Ramallah, April 30 (RHC)-- Israeli occupying authorities have started plans to confiscate at least 70 Palestinian homes in the occupied southern West Bank. Imad Hamdan, director of the al-Khalil Construction Committee, a Palestinian government body, said on Sunday that the Israeli authorities plan to hand over the Palestinian homes to Israeli settlers in the Old City of the governorate of al-Khalil. "The Israeli raid of Nasreddine Building is the start of the implementation of the Israeli plan," Hamdan added.... More
Washington, April 30 (RHC)-- The number of sexual assaults has risen among US military forces, the Pentagon has reported. The Pentagon’s latest annual report released this week showed that sexual assaults in the U.S. military had increased by one percent last year, CNN reported. ... More
London, April 30 (RHC)-- Two journalists with the NGO Reporters without Borders were recently denied access to Julian Assange in a UK prison. A political prisoner being held in Belmarsh Prison in London, Assange was granted a visit duly authorized by prison authorities, but it was cancelled when the two arrived at the prison.... More
Houston, April 30 (RHC)-- Police in the United States are on the hunt for a man suspected of shooting dead five neighbors, including an 8-year-old boy, after some of them had asked him to stop shooting a semiautomatic rifle in his front yard in Cleveland, Texas, because it was keeping their baby awake.... More
Havana, April 30 (RHC)-- The people of Paraguay choose at the polls, this Sunday, the immediate future of their country between the National Concertation and Colorado parties, with almost 76 years in power.... More
Tel Aviv, April 30 (RHC)-- Hundreds of thousands of protesters have taken to the streets across the occupied territories for the 16th consecutive week against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's 'judicial reforms'.... More
Paris, April 30 (RHC)-- Thousands of protesters, including a large group of migrants, have marched in Paris and other French cities, protesting planned changes to immigration laws and evictions from the Indian Ocean island of Mayotte.... More
Paris, April 29 (RHC)-- A recent report has uncovered the involvement of French oil giant TotalEnergies SE in large-scale pollution of Yemen’s environment by dumping thousands of tons of toxic chemicals into waters around the areas where it operates in the impoverished and conflict-stricken Arab nation.... More
Washington, April 29 (RHC)-- The Joe Biden administration has announced plans to open processing centers across Latin America where asylum seekers would have to request permission to come to the U.S., blocking tens of thousands from seeking relief at the U.S.-Mexico border. ... More
Buenos Aires, Apr 29 (RHC) Members of social and political organizations will denounce this Saturday the attacks and judicial persecution of Argentine Vice President Cristina Fernandez.... More
Santiago de Chile, Apr 29 (RHC) Representatives of the 33 Latin American and Caribbean countries meeting this week in Chile reaffirmed the commitment to implement the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) but admitted that to meet them it is necessary to redouble efforts.... More
Madrid, Apr 29 (RHC) Communiqués from the Moncloa Palace and the Spanish Foreign Ministry today confirmed the visit next week of Colombian President Gustavo Petro.... More
Cairo, Apr 29 (RHC) The Arab Parliament on Saturday condemned statements on Israel by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen for ignoring history and crimes against the Palestinian people.... More
Damascus, Apr 29 (RHC) Iranian President Ibrahim Raisi will arrive in Syria next Wednesday, in the first visit by a Persian leader to this nation since 2010, diplomatic sources told the local newspaper Al-Watan.... More
Santiago, Chile, Apr 29 (RHC) Participants in the forum on the United Nations 2030 Agenda on Friday pointed out the negative impact of Covid-19 on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and called for speeding up the actions to achieve their fulfillment.... More
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