Washington, October 16 (RHC)-- U.S. President Joe Biden is reportedly considering a trip to Israel in the coming days but no travel has been finalised as its military is carrying out daily bombardments of the besieged Palestinian enclave of Gaza, according to a senior U.S. administration official.... More


Geneva, October 16 (RHC)-- The Committee to Protect Journalists says at least 12 media workers have been killed since the war started.  ... More


United Nations, October 16 (RHC)-- The United Nations humanitarian office (OCHA) has warned that fuel reserves at Gaza hospitals will probably run out within the next 24 hours, while the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) says Israeli raids have created an “unprecedented humanitarian catastrophe.”... More


Quito, October 15 (RHC)-- Daniel Noboa, the 35-year-old heir to a banana empire, has been elected as the next president of Ecuador.  ... More


New York, October 15 (RHC)-- U.S. investigative journalist Seymour Hersh has revealed that the Israeli military plans to use a new version of Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) bombs capable of killing all people within "one-half mile" from the dropping site during the ongoing aggression against the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip.  According to Hersh, the attack is scheduled between Sunday and Monday.... More


Tel Aviv, October 15 (RHC)-- Former Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon has told Al Jazeera that people in Gaza should evacuate their residences and relocate to the Sinai Desert in Egypt, where temporary tent cities could be established for them, amid the ongoing fighting between Israel and Hamas.... More


United Nations, October 15 (RHC)-- The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) says more than one million people have been displaced in the Gaza Strip since the Israeli bombardment of the besieged enclave last week.... More


Caracas, October 15 (RHC)-- The President of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, held a telephone conversation this Sunday with the President of the Palestinian National Authority, Mahmud Abbas, on the situation in the Gaza Strip.... More


Ramallah, October 15 (RHC)-- As Israel continues to pummel the Gaza Strip from the sky, Palestinians in the occupied West Bank are gripped with tension and have reported an increase of attacks against them by settlers and soldiers alike.Ramallah, October 15 (RHC)-- As Israel continues to pummel the Gaza Strip from the sky, Palestinians in the occupied West Bank are gripped with tension and have reported an increase of attacks against them by settlers and soldiers alike.... More


Washington, October 15 (RHC)-- The Israeli regime faces a “hopeless” situation in its war of aggression against the Palestinians in Gaza, an American scholar and commentator has said.... More


New York, October 15 (RHC)-- The U.S. internet company Meta has removed the largest Palestinian news page from its popular social media platform Facebook amid a brutal war launched by Israel against the Palestinian enclave of the Gaza Strip.... More


Occupied East Jerusalem, October 15 (RHC / Al Jazeera) – Adnan Barq, a quick-witted 23-year-old, skirts around the ancient walls of Jerusalem’s Old City, looking for a way back home.  He eyes one of the seven guarded gates that line the UNESCO World Heritage Site through a slick pair of dark-rimmed glasses; groups of Israeli soldiers are pacing in front of the arched entrance, picking out people to stop and frisk.... More


Gaza City, October 15 (RHC)-- Israeli tanks have begun positioning themselves on the border fence with Gaza as the military build-up continues amid relentless bombardment of the besieged Palestinian enclave.... More


Havana, October 15 (RHC) -- More than 13 million Ecuadorians are eligible to participate this Sunday in the second round of elections to determine the next president of Ecuador.... More


Washington, October 15 (RHC)-- Washington’s deployment of a second aircraft carrier to the Eastern Mediterranean is a sign of the U.S.’s “ironclad commitment to Israel’s security”, US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin has said.  ... More


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