Mexico City, May 27 (RHC)-- Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador reiterated his offer of asylum to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, whom he considers "politically persecuted" in the extradition process to the United States that the activist faces in the United Kingdom.... More
Brasilia, May 27 (RHC)-- The second and last day of the 50th session of the Permanent Peoples' Tribunal, which heard accusations against Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro for crimes against humanity, has closed with shouts of "Out with Bolsonaro."... More
Vatican City, May 27 (RHC)-- Pope Francis says his “heart is broken” after a mass shooting at a Texas elementary school, calling on the U.S. to act to prevent the spread of guns. ... More
Davos, May 27 (RHC)-- In Davos, Switzerland, climate activists on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum are demanding world leaders act urgently on the climate. ... More
Buenos Aires, May 27 (RHC)-- Indigenous women's organizations from several Latin American countries held a meeting in Argentina this week in which they demanded that the practice of sexual violence known as "chineo" be declared a hate crime.... More
Caracas, May 27 (RHC)-- Russian Ambassador Sergey Melik-Bagdasarov to Venezuela reported that the Bolivarian nation received a batch of 789,742 doses of insulin produced by Geropharm.... More
The Hague, May 27 (RHC)-- Nigerian environmental lawyer Chima Williams has been named the Africa recipient of the 2022 Goldman Environmental Prize, known as the “Green Nobel Prize" for grassroots advocacy to protect the environment.... More
Pretoria, May 27 (RHC)-- South African disease experts have said that they did not see a need for a mass vaccination campaign against monkeypox or believe that cases would explode in the same way as COVID-19.... More
Caracas, May 26 (RHC)-- The Permanent Ambassador of Venezuela to the United Nations, Samuel Moncada, appeared Thursday before the National Assembly in Caracas and provided new details of the involvement of the U.S. government in plans to destabilize the country and assassinate its constitutional president, Nicolás Maduro Moros.... More
Havana, May 26 (RHC)-- The Community of Caribbean States (CARICOM) has reiterated its request that the XI Summit of the Americas should be an inclusive meeting that brings together all the countries of the region, an event to be held from June 6th to the 10th in Los Angeles, United States.... More
United Nations, May 26 (RHC)-- Iran’s Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations Zahra Ershadi says veteran Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, who was fatally shot by Israeli troops in the occupied West Bank, is another victim of the international community's inaction toward the Tel Aviv regime’s ongoing war crimes and terrorism against Palestinians.... More
London, May 26 (RHC)-- Climate activists disrupted Shell’s annual shareholder meeting this week in London. Three protesters were arrested, and Shell was forced to temporarily suspend the event. ... More
New York, May 26 (RHC)-- Separate investigations by the Associated Press and CNN have both concluded that it was Israeli forces who shot dead the Palestinian American Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh two weeks ago in the occupied West Bank. ... More
Miami, May 26 (RHC)-- Former U.S. President Donald Trump is set to speak in front of the National Rifle Association’s (NRA) annual convention in Texas on Friday, just days after 19 children and two teachers were killed in a school shooting in the state.... More
Ramallah, May 26 (RHC)-- Israeli authorities have seized thousands of acres of Palestinian-owned land in the eastern flank of the West Bank, as Tel Aviv continues to press ahead with its illegal settlement expansion activities and land grab policies across the occupied territories despite the global outcry.... More
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