Massive protests have been reported in Morocco following the docking of a U.S.-flagged vessel shipping American weapons to the Israeli regime amid the ongoing genocidal war on Gaza.... More


Washington, November 15 (RHC)-- An American military contractor has been obliged by a federal jury to pay $42 million to three former Iraqi detainees who were tortured at the notorious US-run Abu Ghraib prison near the capital Baghdad following the 2003 invasion of the Arab country.... More


Buenos Aires, November 15 (RHC)-- The Government of Argentina voted Thursday against the resolution to “Intensify efforts in the prevention and elimination of all forms of violence against women and girls, especially in the digital environment” at the United Nations (UN).... More


United Nations, November 15 (RHC)-- The United States has voted against a United Nations resolution in favor of the Palestinian people to self-determination. Political observers noted that while the vote was not surprising, it was interesting that Washington would be so obvious in its staunch support of Israel's campaign of ethnic cleansing. The Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural) sent nine draft resolutions to the General Assembly on Thursday, including texts on the elimination of violence against women and girls, the right of the Palestinian people to self-determination and the report of the Human Rights Council.... More


Geneva, November 15 (RHC)-- Approximately 10.3 million people caught measles last year, a 20 percent increase compared with 2022, a new study estimates.   The jump in cases of the contagious disease reflects a drop in vaccine coverage, said the study, published by the World Health Organization and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).... More


Caracas, November 15 (RHC)-- Venezuela's Executive Vice President, Delcy Rodríguez, inaugurated on Thursday the National Congress of the Bolivarian Historical Bloc, occasion in which she said that just as the Venezuelan people overcame the worst difficulties and defeated the colonialist armies, today with that same force will defeat the new armies of neocolonialism and financial capital.... More


Barcelona, Catalonia, November 15 (RHC)-- The Spanish newspaper La Vanguardia has announced it will stop publishing its content on social media platform X, which it said had become a “disinformation network.”... More


London, November 15 (RHC)-- The British news outlet The Guardian has announced it will no longer post content on X due to the “disturbing content” on the “toxic media platform,” including racism and conspiracy theories.... More


Tehran, November 15 (RHC)-- Iran has condemned in the strongest terms a call by an Israeli minister for the annexation of the occupied West Bank.  Foreign Ministry Spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei said it was another indication of the “racist nature, expansionist character, and aggressive approach” of the Israeli regime.... More


Mexico City, November 15 (RHC)-- The president of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum responded, this Thursday, to the ambassador of the United States, Ken Salazar for his statements against the government of Andrés Manuel López Obrador in matters of security.... More


Gaza City, November 15 (RHC)-- The Government Media Office in the Gaza Strip says Israeli forces have killed more than 2,000 civilians in the northern part of the besieged territory, after the occupying regime launched a full-scale extermination and ethnic cleansing campaign there 38 days ago.... More


Baku, November 14 (RHC)-- French Ecology Minister Agnes Pannier-Runacher has pulled out of the COP29 climate talks in Azerbaijan after its President Ilham Aliyev accused France of carrying out colonialist “crimes” in New Caledonia, in the latest diplomatic spat between the two countries.... More


Buenos Aires, November 14 (RHC)-- President Javier Milei ordered on Wednesday the withdrawal of the Argentine delegation participating in the UN World Climate Summit (COP29), taking place in Baku, Azerbaijan.  The decision comes on the third day of the event, where more than 200 countries are meeting to discuss strategies against climate change.... More


Sanaa, November 14 (RHC)-- U.S. warships came under sustained missile and drone attack from Houthi fighters as they sailed off the coast of Yemen, the Pentagon has confirmed, with the armed group claiming it attacked the US aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln and two US destroyers.... More


United Nations, November 15 (RHC)-- A UN special committee has found Israel’s actions in Gaza since October 2023 are “consistent with genocide,” including using starvation as a weapon of war and recklessly inflicting civilian casualties. ... More


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