A family struggles through a dusty environment in Afghanistan. UNAMA / Fraidoon Poya

Kabul, Feb 25 (RHC)--The United Nations latest report on the impact of the armed conflict on civilians in Afghanistan affirms that more than 10,000 people lost their lives or suffered injuries during 2017 in that country.... More


Relatives of massacre victims

Washington, Feb 26 (RHC)--Several US companies, including Delta and United Airlines Are joining a list of US companies cutting ties with the National Rifle Association (NRA) after the February 14 massacre in a high school in Parkland, Florida.... More


Cuba's Permanent Representative to the UN, Anayansi Rodríguez Camejo

New York, Feb 24 (RHC)-- Cuba's Permanent Representative to the UN, Anayansi Rodríguez, has been re-elected to the vice-chair of the world body's Decolonization Committee. The Cuban's election came during the committee's first meeting in 2018.... More


Ulaanbaatar, Feb 24 (RHC)-- The National News Agency of Mongolia, MONTSAME, and the Havana-based Prensa Latina news agency signed Friday a cooperation agreement providing for the exchange of news and between both information entities. ... More


Havana City Historian Dr. Eusebio Leal

Havana Feb 24 (RHC)-- Havana City Historian Dr. Eusebio Leal received Friday in Havana Chile's Comendador Order of Merit, during a ceremony presided over by Chilean Ambassador Ricardo Herrera.... More


US President Donald Trump.   Photo: AFP

Washington, Feb 24 (RHC)-- U.S. President Donald Trump has announced what he called America’s “largest ever” tranche of sanctions against North Korea... More


Opposition leader Salvador Nasralla addresses supporters during a protest against Honduran President Hernandez in Tegucigalpa, Honduras Feb. 16, 2018.  Photo: R

Tegucigalpa, Feb 24 (RHC)-- Salvador Nasralla, the former Honduran presidential candidate for the Opposition Alliance against the Dictatorship... More


Donald Trump at the Conservative Political Action Conference, Friday, February 23, 2018, in Oxon Hill, Maryland.  Photo by AFP

Washington, Feb 24 (RHC)-- In a gathering of prominent U.S. Conservatives, President Donald Trump has said an armed officer who did not stop the gunman that killed 17 people last week in a Florida high school massacre was either a "coward" or "didn't react properly under pressure." ... More


File photo shows al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem.  Photo: AFP

Washington, Feb 24 (RHC)-- The United States is reportedly planning to open its embassy in Jerusalem in May, U.S. officials say. ... More


Carlos Velandia, former ELN member and current peace negotiator, says both sides are analyzing a ceasefire that would continue after the elections.  Photo: EFE

Bogota, Feb 24 (RHC)-- The Colombian government and the National Liberation Army, or ELN, are negotiating the possibility of a ceasefire that would remain in place until after the August 7 general elections, local media are reporting. ... More


 Palestinians protest against Trump's policies.  Photo: AP

Gaza City, Feb 24 (RHC)-- Hundreds of Palestinians have held a fresh rally in the besieged Gaza Strip to express their protest against U.S. President Donald Trump's recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. ... More


UNICEF deputy director Justin Forsyth resigns.  Photo: Google

United Nations, Feb 24 (RHC)-- UNICEF’s Deputy Director, Justin Forsyth, has resigned after accusations of his inappropriate behavior ... More


Havana, Feb 23 (RHC)-- Young Cubans resorted to social media to demand that the United States withdraw all its troops from Guantánamo and return the enclave to its legitimate owners –the Cuban people.... More


Caracas, Feb 23 (RHC)-- The 3rd national conference of solidarity with Cuba in Venezuela began sessions Friday in Caracas, the country's capital. ... More


Brazilian troops mobilized in Rio de Janeiro.  Photo: AFP

Brasilia, Feb 23 (RHC)-- Despite widespread rejection by many Brazilians, President Michel Temer’s is enacting his decree ordering the military to take control of security in Rio de Janeiro.... More


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