Washington, July 18 (RHC)-- J.D. Vance, the right-wing Ohio Republican senator whom former President Donald Trump has tapped to be his vice presidential running-mate, recently scrapped all mention of his anti-abortion stances from his campaign website.... More


New York, July 18 (RHC)-- Americans who wish to financially support far right Israeli groups working to block humanitarian aid from entering Gaza are given tax incentives to do so, a new investigation finds.... More


Tel Aviv, July 18 (RHC)-- Israel’s Knesset has adopted legislation opposing Palestinian statehood.  The resolution was adopted with 68 votes in favor and only nine against, The Times of Israel reports, and is a further rejection from Israeli lawmakers of the two-state solution.... More


Ramallah, July 18 (RHC)-- The Israeli military has dropped leaflets in the Jenin refugee camp in the occupied West Bank, threatening to kill wanted young men if they do not surrender themselves, the Wafa news agency reports.... More


United Nations, July 18 (RHC)-- Iran’s acting foreign minister has called for immediate decisive action by the United Nations Security Council to bring Israel’s genocidal campaign in Gaza to a halt.  Ali Baqeri Kani made the remarks as he was addressing the Security Council in New York on Wednesday.... More


Havana, July 18 (RHC)-- Next week, on Wednesday, July 24th, Israeli Prime Minister and war criminal Benjamin Netanyahu is expected to visit Washington, DC, although he has not yet received a formal invitation. When the Israeli prime minister has traveled to Washington every year, he's conveyed a message of closeness and intimacy, unlike the 4 years since his last visit to the White House, something that does not go unnoticed by friends and enemies.... More


Gaza City, July 18 (RHC)-- “All rules of war have been broken in Gaza,” with at least eight schools sheltering displaced Palestinians attacked by Israel in the last 10 days, says UNRWA chief Philippe Lazzarini.... More


United Nations, July 18 (RHC)-- UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says the current humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip is “a moral stain on us all.”  Guterres delivered his comments in a statement read out by his chief of staff Courtenay Rattray, during a meeting about the Middle East led by Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Wednesday.... More


United Nations, July 18 (RHC)-- The Palestinian envoy to the UN urges the world body to protect the Gaza Strip from the Israeli regime’s “lunatic prime minister,” on whose orders the coastal sliver has been suffering a genocidal war for the past nine months.   Riyad Mansour made the plea on Wednesday, addressing a monthly UN Security Council meeting.... More


Tehran, July 17 (RHC)-- Iran has angrily dismissed United States media reports that it has been plotting to assassinate former U.S. President Donald Trump.  A foreign ministry spokesman on Wednesday stated that Iran rejects the “malicious” allegations that it has plotted an attack on the Republican presidential hopeful. However, Nasser Kanaani asserted that Iran aims to prosecute Trump for ordering the assassination of a senior military official in 2020.... More


Havana, July 17 (RHC) Former Peruvian President Pedro Castillo presented the documents to formalize his political movement 'All with the People' before the National Electoral Board (JNE), as a preliminary step to running again for the presidency of his country for 2026.... More


Havana, Jul 17 (RHC) Iranian President-elect Masoud Pezeshkian, in his first message to the world from Tehran, recommended on Tuesday that the United States recognize reality and understand that his country does not and will not respond to pressures.... More


Havana, Jul 17 (RHC) China has decided to suspend talks with the United States on arms control and non-proliferation due to continued U.S. arms sales to Taiwan, the Foreign Ministry announced today.... More


Havana, July 17 (RHC) The spokesman of the Civil Defense in the Gaza Strip, Mahmoud Basal, denounced today the humanitarian crisis that has hit the territory after nine months of Israeli attacks and condemned the recent bombings against refugee centers.... More


Havana, Jul 17 (RHC) Former president and Republican candidate for the US elections, Donald Trump, along with his running mate, Senator JD Vance, attended the second day of the party's national convention in Milwaukee.... More


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