Geneva, December 29 (RHC)-- The World Health Organization has declared Guinea Ebola-free, an important milestone for the West African nation where the worst outbreak of the deadly virus began two years ago. ... More


Abuja, December 28 (RHC)-- Twenty people have been killed and 90 others injured in a bomb explosion at a mosque in northern Nigeria, officials say. ... More


Buenos Aires, December 28 (RHC)-- Thousands of Argentineans took to a main square in Buenos Aires to join in an “open air” broadcast of public television as part of ongoing protests against President Mauricio Macri’s proposed changes to the country’s Media Law, Prensa Latina reported Monday. ... More


Buenos Aires, December 28 (RHC)-- Devastating floods have now killed at least 10 people across four South American nations, according to reports Monday. ... More


Dallas, December 28 (RHC)-- At least 43 people died over the holiday weekend in a series of storms that hit the South, Southwest and Midwest United States. ... More


New York, December 28 (RHC)-- Heat records were broken in the United States over the weekend across the East Coast from Maine to Florida. ... More


Houston, December 28 (RHC)-- Two U.S. mosques have been attacked in separate incidents over the weekend. On Christmas Day, just after hundreds of people finished Friday prayers, a two-alarm fire erupted at the Islamic Society of Greater Houston in Texas. Authorities say it was intentionally set. ... More


Tel Aviv, December 28 (RHC)-- Israeli government ministers have backed a bill to crack down on human rights groups by requiring them to disclose details about funding they receive from foreign governments. ... More


Tokyo, December 28 (RHC)-- Japan and South Korea have reached a deal aimed at addressing the demands of so-called 'comfort women' forced into sexual slavery by the Japanese military during World War II. ... More


Tokyo, December 28 (RHC)-- Officials on the island of Okinawa have sued the Japanese government in the latest bid to block construction of a new U.S. military base. Okinawa authorities say the Japanese government illegally overrode Governor Takeshi Onaga’s order halting construction earlier this year. ... More


Washington, December 28 (RHC)-- A new report finds the United States increased its sale of weapons around the world by about 35 percent this past year, even as the overall arms market stayed relatively flat. ... More


Ramallah, December 26 (RHC)-- Israeli forces have killed two Palestinians and injured over two dozen others in the occupied West Bank and the besieged Gaza Strip.... More


Caracas, December 26 (RHC-teleSUR), -- The Argentinian government of Mauricio Macri ordered the immediate suspension of the Senate's TV channel, Senado TV, on Friday. ... More


Damascus, December 26 (RHC)-- Syrian government forces have inflicted heavy losses on the Takfiri militants during large-scale mop-up operations across the Arab country. ... More


Asuncion, December 26 (RHC)-- Sexual abuse was the most reported offense this year in Paraguay, along with domestic violence and coercion, while the majority of cases are directly related to children.... More


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