Washington, October 3 (RHC)-- An investigation by the U.S. Department of Justice has found violence and sexual assault are rife in prisons across Georgia, constituting cruel and unusual punishment for the state’s estimated 50,000 incarcerated people. ... More


Port-au-Prince, October 2 (RHC)-- More than 700,000 people are now internally displaced from their homes in Haiti, with over half of them being children, according to a new report by the International Organization for Migration (IOM).... More


Beirut, October 2 (RHC)-- In Lebanon, Hezbollah says its fighters have repelled incursions by Israeli forces attempting to invade southern Lebanon. ... More


Tel Aviv, October 2 (RHC)-- Israel’s foreign minister has declared United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres “persona non grata” and barred him from entering the country.... More


New York, October 2 (RHC)-- Mirroring Wall Street's response to Israel launching its assault on the Gaza Strip nearly one year ago, stocks of companies that make money off of war soared on Tuesday after Israelis initiated a ground invasion into Lebanon and Iran sent 400 ballistic missiles toward Tel Aviv and other targets.... More


Tehran, October 2 (RHC)-- Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian says the Islamic Republic’s retaliatory operation against Israel, dubbed Operation True Promise II, proved that the occupying regime's Iron Dome missile interception system is "more fragile than glass."... More


Gaza City, October 2 (RHC)-- Israeli occupation forces attacked a school in Gaza City hosting displaced people on Tuesday night, killing nine civilians and wounding 20 others.... More


Tehran, October 2 (RHC)-- Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi says the country exercised “self-defense” under Article 21 of the United Nations Charter by targeting military sites in the occupied territories on Tuesday.... More


Geneva, October 2 (RHC)-- A large-scale invasion of Lebanon by Israel will only bring more suffering, according to the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR).... More


Port-au-Prince, October 2 (RHC)-- Half the population of Haiti is now experiencing acute hunger, according to the World Food Program.  Roughly 5.5 million Haitians are struggling to feed themselves and their families, and thousands of mostly displaced Haitians are suffering from “catastrophic hunger.” ... More


Kansas City, October 2 (RHC)-- Hundreds of tenants in Kansas City, Missouri, have launched a rent strike to protest the state of disrepair of their apartment buildings and demanding protections from corporate landlords. ... More


Tehran, October 1 (RHC)-- The Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Ali Akbar Ahmadian has stressed that psychological warfare waged by Israel will not help the Zionist entity win the battle against the resistance front.... More


London, October 2 (RHC)-- Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah will live on not just as a model of resistance or political consciousness, but as rationality, says a Lebanese analyst.... More


Gaza City, October 2 (RHC)-- Israeli air strikes have killed at least 21 people in Gaza, local medics reported.  The Israeli military said on Tuesday that it had carried out a strike targeting a Hamas command centre.... More


Moscow, October 2 (RHC)-- Russia says Israel must "immediately" withdraw its forces from southern Lebanon and halt hostilities that continue to further destabilize the region.... More


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