Tel Aviv, July 3 (RHC)-- Israel will buy its third fleet of F-35 stealth fighter jets in a deal worth $3bn that will be financed through U.S. military aid, according to the Israeli military. Israel’s Ministry of Defence approved the purchase on Sunday, with the additional 25 aircraft manufactured by Lockheed Martin to bring the number of F-35 jets in Israel’s air force to 75.... More
Canberra, July 2 (RHC)-- Thousands of people have rallied in cities and towns across Australia to back a campaign to recognise the country’s Indigenous people in the constitution in advance of a referendum later this year.... More
Damascus, July 2 (RHC)-- Syria has condemned in the strongest terms the fatal shooting of a teenager of Algerian and Moroccan descent by French police, stating that the incident exposed the hollow nature of claims by French authorities about equality and fight against racial discrimination.... More
La Paz, July 2 (RHC)-- Colombia's Institute for Development and Peace Studies (Indepaz), denounced the murder of another signatory of the 2016 Peace Accord in the corregimiento of La Balsita, belonging to the Antioquian municipality of Dabeiba.... More
Paris, July 2 (RHC)-- The French government said on Sunday that hundreds more had been arrested amid a fifth night of rioting sparked by the police killing of a 17-year-old, as police deployed reinforcements to flashpoint cities around the country.... More
Mexico City, July 2 (RHC)-- Mexico’s Health Ministry says at least 112 people have died in the past two weeks as an unprecedented heat wave drove temperatures as high as 50 degrees Celsius, or more than 120 degrees Fahrenheit. ... More
Washington, Jul 2 (RHC) The risk of heat-related illness will remain high throughout the weekend in the South amid sweltering heat that could break some records.... More
Washington, Jul 2 (RHC) Migrants, a large part of the population of southern Florida, will be the most affected by the entry into force of some controversial laws approved by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis.... More
Port-au-Prince, Jul 2 (RHC) UN Secretary-General (UNSG) Antonio Guterres has encouraged talks among Haitian political actors to seek possible solutions to solve the domestic crisis and restore democratic institutions.... More
Damascus, July 2 (RHC)-- Israel has launched air raids on Syria, aiming at locations near the government-held city of Homs, but Syrian air defences downed most of the missiles, according to a state media report.... More
Brasilia, July 2 (RHC)-- Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has been barred from seeking public office for eight years, after a federal court found that he made baseless claims about the country’s voting system and abused the power of his office. ... More
Caracas, July 2 (RHC)-- Venezuela says the United States is interfering in its upcoming elections, a day after Washington criticized Caracas for barring an opposition candidate from holding public office for 15 years.... More
Baghdad, July 2 (RHC)-- After over a decade of controversy, the U.S.-made video game “Six Days in Fallujah” -- based on the real-life combat between U.S. Marines and Iraqis -- was released on the streaming website Steam this week.... More
Canberra, July 2 (RHC)-- The governments of Australia, Canada and the United Kingdom have said they are “deeply concerned” about recent events in the occupied West Bank, including Israel’s decision to expand its illegal settlements there amid rising violence, saying they “further reduce the prospects for peace.”... More
Miami, July 1 (RHC)-- The U.S. states of Florida and Texas have diagnosed the first malaria cases in decades, raising fears of another outbreak. The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and Prevention said on Monday that five cases of malaria have been confirmed in the two states.... More
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