Washington, March 23 (RHC)-- The U.S. Department of Justice has filed a sweeping antitrust lawsuit against Apple, accusing the tech giant of orchestrating an illegal monopoly in the smartphone industry. ... More


United Nations, March 23 (RHC)-- The Arab Group at the UN has declared its full support for the latest UNSC resolution on Gaza, which was sponsored by the 10 elected members of the council.... More


Havana, March 23 (RHC) -- The Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America-People's Trade Agreement (ALBA-TCP) categorically rejected Friday in Caracas the statements made by the head of the U.S. Southern Command, Laura Richardson.... More


Miami, March 23 (RHC)-- In the U.S. state of Florida, Republican Governor Ron DeSantis signed a new law banning unhoused people from sleeping in public places such as parks and sidewalks. ... More


Ramallah, March 23 (RHC)-- Seven Israeli soldiers have been injured in armed clashes with a Palestinian resistance fighter west of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank.... More


Tel Aviv, March 23 (RHC)-- Israel’s Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich has declared 800 hectares (1,977 acres) in the occupied West Bank as state land, in a move that will facilitate the use of the ground for settlement building.... More


Washington, March 22 (RHC)-- In Haiti, armed groups have launched new attacks and blockades in the suburbs near Port-au-Prince, with multiple deaths reported.  Haitian police say an operation killed the head of Delmas 95, Ernst Julme, known as Ti Greg.  Delmas 95 is part of Jimmy “Barbecue” Chérizier’s alliance of armed groups.... More


Washington, March 22 (RHC)-- Over 70 former U.S. diplomats, government and military officials have urged President Biden to warn Israel against building illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank and denying Palestinian rights. ... More


Khan Younis, March 22 (RHC)-- Al Jazeera has shared video that appears to show an Israeli drone targeting, then launching an air attack on a group of at least four unarmed civilians as they were walking in an open area of Khan Younis in Gaza.... More


Rafah, March 22 (RHC)-- Israel is continuing its relentless assault on the Gaza Strip, with deaths reported earlier today in residential areas of Gaza City, Rafah and Khan Younis.... More


Tehran, March 22 (RHC)-- Iran says the United States and Israel have taken the United Nations and its Security Council hostage, urging the international community to immediately free the two world bodies.  In a post on his X account on Thursday, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kan'ani said the world is witnessing the continuation of Israel's "barbarism and brutality" in the Gaza Strip.... More


Jackson, March 22 (RHC)-- In the U.S. state of Mississippi, two more former sheriff’s deputies were sentenced Wednesday for torturing and sexually abusing two Black men in January 2023. Christian Dedmon was sentenced to 40 years in prison, and Daniel Opdyke to 17.5 years The men were part of a group of officers that called themselves the “Goon Squad.” ... More


Mexico City, March 21 (RHC)-- Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador blasted Texas’s anti-immigrant SB4 law on Wednesday as U.S. courts continue to wrangle over its legality.  The law grants Texas authorities broad powers to arrest and deport anyone they suspect of crossing the border without authorization. ... More


Washington, March 21 (RHC)-- Trump’s son-in-law and former adviser Jared Kushner has weighed in on Israel’s war on Gaza, saying that Israel should move Palestinians out of the besieged territory, which he said contains very valuable waterfront property. ... More


Geneva, March 21 (RHC)-- Israel has carried out a number of deadly strikes in Gaza over the past 24 hours.  In Gaza City, an Israeli attack killed 24 people at the Kuwait Roundabout, where Palestinians had gathered to collect aid. ... More


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