Cairo, January 29 (RHC)-- Egypt’s top military body has given its approval for military leader General Abdel Fattah el-Sisi to run for president after he led the coup that ousted President Mohamed Morsi last year. ... More
Washington, January 29 (RHC)-- The Barack Obama administration has loosened restrictions on what Internet companies can reveal about how frequently the government secretly demands information about users. But the new rules still bar companies from revealing details, including the nature and amount of data collected by the U.S. government. ... More
Tegucigalpa, January 29 (RHC)-- In Honduras, right-wing President Juan Orlando Hernández has been sworn into office despite claims of election fraud by the opposition. Hernández has pushed for militarizing Honduras as part of the fight against drug cartels, raising concerns about potential human rights abuses. ... More
Washington, January 29 (RHC)-- U.S. House and Senate lawmakers have reached a deal on a new farm bill that would continue heavy subsidies for crops like corn and soybeans while slashing food stamps by about $8 billion over the coming decade. ... More
Washington, January 29 (RHC)-- The number of nuclear missile officers under investigation by the U.S. Air Force over allegations of cheating has doubled from 34 initially to several dozen, according to military officials in Washington. ... More
Geneva, January 29 (RHC)-- UN-Arab League envoy Lakhdar Brahimi says Iran's presence in the peace talks on Syria could be useful, adding that the mediators will seek Tehran's cooperation in the future. ... More
Washington, January 28 (RHC)-- As negotiations between Syrian officials and the country's foreign-backed opposition hit a deadlock in Geneva over the issue of transfer of power, the United States has resumed deliveries of aid to the opposition. ... More
Cairo, January 28 (RHC)-- More than 60 people have been killed in Egypt over the past several days in clashes surrounding the third anniversary of the uprising that ousted Hosni Mubarak. ... More
Moscow, January 28 (RHC)-- Russia says the notorious U.S.-run Guantanamo prison in Cuba must be shut down while U.S. Pr.esident Barack Obama is still in office. ... More
Moscow, January 28 (RHC)-- U.S. whistleblower Edward Snowden, who has blown the lid on U.S. massive spying operations at home and abroad, says U.S. “government officials want to kill” him. ... More
Geneva, January 27 (RHC)-- UN-Arab League Special Representative for Syria Lakhdar Brahimi says two face-to-face meetings between delegates representing the Syrian government and the foreign-backed opposition in Geneva have not achieved much.... More
Tehran, January 27 (RHC)-- Iran says remarks made by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry are a violation of international law and the Charter of the United Nations.... More
Tripoli, January 27 (RHC)-- The Libyan Health Ministry says two weeks of violent clashes in the country have killed at least 154 people and injured 463 more.... More
Geneva, January 25 (RHC)-- Representatives of the Syrian government and the foreign-backed opposition have met briefly in the Swiss city of Geneva amid heated differences.... More
Geneva, January 25 (RHC)-- Syria has ruled out the formation of a transitional government the Geneva II talks on the Syria crisis inch closer to a deadlock. Syrian Information Minister Omran al-Zoubi said on Friday that Damascus will not agree to the opposition demand to form a transitional government.... More
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