Jerusalem, July 27 (RHC)-- Israel’s far-right national security minister Itamar Ben-Gvir has led a group of more than one thousand ultranationalist settlers to the Al-Aqsa compound in occupied East Jerusalem, his third such entrance to the site this year.... More
Brussels, July 27 (RHC)-- The European Union watchdog has announced a probe into the bloc’s border patrol agency, Frontex, over its actions during a deadly shipwreck off Greece.... More
Quito, July 27 (RHC)-- The death toll from a wave of jail riots in Ecuador’s most dangerous prison has reached 31, authorities say, hours as the government declared a 60-day state of emergency for the country's prisons. The development came late on Tuesday after some 2,700 soldiers were deployed to take control of the over-crowded Guayas 1 prison in the port city of Guayaquil.... More
St. Petersburg, July 27 (RHC)-- President Vladimir Zelensky’s demand for preconditions to be met before Kiev engages in peace talks with Moscow is understandable but also “perhaps unreasonable,” according to the president of Comoros, Azali Assoumani, who currently chairs the African Union (AU). He added that Zelensky had acknowledged African leaders’ belief that his country’s conflict with Russia cannot be resolved through military means, during a meeting last month.... More
Caracas, July 27 (RHC)-- Venezuelan authorities received the head of the National Council of Palestine, Rawhi Fattouh, with the aim of strengthening bilateral, diplomatic and trade relations between the two nations.... More
Tallahassee, July 27 (RHC)-- Florida Governor and Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis was supposed to push ahead with his campaign over the past several days, but the moment was overshadowed by Donald Trump. ... More
Washington, July 27 (RHC)-- U.S. President Joe Biden has designated a national monument across three locations in Illinois and Mississippi honoring Emmett Till and his mother, Mamie Till-Mobley. ... More
Washington, July 27 (RHC)-- The Biden administration has filed a lawsuit against Texas Republican Governor Greg Abbott over the state’s installation of barrels wrapped in razor wire in the Rio Grande as an attempt to block asylum seekers from crossing the river. ... More
Oslo, July 27 (RHC)-- In Sweden, climate activist Greta Thunberg was arrested as she joined a nonviolent civil disobedience protest outside an oil terminal in the southern city of Malmö. Thunberg’s arrest came just hours after she was fined by a Swedish court for disobeying police during a protest at the same oil terminal in June. ... More
New York, July 27 (RHC)-- A new study finds this month’s record-shattering global heat wave would not have been possible without the continuing buildup of greenhouse gases in the Earth’s atmosphere due to human activity. ... More
Tehran, July 27 (RHC)-- Muslim-majority nations have angrily criticized the governments of Denmark and Sweden for repeatedly allowing the burning of the Quran during protests in their capitals. The latest incident, during which the Muslim holy book was trampled on and destroyed, took place in Copenhagen on Monday.... More
Jerusalem, July 26 (RHC)-- Dozens of Israeli settlers, under the heavy protection of the occupation troops, have broken into the al-Aqsa Mosque compound in the occupied Old City of al-Quds, amid growing Israeli violence against Palestinians.... More
Lima, July 26 (RHC)-- In Peru, Indigenous peoples, workers and educators of the Puno region again blocked the bridge between Peru and Bolivia in rejection of the attacks suffered by Aymara women on July 19 during the 'National March.' Protesters are also demanding the resignation of designated-president Dina Boluarte, the closure of Congress, the calling of general elections, and the establishment of a Constituent Assembly.... More
Miami, July 26 (RHC)-- A Vice documentary investigating claims that Florida Governor Ron DeSantis authorized the force-feeding of prisoners while stationed as a Navy officer on Guantanamo Bay was shelved by its broadcaster’s parent company Paramount due to fear the Republican would subject them to the same lawfare tactics he has wielded against their competitor Disney, Semafor recently revealed.... More
Sydney, July 26 (RHC)-- Volunteers worked frantically for a second day to save dozens of pilot whales stranded on a beach in Western Australia, but more than 50 have already died. Nearly 100 long-finned pilot whales stranded themselves on the beach by the city of Albany, on the southern tip of Western Australia, south of Perth, on Tuesday.... More
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