U.S. judge to appoint independent monitor to oversee detention centers with children.  Photo: AFP

Los Angeles, July 31 (RHC)-- In the U.S. city of Los Angeles, federal judge Dolly Gee has mandated the appointment of an independent monitor to force the Trump administration to improve health and safety standards in immigrant detention centers that house children. ... More


Boston Globe reveals TSA domestic surveillance program "Quiet Skies"   Photo: File

Boston, July 31 (RHC)-- A Boston Globe investigation has revealed the existence of a domestic surveillance program run by the Transportation Security Authority... More


Mexican journalist Emilio Gutiérrez Soto and his son freed from detention.  Photo: Democracy Now

Mexico City, July 31 (RHC)-- In the U.S. state of Texas, Mexican journalist Emilio Gutiérrez Soto and his son have been released from ICE detention ... More


U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg says she plans to serve 5 more years.  Photo: AP

Washington, July 31 (RHC)-- U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg says she plans to continue serving on the bench for at least another five more years.  ... More


Israel's Netanyahu to visit Colombia for Duque's swearing-in.  Photo: Reuters

Bogota, July 31 (RHC)-- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is scheduled to visit Colombia for the swearing-in ceremony of newly elected Ivan Duque... More


This handout picture released by the official Syrian Arab News Agency, SANA, on July 29, 2018, shows displaced Syrians returning to their villages in the provin

Damascus, July 31 (RHC)-- Syrian army troops have liberated yet another town in al-Yarmouk basin in the country’s southwestern province of Dara’a, further tightening the noose around the last remnants of the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group in the area. ... More


Palestinian resistance icon Ahed Tamimi freed.  Photo: AP

Ramallah, July 30 (RHC)-- Palestinian teenager Ahed Tamimi was released from Israeli custody on Sunday after nearly eight months of incarceration.... More


 Julian Assange faces deportation to the U.S.   Photo: Reuters

Quito, July 30 (RHC)-- Ecuador's former president Rafael Correa said in an interview with RT that Julian Assange’s days in the Ecuadorean embassy in London are numbered, a claim which contradicts the statements made by Ecudorean President Lenin Moreno last week. ... More


United Nations chief says UN running out of cash.  Photo: AFP

United Nations, July 30 (RHC)-- United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres has warned that the world body is confronted with an unprecedented funding shortage for its core budget.  ... More


Ecuadorean social groups, international delegations defend UNASUR.   Photo: Logo UNASUR

Quito, July 30 (RHC)-- Social and political organizations held an international forum over the weekend in defense of the Union of South American countries (UNASUR), in Quito, Ecuador.... More


Children remain separated from parents at U.S.-Mexico border.   Photo: Reuters

Washington, July 30 (RHC)-- The Donald Trump administration may have deported up to 463 parents of children separated by immigration officials at the border, even as their children remain in U.S. custody.  ... More


Trump may shut down government if he doesn't get his wall.  Photo: AP

Washington, July 30 (RHC)-- U.S. President Donald Trump is threatening to shut down the government if Congress doesn’t allocate $25 billion for the border wall.  ... More


Wildfires rage across U.S. state of California.  Photo: AFP

Sacramento, July 30 (RHC)-- In the U.S. state of California, at least eight people have died as climate change-fueled wildfires rage statewide. ... More


Activist stops Afghan extradition flight in Sweden.  Photo: Facebook

Oslo, July 30 (RHC)-- In Sweden, a student activist halted an Afghan asylum seeker’s deportation back to Afghanistan by refusing to sit down on a flight, preventing the plane from taking off. ... More


Newspaper owner fires half of his staff.  Photo: AP

New York, July 30 (RHC)-- In the United States, the new owner of the New York Daily News says he will fire half the staff of the longtime newspaper.  ... More


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