Tel Aviv, January 19 (RHC)-- An Israeli military judge has ordered a 16-year-old Palestinian girl to remain jailed while she awaits trial on 12 charges, including assaulting a soldier and incitement to violence. ... More


A Palestinian girl looks through a plastic sheet as raindrops are seen, outside her family's house in Al-Shati refugee camp in Gaza City (Reuters)

Washington, January 19 (RHC- Agencies) -- The United States will not provide 45 million dollars in food aid for Palestinians that it pledged last month as part of the West Bank/Gaza Emergency Appeal led by the U.N. Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), the U.S. State Department said on Thursday.... More


Venezuelan Government delegation to the dialogue in the Dominican Republic with the opposition.

Santo Domingo, January 19 (RHC) The Venezuelan opposition has yielded to external pressures, and did not participate in the talks scheduled to take place in the Dominican Republic, said the Minister for Communication of Venezuela, Jorge Rodríguez.... More


United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres

United Nations, January 18 (RHC)-- United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres has called for the implementation of Iran's nuclear deal based on its "mechanisms," stressing that it must be preserved. ... More


Damascus, January 18 (RHC)-- Syria has strongly condemned a U.S. plan to maintain its military presence in the Arab country as interference in its internal affairs and a blatant violation of international law. ... More


Washington, January 18 (RHC)-- U.S. President Donald Trump has repeated a threat to pull the United States out of a trade agreement with Canada and Mexico.... More


U.S. President Donald Trump

New York, January 18 (RHC)-- U.S. President Donald Trump's rise to power and his knack for populist policies has dealt a blow to the global campaign for human rights, says Human Rights Watch, hailing the growing wave of resistance against "authoritarian populists." ... More


Jersey City, January 18 (RHC)-- In the United States, students at Frisch School in New Jersey, where Jared Kushner once attended, have been encouraged to send letters thanking U.S. President Donald Trump over recognizing Jerusalem as the capital of the Israeli regime. ... More


Guatemala City, January 18 (RHC)-- The Plurinational Ancestral Government of the Akateko, Chuj, Popti and Q'anjob'al Maya, C. A., has denounced U.S. military presence in their territories, claiming it's part of the government's militarization strategy to suppress popular opposition to corporate activity. ... More


A U.S. Customs and Border Patrol agent stands along the secondary fence between the U.S. and Mexico in San Diego, California. (Reuters)

Washington, January 18 (RHC) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday defended his proposed wall along the U.S. southern border, saying his position “has never changed or evolved,” and that Mexico would pay for the barrier “directly, or indirectly.” “... More


Washington, January 17 (RHC)-- The New York Times reports that the Pentagon is quietly preparing for a potential war with North Korea... More


Washington, January 17 (RHC)-- The Pentagon is planning to escalate the U.S. war in Afghanistan by sending an additional 1,000 combat advisers, as well as sending additional armed and surveillance drones. The U.S. war in Afghanistan is the longest war in U.S. history. ... More


Carlos Domínguez Rodríguez

Mexico City, January 17 (RHC)-- In Mexico, longtime journalist Carlos Domínguez Rodríguez has been murdered in the border town of Nuevo Laredo... More


Washington, January 17 (RHC)-- The United States has withheld tens of millions of dollars in money for a United Nations agency tasked with providing services for Palestinian refugees. ... More


U.S. Ambassador to Panama John Feeley

Washington, January 17 (RHC)-- The U.S. ambassador to Panama has resigned amid international outrage over President Donald Trump’s racist comment last week in which Trump reportedly called African nations, El Salvador and Haiti "shithole countries." ... More


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