Chicago, August 23 (RHC)-- Climate activists were at the Democratic National Convention this week to demand Democrats do more to address the climate catastrophe and divest from fossil fuels. ... More
London, August 23 (RHC)-- A British diplomat has resigned, charging the U.K. government of complicity in war crimes amid its continued military aid and arms supply to Israel. Mark Smith previously worked in Middle East arms export licensing assessment for the British government, and said he raised his concerns, including to Foreign Secretary David Lammy, but was ignored. ... More
Beirut, August 23 (RHC)-- Lebanon’s Hezbollah resistance movement has carried out fresh retaliatory attacks against a number of strategic Israeli military positions in the northern part of the occupied territories in support of Lebanese soil and Palestinians in the besieged Gaza Strip.... More
Chicago, August 22 (RHC)-- At the Democratic National Convention underway in Chicago, outside the convention hall, delegates from the Uncommitted National Movement and their supporters launched a sit-in protest Wednesday night, after the DNC and the Harris campaign refused to let a Palestinian take the main stage, despite allowing family members of Israeli hostages to address the convention. ... More
Gaza City, August 22 (RHC)-- A series of airstrikes tonight against houses, schools and tents sheltering displaced civilians in the center and south of the Gaza Strip left at least 25 dead.... More
Oslo, August 22 (RHC)-- The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) has called on the international community to intervene and protect the Palestinian communities against the backdrop of Israeli settler violence in the occupied West Bank.... More
Tucson, August 22 (RHC)-- The U.S. Air Force has refused to comply with an EPA clean-up order, after the Air Force polluted drinking water sources in Tucson, Arizona, including with PFAS. ... More
Caracas, August 22 (RHC)-- The Government of Reconciliation and National Unity of Nicaragua, through its Foreign Minister Denis Moncada Colindres, rejected the interventionist actions of the United States government, carried out through the National Endowment for Democracy (NED).... More
Chicago, August 22 (RHC)-- In Chicago, where Vice President Kamala Harris officially launched her presidential campaign at the Democratic National Convention, thousands of protesters have gathered nearby for the fourth consecutive day, demanding an immediate ceasefire in the besieged Gaza Strip and an end to U.S. military support for Israel.... More
Tegucigalpa, August 22 (RHC)-- The National Congress of Honduras passed the Law for the Rational and Efficient Use of Energy (UREE), and legislated the establishment of competences and activities for planning and implementing energy efficiency.... More
Gaza City, August 22 (RHC)-- Israel has killed at least 50 more Palestinians and wounded more than 120 in Gaza as its military has ordered new evacuations in central and southern parts of the enclave.... More
Caracas, August 22 (RHC)-- The Electoral Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice (TSJ) of Venezuela issued a ruling in Caracas on Thursday on the investigation carried out regarding the contentious appeal filed by President Nicolás Maduro, regarding the presidential elections of July 28th.... More
Caracas, August 22 (RHC)-- The president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro Moros, says that the South American country is at the climax of a revolutionary offensive and deepens the political and organizational processes to develop the constitutional vision of a new, participatory and leading democracy.... More
New York, August 22 (RHC)-- A new report by Oil Change International lays out the countries and companies that have transferred the most fossil fuels to Israel since it launched its war on Gaza, and says they could be liable for complicity in war crimes and genocide under international law. ... More
Chicago, August 22 (RHC)-- U.S. doctors who treated patients in Gaza held a press conference in Chicago during the Democratic National Convnention to shine a light on the ongoing atrocities inflicted by Israel’s U.S.-backed war. ... More
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