United Nations, March 8 (RHC)-- Iran's Permanent Mission to the United Nations has called for the ouster of Israel from the United Nations women’s rights body, citing the regime's killing of thousands of Palestinian women in relentless strikes against the Gaza Strip.... More


Washington, March 8 (RHC)-- Hundreds of protesters in Washington, DC blockaded roads outside the White House and near the Capitol Thursday evening, delaying U.S. President Joe Biden’s State of the Union speech. ... More


Ramallah, March 8 (RHC)-- United Nations experts are calling for a probe into reports of sexual assault, torture and killing of Palestinian women prisoners by Israeli forces.  The Palestinian Prisoner Society says an estimated 240 Palestinian women have been detained since October 7th.  ... More


Geneva, March 8 (RHC)-- Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories have expanded by a record amount and risk eliminating any practical possibility of a Palestinian state, the United Nations rights chief warns.... More


Havana, March 8 (RHC)-- Army General Raúl Castro and Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez attended the closing ceremony of the 11th Congress of the Federation of Cuban Women (FMC) at the Convention Palace, Havana, on Friday, March 8, International Women's Day.... More


Havana, March 8 (RHC)-- Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel congratulated the women of the world on the occasion of their International Women's Day, and especially highlighted the women of Palestine who are suffering from the Israeli genocide.... More


Havana, March 8 (RHC) Cuban president Miguel Díaz-Canel received this Thursday Paulo Teixeira, Brazilian Minister of State for Agrarian Development and Family Agriculture.... More


Havana, March 8 (RHC) A meeting this Thursday between Cuban and Panamanian businessmen attending the 40th International Trade Exhibition (Expocomer), made it possible to promote new spaces for business and bilateral exchange.... More


Havana, March 8 (RHC) The Minister of Public Health, José Ángel Portal, received the researcher and professor Mario Cruz, who took office as the new representative of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and World Health Organization (WHO) in Cuba.... More


Havana, March 8 (RHC) The Venezuelan airline Rutaca will inaugurate today a new commercial route to link the Simón Bolívar international airport, in Maiquetía, Venezuela, with the Frank País international air terminal, in the Cuban eastern province of Holguín.... More


Gaza City, March 8 (RHC)-- As the world marks International Women's Day, the government media office in Gaza has mourned 8,900 Palestinian women killed by Israel since October amid the silence of the international community.... More


Washington, March 8 (RHC)-- In Washington, DC Thursday night, protests took place both inside and outside the Capitol as U.S. President Joe Biden delivered his annual State of the Union address.... More


Havana, March 8 (RHC) -- With a significant presence in all sectors of society, women in Cuba arrive today at International Women's Day with new challenges in terms of gender.... More


Havana, March 7 (RHC) -- As a result of a rigorous investigation, serious errors committed by former Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy and Planning, Alejandro Gil Fernandez in the performance of his duties were determined.... More


Rafah, March 8 (RHC)-- An international aid organization says many women in the Gaza Strip, which is enduring a genocidal Israeli war and siege, are giving birth to stillborn children as famine stalks the territory.  "There are many operations that have been performed, like caesarean sections to remove fetuses, [which] died due to malnutrition among women," ActionAid International said in a statement on Thursday.... More


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