Benjamin Netanyahu questioned over corruption.  Photo: AP

Tel Aviv, June 15 (RHC)-- In Israel, police again questioned Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in connection with one of a series of corruption cases. ... More


Dominique Lesparre, mayor of a commune in the Paris suburb of Bezons, unveils the "Nakba Lane" plaque on June 11, 2018.  Photo: AFP

Paris, June 15 (RHC)-- Under pressure from Tel Aviv, the mayor of a Paris suburb has removed the sign for a street newly renamed "Nakba Lane," a term used by Palestinians to refer to their forcible eviction by Israel from their homeland in 1948.... More


Center-left front-runner Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador of the National Regeneration Movement delivers a message after arriving at the third and final debate in Me

Mexico City, June 15 (RHC)-- In Mexico, presidential candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, AMLO, says that his country should redirect the economy towards the internal market if renegotiations with Donald Trump fail.... More


U.S. considering housing immigrant children in tent cities on military bases.  Photo: AFP

Washington, June 15 (RHC)-- In U.S. immigration news, McClatchy is reporting the Trump administration is considering building tent cities on Texas military bases to detain immigrant children being held in U.S. custody.... More


 White House will back House of Representatives immigration bills.  Photo: Democracy Now

Washington, June 15 (RHC)-- The White House says it will back either of a pair of immigration bills heading toward a possible vote in the Congress next week, after House Speaker Paul Ryan said he’ll allow a debate on immigration.... More


Syrian President Bashar al-Assad gestures during an interview with al-Alam News Network in Damascus, Syria, in this handout released on June 13, 2018.   Photo:

Damascus, June 14 (RHC)-- Syrian President Bashar al-Assad says that the American, French, Turkish and Israeli troops present in his country are occupying forces. ... More


Argentinean supporters of abortion will continue to mobilize to gain the senate's approval.   Photo: Reuters

Buenos Aires, June 14 (RHC)-- The lower chamber of Argentina's Congress voted Thursday to approve a bill to legalize elective abortions up to the 14th week of pregnancy. The law will now go to the country's Senate for another round debate.... More


Acts of violence and terrorism are being carried out in Nicaragua by right-wing groups.  Photo: AP

Managua, June 14 (RHC)-- The Nicaraguan government has sent a report to the Inter-American Commission of Human Rights, or IACHR, accounting for the attacks of armed groups in the town of Jinotepe, department of Carazo, that have been carried out this week.... More


AT&T gets green light to merge with Time Warner.  Photo: AFP

New York, June 14 (RHC)-- A U.S. federal judge has approved AT&T’s $85 billion merger with Time Warner after ruling the Justice Department failed to prove the merger violates anti-trust laws.... More


Activists mark two years since Pulse nightclub massacre.  Photo: Democracy Now

Orlando, June 14 (RHC)-- In Orlando, Florida, hundreds gathered outside of the Pulse nightclub to honor the 49 people who were killed two years ago in one of the deadliest attacks ever on the LGBT community in the United States. The majority of those killed were young LGBT people of color.... More


Men wait to disembark from the Italian Coast Guard vessel "Diciotti" following a rescue operation of refugees at sea on June 13, 2018, in the port of

Paris, June 14 (RHC)-- Italy's new economy minister Giovanni Tria postponed a meeting with his French counterpart in Paris on Wednesday as a diplomatic row spiraled over Rome's refusal to take in an overcrowded migrant ship.... More


ICE agents arrest more undocumented immigrants.  Photo: AP

Dayton, June 14 (RHC)-- The Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency, known as ICE, raided a gardening and landscaping company in the U.S. state of Ohio and detained 114 undocumented immigrants. ... More


U.S. judge recalled after giving light sentence to white rapist.  Photo: File

Sacramento, June 14 (RHC)-- In the U.S. state of California, Judge Aaron Persky was recalled from office, two years after he sparked a national outrage for sentencing Stanford University swimmer Brock Turner to a 6-month prison term for sexually assaulting an unconscious woman behind a dumpster.... More


The UN General Assembly votes on and adopts resolution on the Protection of the Palestinian civilian population.UN Photo/Evan Schneider

United Nations, June 14 (RHC)-- In an emergency meeting on Wednesday, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution calling for greater protection for Palestinians, and deploring any use of “excessive, disproportionate and indiscriminate” force by the Israeli military against Palestinian civilians, particularly in Gaza.... More


Pope Francis tries to send special envoy to see Lula in prison.  Photo: AP

Vatican City, June 13 (RHC)-- Juan Grabois, Pope Francis' special envoy and Justice and Peace Affairs adviser, has been barred from delivering a handwritten letter from the Pontiff to former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. ... More


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