UN team tasked with monitoring ceasefire arrives in Yemen.  Photo: Reuters

Sanaa, December 28 (RHC)-- In Yemen, a United Nations official tasked with overseeing a fragile ceasefire in the strategic port city of Hodeidah... More


Fernando Alonso: Father of Cuban Ballet

Havana, December 27th (RHC)-- One of the most outstanding figures in the world of ballet, Fernando Alonso, would have been celebrating his 104th birthday this week, more precisely on December 27th... More


Cuba and U.S. Major League Baseball sign agreement.   Photo: Radio Havana Cuba

Major League Baseball (MLB) in the U.S. has signed an agreement with the Cuban Baseball Federation (CBF) that will allow players on the island to sign with any team in the United States without having to defect from their country. ... More


Council of State appoints members of electoral commission for upcoming national referendum

Havana, December 27 (RHC)-- The Cuban Council of State, pursuant to the provisions of the country's Electoral Law of October 29, 1992... More


Havana, December 27 (RHC)-- Patients in Mexico are already benefiting from Cuba's medication Heberprot-P to treat diabetic foot ulcers.... More


Havana, December 27 (RHC)-- The 36th Southern Cross Brigade of solidarity with Cuba arrives in Cuba December 27th, organized by friendship societies in Australia and New Zealand, in coordination with the Cuban Institute of Friendship with the Peoples (ICAP).... More


UN report shows Bolivia leads Latin America in economic growth.  Photo: teleSUR

United Nations, December 27 (RHC)-- The Bolivian economy grew by 4.4 percent in 2018 and is estimated to maintain the same rate of growth in the coming year, according to the United Nations.... More


Palestine to apply for full UN membership early next year.  Photo: Press TV

Ramallah, December 27 (RHC)-- Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki says Palestine will file an application to gain full state membership at the United Nations in January.... More


 Funeral held for 7-year-old girl who died in U.S. custody.  Photo: Democracy Now

Guatemala City, December 27 (RHC)-- In Guatemala, friends and family of Jakelin Caal Maquín, the indigenous girl who died in U.S. Border Patrol custody on December 8th, mourned the 7-year-old at her funeral on Christmas Day. ... More


File photo shows a view to a migrant detention center in England.  Photo: Press TV

London, December 27 (RHC)-- A new report has shown that the United Kingdom is becoming increasingly careless of the situation of migrants in its detention centers as more and more people commit suicide or need emergency medical care for drug overdose.... More


Death toll from tsunami in Indonesia rises to 430.  Photo: AP FILE

Jakarta, December 27 (RHC)-- In Indonesia, the desperate search continues for survivors of a tsunami which struck parts of western Indonesia.... More


  Donald Trump to replace Pentagon chief James Mattis with Patrick Shanahan.  Photo: AFP

Washington, December 27 (RHC)-- U.S. President Donald Trump said he would fire Pentagon chief James Mattis two months ahead of schedule... More


A picture taken in the northern Israeli Kibbutz of Harduf on February 10, 2018, shows the remains of an Israel F-16 that crashed after coming under fire by Syri

Moscow, December 27 (RHC)-- Russia has condemned as “provocative” the latest Israeli airstrikes on Syria, saying they had endangered two civilian flights. ... More


A general view shows the Israeli Adei Ad outpost north of the Palestinian village of al-Mughayyir near the Jewish settlement of Shilo in the occupied West Bank

Tel Aviv, December 27 (RHC)-- Israeli authorities have approved plans for about 2,200 settlement homes in the occupied West Bank, an Israeli anti-settlement group says. ... More


Donald Trump to appeal asylum ban ruling.  Photo: Reuters

Washington, December 27 (RHC)-- The Donald Trump administration said Wednesday it will appeal a federal judge’s order blocking the White House’s immigration policy restricting asylum claims at the southern border.... More


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