Ramallah, January 12 (RHC)-- The Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement has called for the boycott of U.S. projects in the occupied Palestinian territories in retaliation for US President Donald Trump's recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital. ... More


Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

Tel Aviv, January 12 (RHC)-- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has called for the closure of the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees after U.S. President Donald Trump cut the funding for the organization. ... More


Washington, January 12 (RHC)-- The United States launched massive attacks on mainland Japan after seizing the island of Okinawa toward the end of World War II, dropping around 7,000 tons of bombs, a new analysis of U.S. documents show. ... More


Lima, January 12 (RHC)-- In Peru, thousands of protesters marched through the streets of Lima Thursday demanding that President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski step down for pardoning the country’s former dictator, convicted murderer Alberto Fujimori. ... More


Washington, January 12 (RHC)-- U.S. President Donald Trump has canceled plans for a state visit to Great Britain next month to open the new U.S. Embassy in London... More


Cuba’s Theater Award has been granted to puppeteer, painter, designer, actor and artistic director, Armando Morales, for his long career on Cuban stages... More


The 3rd Front Mausoleum is located on la Esperanza Hill. ACN Photo

Havana, January 12 (RHC)-- Cuban President Raul Castro presided over a military and solemn ceremony for the burial of the remains of 33 combatants of the 3rd Mario Muñoz Front, fallen during the war of liberation and after the triumph of the Revolution.... More


Havana, January 12 (RHC)--One year after the signing of a US-Cuba Joint Declaration on Migration there has been an important decrease of illegal arrivals of Cuban citizens in the US, notes Granma newspaper.... More


Cuba´s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Anayansi Rodriguez.

New York, January 12 (RHC)-- Cuba´s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Anayansi Rodriguez, has urged member states of the international organization to find solutions to address the root causes of the large irregular migration flows currently happening in the world.... More


Havana, January 11 (RHC)-- Visiting President of Ethiopia Mulatu Teshome toured the Artificial Insemination Center (Centro de Inseminación Artificial), Rosafet Signet, in Mayabeque province on Wednesday.... More


Camagüey, January 11 (RHC)-- In 2017, more than 460 Cuban patients benefited from HeberFERON –a skin cancer medication, developed by the Havana-based Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology Center.... More


Havana, January 11 (RHC-ACN)-- The Executive Director of Turkish Airlines, Bilal Eksi, has reaffirmed the commitment of his company to continue the direct flights to Cuba and expressed his desire to broaden the operations and take advantage of the interests of the world to visit the Caribbean island.... More


Quito, January 11 (RHC)-- WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been granted Ecuadorean citizenship and a registration code by the country's embassy in London, where he is currently staying under the protection of Quito. ... More


San Jose, January 11 (RHC)-- The Inter-American Court of Human Rights, IACHR, will hold a hearing regarding the pardon of former Peruvian president, Alberto Fujimori, on February 2nd. ... More


Santos Alvarado Cordova

Tegucigalpa, January 11 (RHC)-- In Honduras, a school teacher and opposition activist has been murdered at home in the town of Montefresco de San Pedro Sula, province of Cortes. ... More


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