London, March 8 (RHC)-- UK news chiefs have defended their biased coverage of Israel’s brutalities in Gaza even as a new report has exposed significant distortions in the Western coverage of the war.  The report, Media Bias Gaza 2023-24, by Center for Media Monitoring (CFMM) was launched on Wednesday and analyzed data from 28 UK online media websites for a period of one month starting from October 7, 2023.... More


Miami, March 8 (RHC)-- The Miami Herald is reporting the Joe Biden administration is pressuring Haiti’s unelected Prime Minister Ariel Henry to resign amid an armed uprising against his rule. ... More


Geneva, March 8 (RHC)-- The Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor (Euro-Med) says the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) has displayed a “clear double standard” in dealing with the crimes of Israel against the Palestinians in Gaza.... More


New York, March 8 (RHC)-- Ocean temperatures hit a record high last month, which was also the warmest February on record globally, scientists in the European Union have said.  The average global sea surface temperature stood at 21.06 degrees Celsius (69.91 degrees Fahrenheit) in February, surpassing the previous record of 20.98C (69.77F) set in August 2023, in a dataset that goes back to 1979, the EU’s Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) said on Thursday.... More


Havana, March 7 (RHC)-- Member of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba (CC-PCC) and Prime Minister Manuel Marrero Cruz wished success to the Cuban federates in the celebration of their 11th Congress, which began Thursday in the country's capital.... More


Cairo, March 7 (RHC)-- News reports from Cairo say that Tel Aviv has thwarted all efforts by mediators to reach a ceasefire agreement in the besieged Gaza Strip.... More


Washington, March 7 (RHC)-- In Washington, DC, activists have set up a protest in front of the Israeli Embassy.  Israeli American activist Miko Peled says the protest has disrupted embassy business, and is calling on more people to join the action until the embassy is forced to shut down.... More


New York, March 7 (RHC)-- In New York City, a delegation of Palestinian Americans who have lost relatives to Israeli attacks in Gaza joined UN Palestinian envoy Riyad Mansour at a Security Council press conference Wednesday. ... More


Tehran, March 7 (RHC)-- The commander of the Quds Force of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) suggests that the regional resistance front could still face the Israeli regime with more surprises by fielding more of its capabilities.... More


Austin, March 7 (RHC)-- Multiple artists have pulled out of their official showcases at this year’s South by Southwest festival (SXSW) in support of Palestine, citing the Austin, Texas, event’s ties to the defense contractor RTX Corporation, formerly known as Raytheon, and its sponsorship by the U.S. Army.... More


Havana, March 7 (RHC) - Cuban Marlon Yant was the top scorer for La Lube Civitanova against Monza, but could not prevent his team's defeat in four sets (3-1), in a discreet day for Cuban volleyball players in the beginning of the Italian Superliga volleyball playoffs.... More


Washington, March 8 RHC)-- A new report has revealed that the United States quietly authorized over 100 separate weapons sales to Israel since the start of the Gaza war in early October, despite mounting alarm over the occupying regime’s genocidal campaign against the besieged territory.... More


Gaza City, March 7 (RHC)-- Less than two weeks after launching its genocide on the Gaza Strip, the Israeli military committed one of the most heinous atrocities in modern history.  On October 18th a huge blast rocked the Al-Ahli hospital compound in Gaza, which was packed with thousands of Palestinians seeking shelter from the Israeli strikes.... More


Geneva, March 7 (RHC)-- Five months into Israel’s war on Gaza, the Israeli government has lost all all credibility on its claims to protect civilians in the besieged strip, a UN human rights expert has said, appealing for an urgent end to the “dehumanization of displaced Palestinians.”... More


New York, March 7 (RHC)-- Israel has generated “famine-like conditions” in the Gaza Strip “while obstructing and undermining the humanitarian response,” according to a new report by the humanitarian group Refugees International.... More


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