New Israeli air attacks hit Gaza

Gaza City, January 27 (RHC)-- Israel has launched multiple air attacks on the Gaza strip a day after Israeli forces killed 10 Palestinians – including an elderly woman – in the Jenin refugee camp, marking one of the deadliest raids in the occupied West Bank by Israel’s military in years.... More


Mexico City, January 27 (RHC)-- Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) has questioned the silence of the United Nations, the Organization of American States (OAS) and the European Parliament (EP) in the face of the crisis in Peru.... More


Tel Aviv, January 26 (RHC)-- Israeli media sources say the current far-right administration in Tel Aviv is planning to take unprecedented steps to pave the way for further expansion of unlawful settlement construction in the occupied West Bank.... More


Port-au-Prince, January 26 (RHC)-- Angry demonstrators have roared through the streets of Haiti’s capital, blocking roads and shooting guns into the air to protest a slew of killings of police officers by Haitian gangs over the last week.... More


Buenos Aires, January 26 (RHC)--  The President of Argentina, Alberto Fernández, highlighted the success of the VII Summit of Heads of State and Government of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) held on Tuesday in Buenos Aires.... More


Brasilia, January 26 (RHC)-- The Brazilian Senate continues its investigation of groups of radical supporters of the defeated president Jair Bolsonaro, who invaded and looted the Parliament buildings, the Federal Supreme Court and the Planalto Palace, seat of the Executive Power, on January 8th.... More


Washington, January 26 (RHC)-- U.S. citizens are sending tax-free donations to the Israeli organization Shlom Asiraich, which is active in raising funds for Israeli extremists convicted of hate crimes against Palestinians in the occupied territories, according to a report.... More


Washington, January 26 (RHC)-- The U.S. Justice Department and eight states have filed an antitrust lawsuit against Google for using its monopoly power to quash competition in the digital advertising industry. ... More


Beirut, January 26 (RHC)-- In Lebanon, Reuters reports former Prime Minister Hassan Diab has been charged with homicide with probable intent for the 2020 Port of Beirut blast, which killed at least 218 people, injured thousands and caused widespread destruction. ... More


Lilongwe, January 26 (RHC)-- Malawi’s worst cholera outbreak on record has left more than 1,000 people dead even as cases have reached 30,621, health minister Khumbize Chiponda has said.  The death toll announced on Tuesday breached a grim milestone and surpassed the largest recorded outbreak, which killed 968 people between 2001 and 2002, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).... More


United Nations, January 26 (RHC)-- The UN agency for Palestinian refugees has appealed for $1.6 billion for its work in 2023 after its head warned it was struggling to fulfil its mandate due to spiralling costs and shrinking resources.... More


Bogota, January 26 (RHC)-- Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro has announced that his administration set fuel prices and purchased crops from farmers in the Nariño department to mitigate the effects of the recent landslides in such area.... More


London, January 25 (RHC)-- A British minister has said that 200 asylum-seeking children have gone missing after being placed in hotels run by the Home Office.  The admission follows an investigation by The Observer on Saturday in which a whistle-blower from a Home Office hotel said that children were being abducted off the street and forced into cars.... More


Lima, January 25 (RHC)-- Thousands of protesters took to the streets of Peru’s capital and were met with volleys of tear gas and pellets amid clashes with security forces just hours after President Dina Boluarte called for a “truce” in almost two months of protests.... More


La Paz, January 25 (RHC)-- The Bolivian justice system has determined that former de facto president Jeanine Áñez should be tried through the ordinary courts and not in a trial of responsibility in parliament after the deaths that occurred during the coup against Evo Morales in 2019.... More


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