Moscow, April 17 (RHC)-- Russia has warned the United States against any "unilateral action" against North Korea, saying any response to Pyongyang's nuclear activities should not violate "international law," amid reports of potential military confrontation between North Korea and the United States.... More


Damascus, April 17 (RHC)-- In Syria, at least 126 people were killed, including 68 children, in a bomb attack targeting a convoy of buses filled with civilians being evacuated from besieged government-held areas near Aleppo.... More


Ramallah, April 17 (RHC)-- As many as 700 Palestinians imprisoned in Israeli jails have launched a hunger strike, with the strike expected to spread.... More


Kabul, April 17 (RHC)-- U.S. National Security Adviser General H.R. McMaster met with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and other top Afghan leaders in the country’s capital Kabul over the weekend... More


Washington, April 17 (RHC)-- The White House says it will keep its visitor logs secret, meaning the public will not be able to know with whom the U.S. president and other top officials are meeting.... More


London, April 17 (RHC)-- Britain is in the grip of a sudden surge in violent crime, Britain’s largest police force has warned, adding that years of budget cuts may at least be partially responsible.... More


Brasilia, April 17 (RHC)-- Brazil's Landless Workers Movement, MST, has launched an international human rights campaign for the release of four political prisoners held since Brazil's crackdown on the social movement last November.... More


San Francisco, April 17 (RHC)-- In the United States, two Wells Fargo executives are being forced by the company’s board to pay back $75 million in compensation over a massive scandal in which Wells Fargo workers created 2 million fake accounts in order to meet grueling sales targets.... More


Washington, April 15 (RHC),-- In the United States, CIA chief Mike Pompeo blasted WikiLeaks Thursday as a "hostile intelligence service," in a stark reversal from his previous praise for the group.... More


Brasilia, April 15 (RHC),-- Brazilian President Michel Temer has signed a decree allowing foreign companies to own 100 percent of local airlines. ... More


Washington, April 15 (RHC),-- NBC News is reporting the Donald Trump administration is prepared to launch a preemptive attack on North Korea if it continues toward a nuclear weapons test.... More


Caracas, April 13 (RHC)-- Venezuela has called on the Organization of American States to condemn violent actions by right-wing opposition forces in the country, highlighting the politically-charged nature of attacks the body continues to launch against the government of President Nicolas Maduro.... More


Syria's Ambassador to the UN, Bashar al-Ja'afari

United Nations, April 13 (RHC)-- Syria's Ambassador to the United Nations, Bashar al-Ja'afari, says the U.S.-led coalition purportedly fighting the Takfiri Daesh terrorist group is targeting Syrian infrastructure and protecting terrorist groups.... More


Brasilia, April 13 (RHC)-- A Brazilian Supreme Court judge has opened investigations into almost 100 politicians who allegedly were part of the largest corruption scheme in the country, including a number of top allies of unelected President Michel Temer.... More


Bolivia's Representative to the UN Sacha Llorenti

United Nations, April 13 (RHC)-- Bolivia's representative to the United Nations says that the international community owes Haiti a debt and should do whatever it takes to guarantee the Caribbean country all necessary support.... More


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