Tel Aviv, January 19 (RHC)-- An Israeli military judge has ordered a 16-year-old Palestinian girl to remain jailed while she awaits trial on 12 charges, including assaulting a soldier and incitement to violence. ... More


A Palestinian girl looks through a plastic sheet as raindrops are seen, outside her family's house in Al-Shati refugee camp in Gaza City (Reuters)

Washington, January 19 (RHC- Agencies) -- The United States will not provide 45 million dollars in food aid for Palestinians that it pledged last month as part of the West Bank/Gaza Emergency Appeal led by the U.N. Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), the U.S. State Department said on Thursday.... More


Venezuelan Government delegation to the dialogue in the Dominican Republic with the opposition.

Santo Domingo, January 19 (RHC) The Venezuelan opposition has yielded to external pressures, and did not participate in the talks scheduled to take place in the Dominican Republic, said the Minister for Communication of Venezuela, Jorge Rodríguez.... More


Washington D.C., January 18 (RHC)-- Official delegations from the United States and Cuba met Wednesday in Washington D.C. to advance cooperation in preventing and confronting terrorism.... More


Havana, January 18 (RHC)-- On a decision of Russian President Vladimir Putin, the country's Ambassador in Cuba Mijaíl Kamynin, presented Havana's Historian Eusebio Leal with the Russian Federation's Friendship Order. ... More


Havana, January 18 (RHC)-- The head of the Chinese Communist Party's Foreign Relations Office Song Tao will begin an official visit to Cuba on Sunday, January 21st. ... More


Ulaanbaatar, January 18 (RHC-Minrex)-- New Minister of Public Health of Mongolia, Mrs. D. Sarangerel, received Wednesday Cuban Ambassador, Raúl Delgado Concepción ... More


Bratislava, January 18 (RHC-Minrex)-- Ivan Secik, Slovak Vice Minister of Culture, received Yamila Sonia Pita Montes, Cuban Ambassador to the Slovak Republic, to spell out concrete actions in this sphere, within the framework of the rising level of bilateral relations. ... More


Dublin, January 18 (RHC-Minrex)-- Motivated to expand their knowledge about Cuba and the figure of Fidel Castro Ruz, a group of students from "St Clares" High School, in Manorhamilton, in the County of Leitrim, headed by Professor Brendan Greene, visited the Cuban Embassy in Ireland. ... More


Havana, January 18 (RHC-PL)-- The Cuban Center for Youth Studies has outlined several activities for International Youth Day, which is celebrated every August 12th. ... More


Havana, January 18 (RHC-PL)-- Latin American and European pediatricians will participate in the 28th Pediatric Conference that begins on January 24, dedicated to the 90th anniversary of the Cuban Society of Pediatrics, according to the organizers. ... More


United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres

United Nations, January 18 (RHC)-- United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres has called for the implementation of Iran's nuclear deal based on its "mechanisms," stressing that it must be preserved. ... More


Damascus, January 18 (RHC)-- Syria has strongly condemned a U.S. plan to maintain its military presence in the Arab country as interference in its internal affairs and a blatant violation of international law. ... More


Washington, January 18 (RHC)-- U.S. President Donald Trump has repeated a threat to pull the United States out of a trade agreement with Canada and Mexico.... More


U.S. President Donald Trump

New York, January 18 (RHC)-- U.S. President Donald Trump's rise to power and his knack for populist policies has dealt a blow to the global campaign for human rights, says Human Rights Watch, hailing the growing wave of resistance against "authoritarian populists." ... More


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