New York, June 5 (RHC)-- Human Rights Watch (HRW) has urged UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon to charge Israel with the violation of children's rights. The U.S.-based rights group called on Ban Ki-moon to resist political pressure from Tel Aviv and Washington and add the Israel military to an annual “List of Shame” in reaction to the death of more than 500 Palestinian children and the injury of 3,300 others during the 50-day aggression in Gaza Strip in summer 2014. The annual “List of Shame” is due to be released next week... More
Washington, June 5 (RHC)-- Two newly-leaked documents suggest that in 2012 the Barack Obama administration empowered the National Security Agency, the NSA, to expand its web surveillance on Americans without any warrant. Documents show that U.S. Justice Department lawyers wrote two secret memos in mid-2012, giving a green light to the National Security Agency (NSA) to begin monitoring Internet traffic, without securing warrants, anywhere on U.S. soil. ... More
Tel Aviv, June 5 (RHC)-- A recent decision by France's telecom giant "Orange" to withdraw its brand from Israel has raised the ire of Israeli Premier Benjamin Netanyahu. An angry Netanyahu on Thursday called on the French government to "distance itself publicly from the miserable statement and the miserable action of a company that is partially owned by the government of France." ... More
Paris, June 5 (RHC)-- Muslim groups in France have boycotted an internal meeting on Islam held by the right-wing opposition party, which is led by former President Nicolas Sarkozy. Sarkozy’s right-wing party, recently rebranded “The Republicans,” on Thursday held a meeting on the “question of Islam” in France to debate “the place of religion” in secular France and more specifically “Islam in France.” France is home to Europe’s largest Muslim community. ... More
London, June 5 (RHC)-- Britain has expressed its readiness to host 2022 World Cup if the world’s football governing body, FIFA, takes the venue away from Qatar. Cultural Secretary John Whittingdale made the announcement while answering ministerial questions in the House of Commons on Thursday. He, however, conceded that it is ‘very unlikely’ a European country would be chosen for the game. ... More
New York, June 5 (RHC)-- Three people were fatally shot and one is in critical condition following a shooting on a Long Island street in New York City, police say. According to police officials, the shooting occurred on Wednesday night when a gunman walked up to a parked car and fired 16 rounds before fleeing the scene.... More
Mexico City, June 5 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Among the many crises affecting Mexico, all which seem to derive in violence, is the illegal appropriation of properties -- many times promoted by authorities themselves or political parties -- an action that left a number of people injured and over 169 arrested on Thursday after an all out battle in an eastern area of Mexico City. ... More
Montevideo, June 5 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Following the marches against gender violence in Argentina and Uruguay, an Uruguayan state official told the press draft bill was being prepared to classify femicide as a crime. ... More
Bogotá, June 5 (RHC) -– The Colombian government and Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) rebels have agreed to establish a Truth Commission to investigate crimes committed throughout the country's half-century conflict.... More
Brasilia, June 5 (RHC) –- Brazil's National Committee for Refugees has taken in approximately 1,900 Syrian refugees who have taken advantage of measures adopted about two years ago that facilitated their entry into the country.... More
Panama City, June 5 (RHC-PRESSTV) -– The former vice president of Panama, Felipe Virzi, has been arrested on charges of money laundering in an ongoing investigation. ... More
Rio de Janeiro, June 5 (RHC-Xinhua) -- Brazil's prison population grew 74 percent in a seven-year period starting in 2005, according to a report released by the Brazilian Presidency Secretariat-General.... More
Mexico City, June 4 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Social movements in the southern Mexican state of Guerrero claimed on Wednesday that the town of Tixla is under a “state of siege” by federal police who have “surrounded” the town. ... More
Baghdad, June 4 (RHC)-- A series of explosions in and around the Iraqi capital Baghdad has claimed the lives of 11 people and left dozens others wounded, Iraqi authorities say. ... More
Bogota, June 4 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Colombia’s chamber of deputies approved a constitutional reform bill that eliminates presidential re-election in any form. The bill, which has already been approved by the senate, was passed in the 166-seat lower chamber of congress by 90 votes to 10. ... More
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