Tehran, February 22 (RHC)-- An Iranian oil tanker arrived at the Venezuelan port of El Palito with 44 million liters of gasoline, according to a dispatch released today by the Mehr news agency in Tehran.... More
Buenos Aires, February 22 (RHC)-- The president of Argentina has decried as “unforgivable” the COVID-19 vaccine scandal that prompted the resignation of the country’s health minister. Gines Gonzalez Garcia stepped down on Friday after reports surfaced that he had aided people in the South American nation jump the queue to receive COVID-19 vaccines.... More
Buenos Aires, February 22 (RHC)-- The Grupo de Puebla issued this Sunday a communiqué where it reiterates the need to lift the economic, financial and commercial blockade suffered by Cuba and Venezuela in the framework of the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.... More
Tehran, February 22 (RHC)-- Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani says unity among the countries that have been targeted by U.S. sanctions is the only way to counter “unilateral and illegal” measures taken by Washington.... More
Bogota, February 21 (RHC)-- In Colombia, another three people have been murdered in political violence in the area of La Guajira, near Maicao in the north of the South American country.... More
Ramallah, February 21 (RHC)-- The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) says Israeli forces have either demolished or confiscated nearly 90 Palestinian structures in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem al-Quds, displacing about 150 Palestinians in two weeks.... More
Tehran, February 21 (RHC)-- Unilateral sanctions imposed by the United States inflicted $1 trillion worth of damage on Iran’s economy and Tehran expects compensation, the country's foreign minister said. Mohammad Javad Zarif emphasized that after the U.S. takes action to restore Iran’s 2015 nuclear deal with world powers through lifting sanctions, Tehran will want to negotiate on the damages it has suffered.... More
Quito, February 21 (RHC)-- The candidate to the Presidency of Ecuador for the coalition Union for Hope (Unes), denounced this Sunday that the second round of the elections in the South American country, scheduled for April 11th, is in danger due to the interference of State entities in the electoral process.... More
Bogota, February 21 (RHC)-- The new political party of the Commons (formerly known as the FARC) has denounced the murder of former FARC-EP combatant and peace signatory José Paiva Virguez. He was shot several times by gunmen in the village of El Cafre in the municipality of Puerto Concordia, in the department of Meta, central Colombia.... More
Rome, February 21 (RHC)-- The Italian coastguard has launched a rescue operation after a boat carrying at least 50 migrants and refugees capsized overnight off the coast of Lampedusa. The coastguard said on Saturday the incident took place 15 nautical miles (28km) off the southern coast of the Sicilian island as emergency crews were trying to bring the people on board its boat.... More
United Nations, February 21 (RHC)-- Private security contractor Erik Prince, a close ally of former U.S. President Donald Trump, violated a United Nations arms embargo on Libya, UN investigators have found in a report detailed by U.S. media.... More
Rabat, February 21 (RHC)-- Activists and ordinary people in Western Sahara are said to have been subjected to a harsh crackdown and human rights abuses by the government in Rabat, weeks after the United States recognized Morocco’s sovereignty over the disputed territory — where pro-independence sentiments run high — as a gift following its normalization with Israel.... More
United Nations, February 21 (RHC)-- As the coronavirus continues to spread around the world, with new, more infectious variants complicating responses to outbreaks, governments are racing to roll out vaccinations.... More
Washington, February 21 (RHC)-- Thirty-five U.S. Capitol Police officers are being investigated for their actions during the January 6 riot at the Capitol, and six of those have been suspended with pay, the police department said in a statement.... More
Tehran, February 21 (RHC)-- Iran’s foreign minister has urged the Joe Biden administration to unconditionally lift all sanctions imposed on Iran under former U.S. president Donald Trump after Washington retreated from some of Trump’s anti-Iran measures.... More
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