Geneva, February 27 (RHC)-- Venezuela’s Foreign Affairs Minister Jorge Arreaza has ratified his government's willingness to cooperate with the United Nations on human rights issues.... More
Antofagasta, February 27 (RHC)-- The campaign period for and against a new constitution in Chile officially began on Wednesday, two months before the country's scheduled plebiscite.... More
U.S. health officials say they’ve identified the first case of a coronavirus infection by a person who had not traveled to any of the affected regions of the world, nor had known contact with anyone else who did. ... More
Washington, February 27 (RHC)-- U.S. President Donald Trump has sought repeatedly to dismiss the threat of the coronavirus, tweeting on Wednesday morning: “Low Ratings Fake News MSDNC (Comcast) & CNN are doing everything possible to make the Caronavirus look as bad as possible, including panicking markets, if possible. Likewise their incompetent Do Nothing Democrat comrades are all talk, no action. USA in great shape!” President Trump tweeted, misspelling the word “coronavirus.”... More
Washington, February 27 (RHC)-- In the United States, a new report by Physicians for Human Rights finds the Donald Trump administration’s separation of families at the U.S.-Mexico border is tantamount to torture. ... More
Phoenix, February 27 (RHC)-- In the U.S. state of Arizona, federal prosecutors have dropped a misdemeanor charge against humanitarian aid volunteer Scott Warren, one day before he was to be sentenced for driving on protected lands to drop water, food and other aid to migrants crossing the Sonoran Desert. ... More
London, February 27 (RHC)-- The U.S. government plotted to kidnap or kill Julian Assange while he was holed up at the Ecuadorian embassy in London, a UK court was told during the WikiLeaks publisher’s extradition hearing.... More
Tehran, February 27 (RHC)-- Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has underscored a confession by U.S. President Donald Trump that the Islamic Republic hates the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group, and that the presence of American forces in Syria was for plundering the Arab country's oil resources. ... More
Tel Aviv, February 27 (RHC)-- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has announced his plans to authorize the construction of some 3,500 new illegal homes for Jewish settlers in one of the most sensitive areas of the occupied West Bank.... More
Madrid, February 27 (RHC)-- Opera superstar Plácido Domingo has apologized to more than two dozen women who have accused him of sexual misconduct in the workplace spanning decades, writing: “I respect that these women finally felt comfortable enough to speak out, and I want them to know that I am truly sorry for the hurt that I caused them.”... More
Assange blasts court for preventing communication with lawyers, affirms legal team is being spied on
London, February 27 (RHC)-- On the third day of his extradition hearing, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has rebuked the court for preventing him from communicating with his legal team, saying his prosecutors have "100 times more contact hours each day.”... More
Atlanta, February 27 (RHC)-- The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is warning Americans to prepare for an outbreak of the coronavirus that’s rocked China and hammered the global economy -- saying it’s not a question of “if” but “when” the virus will come to the United States. ... More
New Delhi, February 27 (RHC)-- In India, the death toll from religiously-motivated violence in Delhi has risen to 24, with police accused of turning a blind eye to assaults on Muslims committed by Hindu nationalist mobs.... More
Washington, February 27 (RHC)-- The U.S. military has vastly under-reported the number of civilians killed in U.S.-supported airstrikes in Somalia, with the number of civilian deaths as much as 69 times greater than acknowledged by U.S. Africa Command. ... More
Washington, February 27 (RHC)-- The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in a sharply divided 5-4 decision that the family of a 15-year-old Mexican teen killed by a U.S. Border Patrol agent a decade ago cannot sue the officer in federal court without the approval of the U.S. Congress. ... More
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