Washington, August 9 (RHC)-- U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin placed a call to his Israeli counterpart Yoav Gallant and had a nice, friendly conversation, in which he reaffirmed Washington's “ironclad support” for Israel as tensions ramp up in the region.... More
Nagasaki, August 9 (RHC)-- Several Western ambassadors boycotted the 79th anniversary ceremony of the U.S. atomic bombing of Nagasaki after the Israeli regime was uninvited due to its ongoing genocidal war against Palestinians in Gaza.... More
Caracas, August 9 (RHC)-- More than 300 prominent intellectuals, writers, journalists, political leaders and activists rejected the fascist coup in Venezuela and ratified the electoral victory of President Nicolas Maduro.... More
Washington, August 9 (RHC)-- A top aide to U.S. Vice President Harris Kamala Harris says the Democratic presidential nominee does not support an arms embargo on the Israeli regime, denying an assertion by a pro-Palestinian group organization that she is open to discussing the issue.... More
Barcelona, August 9 (RHC)-- Catalonia’s former separatist leader Carles Puigdemont has left for Belgium a day after briefly appearing at a rally in Barcelona and evading a massive manhunt and an arrest warrant in Spain.... More
Tel Aviv, August 9 (RHC)-- Less than a month after the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruled that Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territory is unlawful and must end “as rapidly as possible,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said his country will not relinquish control over the occupied West Bank.... More
Ramallah, August 9 (RHC)-- The UN’s humanitarian agency (OCHA) said the number of Palestinians displaced in the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, has more than doubled since October 7 compared with the preceding 10 months.... More
The Hague, August 8 (RHC)-- The Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has called on the International Criminal Court (ICC) to issue an arrest warrant for Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich for saying it may be “justified and moral” to starve Palestinians in Gaza.... More
Tel Aviv, August 8 (RHC)-- Israel has revoked the diplomatic status of eight Norwegian diplomats serving the occupied Palestinian territory. “There is a price for anti-Israel behaviour,” said Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz on Thursday, citing Norway’s recognition of Palestinian statehood and its backing of an International Criminal Court (ICC) case implicating Israeli leaders in alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity as reasons for the move.... More
Salt Lake City, August 8 (RHC)-- The U.S. state of Utah has enacted a ban on 13 books — 12 of them written by women — ordering their removal from public schools and libraries. ... More
Geneva, August 8 (RHC)-- World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus called on Wednesday to stop the fire in the Gaza Strip to bring more than one million polio vaccines to that region, after detection of the virus causing the disease in waste water.... More
Detroit, August 8 (RHC)-- At a rally Wednesday in Detroit, Michigan, Palestinian rights protesters disrupted a speech by Kamala Harris.... More
Tel Aviv, August 8 (RHC)-- Leaked video footage has exposed the appalling conditions of Palestinians being held in Israeli prisons, showing a group of Israeli forces sexually assaulting a Palestinian detainee at a detention center in the southern part of the 1948 occupied lands.... More
London, August 8 (RHC)-- British police are concerned that anti-immigration groups will continue to target dlocations throughout the country following a week of rioting and disorder driven by misinformation over a stabbing attack against young girls.... More
Caracas, August 8 (RHC)-- The Public Prosecutor’s Office of Venezuela has opened a criminal case to determine the responsibilities of a web portal that is causing the dissemination of false information and confusion among the population of the country.... More
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