Rio de Janeiro, November 19 (RHC)-- Leaders of the Group of 20 major economies have called for “comprehensive” ceasefires in Gaza and Lebanon, while also stressing the need for cooperation on climate change, poverty reduction, and taxing the ultrarich.... More
Caracas, November 19 (RHC)-- The president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, has endorsed the Alliance against Hunger and Poverty, after the approach of the Brazilian president Lula da Silva at the Group of Twenty (G20) Summit, which takes place in the city of Rio de Janeiro.... More
Baku, November 19 (RHC)-- The United Nations climate summit in Baku, Azerbaijan, has entered its second and final week. ... More
Washington, November 19 (RHC)-- In the U.S., more details have emerged about a sexual assault allegation against Pete Hegseth, the Fox News host picked by Donald Trump to become defense secretary. ... More
Washington, November 19 (RHC)-- In the U.S. capital, House Republicans are attempting once again to ram through H.R. 9495, a bill that would allow Trump and future presidents to effectively shut down nonprofits by labeling them a “terrorist-supporting organization.” ... More
el Aviv, November 19 (RHC)--An Israeli military court has sentenced Palestinian journalist Rasha Herzallah to six months in prison and fined her 13,000 shekels ($3,300), as the regime continues its vicious attacks on press freedom, including the targeting of media professionals, in the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip.... More
Rio de Janeiro, November 18 (RHC)-- As world leaders are gathering in Brazil for the G20 summit, Indigenous protesters in Rio de Janeiro took giant cutouts of U.S. President Joe Biden and other world leaders and sank them in the water to demand more action on the climate crisis. ... More
Rio de Janeiro, November 18 (RHC)-- The Rio de Janeiro Summit brings together the heads of state of the world’s largest economies. On Monday, Presidents Lula da Silva (Brazil) and Abdel Fattah al-Sisi (Egypt) emphasized their shared opposition to “any attempt to undermine the Palestinian cause” and reaffirmed their support for the two-state solution as the only resolution to the Middle East conflict.... More
Rio de Janeiro, November 18 (RHC)-- Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has opened the Group of 20 Summit in Brazil by unveiling a global alliance aimed at tackling poverty and hunger.... More
Tehran, November 18 (RHC)--Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei has taken a swipe at the United Kingdom for its denial of the ongoing genocide in Gaza, saying such an “outrageous” stance makes London complicit in the Israeli regime's crimes.... More
Beirut, November 18 (RHC)-- Israeli warplanes have conducted fresh strikes on Lebanon, killing six paramedics in the country’s south. hours after two others lost their lives in air raids. Lebanon’s National News Agency (NNA) reported on Monday that the deadly air raids hit the Islamic Health Authority center in the village of Arab Salim in the Nabatiyeh governorate.... More
Amid Israel's genocidal war on Gaza, which has killed more than 43,800 Palestinians so far, as well as the ongoing genocide in Lebanon, resistance groups in Palestine and across the region continue their operations against the Tel Aviv regime.... More
Canberra, November 18 (RHC)-- Australia’s Senate has voted to censure Indigenous lawmaker Lidia Thorpe after she heckled Britain’s King Charles III during his visit to parliament last month. The vote, led by Australia’s governing Labor Party, was passed with 46 votes in favour and six against.... More
Tehran, November 18 (RHC)-- Iranian software engineer Alireza Zakeri has announced his resignation from Google over the American tech giant’s collaboration with Israel amid the regime’s genocidal war on Gaza, which has killed over 43,000 people in the territory since early October last year.... More
The Vatican, November 18 (RHC)-- Pope Francis, head of the Catholic Church, has called for an investigation into Israel’s ongoing onslaught on the Gaza Strip as experts say it amounts to genocide against Palestinians. He made the request in his forthcoming book, whose excerpts were published by Italy’s La Stampa daily on Sunday.... More
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