Bata, March 9 (RHC)-- The death toll from a series of explosions at a military base in Equatorial Guinea’s main city of Bata has jumped to 98, according to officials. Some 615 people were wounded in Sunday’s blasts, which started with a fire at the Nkoantoma Military Base in the coastal city of Bata.... More
Brasilia, March 8 (RHC)-- The judge of Brazil's Supreme Federal Court, Edson Fachin, annulled this Monday all sentences against the nation's former president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, for the Lava Jato case, allowing him to participate in the presidential elections in 2022.... More
Minneapolis, March 9 (RHC)-- In Minnesota, jury selection in the murder trial of the former Minneapolis police officer who killed George Floyd was called off Monday after an appeals court ordered the trial judge to consider reinstating a third-degree murder charge. ... More
Guatemala City, March 8 (RHC)-- Groups of demonstrators, mostly women from diverse social sectors, protested in Guatemala City to demand an end to gender violence and demand justice for women who have been murdered in that Central American nation.... More
Ramallah, March 8 (RHC)-- Spiraling levels of crime and violence in Palestinain communities as well as the Israeli police’s inaction to curb violence has outraged Palestinian citizens of Israel, prompting tens of thousands of them to express their resentment by staging a mass demonstration.... More
Sanaa, March 8 (RHC)-- The Saudi-led military coalition battling Yemen’s Houthi movement has said it conducted air raids on Houthi military targets in Sanaa and other regions after the group launched armed drones towards Saudi Arabia.... More
Tel Aviv, March 8 (RHC)-- The leader of an Israeli political party has come under harsh criticism after voicing support for the International Criminal Court (ICC)’s decision to open an investigation into war crimes perpetrated by the Tel Aviv regime’s forces in the occupied Palestinian territories.... More
Ramallah, March 8 (RHC)-- Israeli forces have shot a Palestinian man over an alleged stabbing attack in the occupied West Bank. The Israeli military said on Monday that a soldier shot the Palestinian who allegedly tried to stab another soldier during an overnight operation.... More
Brasilia, March 8 (RHC)-- Nearly one hundred Brazilian feminist groups commemorated International Women's Day with the demand for the resignation of President Jair Bolsonaro, as well as for more vaccination coverage against the COVID-19 virus.... More
Ramallah, March 8 (RHC)-- Israeli F-15 fighter jets have accompanied two U.S. B-52 bombers as they passed over the occupied Palestinian territories in the latest flexing of military muscle in the Middle East.... More
Baghdad, March 8 (RHC)-- Pope Francis has ended his historic tour of Iraq, departing the capital Baghdad after visiting conflict-torn cities, meeting Muslim and Christian leaders and preaching peace and coexistence over war. ... More
New Delhi, March 8 (RHC)-- Thousands of women joined protests by farmers on the outskirts of New Delhi to mark International Women’s Day, demanding the scrapping of new agricultural laws that open up the country’s vast farm sector to private buyers.... More
Brasilia, March 8 (RHC)-- More than 11 million people have been infected with the coronavirus in Brazil since the confirmation of the first case of COVID-19 in the country on February 26, 2020. According to figures from the Ministry of Health, in the last 24 hours 80,508 new cases and 1,086 deaths associated with the coronavirus were registered.... More
Managua, March 8 (RHC)-- Nicaragua received this Sunday a donation of 200,000 doses of Covishield vaccines from India to reinforce the vaccination program against COVID-19 that the country began last week with the application of the Russian Sputnik V.... More
Ramallah, March 8 (RHC)-- Thirty-five female Palestinian prisoners are currently behind Israeli bars, a local NGO has announced on International Women’s Day, noting that eleven of the prisoners are mothers.... More
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