Havana, July 10 (RHC)-- In the midst of the "total peace" policy undertaken by Colombian President Gustavo Petro, the delegations of the Government and the National Liberation Army (ELN) held on Monday a plenary meeting to discuss the protocols related to the bilateral ceasefire.... More
London, July 10 (RHC)-- Palestinian minors arrested by Israeli forces face immense emotional and physical abuse, according to the rights group Save the Children, which has revealed the tragedy minors go through as detainees in a new report.... More
Tel Aviv, July 10 (RHC)-- Israel’s army says it has “disciplined” five officers but would not file criminal charges for their actions during the deadly 2021 assault on the besieged Gaza Strip. The soldiers, who received army reprimands for their actions, did not obey standard procedures when striking Gaza but none crossed the “criminal threshold,” the army said in a statement claimed.... More
Tel Aviv, July 10 (RHC)-- Ultra right-wing Israeli minister Itamar Ben-Gvir has announced that extremist settlers who shoot Palestinians will no longer have their weapons confiscated by police. The official Palestinian news agency WAFA quoting Israeli media reports said on Sunday that the new policy change is part of far-right Israeli national security minister Itamar Ben-Gvir’s larger efforts to ensure a greater number of armed Israelis on the streets who are ready to kill Palestinians.... More
Canberra, July 10 (RHC)-- A major Australian media house has published a full-page "racist' advertisement disparaging the country’s Indigenous people in its daily newspaper. The Australian Financial Review owned by Nine Entertainment - a media conglomerate - was widely slammed as "racist" and "discriminatory" for its derogatory treatment of the country’s native population.... More
United Nations, July 10 (RHC)-- Israel’s United Nations ambassador has called on UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to retract his condemnation of Israeli forces for using excessive force and harming civilians during their devastating raid on the Jenin refugee camp in the occupied West Bank.... More
New York, July 10 (RHC)-- In the United States, unionized UPS drivers and warehouse workers are moving closer to a strike after contract negotiations broke down earlier this week. More than 340,000 UPS workers represented by the Teamsters are fighting for better wages amid soaring cost of living increases and company profits. The current contract expires on July 31st.... More
New Delhi, July 9 (RHC)-- At least 15 people have been killed in floods and landslides triggered by monsoon rains that battered northern India, with New Delhi receiving the most rainfall in decades, reports and officials said Sunday.... More
Paris, July 9 (RHC)-- France has banned the sale, possession and transport of fireworks during the July 14 national holiday weekend, following protests sparked by the killing of a teenager by the police. Fireworks were used in some protests that erupted in France after a police officer shot dead 17-year-old Nahel M during a traffic stop on June 27 near Paris.... More
Bogota, July 9 (RHC)-- The Institute of Studies for Development and Peace (Indepaz) of Colombia denounced this Sunday the murder of the peace signer and president of the Community Action Board of the Bajo Londres village in the municipality of Puerto Rico, Rigoberto Mendoza.... More
Paris, July 9 (RHC)-- Hundreds of people have taken to the streets in central Paris to protest persisting police brutality and racial profiling across France, despite a “shocking” ban on the gathering. Nearly two thousand people defied a ban to join a memorial rally in central Paris on Saturday for Adama Traore, a young man of African descent killed while in police custody in 2016.... More
Tel Aviv, July 9 (RHC)-- Israeli forces have clashed with demonstrators as tens of thousands held massive rallies against the policies of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's far-right cabinet for the 27th week.... More
Ramallah, July 9 (RHC)-- Palestine's minister of public works and housing says a total of $15.5 million is needed to reconstruct buildings and roads in Jenin after the Israeli forces carried out a two-day aggression on the occupied West Bank city.... More
London, July 9 (RHC)-- Damning evidence from whistleblowers has revealed continuing sexual abuse and a "culture of institutional misogyny" within the British armed forces, according to a parliamentary committee. ... More
London, July 9 (RHC)-- Out of the classrooms and on to the streets, hundreds of thousands of school teachers across England are going on strike for 48 hours this week in what's become a battle for dignity and better wages.... More
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