The Hague, November 21 (RHC)-- The International Criminal Court (ICC) has issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his former defense minister for war crimes.... More
Gaza City, November 21 (RHC)-- Israel has unleashed a series of air attacks on the Gaza Strip that killed nearly 90 people, including many children in their sleep, as its main ally the United States once again vetoed a United Nations Security Council resolution demanding a ceasefire.... More
London, November 21 (RHC)-- One-third of Muslims in Britain say the recent far-right riots fueled by racist and Islamophobic attitudes have forced them to consider leaving the country, a survey says. The survey of 750 Muslims was conducted by by charity Tell Mama eight weeks after the Islamophobic riots that swept across England and the north of Ireland at the end of July and the beginning of August.... More
Sanaa, November 21 (RHC)-- Yemen’s Armed Forces have seized an Israeli ship in the Red Sea in yet another operation in support of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, who have been enduring a U.S.-backed genocidal war and siege for more than 13 months.... More
Los Angeles, November 21 (RHC)-- The Texas General Land Office has offered the incoming Trump administration a 1,400-acre ranch near the U.S.-Mexico border as a construction site for immigration jails, after Trump promised to call up the military to carry out mass deportations. ... More
Washington, November 21 (RHC)-- On Capitol Hill, more than four dozen peace activists were arrested Tuesday as they held a protest inside the Hart Senate Office Building demanding an end to U.S. arms transfers to Israel. ... More
Washington, November 21 (RHC)-- The Washington Post reports U.S. President Joe Biden has quietly approved the provision of new anti-personnel landmines to Ukraine. Biden had already authorized the transfer of cluster munitions and a different type of anti-personnel mine to Ukraine. ... More
Tehran, November 21 (RHC)-- Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has written to Pope Francis requesting his efforts to help bring a halt to Israel’s barbarism amid the increasing risk of the outbreak of a regional war. In the letter, Pezeshkian urged efforts to establish a ceasefire and to create opportunities for humanitarian aid to be sent to the victims.... More
Gaza City, November 21 (RHC)-- Gaza health officials say Israeli forces killed at least 19 Palestinians, including a rescue worker, in the besieged Palestinian territory on Wednesday. According to medics an Israeli strike on a house in the area of Jabalia in northern Gaza killed at least 12 Palestinians. Ten people are still missing, they said. A Palestinian man was also killed in the regime’s tank shelling nearby the house.... More
Dallas, November 21 (RHC)-- In the U.S. state of Texas, a majority of the state Board of Education has voiced support for a new Bible-based curriculum for students in kindergarten through fifth grade. If approved, Texas public schools would be given financial incentives to use the optional curriculum. ... More
Washington, November 20 (RHC)-- ABC News is reporting the House Ethics Committee obtained records that appear to show Donald Trump’s pick for attorney general, Matt Gaetz, sent over $10,000 to two women who claim he paid them for sex. ... More
Washington, November 21 (RHC)-- Donald Trump has nominated Linda McMahon to head the Department of Education, which Trump has pledged to shut down. McMahon is the former CEO of World Wrestling Entertainment. She headed the Small Business Administration during Trump’s first term. ... More
United Nations, November 20 (RHC)-- The United States has vetoed a resolution at the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) demanding an “immediate, unconditional and permanent” ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, as Israel’s bombardment of the Palestinian territory continues.... More
Washington, November 21 (RHC)-- U.S. President-elect Trump has picked TV personality Dr. Mehmet Oz to run the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Oz ran unsuccessfully for Senate in Pennsylvania in 2022. He is a backer of privatizing Medicare. ... More
Port-au-Prince, November 21 (RHC)-- Doctors Without Borders, known by its French initials MSF, announced it has halted services in the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince due to “violence and threats from police.” The international medical charity said in a statement overnight on Tuesday that police officers had repeatedly stopped its vehicles and threatened staff with death and rape over the past week.... More
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