Tel Aviv, May 14 (RHC)-- Violence is spreading across Israel, with Jewish mobs attacking Palestinians in mixed Jewish and Arab communities.  Extremist Israeli settlers were filmed attacking Palestinian-owned shops in a Tel Aviv suburb. ... More


Paris, May 14 (RHC)-- Police in France have arrested the head of a Palestine solidarity organization after putting a ban on a Paris rally against Israel’s atrocities.... More


Washington, May 14 (RHC)-- In the U.S. capital, nurses held an action steps from the White House as part of Nurses Week to honor the more than 400 U.S. nurses who have died from COVID-19 over the past year. ... More


Gaza City, May 13 (RHC)-- The Israeli military’s “air and ground troops are currently attacking in the Gaza Strip,” the Israel ministry of military affairs tweeted late Thursday.  It was unclear if Israeli troops had actually entered Gazan territory or are firing from the border line into Gaza.... More


Mexico City, May 13 (RHC)-- Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador received on Wednesday the former president of Brazil, Dilma Rousseff, at the National Palace, seat of the executive branch.... More


Vatican City, May 13 (RHC)-- Argentinean President Alberto Fernandez held a meeting on Thursday morning with Pope Francis at the Vatican, as part of his fourth and last stop of the tour of Europe in which he also visited Portugal, Spain and France.... More


Guatemala City, May 13 (RHC)-- Maria Zita arrived before dawn.  She had her required appointment confirmation but with reports of large crowds and confusion at some Guatemala City COVID-19 vaccination sites, she wanted to make sure she got her jab.... More


New Delhi, May 13 (RHC)-- India has recorded more than 4,000 COVID-19 deaths for a second straight day, while infections stayed below 400,000 for a fourth day, as the virus rampages the rural areas where cases can go unreported due to a lack of testing.... More


Washington, May 13 (RHC)-- The United States has deployed F-18 fighter jets to Saudi Arabia amid escalating tensions in the Middle East.... More


Washington, May 13 (RHC)-- U.S. President Joe Biden says Israel has a right "to defend itself," while the U.S. provides $3.8 billion in annual military funding to Israel. ... More


Luxembourg, May 13 (RHC)-- A European Union court has ruled in favor of litigants seeking to ban the import of goods from Israeli settlements on occupied land, rescinding a decision by the bloc’s executive branch in 2019 not to register a petition submitted by citizens.... More


Geneva, May 13 (RHC)-- An independent panel has concluded that the catastrophic scale of the coronavirus pandemic could have been prevented but a “toxic cocktail” of dithering and poor coordination meant the warning signs went unheeded.... More


Washington, May 13 (RHC)-- The number of migrants arriving at the United States’ southern border with Mexico rose slightly during the month of April compared with the previous month, according to the latest official figures, while the number of children travelling alone to the U.S. decreased.... More


Geneva, May 13 (RHC)-- COVID-19 infections are surging in the Americas with some nations’ intensive care unit (ICU) beds near 100 percent occupancy and the region facing new variants and an insufficient supply of vaccines.... More


Luxembourg, May 13 (RHC)-- A European Union court on Wednesday annulled a ruling by the European Commission that a tax deal between the Luxembourg government and Amazon amounted to illegal state support.... More


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