Geneva, June 19 (RHC)--The number of people forced to flee their homes last year rose by nearly three million to 68.5 million, the head of the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, said on Tuesday, warning that the world’s displacement hotspots “are becoming hotter”.... More
Geneva, June 19 (RHC)—A new report by the Small Arms Survey says U.S. citizens own 40 percent of world´s guns, that is 393 million firearms more than the combined total owned in the survey’s other top 25 countries. ... More
.jpg "Refugees disembark from the Italian navy boat Dattilo at the port of Valencia, Spain, June 17, 2018. Photo: AFP")
Valencia, June 18 (RHC)-- The International Red Cross has called on members of the European Union to accept and protect refugees "according to international law for refugees but also according to the principles of humanity." ... More
Ft. Lauderdale, June 18 (RHC)-- More than 300 Catholic bishops in the United States have blasted the Donald Trump administration’s immigration policies... More
Paris, June 18 (RHC)-- Police in France have prevented two boats from a Gaza Strip-bound flotilla from docking in Seine River, despite subjecting the vessels to extensive searches in advance. ... More
Tel Aviv, June 18 (RHC)-- Israel's cabinet ministers have authorized a bill that would criminalize filming of the Israeli soldiers' atrocities against the Palestinians while on duty. ... More
Dallas, June 18 (RHC)-- New photos have emerged showing the inside of a former Walmart in Texas that’s been converted into a detention center for 1,500 migrant boys. ... More
New York, June 18 (RHC)-- New York’s attorney general filed suit against Donald Trump’s charitable foundation, accusing the president and three of his children of using the nonprofit for illegal campaign activity and as a virtual piggy bank for “repeated self-dealing.” ... More
Philadelphia, June 18 (RHC)-- In the U.S. state of Pennsylvania, MOVE member Debbie Africa has been granted parole and was released from prison after a decades-long campaign to win her freedom. ... More
Bogota, June 18 (RHC)-- The conservative candidate from the Democratic Center Party, Ivan Duque, has been elected to become the next president of Colombia.... More
United Nations, June 16 (RHC)-- The Swedish deputy ambassador to the United Nations has urged the Security Council to demand a swift freeze to an ongoing Saudi-led military operation against Yemen’s port of Hudaydah.... More
Vienna, June 16 (RHC)-- Iran's ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency has told the IAEA Board of Governors in Vienna that Israel's nuclear program poses threat to the international peace and security. Speaking at the board's quarterly meeting, Reza Najafi said Israel's nuclear capabilities should be put on the IAEA's agenda as a real threat to the regional and international peace and security.... More
United Nations, June 16 (RHC)-- The United Nations Human Rights Office (OHCHR) has expressed "deep concern" about the zero-tolerance policy of U.S. President Donald Trump's administration towards immigrants. ... More
London, June 16 (RHC)-- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is “no longer immune” from attacks carried out by the occupying regime, a month after Tel Aviv conducted a large-scale air raid against military targets in southern Syria.... More
Fort Wayne, June 16 (RHC)-- Responding to the outcry by U.S. religious leaders over the Donald Trump administration's immigration guidelines, Attorney General Sessions quoted scripture to try to justify his department’s racist policies. ... More
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