New York, November 24 (RHC)-- A U.S. court held an extraordinary hearing on November 16th, where a judge carefully considered a lawsuit against the CIA and former CIA director Mike Pompeo for their alleged role in spying on American attorneys and journalists who visited WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.... More


Ramallah, November 24 (RHC)-- A total of 39 Palestinian female and child prisoners have been released by the Israeli occupation at Ofer prison in the occupied West Bank as a temporary ceasefire takes hold across Gaza following six weeks of Israeli attacks.... More


Gazas City, November 24 (RHC)-- Hamas has said that about 30 people were killed in an Israeli attack on a United Nations-affiliated school in the Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza, as the clock ticked down on a planned truce between the Palestinian group and Israel.... More


Sydney, November 24 (RHC)-- In Australia, former military lawyer and whistleblower David McBride has pleaded guilty to unlawfully sharing classified material. ... More


Doha, November 24 (RHC)-- Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian has held talks with Hamas politburo chief Ismail Haniyeh in Doha where he has traveled as part of a regional tour for consultations amid the Israeli invasion of Gaza.... More


Cairo, November 24 (RHC)-- Arab foreign ministers say a temporary truce between Israel and the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas should be extended and become a first step toward a full cessation of hostilities.  ... More


Gaza City, November 24 (RHC)-- The Palestinian armed group Hamas has released 24 hostages held captive by the group in Gaza for almost seven weeks, according to Qatar’s foreign ministry and the International Red Cross (ICRC), hours after an Israel-Hamas truce mediated by Qatar came into effect.... More


Gaza City, November 24 (RHC)-- With children and pets in their arms and their belongings loaded onto donkey carts or car roofs, thousands of displaced Gaza Palestinians have set off for home as a four-day Israel-Hamas truce began.... More


London, November 24 (RHC)-- London-based charity Oxfam has welcomed a four-day truce in the Israeli regime's devastating war on the Gaza Strip but describes it as disproportionately inadequate for the suffering that the military offensive has been causing Palestinians.... More


Gaza City, November 24 (RHC)-- Israel has said that northern Gaza is out of bounds as displaced Palestinians attempt to use the pause in fighting to return to their homes.... More


Gaza City, November 24 (RHC)-- A temporary ceasefire has come into force in Gaza, taking effect at 7 a.m. local time on Friday.... More


Buenos Aires, November 24 (RHC)-- In Argentina, the Freedom Advances party announced that former U.S. President Donald Trump will visit Buenos Aires to meet with Argentina's President-elect Javier Milei.... More


Quito, November 24 (RHC)-- Daniel Noboa was sworn in as the president of Ecuador, and Verónica Abad as the vice president, in an inauguration ceremony held at the National Assembly.  The outgoing president, Guillermo Lasso, was bid farewell amid shouts of disapproval.... More


Zurich, November 24 (RHC)-- The Swiss government has announced it will introduce legislation by the end of February to explicitly ban “Hamas activities or support” for the Palestinian group.   The Federal Council, the executive branch, said that it has decided to draft a law to ban the Palestinian group “considering this to be the most appropriate response to the situation that has prevailed in the Middle East since October 7th."... More


Amsterdam, November 24 (RHC)-- The far-right anti-Islamic Party for Freedom (PVV) has won general elections in the Netherlands, finishing well ahead of the nearest rival, a left-wing alliance of Greens and social democrats.... More


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