Israel tightens blockade on Gaza by closing the Kerem Shalom crossing to the strip.   Photo: Reuters FILE

Tel Aviv, July 18 (RHC)-- Israel has closed the Kerem Shalom crossing to any gas and fuel supplies to the Gaza Strip.  ... More


An Israeli soldier fires a tear gas canister during clashes with Palestinian protesters in the center of the occupied West Bank city of Hebron on July 13, 2018.

Tel Aviv, July 18 (RHC)-- The Israeli parliament, known as the Knesset, has approved a law banning any criticism of the regime's harsh treatment of Palestinians.... More


US protesters hold placards in a rally against deportations of immigrants in Washington DC, on July 16, 2018.  Photo: Twitter

Washington, July 18 (RHC)-- Protesters flooded the streets of Washington, DC, slamming the apprehension and deportation of immigrants by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency.  ... More


Ivan Marquez of FARC speaks during a news conference in Bogota, Colombia April 10, 2018.  Photo: Reuters

Bogota, July 18 (RHC)-- Former Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) commander, Ivan Marquez says he will not take his seat as national senator this week to protest the arrest of his former-guerilla colleague, Jesus Santrich. ... More


Protests continue in oil-rich region of southern Iraq

Baghdad, July 18 (RHC)-- In southern Iraq, massive protests are continuing, denouncing the lack of access to electricity, clean water and jobs in the oil-rich region. ... More


New York City tenants say Kushner Co. harassed them into leaving rent-controlled apartments

New York, July 18 (RHC)-- U.S. President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and senior adviser Jared Kushner is facing more scrutiny over his family’s real estate empire, Kushner Companies. ... More


Spanish Foreign Minister Josep Borrell and his Chilean counterpart Roberto Ampuero during the UE-CELAC summit in Brussels, July 16, 2018.   Photo: EFE

Brussels, July 17 (RHC)-- Delegations of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) and foreign ministers of the European Union met for a two-day summit to discuss multi-lateralism and global trade in Brussels. ... More


Children separated from their parents at U.S.-Mexico border.  Photo: Reuters

Washington, July 17 (RHC)-- A U.S. judge has ordered the government to pay the costs of reuniting immigrant families with their children after being separated at the U.S.-Mexico border as part of President Donald Trump's "zero tolerance" policy. ... More


German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas.  Photo: AFP

Berlin, July 17 (RHC)-- Germany says that European countries can no longer fully rely on the United States, calling for a unified front against Washington after U.S. President Donald Trump called the 28-member bloc a “foe” with regard to trade.... More


Mexico's president-elect Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador holds a news conference at the campaign headquarters in Mexico City, Mexico July 15, 2018.   Photo: Reuters

Mexico City, July 17 (RHC)-- Mexico's president-elect Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has announced he will cut his own salary by 60 percent once he is sworn in.  ... More


Pope Francis will participate in AMLO's proposed Mexican peace process.  Photo: Reuters Archive

Mexico City, July 17 (RHC)-- Pope Francis has accepted an invitation to participate in the framework of the consultations that the team of Mexican president-elect will carry out, in order to create strategies to decrease violence and insecurity in the country.  ... More


 ICE agents await migrants on the border.  Photo: AP

Sacramento, July 17 (RHC)-- In the United States, nine immigrant women who were arrested by ICE agents during the summer of 2017 say in a new lawsuit they were shackled and held in a hot, windowless van for hours, leaving them fainting, vomiting, struggling to breathe and expecting to die. ... More


Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.  Photo: Reuters

Brasilia, July 16 (RHC)-- Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has taken to his Twitter account to speak to the people of Brazil about the denial of his habeas corpus last week, which would have allowed him to walk free from prison. ... More


An explosion is seen in northern Gaza City after an airstrike carried out by an Israeli warplane on June 20, 2018.  Photo: AFP

Gaza City, July 16 (RHC)-- Israeli warplanes over the weekend carried out a number of airstrikes against the southern part of the Gaza Strip, as the Tel Aviv regime continues with its acts of aggression against the besieged Palestinian coastal territory. ... More


Trump calls on parents to pay for return of their children.  Photo: AP

New York, July 16 (RHC)-- The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) reports that migrant parents who were forcibly separated from their children at the southwest border have been asked to pay for the costs of reunification. ... More


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