Washington, April 15 (RHC)-- The United States is renewing efforts to push through a stalled funding package for Israel despite stressing it will not help with any counteroffensive measures against Iran.  U.S. President Joe Biden told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a phone call late on Sunday that the U.S. would not take part in any retaliatory action in response to Iran’s air attack the previous day.... More


Managua, April 15 (RHC)-- The Government of Nicaragua condemned Sunday the abuses and genocidal attacks perpetrated by Israel against the Palestinian people with the complicity of the U.S. Government and other Western nations, and demanded the United Nations system to safeguard the law and peace.... More


Brasilia, April 15 (RHC)-- The director of the South America Department of the Brazilian Foreign Ministry, Joao Marcelo Galvao de Queiroz, reports that President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva will hold a meeting this week with his Colombian counterpart, Gustavo Petro, as part of an official visit to the South American country... More


Vatican City, April 14 (RHC)-- Pope Francis on Sunday expressed his regret at a possible escalation of the conflict in the Middle East, due to Iran's recent bellicose response to Israel's April 1 attack on its consulate in Damascus, Syria.... More


United Nations, April 14 (RHC)-- Iran’s UN ambassador has warned the United States against initiating military action against the country in the aftermath of the Islamic Republic’s recent legitimate retaliatory operation against the Israeli regime, Washington’s most treasured regional ally.... More


Caracas, April 14 (RHC)-- The Venezuelan government has blasted the Israeli regime for its destabilizing actions in the Middle East, emphasizing that the United Nations' inaction has worsened the unstable situation in the region.... More


Tehran, April 14 (RHC)-- Iran's permanent mission to the United Nations office in Geneva has underscored Iran’s commitment to international law and the UN Charter, saying the Islamic Republic seeks no escalation in the region.... More


Tehran, April 14 (RHC)-- The chief of staff of the Iranian Armed Forces, Major General Mohammad Baqeri, says Iran has concluded its retaliatory strikes on the occupied territories, warning of a “stronger” reaction if the Israeli regime responds.... More


Washington, April 14 (RHC)-- The U.S. president held an emergency meeting with military and national security officials in light of the Iranian retaliatory strikes on Iran.  ... More


Washington, April 14 (RHC)-- U.S. President Joe Biden cut short a weekend stay at his Delaware beach house to meet with his national security team at the White House Saturday and monitor the situation in the Middle East as Iran launched an attack against Israel.... More


Tehran, April 14 (RHC)-- Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has launched “extensive” retaliatory missile and drone strikes against the occupied territories in response to the Israeli regime’s terrorist attack of April 1st against the Islamic Republic’s diplomatic premises in the Syrian capital Damascus.... More


Ramallah, April 13 (RHC)-- Hundreds of Israeli extremist settlers, protected by the regime’s forces, have raided villages near the occupied West Bank cities of Ramallah and Nablus for the second consecutive day, hurling stones at passing vehicles and setting homes ablaze .... More


Port-au-Prince, April 13 (RHC)-- Haiti has formally established a transitional council to fill a leadership vacuum by choosing a new prime minister, and to restore order in the Caribbean country ravaged by gang violence.  A decree published in the official gazette announced the formation of the Presidential Transitional Council on Friday, a month after Prime Minister Ariel Henry said he would step down amid a wave of attacks by armed gangs in the capital, Port-au-Prince.... More


Paris, April 13 (RHC)-- Several countries including France, India, Russia, Poland and the United Kingdom have warned their citizens against traveling to Israel, amid Iran’s expected response to a terrorist strike by the regime on the Iranian consulate in the Syrian capital earlier this month. ... More


Tel Aviv, April 13 (RHC)-- A new report has revealed the mass refusal of female Israeli draftees to serve as surveillance soldiers amid the regime’s ongoing war on the Gaza Strip.  Israel's Ynet news site reported that 126 out of the 326 Israeli women who were conscripted to the army this week refused to go from their draft center to a training base.... More


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