Doha, May 5 (RHC)-- The Al Jazeera Media Network has condemned the Israeli government’s move to close its operations in Israel as a “criminal act” and warned that the country’s suppression of the free press “stands in contravention of international and humanitarian law”.... More


Cairo, May 5 (RHC)-- Negotiations over a potential ceasefire in the Gaza war have broken down for now as Hamas reiterated its demand for an end to Israel’s assault on the Palestinian territory in exchange for the release of captives and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu flatly ruled out such an outcome.... More


Tel Aviv, May 5 (RHC)-- Israel has closed the main crossing point for humanitarian aid to enter into Gaza after a Palestinian armed group fired rockets at a military base in southern Israel near the site killing three soldiers.  The Israeli military said on Sunday that it closed the Karem Abu Salem crossing, which Israel calls the Kerem Shalom crossing, to aid convoys after the attack.... More


Quito, May 5 (RHC)-- Political and cultural personalities, led by several former presidents of Latin America, winners of Nobel Prizes, among others, demanded this Saturday the immediate release of former Ecuadorian vice president Jorge Glas, kidnapped a month ago from the Mexican Embassy in Quito.... More


Porto Alegre, May 5 (RHC)-- The death toll after heavy rains and strong floods that were recorded in the southern part of Brazil has risen to 76, according to the most recent balance of the Brazilian Civil Defense.... More


Cairo, May 5 (RHC)-- The Israeli regime has reportedly ruled out the possibility of ending its nearly seven-month-long genocidal war on Gaza despite ongoing ceasefire talks in Egypt as the occupying entity persists in invading the densely-populated southern city of Rafah.... More


Tel Aviv, May 5 (RHC)-- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s cabinet has voted unanimously to close Al Jazeera’s operations in Israel, according to a government statement.... More


Kingston, May 5 (RHC)-- Jamaica, Barbados and Trinidad and Tobago, three island countries in the Caribbean, have in recent days officially recognized Palestinian statehood, signaling a shift towards a more supportive stance on Palestine and an end to Israeli influence in the region.... More


Beirut, May 5 (RHC)-- A senior member of the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas says Israel’s genocidal war against the Gaza Strip would end immediately if the United States decided it should stop.... More


Havana, May 5 (RHC)-- The Cuban Minister of Tourism, Juan Carlos García, closed the 42nd International Tourism Fair, FITCuba 2024, in Cayo Paredón and called for the next edition to be held in Havana, with China as the guest country of honor. .... More


Havana, May 5 (RHC) -- Miguel Díaz-Canel, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and President of the Republic, visited the Artemisa area of Mariel this Saturday, as part of his tours through all the municipalities of the country.... More


Cairo, May 5 (RHC)-- The Palestinian resistance movement Hamas has said it would not accept a truce deal that did not completely end the Israeli regime’s nearly seven-month-long genocidal war against the Gaza Strip.... More


Istanbul, May 5 (RHC)-- The Wushu Kungfu Federation of Europe (WKFE) has announced an investigation into a Turkish martial artist, who raised the Palestinian flag during a European championship contest in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza amid the bloody Israeli onslaught.... More


Washington, May 4 (RHC)-- In a move straight out of the fascist playbook, President Joe Biden delivered a speech on Thursday morning attacking the wave of pro-Palestine protests that have sprung up in college campuses across the country, smearing students for using tactics that have been employed by nearly every social movement in U.S. history to demand an end to Israel’s U.S.-backed genocide of Gaza.... More


Havana, May 4 (RHC)-- Unlike the scenario that has unfolded on college campuses across the U.S. where student encampments in support of the Palestinian people have been met with police brutality and attacks by agent provocateurs, the University of Havana Friday held a rally in solidarity with Gaza and in keeping with Cuba’s unwavering support of the Palestinian people that Fidel cemented with Yasser Arafat soon after the revolution.... More


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