Brazil's President Michel Temer.   Photo: Reuters FILE

Brasilia, October 25 (RHC)-- Brazil’s Supreme Court has rejected the petition by right-wing President Michel Temer’s defense lawyers to annul the Brazilian Federal Police’s (PF) accusation on corruption, money-laundering and criminal organization charges.... More


A handout picture released by the official Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) on October 24, 2018, shows Syrian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Walid al

Damascus, October 25 (RHC)-- Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Muallem told the United Nations special envoy that the nation’s constitution is a matter of sovereignty that can only be decided by the Syrian people. ... More


Donald Trump falsely accuses Puerto Rico of spending hurricane aid on debt.  Photo: AP

Washington, October 25 (RHC)-- U.S. President Donald Trump has falsely accused Puerto Rico of using hurricane relief funds to pay off debts... More


This file photo shows Israeli regime forces guarding a British company JCB's bulldozer while demolishing properties in the occupied Palestinian lands.  Photo: R

London, October 25 (RHC)-- Human rights groups have demanded the British authorities to open up an investigation into the use of UK firm J.C. Bamford Excavators Limited's (JCB) equipment in Israel's crimes against Palestinians.... More


Cuban president, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermudez

Havana, October 24 (RHC)-- Cuba's President Miguel Diaz-Canel will visit Russia, China, North Korea, Vietnam and Laos in early November, Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez confirmed Wednesday.... More


Eusebio Leal. File Photo

Havana, October 24 (RHC)- Havana´s Historian, Dr. Eusebio Leal Spengler, has received in New York the Hadrian Award granted by the World Monuments Fund (WMF) in recognition of his efforts to preserve and restore Old Havana, declared Cultural Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1982.... More


Havana, October 24 (RHC) -- Minister Bruno Rodriguez told the media in Havana that the U.S. has unleashed a new political maneuver against Cuba at the U.N. He said the U.S. mission in New York is circulating a dubious document seeking to erode the U.N. members' support for Cuba's upcoming resolution against the blockade, scheduled for next Wednesday, 31st. ... More


Former Ecuadorean president Rafael Correa.  Photo: AFP

Brussels, October 24 (RHC)-- Former Ecuadorean president Rafael Correa says his country's government will extradite WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange... More


Russia's presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov (C), President Vladimir Putin (R), and Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev.  Photo: AFP

Moscow, October 24 (RHC)-- The Kremlin has reiterated that U.S. President Donald Trump's plan to quit a landmark non-proliferation pact with Russia and develop new ballistic missiles is "extremely dangerous." ... More


 Protesters in the streets of Cali, Colombia, May 10 2018.   Photo: EFE

Bogotá, October 24 (RHC)-- The Colombian National Federation of Education Workers (Fecode) has begun a 24-hour national strike as several teachers and one student continue their hunger strikes.... More


Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif.  Photo: AP

Tehran, October 24 (RHC)-- Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has expressed confidence that the Islamic Republic would manage to overcome sanctions imposed by the United States and its allies.... More


Haddad says Brazil's democracy at risk if Bolsonaro elected.  Photo: teleSUR

Brasilia, October 24 (RHC)-- Brazil's leftist presidential candidate Fernando Haddad said that if his far-right rival Jair Bolsonaro wins this weekend's vote as expected, military hard-liners will threaten democratic institutions and the country's young democracy.... More


Tropical storm hits Yemen and kills 12, exacerbating cholera crisis.  Photo: Press TV

Sanaa, October 24 (RHC)-- In Yemen, health officials are warning of possible new outbreaks of contagious illnesses like cholera and malaria, due to stagnant waters left behind after Tropical Storm Luban tore through eastern Yemen last week, killing 12 people. ... More


Debris from Hurricane Michael rests along the canal on October 18, 2018 in Mexico Beach, Florida.  Photo: Getty Images

Miami, October 24 (RHC)-- U.S. health workers say they are seeing increasing signs of mental problems in residents in the state of Florida more than a week after Hurricane Michael hit Southeastern United States, and the issue could turn a short-term disaster into a long-term recovery that will take years.... More


In this AFP file photo taken on May 26, 2005, a member of the 3rd US Army Infantry places flags on the graves of veterans at Arlington National Cemetery in Arli

Washington, October 24 (RHC)-- Suicide rates have jumped substantially among young U.S. military veterans, despite efforts by the Pentagon to curb the problem, according to new data from the US government.... More


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