Ramallah, March 4 (RHC)-- Israeli forces have shot dead a 15-year-old Palestinian in the occupied West Bank, according to Palestinian officials. Ahmad Enaya, the mayor of the West Bank town of Azzoun, said an Israeli military vehicle drove into town late on Thursday and when teens hurled rocks at the car, soldiers responded with live fire.... More
Doha, March 4 (RHC)-- United Nations chief Antonio Guterres has condemned rich countries and energy giants for throttling poor nations with “predatory” interest rates and crippling fuel prices.... More
Buenos Aires, March 4 (RHC)-- Argentina has called on the United Kingdom to launch new talks over the sovereignty of the Malvinas Islands, a disputed archipelago in the South Atlantic. On Thursday, the Argentinian foreign ministry announced the government’s plans to revisit its claim over the islands, known as the Falklands to the British.... More
United Nations, March 4 (RHC)-- A senior Iranian diplomat has strongly condemned Israel’s threat to use military force against the country’s non-military and vital infrastructure as a blatant violation of international principles, emphasizing that Tehran will not hesitate to respond decisively to any threat or wrongful action by the Tel Aviv regime.... More
Ramallah, March 4 (RHC)-- A large group of marauding settlers hurled stones at passing vehicles in the north of the occupied West Bank late last night, shortly after they rampaged through the Palestinian villages, torching cars and houses. ... More
New York, March 4 (RHC)-- A judge has ordered Starbucks to reinstate illegally fired employees, reopen closed stores, halt union-busting tactics and take other reparative measures, after ruling the company engaged in “egregious and widespread misconduct” following the establishment of the chain’s first unionized store in Buffalo, New York.... More
Paris, March 3 (RHC)-- French President Emmanuel Macron has declared the era of French interference in Africa is over, as he embarked on a four-nation tour of the continent. ... More
New York, March 3 (RHC)-- New York City has agreed to pay a multimillion-dollar settlement to protesters who were aggressively “boxed in” or “kettled” by NYPD officers during the Black Lives Matter demonstrations that swept the country following the police murder of George Floyd in 2020. ... More
New York, March 3 (RHC)-- 90-year-old Pentagon Papers whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg has announced he’s been diagnosed with inoperable pancreatic cancer, giving him an estimated three to six months to live. ... More
Mexico City, March 3 (RHC)-- Mexico’s President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) has affirmed that he will promote the signing of a trade agreement with Brazil, Argentina, Cuba, Colombia, Chile, Bolivia, and Honduras to fight regional inflation.... More
Athens, March 3 (RHC)-- In Greece, at least 57 people were killed and dozens more were hospitalized after a passenger train collided with a freight train late Tuesday in the central city of Larissa. It was the worst rail disaster in Greek history.... More
Helsinki, March 2 (RHC)-- Finland’s Parliament has voted overwhelmingly to join NATO, setting the country up to become the military alliance’s 31st member.... More
Washington, March 2 (RHC)-- The U.S. State Department has condemned the comments of Israel’s finance minister, Bezalel Smotrich, who on Wednesday called on Israel to “erase” the Palestinian town of Huwara. His comments came after Jewish settlers attacked the town on Sunday, burning cars and homes and killing a Palestinian man.... More
Brasilia, March 2 (RHC)-- In 2021, Italian judges sentenced former Colonel Mato Narbondo to life imprisonment for his role in the killings of Italian citizens in Argentina in June 1976.... More
Buenos Aires, March 2 (RHC)-- Argentina’s Lower House has approved a law that creates a payment plan to allow the about 800,000 citizens who are of retirement age but do not have the years of retirement contributions to access this benefit.... More
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