United Nations, January 14 (RHC)-- The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) says European governments must do more to help refugees dying in Europe's sudden cold snap instead of pushing them back from borders and exposing them to violence and confiscations. ... More


Moscow, January 13 (RHC)-- An airstrike carried out by the United States killed a number of civilians in Syria’s northwestern Idlib province, according to the Russian Defense Ministry. ... More


Damascus, January 13 (RHC)-- A huge explosion has rocked a Syrian Air Force installation southwest of the capital Damascus, after the Israeli regime launched a rocket attack against a designated target at the site.... More


Spokesman for the French Government Stephane Le Foll

Paris, January 13 (RHC)-- Representatives from dozens of countries will attend an upcoming conference on the Palestinian-Israeli conflict in Paris as France struggles to restore a stalled peace process in the Middle East.... More


Mexico City, January 13 (RHC)-- With U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration rapidly approaching, Mexico is already beginning to feel the negative effects of his impending rule as the country’s currency plunged to a record low ... More


New York, January 13 (RHC)-- In the United States, workers at Carl’s Jr. and Hardee’s -- the two fast-food chains run by Trump’s labor secretary pick Andrew Puzder -- spoke about widespread wage theft and abuse at his restaurants... More


New York, January 13 (RHC)-- In the United States, more allegations of sexual harassment has surfaced at Fox News -- this time against the network’s top anchor, Bill O’Reilly.... More


Washington, January 12 (RHC)-- U.S. Democrats have written a letter to outgoing President Barack Obama, urging him to make a last-ditch effort to keep his thwarted promise to close the notorious Guantánamo Bay prison.... More


London, January 12 (RHC)-- The prime minister of Yemen has accused the U.K. of war crimes for supplying arms to the coalition conducting military operations in the country.... More


Mexico's Foreign Minister Luis Videgaray

Mexico City, January 12 (RHC)-- Mexico's new Foreign Minister Luis Videgaray said there is "no way" his country will pay for the wall that U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has pledged to build on the United States' southern border to keep out undocumented immigrants.... More


Ricardo Palmera, Imprisoned High-ranking Leader of Colombia's FARC

Washington, January 12 (RHC)-- U.S. President Barack Obama reportedly will not give a presidential pardon to Ricardo Palmera, an imprisoned high-ranking leader of Colombia's FARC rebels known as Simon Trinidad... More


Secretary General of the United Nations Antonio Guterres

United Nations, January 12 (RHC)-- New Secretary General of the United Nations Antonio Guterres has urged a "whole new approach" to prevent war and promote peace instead of focusing on responding to conflicts.... More


San Salvador, January 12 (RHC)-- Leaders of the Mara Salvatrucha, or MS-13, in El Salvador have drafted a new proposal to negotiate a peace agreement with the government that would include the possible disintegration of the criminal gang in the Central American country, the online magazine El Faro reports.... More


Ramallah, January 12 (RHC)-- At least 25 Palestinians, including a number of children, have been detained during a series of Israeli raids throughout the occupied territories.... More


Bogota, January 11 (RHC)-- After canceling talks, the Colombian government will continue negotiations with the country's second-largest rebel group, the National Liberation Army, ELN... More


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