Aqaba, February 27 (RHC)-- Israeli and Palestinian officials have pledged to implement measures to de-escalate surging violence after talks in Jordan. In a joint statement at the end of the meeting in the Red Sea resort of Aqaba on Sunday, Israeli and Palestinian officials said that they would work closely to prevent “further violence” and that they “reaffirmed the necessity of committing to de-escalation on the ground.”... More
Brussels, February 26 (RHC)-- The European Union has condemned the latest decision by Israel’s far-right administration to construct thousands of new illegal settler units across the occupied West Bank in open defiance of the international outcry over the Tel Aviv regime’s land theft and settlement expansion policies.... More
Tel Aviv, February 26 (RHC)-- Israeli authorities have approved plans for the construction of thousands of new settler units in the occupied West Bank and al-Quds, defying international outcry over illegal settlement expansion and land grab activities in the occupied Palestinian territories.... More
Geneva, February 26 (RHC)-- A new report by the United Nations finds one person dies during pregnancy or childbirth every two minutes — revealing an alarming setback in reproductive health in recent years in nearly all regions of the world. ... More
Miami, February 26 (RHC)-- In the U.S. state of Florida, a petition seeking to release a pregnant woman from jail argues her fetus is being held in “unlawful and illegal detention” and being deprived of its due process rights. ... More
Washington, February 26 (RHC)-- U.S. President Joe Biden has nominated former Mastercard CEO Ajay Banga to lead the World Bank. If approved, Banga would be the first-ever Indian American and first Sikh American to lead either the World Bank or the IMF. ... More
Tel Aviv, February 26 (RHC)-- Tens of thousands of protesters have taken to the streets, holding massive rallies for the eighth straight week against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's planned "legal reforms." On Saturday, thousands-strong protests were held in the central part of Tel Aviv, with protesters blocking a main road.... More
Lisbon, February 26 (RHC)-- Thousands of people have taken to the streets in the Portuguese capital city of Lisbon to demand better living conditions amid the country’s high inflation, which has made it tougher for people to make ends meet. The Saturday protest in Lisbon was organized by the Fair Life movement.... More
London, February 25 (RHC)-- Thousands of protesters have taken to the streets in London and Paris, as well as other major capitals across Europe, demanding an end to the ongoing war in Ukraine and urging the Western governments to stop supplying Kiev with weapons.... More
Paris, February 25 (RHC)-- French energy giant Total has been sued in a new lawsuit by two individuals who were allegedly imprisoned and tortured at one of the company's gas plants in Yemen. In the lawsuit reported by media on Thursday, the lawyers of the two Yemeni men said their clients were jailed and tortured by Emirati forces at the company's gas plant in Balhaf, Yemen.... More
Damascus, February 25 (RHC)-- Several planes carrying humanitarian aid have arrived at the Damascus international airport in Syria after the earthquake that struck the country on February 6th and has left more than 5,900 dead in the Arab country.... More
Canberra, February 25 (RHC)-- Two refugees on the tiny island nation of Nauru — a five-hour plane journey from Australia in the southwestern Pacific Ocean — have sewn their lips together in protest against their almost decade-long detention on the island.... More
Ottawa, February 25 (RHC)-- Thousands of asylum seekers crossing irregularly into Canada from the United States along a dirt path are becoming a political flashpoint once more as the provincial government of Quebec says it can no longer accommodate the rising numbers.... More
San Salvador, February 25 (RHC)-- The Central American nation of El Salvador has transferred 2,000 people accused of gang membership to a recently opened “mega-prison”. The transfer comes after a wave of anti-gang operations in which police swept up more than 64,000 people and key civil liberties were suspended.... More
United Nations, February 25 (RHC)-- Representatives from all 193 UN-member states are convening in hopes of agreeing on a new treaty to protect the world’s oceans and their biodiversity. A round of talks last summer was suspended after participants were unable to reach an agreement on financing, among other issues. ... More
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