Ramallah, July 12 (RHC)-- A Palestinian commission for prisoners has condemned the Tel Aviv regime for practicing the policy of "deliberate medical neglect" against Palestinian inmates languishing behind bars in the Israeli jail.... More


Lima, July 12 (RHC)-- Peru has extended until the end of August a coronavirus-related state of emergency that allows the government to impose restrictions in an effort to stem infections.... More


Sacramento, July 12 (RHC)-- In the U.S. state of Arizona, two firefighters were killed over the weekend when their plane crashed as they surveyed the Cedar Basin Fire.  It’s one of thousands of wildfires burning on over 300,000 acres in six western states. ... More


Washington, July 12 (RHC)-- According to report from the United States, COVID-19 cases rose in 42 U.S. states over the past week as the vaccination rate has slowed down and the more transmissible Delta variant spreads.  Over 99% of U.S. COVID deaths in June were among unvaccinated people.... More


Port-au-Prince, July 12 (RHC)-- More arrests have been made in connection with last week’s assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse.  Christian Emmanuel Sanon is accused of working with the masterminds who plotted the killing, after flying into Haiti on a private jet.  He is believed to be a Haitian-born, Florida-based doctor.... More


Baghdad, July 12 (RHC)-- Iraqi resistance groups have hit logistical convoys headed for the U.S. occupation forces in three locations throughout the Arab country.  Reporting on Sunday, Iraqi news outlets said the attacks targeted the convoys in the city of Babylon in central Iraq, and the cities of Basra and al-Diwaniyah in the country’s south.... More


United Nations, July 12 (RHC)-- The United Nations Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) has called for immediate delivery of urgent humanitarian assistance to the besieged Gaza Strip, saying that one million children in the blockaded enclave need emergency aid.... More


Port-au-Prince, July 11 (RHC)-- Following the assassination of President Jovenel Moise early on Wednesday, the Haitian government urged the United States to send in its military to protect infrastructure and establish security so that the Caribbean nation may hold elections in September.... More


Canberra, July 11 (RHC)-- Australia has confirmed the end of its military involvement in Afghanistan, as the U.S.-led coalition accelerates its exit from the war-torn nation.  Canberra’s role in the 20-year conflict has been sullied by war crime allegations.... More


Buenos Aires, July 11 (RHC)-- The Central de Trabajadores de la Argentina (CTA) has requested an investigation of the administration of Mauricio Macri for sending weapons to Bolivia to support the coup d'état of 2019 when evidence is growing about the arrival of arms during the coup government of Jeanine Áñez.... More


Port-au-Prince, July 11 (RHC)-- In the face of political instability in Haiti, after the assassination of Jovenel Moïse last Wednesday, the situation in the Caribbean country is far from improving, following the call launched by an armed gang to hold several protests this Monday in Port-au-Prince.... More


Jerusalem, July 11 (RHC)-- Israel’s former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has formally departed his official Jerusalem residence nearly a month after he was unseated by his successor Naftali Bennett.... More


Buenos Aires, July 11 (RHC)-- Argentina has become the country with the highest number of doses of vaccines against the coronavirus per 100 people in the last week.... More


Sydney, July 11 (RHC)-- New South Wales' premier has warned residents to brace for a lockdown extension as the state struggles to contain a growing outbreak of COVID-19.  A woman in her 90s died as the state recorded another daily record of 77 cases.... More


San Francisco, July 11 (RHC)-- In the U.S., firefighters battled a surging wildfire in Northern California under blazing temperatures as another heat wave hits the Western United States this weekend, prompting an excessive heat warning for inland and desert areas.... More


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