The Hague, February 20 (RHC)-- South Africa told the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague that Israel is responsible for apartheid against the Palestinians and its occupation is “inherently and fundamentally illegal.”... More


United Nations, February 21 (RHC)--The United States has vetoed another United Nations Security Council draft resolution on Israel’s war on Gaza, blocking a demand for an immediate ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.... More


Brasilia, February 20 (RHC)-- Brazil has said that it won’t be retracting comments made by President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva drawing parallels between Israel’s war on Gaza and the Holocaust despite an ongoing diplomatic fallout, the Reuters news agency reports, citing anonymous sources.... More


London, February 20 (RHC)-- London’s High Court has scheduled two days of hearings on Tuesday and Wednesday to decide whether WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange may appeal a United States request for extradition to stand trial on espionage charges.... More


Rafah, February 20 (RHC)-- At least one Palestinian man has been killed and many others wounded in northern Gaza after Israeli forces opened fire on desperate crowds waiting for food aid, according to witnesses and videos.... More


The Hague, February 20 (RHC)-- An attorney representing Palestine at the United Nations’ highest court called out the U.S. on Monday for routinely defending Israel’s violations of international law, including its brutal 57-year occupation of Gaza, the West Bank, and East Jerusalem.... More


Geneva, February 20 (RHC)-- United Nations experts have expressed alarm over allegations of human rights violations against Palestinian women and girls in Gaza and the occupied West Bank since Israel launched its genocial war of aggression on Gaza on October 7th.... More


Beirut, February 20 ((RHC)-- Israeli forces have carried out at least two air strikes on the coastal town of Ghaziyeh in southern Lebanon, according to the Israeli military and Lebanese state media.  The Lebanese armed group Hezbollah and Israel have been exchanging near-daily fire across the border since Israel launched its genocidal assault on Gaza in October last year.... More


Tel Aviv, February 19 (RHC)-- Israeli war cabinet member Benny Gantz has warned that Israeli troops will launch its ground offensive in Rafah unless Hamas frees all hostages by March 10th, the start of the holy month of Ramadan. ... More


Brasilia, February 19 (RHC)-- Brazil has recalled its ambassador to Israel, and Israel says Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is not welcome in the country in a diplomatic rift after Lula compared Israel’s military campaign in Gaza to the Holocaust.... More


Beirut, February 19 (RHC)--  A senior official of the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas has hailed media’s role in defeating Israel’s narrative of the Gaza war, stressing that media coverage is part of the fight against the occupying regime.... More


Caracas, February 19 (RHC)-- The Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America-People's Trade Agreement (ALBA-TCP) announced on Monday the appointment of Venezuelan diplomat Jorge Arreaza as the new executive secretary of the integration body.... More


Washington, February 19 (RHC)-- Solidarity protests against the genocidal Israeli war of aggression against Gaza continue around the world. ... More


New York, February 19 (RHC)-- In New York City, high school students across the city walked out of class for their second mass coordinated action against the war on Gaza.  Students are continuing to organize despite what they say are attempts by school administrators to intimidate and censor them.... More


Washington, February 19 (RHC)-- Current workplace fatality figures, released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in December 2023, show that on-the-job deaths in the United States have jumped significantly, reaching their highest level in ten years.... More


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