Amsterdam, October 13 (RHC)-- In the Netherlands, climate activists are celebrating after lawmakers have approved a motion requiring the Dutch Cabinet to come up with a plan to phase out fossil fuel subsidies. This comes after a sustained campaign by activists, including a nearly monthlong blockade of a major highway. ... More
Washington, October 13 (RHC)-- U.S. President Joe Biden spoke to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu earlier this week, assuring him that he has the full, unconditional support of the United States in its war against the Palestinian people.... More
October 13 (RHC)-- At least seven journalists have been killed by Israeli bombings of Gaza. Media workers held a funeral procession for two of the slain reporters on Tuesday. Blue “press” helmets were placed on their bodies. ... More
London, October 12 (RHC)-- An unknown "Project Spartacus" has formed in an attempt to immortalize on bitcoin the thousands of Afghan War logs published by Julian Assange's WikiLeaks in 2010.... More
Gaza City, October 13 (RHC)-- Israel’s army has ordered the evacuation of all civilians living in Gaza City and in the north of the Gaza Strip ahead of a feared ground offensive on the besieged enclave. The directive came on Friday on the heels of what the United Nations said was a warning they received from Israel to evacuate 1.1 million people living in the north of Gaza within 24 hours.... More
Paris, October 13 (RHC)-- French police have used tear gas and water cannon to disperse protesters who took to the streets in support of the Palestinians, shortly after the government moved to ban all such rallies.... More
Washington, October 12 (RHC)-- In the U.S., right-wing Senator Lindsey Graham from South Carolina has called for the complete destruction of the Gaza Strip. On Capitol Hill, Graham said: “We’re in a religious war here. I am with Israel. Do whatever the hell you have to do to defend yourself. Level the place.”... More
London, October 12 (RHC)-- A leader of the European left, Yanis Varoufakis, visted Julian Assange recently at Belmarch Prison. The Greek economist and politician who has served as Secretary-General of Democracy in Europe Movement 2025 (DiEM25), a pan-European and left-wing political party he co-founded in 2016, called Belmarch "Britain's Guantanamo."... More
Gaza City, October 12 (RHC)-- The death toll in Israel and Palestine has soared to over 2,700, with at least 1,200 Israelis and 1,000 Palestinians killed since Hamas’s incursion into southern Israel Saturday.... More
Gaza City, October 12 (RHC)-- The World Food Program (WFP) says it has launched an emergency action plan to provide critical food aid for a further 600,000 Palestinians in the besieged Gaza Strip and the occupied West Bank. The agency is appealing for $17.3 million in the next four weeks to provide critical food help for a total of 800,000, said a WFP spokeswoman.... More
Tel Aviv, October 12 (RHC)-- U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has arrived in Tel Aviv for emergency talks with Israeli officials. ... More
Damascus, October 12 (RHC)-- Israel has launched missile strikes on Syria’s two main airports in Damascus and the northern city of Aleppo, knocking both out of service, Syrian state media has said.... More
Geneva, October 12 (RHC)-- The United Nations human rights chief has warned that Israel’s imposition of a total blockade on the Gaza Strip amounts to a war crime and violates international law. Volker Turk, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, said in a statement that the blockade “seriously” risks the already dire humanitarian situation in the Palestinian enclave.... More
Gaza City, October 12 (RHC)-- Clashes and shelling between the Palestinian resistance and the Israeli occupation in the Gaza Strip continue for its fifth day. So far, more than 1,000 Palestinians have been killed, while more than 1,200 Israelis have lost their lives.... More
United Nations, October 12 (RHC)-- UN Secretary-General António Guterres urged Wednesday to avoid further escalation following exchanges of fire along the Blue Line and in southern Lebanon as the conflict in Gaza intensifies.... More
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