Los Angeles, January 27 (RHC)-- An Iranian actress, who stars in the Oscar-nominated film, The Salesman, says she has decided to boycott this year's Academy Awards ceremony in a show of protest against U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to impose visa bans on Iranians. ... More
Vienna, January 27 (RHC)-- Alexander Van der Bellen has been sworn in as Austria’s new president amid growing fears over the fate of a shaky coalition and concerns that the country’s far-right could emerge from its election loss. ... More
Washington, January 26 (RHC)-- U.S. President Donald Trump has signed a directive to begin the construction of a wall on the border with Mexico, taking the first step to deliver on one of his most divisive campaign pledges. ... More
Washington, January 26 (RHC)-- Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto has canceled his scheduled visit to the United States after President Donald Trump said his Mexican counterpart should only follow through with his upcoming visit to Washington if Mexico plans on paying for Trump's proposed border wall. ... More
Berlin, January 26 (RHC)-- Germany has strongly criticized Israel over the regime's new plans for the construction of thousands of more settlements. Martin Schaefer, a spokesman for the German Foreign Ministry, said Israel's recent announcement to build 2,500 more settlements in the occupied West Bank was even inconsistent with Israel's own pace of ignoring international calls for a halt in settlement activities. ... More
Mexico City, January 26 (RHC)-- Mexico could pull out of the North American Free Trade Agreement, NAFTA, if a renegotiation of its terms does not benefit Latin America's second-largest economy, Economy Minister Ildefonso Guajardo said. ... More
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United Nations, January 25 (RHC)-- The United Nations has strongly denounced Israel’s approval of the construction of 2,500 new settler units in the West Bank, stressing that such "unilateral actions" are hindering peace.... More
Mexico City, January 25 (RHC)-- In Mexico, widespread protests against the government’s decision to raise fuel prices by more than 20 percent continue to rock the country. Protesters have taken to the streets for coordinated demonstrations in Mexico City and in at least 12 Mexican states. ... More
Washington, January 25 (RHC)-- In news from Trump inauguration protests, the legal team behind Friday’s Disrupt J20 actions in Washington, D.C., have sued the police for using excessive force when officers attacked protesters with batons, tear gas, pepper spray and flash-bang grenades "indiscriminately and repeatedly."... More
Washington, January 25 (RHC)-- Donald Trump is reportedly considering using executive action to reinstate the secret CIA black sites used during the George W. Bush administration. ... More
Washington, January 25 (RHC)-- The Donald Trump administration has forced the Environmental Protection Agency to freeze all grants and contracts -- threatening to disrupt key operations of the agency, including the cleanup of toxic sites and routine water quality testing. ... More
Santiago de Chile, January 25 (RHC)-- Wildfires continue to rage across a large area of land in Chile, with emergency teams working round the clock to put out the flames which have claimed the lives of three firefighters. The fire, which started last week, has so far destroyed some 155,000 hectares of land in Central and Southern Chile, forcing the evacuation of at least 4,000 people... More
Bogota, January 24 (RHC)-- French President Francois Hollande is in Bogota for a two-day visit to ratify the ongoing Colombian peace process between the state and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia. ... More
Amman, January 24 (RHC)-- Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has met with Jordan's King Abdullah II to discuss “ramifications” if the U.S. moves its Israel embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. ... More
Bogota, January 24 (RHC)-- The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, known as the FARC, has announced that the group's new political party will be up and running as of May as an open, democratic and modern movement that will welcome all those who want a positive change for Colombia.... More
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