Brussels, February 6 (RHC)-- European officials have unveiled a deal with the United States to allow corporations including Google and Amazon to continue moving user data back and forth overseas. ... More


Baghdad, February 6 (RHC)-- There are hundreds of more American troops in Iraq than formerly declared by Pentagon, a U.S. official says. ... More


Ottawa, February 6 (RHC)-- Canada has announced that it is lifting some sanctions against Iran and is also working on the restoration of diplomatic ties with the Islamic Republic. ... More


Buenos Aires, February 5 (RHC)-- In Argentina, protests are increasing against the new neo-liberal policies of right-wing President Mauricio Macri. One of the country’s top labor unions has called a national strike for February 24th in protest against the wave of public sector jobs lost and the criminalization of demonstrations.... More


La Paz, February 5 (RHC)-- Bolivia's Cabinet Chief Juan Ramon Quintana has criticized the United States for interfering in the internal affairs of the Andean country.... More


Washington, February 5 (RHC)-- Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos and his U.S. counterpart Barack Obama have announced Plan Colombia 2.0, dubbed “Paz Colombia,” a new US$450 million deal to strengthen so-called security over the next 10 years in the post-conflict era Colombia. ... More


Buenos Aires, February 5 (RHC)-- Argentinean President Mauricio Macri's cabinet met Thursday with several social leaders at the Presidential Palace in Buenos Aires to discuss the release of Milagro Sala, a Parlasur lawmaker and Indigenous activist who founded the Tupac Amaru movement.... More


Kabul, February 5 (RHC)-- At least 18 people have lost their lives when U.S.-led foreign forces carried out a string of drone strikes in Afghanistan's eastern province of Paktika. ... More


Baghdad, February 5 (RHC)-- At least six people have lost their lives and over two dozen others sustained injuries when a series of bomb explosions ripped through residential neighborhoods in Iraq's capital, Baghdad. ... More


London, February 5 (RHC)-- WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has urged British and Swedish authorities to allow him to walk free in response to the decision by a United Nations panel that he has been "arbitrarily detained." ... More


Atlanta, February 5 (RHC)-- U.S. government health officials are warning that the spread of the Zika virus to the country could get worse, a day after the state of Florida declared a public health emergency over the virus. ... More


Madrid, February 5 (RHC)-- A pregnant Spanish woman has been found to be carrying the Zika virus in the first such case to hit Europe. Spain's Health Ministry reported the case on Thursday, sending alarm throughout the continent, where all those tested positive for the virus so far have likewise caught it abroad, but none are pregnant. ... More


United Nations, February 5 (RHC)-- The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) has censured France for failing to stop the corporal punishment of children and ill-treatment of Roma and asylum-seeking minors. The CRC issued non-binding recommendations on Thursday, calling on the government in Paris to work more effectively to halt violence against children. ... More


Tokyo, February 5 (RHC)-- A volcano has erupted explosively not far from a nuclear plant in southern Japan, sending fountains of lava into the sky. ... More


Harare, February 5 (RHC)-- Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has declared a state of disaster as a severe drought has been ravaging most rural areas in the South African country. ... More


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