 28 (RHC)-- A group of more than 200 scholars has released a definition of anti-Semitism that explicitly excludes efforts to boycott the Tel Aviv regime, including those of the international anti-Israel movement of Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) as anti-Semitic... More


A row over COVID-19 vaccine access escalated Friday, with France accusing the United Kingdom of “blackmail” in its dealings with the European Union, and accusing Russia and China of misusing vaccines to boost their foreign policy clout.... More


Birmingham, March 27 (RHC)-- A major union drive is taking place among Amazon workers in the United States.  At one warehouse in the U.S. state of Alabama, workers took over a church parking lot in Bessemer, delivering speeches in between chants and calls urging Amazon to treat its employees better.... More


Caracas, March 27 (RHC)-- The Venezuelan government is suing the United States before the World Trade Organization (WTO) for the imposition of unilateral coercive measures, at the beginning of a meeting that ended up being suspended at the WTO headquarters in Geneva.... More


Ramallah, March 27 (RHC)-- Israeli forces have attacked Palestinians during weekly protests against the Tel Aviv regime’s illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank, leaving dozens of people injured.  The regime forces fired rubber bullets and tear gas at Palestinians in the village of Kafr Qaddum, injuring several people, including a 15-year-old boy.... More


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