Kabul, February 14 (RHC)-- In news from Afghanistan, the nation’s central bank condemned U.S. President Joe Biden’s executive order last week, which seeks to seize, then split $7 billion in U.S.-held Afghan assets between the families of 9/11 victims and so-called "humanitarian assistance" for Afghanistan. ... More
Jerusalem, February 14 (RHC)-- Israeli police said they arrested eight people for suspected involvement in “public riots and violence” in the occupied East Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah during a visit by a controversial far-right Jewish lawmaker.... More
Hanoi, February 14 (RHC)-- Vietnam will remove its COVID-19 restrictions on international passenger flights with all markets starting tomorrow, with no limitation on the number of flights, according to the Vietnamese newspaper Tuoi Tre newspaper.... More
Beirut, February 14 (RHC)-- The Lebanese army has called on the United Nations to act urgently to end the Israeli regime’s repeated violations of the Arab country’s sovereignty and airspace to carry out airstrikes in neighboring Syria.... More
Ramallah, February 14 (RHC)-- Palestinian prisoners in Israeli detention have taken a series of actions against recent restrictions imposed on them by authorities, prisoner rights groups said, adding that Israeli measures amounted to collective punishment.... More
Bern, February 14 (RHC)-- Swiss voters decided on Sunday to tighten their notoriously lax tobacco laws by banning virtually all advertising of the hazardous products, with nearly 57 percent of voters and 16 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons backing the near-total ban, final results showed.... More
Damascus, February 14 (RHC)-- U.S. military officials have finally admitted killing civilians in a raid inside Syria. There was growing criticism for claiming without evidence that the target had detonated a bomb killing himself and his entire family.... More
Ramallah, February 14 (RHC)-- Israeli soldiers shot dead a 17-year-old Palestinian during clashes near the town of Jenin in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian health ministry and official Wafa news agency said on Monday.... More
Havana, February 14 (RHC)-- Bolivia's ambassador to Cuba, Eduardo Pardo, died Sunday of health problems in Havana at the age of 68, the Foreign Ministry of the South American country reported.... More
Ramallah, February 14 (RHC)-- The international pro-Palestine Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement has called for a boycott of German sportswear company Puma over its sponsorship of the Israel Football Association (IFA).... More
Buenos Aires, February 14 (RHC)-- A new journalistic investigation revealed that Argentina's army contemplated the invasion of Venezuela, between April and July 2019, under the government of the now former president Mauricio Macri, who supported the US military strategy to overthrow President Nicolás Maduro.... More
Ramallah, February 13 (RHC)-- Palestinian detainees imprisoned under Israel’s so-called policy of administrative detention continue their boycott of the Israeli military courts for the 45th consecutive day. Palestinian detainees say their move is a continuation of longstanding Palestinian efforts "to put an end to the unjust administrative detention practiced against our people by the occupying forces."... More
Ottawa, February 13 (RHC)-- Police officers began arresting the remaining protesters near a key US-Canadian border bridge, trying to end one of the main demonstrations that broke out across Canada against COVID-19 vaccine mandates and other restrictions.... More
Porto-Novo, February 13 (RHC)-- French forces have killed dozens of fighters in Burkina Faso linked to deadly attacks this week in neighboring Benin whose victims included a Frenchman, the army said.... More
Caracas, February 13 (RHC)-- The president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, in the framework of Youth Day, acknowledged this Saturday the linking of young people in the public education system at all levels.... More
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