New York, May 23 (RHC)-- The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has issued a statement in support of South Africa’s urgent request to the International Court of Justice to order Israel to facilitate unimpeded media access to Gaza.... More


Gaza City, May 23 (RHC)-- The Gaza Health Ministry says Israel has killed at least 62 Palestinians in the besieged territory in 24 hours.  The ministry said in a statement on Wednesday the latest toll brings the total number of deaths to 35,709 since Israel launched the genocide in Gaza in October 2023.... More


Guatemala City, May 23 (RHC)-- The president of Guatemala, Bernardo Arévalo de León, assured on Tuesday in a press conference at the facilities of the National Coordinator for Disaster Reduction (Conred) that the country faces a "complicated situation" with 75 active outbreaks of forest fires, the majority in the north of the Central American country.... More


Santa Cruz, May 23 (RHC)-- Academic workers at the University of California at Santa Cruz have begun a strike to protest the crackdown on peaceful student protesters.  The strike comes days after the UAW local, which represents 48,000 workers in the UC system, voted to authorize a system-wide strike.... More


Gaza City, May 22 (RHC)-- The Pentagon has admitted that none of the humanitarian aid brought in from a new U.S.-made pier in Gaza has actually been distributed to Palestinians.  Observers have repeatedly asked the Biden administration for clarification, but there has been no response from the White House.... More


Caracas, May 22 (RHC)-- A Brazilian journalist revealed an audio of a conversation by American lobbyist Armstrong Williams in which she acknowledges that they had supplied $3.2 million to a Venezuelan opposition leader ahead of the primary elections in that South American country.... More


Tel Aviv, May 22 (RHC)-- An Israeli minister has once again called for the expulsion of the Palestinians from the Gaza Strip and an expansion of settlements in the besieged Palestinian territory. ... More


Tehran, May 22 (RHC)-- Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has led prayers over the bodies of President Ebrahim Raisi and his companions in Tehran as millions of people gathered to hold funeral procession.... More


Washington, May 22 (RHC)-- U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken was repeatedly interrupted by protesters condemning the Washington's policy with regard to Israel and its genocidal war on Gaza as he testified before United States Senate committees.... More


Madrid, May 22 (RHC)-- The leaders of Spain, Norway and Ireland have announced that their countries will formally recognise Palestine as a state next week for the sake of “peace in the Middle East,“ prompting Israel to immediately recall its envoys.... More


Geneva, May 22 (RHC)-- The UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) says it has suspended the distribution of food in the southern city of Rafah, citing Israeli attacks and a lack of supplies.... More


Ann Arbor, May 22 (RHC)-- U.S. police in Ann Arbor have dismantled an encampment at the University of Michigan, removing students from a peaceful anti-war protest set up to support the people of the besieged Gaza Strip.... More


Tel Aviv, May 21 (RHC)-- Israel’s communications minister has ordered that a camera and broadcasting equipment seized from The Associated Press (AP) news agency in southern Israel should be returned.... More


La Paz, May 21 (RHC)-- The Government of Bolivia has delivered 70 tons of humanitarian aid to Brazil to help families affected by the floods.... More


Washington, May 21 (RHC) -- The testimony of the head of U.S. diplomacy, Antony Blinken, was interrupted this Tuesday in a Senate hearing by a protest against the Joe Biden administration's support for Israel in its war in Gaza.... More


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