Tokyo, August 6 (RHC)-- Japan is marking the 79th anniversary of the U.S. dropping the world’s first atomic bomb on Hiroshima, killing some 140,000 people in a matter of seconds. ... More


New York, August 6 (RHC)-- Meta Platforms has apologised for removing content from Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim’s Facebook and Instagram accounts related to the assassination of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh last week.... More


New York, August 6 (RHC)-- A judge in the United States has ruled that Google spent billions of dollars to create an illegal monopoly for its search engine, exploiting its dominance to squash competition and stifle innovation.... More


Caracas, August 6 (RHC)-- President Nicolás Maduro said on Monday in his program "Con Maduro +" that Venezuela is winning peace through its National Constitution and its "powerful" institutions, including the Electoral Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice (TSJ).... More


Gaza City, August 6 (RHC)-- A female Palestinian activist has succumbed to injuries she sustained during an Israeli raid on her home back in May.  Wafa Jarrar died on Monday from injuries she had sustained when Israeli forces detained her on May 21st.... More


Gaza City, August 6 (RHC)-- Israel has returned the bodies of nearly 90 Palestinians killed in its military offensive in the Gaza Strip, the Palestinian Ministry of Health has announced.... More


Washington, August 6 (RHC)-- The Democratic National Committee has announced Vice President Kamala Harris has won enough votes from delegates to secure the party’s presidential nomination.  The DNC is holding a virtual roll call ahead of the Democratic National Convention, which begins in two weeks in Chicago. ... More


London, August 6 (RHC)-- Racist political rhetoric laid the groundwork for the far right rampage against immigrants, Muslims and Black people. Racist mobs continued their rampage through the UK this weekend, throwing bricks, setting fires, smashing windows, threatening mosques and attacking hotels housing asylum seekers.... More


Gaza City, August 6 (RHC)-- As of July 30th, all 625,000 enrolled students in the Gaza Strip have lost one full scholastic year, the UN children’s agency (UNICEF) and Save the Children have reported.... More


Caracas, August 6 (RHC)-- The Venezuelan Public Ministry announced on Monday the beginning of a criminal investigation against former presidential candidate Edmundo González for the Democratic Unitary Platform (PUD) coalition and the opposition leader María Corina Machado, in order to determine their responsibility for the alleged commission of multiple crimes.... More


Geneva, August 6 (RHC)-- The UN human rights office says Palestinians abducted by Israeli forces from the Gaza Strip were brutally beaten and waterboarded in the regime’s detention facilitates.... More


United Nations, August 6 (RHC)-- Palestinian prisoners are held in deplorable conditions and are subjected to torture techniques such as simulated drowning, sleep deprivation, electric shocks, among others.... More


Tel Aviv, August 6 (RHC)-- A top Israeli official suggested that he believes it is “morally justified” for Israel to wipe out Gaza’s population through famine and starvation, in chilling statements that political observers say openly indicate genocidal intent.... More


New York, August 5 (RHC)-- The ex-chief of the Honduran National Police has been sentenced to 19 years in prison after pleading guilty earlier this year to cocaine trafficking charges. ... More


Jefferson City, August 5 (RHC)-- In the U.S. state of Missouri, 52-year-old Christopher Dunn was freed this week after spending nearly three-and-a-half decades in prison on a now-overturned murder conviction.... More


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