Gaza City, March 7 (RHC)-- Three Palestinian fishermen have been killed in a blast off the coast of Gaza, local media and the head of Gaza’s fishermen syndicate said.... More
Caracas, March 7 (RHC)-- Venezuelan Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza has called on the government of the United Kingdom not meddle in the internal affairs of his nation. "The UK must respect the UN Charter and stop interfering in Venezuela's internal affairs," Arreaza stated through his official Twitter account.... More
Jerusalem, March 7 (RHC)-- Protesters against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for the 37th consecutive week have been violently attacked, according to Israeli media. The protesters held rallies outside the Prime Minister’s residence in Jerusalem al-Quds, in front of Netanyahu’s private residence in Caesarea and at dozens of highway intersections and bridges around the occupied territories.... More
Los Angeles, March 7 (RHC)-- Amanda Gorman, an African American poet who won wide acclaim for her poem at the inauguration of President Joe Biden, says she was “tailed” and harassed by a security guard.... More
Santiago de Chile, March 7 (RHC)-- The Coordinadora Feminista 8M of Chile has confirmed this Saturday through its official account on the social network Twitter the call for a general strike for next March 8, in commemoration of International Women's Day and to hold a demonstration against "macho and patriarchal violence"... More
Washington, March 7 (RHC)-- The head of the U.S. multinational pharmaceutical company Pfizer has cancelled his scheduled visit to Israel so the trip could coincide with the regime’s upcoming elections.... More
Washington, March 7 (RHC)-- U.S. President Joe Biden has extended for another year the "national emergency" declared in 1995 with respect to Iran as well as comprehensive sanctions against the Islamic Republic.... More
La Paz, March 7 (RHC)-- The Movement Towards Socialism (MAS) seeks to consolidate its hold on power in Bolivia's sub-national elections, following its return last October to the country's leadership.... More
Asuncion, March 6 (RHC)-- Protesters have clashed with police in Paraguay’s capital, as anger over the government’s handling of the coronavirus crisis boiled onto the streets, with shops ransacked and cars set on fire.... More
Baghdad, March 6 (RHC)-- Pope Francis, head of the Roman Catholic Church, has held closed-door talks with Iraq’s prominent Shia cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani on the second day of his visit to the Arab country. The meeting took place at Ayatollah Sistani’s residence in the holy city of Najaf on Saturday morning.... More
Tel Aviv, March 6 (RHC)-- Israel says it is postponing until further notice plans to administer COVID vaccinations to Palestinians who work inside the country and in its settlements in the occupied West Bank.... More
New York, March 6 (RHC)-- A spike in violent attacks targeting Asian Americans in the United States has prompted the minority group to raise the alarm. Andrew Yang warned on Friday of the rise in violence against the Asian American community, noting that many Asian Americans feel "more at risk."... More
Washington, March 6 (RHC)-- The U.S. government is evaluating whether to house unaccompanied migrant children at a military base in Virginia amid a sharp rise in migrants arriving at the US-Mexico border, according to a US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) notice seen by the Reuters news agency.... More
Baghdad, March 6 (RHC)-- Iran’s ambassador to international organizations in Vienna has criticized a “preferential treatment” given to the Israeli regime that allows it to press ahead with advancing its nuclear weapons program in defiance of international calls, saying Tel Aviv’s activities at a highly-secretive nuclear facility pose a serious threat to regional and international security and stability.... More
Quito, March 6 (RHC)--Ecuador’s interior minister has resigned in the wake of simultaneous riots in four prisons that left 79 people dead. “It is my own personal decision to submit my irrevocable resignation as minister,” Patricio Pazmino said in a letter to President Lenin Moreno, which was made public on Twitter on Friday.... More
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