United Nations, February 18 (RHC)-- The United States has said it will block another resolution that will soon be presented at the United Nations urging a ceasefire in Israel’s war on Gaza.... More


Beirut, February 18 (RHC)-- The head of the political bureau of Hamas has blamed the Israeli regime for the lack of progress in achieving a ceasefire agreement in the Gaza Strip, as the occupying regime is going on with its relentless bombardments of the besieged territory.... More


United Nations, February 18 (RHC)-- The head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) says Israel is waging a concerted campaign aimed at destroying the main UN agency in the besieged Gaza Strip.  Speaking to the Swiss newspaper group Tamedia, Philippe Lazzarini said there has been a long-term political goal behind the idea of destroying UNRWA.... More


Tel Aviv, February 18 (RHC)-- Ignoring vociferous warnings about the pending humanitarian repercussions, the Israeli regime's prime minister vows to carry out a ground invasion against the city of Rafah in the Gaza Strip, which is packed with hundreds of thousands of Palestinian refugees.... More


Brasilia, February 18 (RHC)-- In a week full of surprises, Brazil has been shocked by the revelation that former president Jair Bolsonaro transferred a staggering $160,000 ahead of his trip to the United States in 2022, as he awaited the coup attempt.... More


Sanaa, February 18 (RHC)-- Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi group has claimed a new missile attack on Western interests amid Israel’s war on Gaza, this time on a British oil tanker that the United States identified as a Panamanian-flagged vessel carrying crude oil bound for India.... More


London, February 18 (RHC)-- Millions of people have taken to the streets around the world to protest against the war in Gaza as Israel pledges to go forward with its offensive in Rafah in southern Gaza.... More


Rafah, February 17 (RHC)-- The Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) says two Palestinian doctors, kidnapped a week ago by Israeli occupation forces from a Gaza hospital, had been subjected to torture and beating before being released.... More


Washington, February 17 (RHC)-- The administration of U.S. President Joe Biden is reportedly preparing to send “tens of millions of dollars” worth of bombs and weapons to Israel in continuation of Washington’s untrammeled support for the occupying regime’s months-long war on Gaza.... More


New York, February 17 (RHC)-- Scientists warn worsening wildfires, deforestation and warmer temperatures could permanently destroy the water cycle sustaining large portions of the Amazon rainforest in the coming decades. ... More


Washington, February 17 (RHC)-- A new report from the Center for Climate Integrity reveals the oil and plastics industries have deceptively promoted recycling as a sustainable solution for over half a century, despite knowing that plastic recycling is not technically or economically viable at scale. ... More


Washington, February 17 (RHC)-- U.S. arms manufacturer Lockheed Martin has ramped up its production to reap more and more profits as demand increases.  The company -- which produces military aerospace, arms, defense, information security, and technology -- announced that it aims to ramp up production of essential weapons systems to meet growing global demand for arms and munitions, including the production of its High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS), Javelin, GMLRS & PAC-3 systems.... More


Beirut, February 17 (RHC)-- The secretary general of Lebanon’s Hezbollah says the Israeli regime will “pay with blood” the price for the recent killing of civilians in the country’s south, stressing that the massacre will not force the resistance movement to back down from supporting Palestinians in the besieged Gaza Strip.... More


The Hague, February 17 (RHC)-- The top United Nations court said that it notes the “perilous” situation in the southern Gaza city of Rafah, but has declined South Africa’s request for urgent measures to safeguard Palestinians being threatened by an Israeli ground assault there.... More


Buenos Aires, February 17 (RHC)-- Argentinian President Javier Milei told the media on Friday that he has no plans to sign a decree to update the minimum living and mobile wage, amid the inflationary process facing the country, and said he has no plans to convene a national teachers' union meeting.... More


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