Ramallah, June 21 (RHC)-- Four Israeli settlers have been killed and as many wounded in a retaliatory attack by Palestinians near the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah, a day after six Palestinians were killed during a violent Israeli raid in Jenin.... More
Ramallah, June 21 (RHC)-- Six Palestinians were killed and another 90 injured during a massive Israeli raid on the Jenin refugee camp in the occupied West Bank on Monday. The dead included a 15-year-old Palestinian boy. At least one Palestinian journalist was shot and injured. ... More
Washington, June 20 (RHC)-- The Washington Post is reporting the Justice Department and the FBI waited more than a year before opening a probe into the role played by former President Donald Trump and his top associates in the January 6 insurrection and efforts to overturn the 2020 election. ... More
London, June 20 (RHC)-- Britain’s parliament is considering a government bill that would bar local councils from boycotting Israeli goods, drawing outrage from civil society organizations. The bill would prevent local councils and universities from “adopting their own foreign policy” by boycotting Israel or companies that trade with Tel Aviv.... More
London, June 20 (RHC)-- Countries across the Gulf region and the wider Middle East are highly vulnerable to extreme heat borne out of climate change, with poorer populations being particularly at risk in the decades ahead, a new study has warned.... More
United Nations, June 20 (RHC)-- United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called on Israel to immediately “cease all settlement activities” in occupied Palestinian territory, describing Israel’s plans to advance the building of Israeli settlements as driving “tensions and violence” and being a major obstacle to a lasting peace.... More
Brasilia, June 20 (RHC)-- Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva says he plans to discuss a prospective trade deal between the European Union and a bloc of South American countries when he meets his French counterpart, Emmanuel Macron, in France this week.... More
United Nations, June 20 (RHC)-- The United Nations has voiced deep concern about Israel’s plan to approve the construction of a significant number of new settler units in the occupied West Bank.... More
Washington, June 20 (RHC)-- A secretive division of the Pentagon is now tasked with protecting its high-ranking officials not only from assassination and other bodily harm, but also from negative portrayals on social media, according to a procurement document obtained by The Intercept.... More
Tel Aviv, June 19 (RHC)-- Israel’s hardline coalition government has approved plans for thousands of new housing units in the occupied West Bank and given the far-right finance minister sweeping powers to expedite the construction of illegal settlements, bypassing measures that have been in place for 27 years.... More
Minneapolis, June 19 (RHC)-- Racial justice defenders say that the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) probe of the Minneapolis Police Department—which detailed a pattern of excessive violence, racism, and civil rights violations—underscores the need for deep systemic transformation of U.S. policing.... More
Mexico City, June 19 (RHC)-- Authorities on Mexico’s Pacific coast say hundreds of wild birds that have washed up along the shore died as a result of abnormally warm ocean waters resulting from the climate crisis and the warming trend known as El Niño. ... More
Tehran, June 19 (RHC)-- A top Iranian official has hailed the Palestinian people's “unparalleled resistance," saying the expansion of resistance groups will lead to the collapse of the Israeli regime. The secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) also stated that supporting the people of Palestine and resistance groups is part of the fundamental policies of Iran.... More
Los Angeles, June 19 (RHC)-- Texas Republican Governor Greg Abbott has taken credit for sending dozens of migrants to Los Angeles in a move condemned by Democrats as cruel and inhumane. It’s the latest in a series of similar moves by Republican governors in recent months. ... More
New York, June 19 (RHC)-- Civilians in Sudan, including scores of internally displaced people and refugees, are scrambling for safety and suffering the disastrous consequences of the violence there. The conflict in Sudan has displaced Sudan has displaced more than one million children including 270,000 in the Darfur region, the United Nations children's agency said, warning many more were at "grave risk."... More
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