Paris, Jun 21 (RHC) France's Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin said Wednesday that 37 people were injured in the explosion that shook an area of the fifth arrondissement of Paris this afternoon, four of them with severe injuries.... More


Havana, June 21 (RHC) The main Panamanian press outlets reflect this Wednesday the arrest of the former Ombudsperson, Patria Portugal (2011-2013), convicted in 2022 for the crime against the Public Administration.... More


London, June 21 (RHC)-- The Peruvian government was more likely to use lethal violence in marginalised areas of the country as part of its crackdown on recent anti-government protests, a report by rights group Amnesty International has found.... More


Niamey, June 21 (RHC)-- A new meningitis vaccine tested in two African countries has shown promise in the fight against the disease, eliciting immune responses against five main strains.  According to a recent study published by the New England Journal of Medicine, the phase-three randomized trials were conducted on 1,800 people in the West African nations of Mali and The Gambia.... More


Ramallah, June 21 (RHC)-- Four Israeli settlers have been killed and as many wounded in a retaliatory attack by Palestinians near the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah, a day after six Palestinians were killed during a violent Israeli raid in Jenin.... More


Ramallah, June 21 (RHC)-- Six Palestinians were killed and another 90 injured during a massive Israeli raid on the Jenin refugee camp in the occupied West Bank on Monday.  The dead included a 15-year-old Palestinian boy. At least one Palestinian journalist was shot and injured. ... More


Washington, June 20 (RHC)-- The Washington Post is reporting the Justice Department and the FBI waited more than a year before opening a probe into the role played by former President Donald Trump and his top associates in the January 6 insurrection and efforts to overturn the 2020 election. ... More


London, June 20 (RHC)-- Britain’s parliament is considering a government bill that would bar local councils from boycotting Israeli goods, drawing outrage from civil society organizations.  The bill would prevent local councils and universities from “adopting their own foreign policy” by boycotting Israel or companies that trade with Tel Aviv.... More


London, June 20 (RHC)-- Countries across the Gulf region and the wider Middle East are highly vulnerable to extreme heat borne out of climate change, with poorer populations being particularly at risk in the decades ahead, a new study has warned.... More


United Nations, June 20 (RHC)-- United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called on Israel to immediately “cease all settlement activities” in occupied Palestinian territory, describing Israel’s plans to advance the building of Israeli settlements as driving “tensions and violence” and being a major obstacle to a lasting peace.... More


Brasilia, June 20 (RHC)-- Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva says he plans to discuss a prospective trade deal between the European Union and a bloc of South American countries when he meets his French counterpart, Emmanuel Macron, in France this week.... More


United Nations, June 20 (RHC)-- The United Nations has voiced deep concern about Israel’s plan to approve the construction of a significant number of new settler units in the occupied West Bank.... More


Washington, June 20 (RHC)-- A secretive division of the Pentagon is now tasked with protecting its high-ranking officials not only from assassination and other bodily harm, but also from negative portrayals on social media, according to a procurement document obtained by The Intercept.... More


Tel Aviv, June 19 (RHC)-- Israel’s hardline coalition government has approved plans for thousands of new housing units in the occupied West Bank and given the far-right finance minister sweeping powers to expedite the construction of illegal settlements, bypassing measures that have been in place for 27 years.... More


Minneapolis, June 19 (RHC)-- Racial justice defenders say that the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) probe of the Minneapolis Police Department—which detailed a pattern of excessive violence, racism, and civil rights violations—underscores the need for deep systemic transformation of U.S. policing.... More


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