Gaza City, May 18 (RHC)-- Cradling her newborn baby Hasan on the floor of a classroom in Gaza City, her five other children flitting in and out, Suheir al-Arbeed lists the basic necessities they are lacking.... More
United Nations, May 17 (RHC)-- The head of UNICEF, the United Nations children’s agency, has asked G7 countries to donate excess supplies of COVID-19 vaccines to the global COVAX sharing scheme as an emergency measure to address a severe shortfall following a curb on exports from India.... More
Washington, May 17 (RHC)-- The commander of a U.S. Space Force unit has been removed from his leadership role following a podcast appearance in which he claimed that ‘Marxist’ ideologies like critical race theory were undermining the military.... More
New Delhi, May 17 (RHC)-- India is approaching 25 million confirmed cases of COVID-19, with another 4,000 deaths recorded over the past day, though experts say the true toll is far higher. ... More
Jackson, May 17 (RHC)-- In the U.S., the mayor of Jackson, Mississippi, and a state senator representing the city have apologized for the massacre of students at Jackson State College 51 years ago. ... More
Philadelphia, May 14 (RHC)-- In the U.S., Philadelphia’s mayor says the city has now located the partial remains of victims of the 1985 police bombing of the home of the radical, Black liberation, anti-police-brutality group MOVE. ... More
United Nations, May 17 (RHC)-- A third United Nations Security Council emergency meeting in a week – amid the deadly Israeli offensive in Gaza – has again ended with no concrete outcome after the United States blocked a joint statement calling for an immediate ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.... More
Gaza City, May 17 (RHC)-- The Israeli military launched another series of air raids on the Gaza Strip early on Monday, hours after Israel’s caretaker Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the attacks on the Palestinian enclave would rage on.... More
Bogota, May 17 (RHC)-- The meeting between the Colombian Government and the National Strike Committee (CNP) resumed on Monday in the capital Bogota. The government representatives decided to suspend the meeting that lasted for more than three hours to analyze the proposals presented demands made by the Strike Committee this Sunday.... More
Santiago de Chile, May 17 (RHC)-- The president of Chile, Sebastián Piñera, said this Sunday that neither the government nor the traditional parties are "adequately tuned with the demands and yearnings of the citizenship."... More
United Nations, May 17 (RHC)-- Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki on Sunday accused Israel of committing “war crimes” in its nearly weeklong offensive on Gaza as he urged international pressure at a United Nations Security Council session.... More
Tehran, May 17 (RHC)-- Iran’s foreign minister has denounced Israel’s systematic human rights violations and disregard for international law as the regime’s relentless bombardment of the besieged Gaza Strip enters its seventh consecutive day.... More
Ramallah, May 17 (RHC)-- Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki has criticised countries that moved to normalize relations with Israel last year, as violence escalates between the Palestinians and Israeli forces.... More
Brussels, May 16 (RHC)-- Palestinian Ambassador to the European Union (EU) has called on Brussels to take a more "realistic" approach toward the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, saying Europe bears great responsibility to resolve the situation.... More
Gaza City, May 16 (RHC)-- Medical workers are overwhelmed by the number of wounded at Gaza’s biggest hospital after a night of ferocious air raids killed and injured dozens of Palestinians.... More
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