Beirut, October 9 (RHC)-- On Monday, Israel killed 10 firefighters in a strike on the southern Lebanese town of Baraachit, near Bint Jbeil, in what rescue workers have described as a deliberate attack. The killings pushed the number of rescue workers Israel has killed in Lebanon to more than 100 in the past year – most of them in the past two weeks.... More
Miami, October 9 (RHC)-- Climate change intensified Hurricane Helene, which late last month killed at least 230 people and devastated large swaths of the southeastern United States, according to researchers. The warming climate increased Helene’s wind speeds and rainfall, and made the high sea temperatures that fuelled the storm up to 500 times more likely, the World Weather Attribution said in a report released on Wednesday.... More
Damascus, October 9 (RHC)-- The Syrian foreign ministry has strongly condemned an Israeli air raid on the capital Damascus that killed 7 people and injured many others. On Tuesday, Israeli missiles hit a residential building in the Mezzah neighborhood, west of Damascus.... More
Brasilia, October 9 (RHC)-- Brazil’s Supreme Court has lifted a ban on Elon Musk’s X after the platform was blocked amid a dispute over disinformation. “I authorise the immediate return of the activities” of X, Judge Alexandre de Moraes said in his ruling, after the company paid millions of dollars in fines for failing to comply with a series of court orders.... More
Caracas, October 9 (RHC)-- The National Assembly of Venezuela approved on Tuesday an agreement by which it requests that Caracas break off diplomatic, commercial and consular relations with Spain, which was supported by an overwhelming majority of the deputies present.... More
Bogota, October 9 (RHC)-- Colombian President Gustavo Petro, in a speech on Tuesday, called for the world to pay attention to Colombia as it defends democracy, in the face of a coup being organized against the government. ... More
Beirut, October 9 (RHC)-- UN humanitarian officials call for urgent action to stop the Israeli regime from turning Lebanon into a second Gaza, as its military forces are using “the same means and methods of warfare” in the Arab country.... More
Havana, October 9 (RHC)-- "Cuba continues to raise its voice for Palestine," said Miguel Diaz-Canel, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party and President of the Republic. On his account on X, the Cuban president affirmed that it has not been the battle just this past year, but the immovable position of the Cuban Revolution, driven by its historic leader, Fidel Castro.... More
Beirut, October 8 (RHC)-- Israel has expanded its attacks on southern Lebanon as it continues to strike Beirut’s suburbs. The Israeli military said it has deployed more troops into southwest Lebanon, which followed intense overnight bombardment. ... More
Dearborn, October 8 (RHC)-- In the U.S. city of Dearborn, Michigan, thousands of mourners gathered at the Islamic Center of America to remember Hajj Kamel Ahmad Jawad, a 56-year-old husband, father of four and Lebanese American who was killed by an Israeli airstrike on his hometown of Nabatieh, Lebanon, one week ago. ... More
Ramallah, October 8 (RHC)-- In the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society says Israeli forces detained another 30 Palestinians overnight during raids on Hebron, Nablus, Bethlehem and occupied East Jerusalem. The group reports Israel has arrested more than 11,200 Palestinians across the West Bank over the past year. ... More
Gaza City, October 8 (RHC)-- In Gaza, another 25 Palestinians have been killed as Israel’s unrelenting war on the besieged Palestinian territory enters its second year. On Monday night, Israeli strikes in central Gaza hit houses in the Bureij refugee camp in the city of Deir al-Balah, killing five children and two women.... More
Gaza City, October 8 (RHC)-- Israeli air attacks on the Bureij refugee camp have killed at least 17 Palestinians, including 5 children and 2 women, and wounded dozens more as the U.S.-backed Israeli genocidal war on the blockaded territory enters its second year. Israel's airstrike on two separate locations in the refugee camp in central Gaza on Monday night also injured 25 others.... More
Beirut, October 8 (RHC)-- The Lebanese resistance movement Hezbollah has fired a barrage of missiles at an Israeli settlement near the city of Haifa. In a statement on Tuesday, Hezbollah said it pounded the Krayot settlement north of Haifa at 12:30 pm local time and that the attack was carried out in response to the Israeli bombardment of cities, villages, and civilians in Lebanon.... More
Gaza City, October 8 (RHC)-- Dozens of Palestinians have been killed in Israeli strikes on northern and central Gaza as the besieged territory marks the grisly anniversary of the start of Israel’s war. At least 56 Palestinians were killed during strikes overnight on Monday and into Tuesday, the Health Ministry in Gaza said, although the number of deaths reported by sources vary.... More
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