Caracas, January 16 (RHC)--  The Executive Vice-President of Venezuela, Delcy Rodríguez, described the blockade imposed by the government of the United States against the Venezuelan people as an economic genocide and emphasized that the labor sector is the most affected by this criminal policy.... More


Sanaa, January 16 (RHC)-- A Malta-flagged cargo ship has been hit by a missile on the Red Sea, a maritime risk management company says as tensions in the key waterway ramp up... More


Beirut, January 16 (RHC)-- The Israeli regime has been training its ground forces for a potential operation into southern Lebanon, shows a report, as trading of fire between the regime and the Lebanese Hezbollah resistance movement keeps intensifying. ... More


New York, January 16 (RHC)-- The longtime Black Liberation activist Sekou Odinga has died at the age of 79.  He was a member of Malcolm X’s Organization of Afro-American Unity, as well as the Black Panther Party in New York City and the Black Liberation Army. After spending years underground, he was convicted in 1984 of charges related in part to his role in helping Assata Shakur escape prison. Odinga served 33 years in state and federal prison before being released.... More


United Nations, January 16 (RHC)-- The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) says Israel has forcibly displaced a considerably large number of Palestinians during its continuing genocidal campaign in the besieged Gaza Strip.... More


Deir al-Balah, January 16 (RHC)-- A Palestinian karate champion who was critically injured in an Israeli strike in the Gaza Strip has died in hospital.... More


Caracas, January 15 (RHC)-- The president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, presented this Monday in the National Assembly (AN), his annual message to the nation.... More


Washington, January 15 (RHC)-- Houthi rebels in Yemen have struck a US-owned and operated container ship with an anti-ship ballistic missile off the coast of Yemen, the United States Central Command said.  In a statement on Monday, the U.S. military said that no injuries or significant damage were reported and that the Marshall Islands-flagged Gibraltar Eagle was continuing its journey after the incident in the Gulf of Aden.... More


Mexico City, January 15 (RHC)-- More than 700 undocumented migrants, including 75 minors, were rescued when they were crammed into a warehouse in the state of Tlaxcala, in central Mexico, local authorities reported.... More


United Nations, January 15 (RHC)-- Three United Nations agencies have called on Israel to provide faster and easier access to aid in the northern Gaza Strip to avoid famine and deadly disease outbreaks in a besieged Palestinian territory that has been witness to Israeli savagery since early October.The World Food Program (WFP), UNICEF and the World Health Organization (WHO) said in a joint statement on Monday that the use of the port of Ashdod, located north of the Gaza border, is “critically needed by aid agencies.”... More


Davos, January 15 (RHC)-- Hundreds of activists held a protest rally on Sunday ahead of the forthcoming meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in the Swiss city of Davos.  Footage shows protesters carrying banners and flags as they climb the slopes of the mountain resort shouting anti-capitalist slogans.... More


London, January 15 (RHC)-- The world’s richest five men have more than doubled their fortunes since 2020, the charity Oxfam has said, sounding the alarm about unchecked corporate power as business elites hold their high-profile annual gathering in Davos, Switzerland.... More


Windhoek, January 15 (RHC)-- Namibia has criticized Germany’s “shocking decision” to support Israel in the genocide case at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) brought by South Africa, as Israel’s war on Gaza entered its 100th day.... More


United Nations, January 15 (RHC)-- United Nations experts and rapporteurs have taken Germany to task for defending Israel’s genocidal war against Palestinians in the besieged Gaza Strip.... More


Geneva, January 15 (RHC)-- The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) has called for the protection of health centers in central and southern Gaza as the number of Palestinians killed in Israeli bombardment is nearing 24,000.  Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus made remarks on Sunday after a WHO team visited al-Aqsa hospital in central Gaza and the Nasser hospital in southern Khan Younis a day earlier.... More


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