United Nations, February 27 (RHC)-- A senior expert at the United Nations says Israel’s policies in the occupied West Bank and besieged Gaza Strip appear to amount to “apartheid.” Richard Falk, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on human rights in the occupied Palestinian territories, made the remarks in a searing 22-page report to the world body’s Human Rights Council.... More
Kabul, February 27 (RHC)-- According to the latest tally from the Associated Press, 2,174 members of the U.S. military have died in Afghanistan as a result of the U.S.-led invasion. ... More
Paris, February 27 (RHC)-- Lawmakers in France have voted to indefinitely extend the country’s military intervention in Central African Republic. Troops from France and the African Union have so far been unable to staunch sectarian bloodshed between Muslim rebels and Christian vigilantes. ... More
Lagos, February 27 (RHC)-- In Nigeria, officials say 59 students died in an attack by Islamist militants on a boarding school in the northeast. ... More
Havana, February 27 (RHC)-- The historic stairs of the University of Havana, scenario of student demonstrations in support of revolutionary causes, will be the scene on Saturday evening of a music concert dedicated to the Cuban Five.... More
Ciego de Avila, February 27 (RHC)-- Former Brazilian president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva visited the central-eastern Cuban province of Ciego de Avila as part of efforts to strengthen collaboration with the island in the agricultural sector. ... More
Porto Alegre, February 27 (RHC)-- The work of Cuban doctors in Brazil and their impact on the medical sector and the population was the focus of a report published by the Zero Hora daily of Brazilian state of Porto Alegre.... More
Havana, February 27 (RHC)-- Namibian Prime Minister Hage Gottfried Geingob said in Havana that his country will always be grateful to Cuba for its support during the independence struggle.... More
Pretoria, February 27 (RHC)-- A group of 23 Cuban doctors arrived in the South African province of Eastern Cape as part of the bilateral medical cooperation agreement between the two countries.... More
Havana, February 27 (RHC) The historic stairs of the University of Havana, scenario of student demonstrations in support of revolutionary causes, will be the scene on Saturday evening of a music concert dedicated to the five Cuban anti-terrorist fighters, who were arrested in the United States in 1998.... More
Porto Alegre, February 27 (RHC) The work of the Cuban doctors in Brazil and their impact on the medical sector and the population was the focus of a report published by the Zero Hora daily of Brazilian state of Porto Alegre.... More
Havana, February 27 (RHC) Keeping undefeated even with three second-line boxers on the ring will be the challenge to take by Cuba’s Domadores next Friday against Azerbaijan’s Baku Fires at the World Baseball Series, in Havana’s Ciudad Deportiva Sports Center.... More
The art gallery of Old Havana’s Rubén Martínez Villena Library will open the exhibition El Alma Desnuda (the Naked Soul) by renowned Cuban painter Ernesto García Peña on Wednesday. ... More
London, February 26 (RHC)-- British police say they have arrested four people, among them a former Guantanamo Bay detainee, on suspicion of Syria-related terrorism offenses. West Midlands Police said on Tuesday that 45-year-old Moazzam Begg, who was held in the U.S.-run military prison at Guantanamo for nearly three years, was arrested by officers in Birmingham’s southern area of Hall Green.... More
Caracas, February 26 (RHC) -– Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has called for a peace conference aimed at quelling the recent upsurge of violence in the South American country. ... More
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