Washington, June 5 (RHC)-- U.S. President Joe Biden says there is "every reason" to conclude Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel is prolonging the savage military offensive in the besieged Gaza Strip due to his own political considerations.... More


Caracas, June 5 (RHC)-- The president of the National Assembly of Venezuela, Jorge Rodríguez, denounced this Tuesday at a press conference the existence of an international media campaign to ignore the electoral processes, in reference to the recently completed elections in Mexico.... More


Cairo, June 5 (RHC)-- Secretary-General of the Arab League Ahmed Aboul Gheit has urged a swift end to the current humanitarian catastrophe in the besieged Gaza Strip.... More


Beirut, June 5 (RHC)-- Israeli residents and officials in the occupied Palestinian territories are on alert for extensive blazes that could be caused by the Lebanese resistance movement Hezbollah’s firing of missiles as part of a campaign to force the regime to end its aggression on Gaza.... More


Rome, June 5 (RHC)-- The University of Palermo in Italy has suspended its Erasmus exchange agreements with several Israeli universities, citing safety concerns.... More


New York, June 5 (RHC)-- The board of the Columbia Law Review journal – made up of faculty and alumni from the university’s law school – shut down the review’s website after editors refused to halt publication of an academic article by a Palestinian human rights lawyer that was critical of Israel.... More


Washington, June 5 (RHC)-- U.S. lawmakers at the House of Representatives have approved pending legislation that sanctions the International Criminal Court (ICC) over war crimes warrant for Israeli leaders.  According to sources on Capitol Hill, this is the first of several steps that would be needed before these sanctions actually become law.... More


New York, June 5 (RHC)-- The U.S. Department of State has prohibited former Marine Corps intelligence officer and American foreign policy critic Scott Ritter to board a flight from New York to Istanbul.... More


Geneva, June 5 (RHC)-- The United Nations has renewed its call for an end to violence against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank.  Volker Turk said in a statement released on Tuesday that in addition to the death toll in the Gaza Strip, “the people of the occupied West Bank are also being subjected to day after day of unprecedented bloodshed”.  The UN human rights chief’s words came as the Israeli military and settlers carried out new attacks in the territory.... More


Stockholm, June 4 (RHC)-- A member of the European parliament from the Swedish Social Democratic party has warned against far-right groups, just few days ahead of key EU elections.  Evin Incir, who is running for re-election, said she is “worried that the far-right, conservative and liberal groups will join forces” in the next European parliament.... More


United Nations, June 4 (RHC)-- A global goal to triple the production of electricity from clean sources such as solar and wind power by 2030 is “ambitious but achievable,” says the world’s leading independent energy analyst.... More


Montevideo, June 4 (RHC)-- Dozens of women demonstrated on Monday in the Uruguayan capital, Montevideo, to demand an end to gender violence under the slogan: 'Not one less, until they stop killing us.'  They also included demands in favor of Palestine and the participants demanded that Uruguay break relations with Israel.... More


Toronto, June 4 (RHC)-- At the University of Toronto, students and faculty held a vigil Monday for the students in Gaza who have been deprived of a graduation due to the war. ... More


San Fransicso, June 4 (RHC)-- Scores of demonstrators have occupied the Israeli consulate in San Francisco, protesting against the occupying regime’s ongoing genocidal war on the Gaza Strip and Washington’s complicity in the brutal military onslaught.... More


United Nations, June 4 (RHC)-- Experts have urged all countries in the world to recognize Palestinian statehood.  Since the establishment of the "State of Palestine" in 1988, most countries have already recognized Palestinian statehood.  However, a dozen major countries including Argentina, Australia, Canada, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Mexico, South Korea, France, the United Kingdom, and the United States have not recognized Palestinian statehood.... More


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