Canberra, January 23 (RHC)-- Twenty-five Australian aid organisations, including the Australian Council for International Development (ACFID), have issued a joint statement emphasising the importance of a permanent ceasefire in Gaza and calling for the “swift and unimpeded delivery of humanitarian aid.”... More


Washington, January 23 (RHC)-- The U.S. military has started to send 1,500 active-duty troops to the country’s southern border with Mexico, as part of President Donald Trump’s long-promised crackdown on immigration.... More


United Nations, January 23 (RHC)-- A group of 37 nongovernmental organizations have issued a joint statement welcoming the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas and calling for “full adherence” to its terms, including the release of captives and prisoners and the delivery of aid to Palestinians in Gaza.... More


United Nations, January 23 (RHC)-- A new study warns that Israel’s ban on the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) will result in a catastrophic humanitarian crisis in the occupied West Bank and the Gaza Strip.... More


Ramallah, January 23 (RHC)-- The UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) says Israel’s deadly raids on the refugee camp of Jenin in the occupied West Bank have displaced at least 2,000 families since mid-December.... More


Cuidad Juarez, January 23 (RHC)-- They came from all around the world, including Haiti and Venezuela, pulling small rolling suitcases crammed with clothing and stuffed animals to occupy their children.... More


New York, January 23 (RHC)-- In U.S. labor news, unionized Costco employees have authorized a strike, set to begin on February 1st unless they reach a deal with the mega-retailer before their contract expires at the end of this month. ... More


Washington, January 23 (RHC)-- The Washington Post is reporting that Google rushed to provide its latest artificial intelligence tools to the Israeli military after the Hamas-led attacks, despite protests from staff concerned that Israel was using the technology in mass killings of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.... More


Washington, January 23 (RHC)-- U.S. President Donald Trump’s choice to become the next U.S. ambassador to the United Nations refused to say Tuesday whether the Palestinian people have the right to self-determination. ... More


Washington, January 23 (RHC)-- Leaders of the far-right groups the Proud Boys and the Oath Keepers were freed from prison Tuesday after President Trump granted “full, complete and unconditional” presidential pardons to over 1,500 people involved in the January 6 insurrection. ... More


Ramallah, January 23 (RHC)-- Palestinian families erupted in celebration earlier this week as Israel released the first wave of captives from Israeli jails as part of the Gaza ceasefire deal.  Of the first 90 Palestinians released, 69 are women and 21 children.  ... More


Washington, January 22 (RHC)-- The Trump administration will allow federal immigration agents to conduct raids at schools, hospitals and houses of worship, ending a years-long policy that banned ICE, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, from arresting people at these sites.... More


Gaza City, January 22 (RHC)-- In Gaza, Israeli forces shot and killed a 12-year-old Palestinian child in the southern city of Rafah on Monday, in what witnesses called a blatant violation of the ceasefire deal. ... More


United Nations, January 22 (RHC)-- The United Nations special rapporteur on human rights in Palestinian territories has warned that Israel’s genocidal acts may spread from Gaza to the West Bank, amid an ongoing large-scale military operation in the occupied city of Jenin.  ... More


Panama City, January 22 (RHC)-- Panama and China have pushed back against United States President Donald Trump’s controversial claims regarding the Panama Canal.... More


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