Athens, February 7 (RHC)-- Greek state hospital doctors, nurses and administrative staff have held a strike to protest the government’s austerity measures which allegedly aim to make the healthcare sector "more efficient." ... More
Washington, February 7 (RHC)-- A Lithuanian court has ordered a probe of the torture of a Saudi Arabian prisoner held inside a secret CIA prison. ... More
Benghazi, February 7 (RHC)-- Gunmen have attacked studios of two privately-run television channels in Benghazi as violence rages in the cradle of Libya’s 2011 revolution against late Muammar Gaddafi. The television channels targeted overnight Wednesday were the Doha-based Libya al-Ahrar and the Cairo-based Libya al-Oula.... More
Tel Aviv, February 7 (RHC)-- An Israeli minister says a Palestinian state would ruin Israel’s economy, as Tel Aviv steps up efforts to prevent the creation of an independent Palestinian homeland.... More
Washington, February 7 (RHC)-- The U.S. has successfully tested an updated version of a B-61 atomic bomb in defiance of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, which calls for nuclear disarmament.... More
Moa, February 7 (RHC) -- The Vice President of the Councils of State and Ministers, Ramiro Valdes Menendez, inaugurated on Thursday the first generator of the new diesel electrical plant in the municipality of Moa, located in the province of Holguin.... More
New York, February 7 (RHC)-- In the U.S. state of New York, lawmakers are seeking passage of a bill that would block financing for academic groups that boycott academic institutions in Israel. ... More
Pretoria, February 7 (RHC) -– The government of South Africa on Friday stressed its interest in continuing to develop cooperation programs with Cuba.... More
Washington, February 7 (RHC) -- A large group of world renowned figures have expressed their support of an upcoming five-day campaign to be held in Washington to demand the release of the anti-terrorist Cuban fighters unfairly imprisoned in the United States.... More
Mexico City, February 7 (RHC) -– Mexico and Cuba have agreed to step up cooperation in the sphere of fisheries and aquaculture during the 25th Meeting of Fisheries Authorities, held in Mexico City.... More
Luanda, February 7 (RHC) -- The vice president of the Cuban Institute of Friendship with the Peoples (ICAP), Alicia Corredera, has begun a working visit to Angola, where she expects to meet with members of different solidarity organizations.... More
Yale University's main mixed choir, the Yale Glee Club –YGC-, will visit Cuba from March 10 through 15 to sing and exchange with some of their Cuban counterparts. ... More
Washington, February 6 (RHC)-- U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency Director Michael Flynn claims the National Security Agency data leaked by former contractor Edward Snowden would lead to the deaths of American troops.... More
Quito, February 6 (RHC) –- Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa has signed a decree that takes his country out of the Inter-American Reciprocal Assistance Treaty (TIAR), according to the Foreign Ministry.... More
Rome, February 6 (RHC)-- A group representing victims of child sex abuse at the Catholic Church has called on the Vatican to prosecute offending priests. ... More
