United Nations, April 3 (RHC)-- The United Nations Security Council has held an emergency meeting on Israel’s terrorist attack on the consular section of the Iranian embassy in Syria.  Addressing the meeting on Tuesday in New York, Iran’s mission to the UN called on the world body to categorically denounce Israel’s violation of international regulations.... More


New York, April 3 (RHC)-- An advocacy group warns air strikes on Rafah may open the doors to Israel’s invasion of the city in Gaza.  A major rights advocacy group has warned that Israel’s bombardment earlier this week of the city of Rafah in Gaza may open the doors for an invasion of the area which is home to more than a million Palestinian refugees.... More


Canberra, April 2 (RHC)-- Australia has summoned the Israeli ambassador over the killing of an Australian aid worker in an airstrike on Gaza, which Prime Minister Anthony Albanese described as “completely unacceptable.”  Australia’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) has “requested a call-in from the Israeli ambassador," Albanese said on Tuesday.  “We want full accountability for this. This is a tragedy that should never have occurred,” he added.... More


Moscow, April 2 (RHC)-- The BRICS bloc of emerging economies is considering developing an independent payment system based on digital currencies and blockchain to reduce reliance on western financial systems.  Announcing the plan last month, Russian presidential aide Yury Ushakov said creating an independent BRICS payment system is an important goal for the future, which would be based on state-of-the-art tools such as digital technologies and blockchain.... More


Tokyo, April 2 (RHC)-- Japan has announced it will lift its pause on funding to the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees.   Japanese Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa confirmed the resumption of funding to UNRWA on Tuesday after meeting with UNRWA chief Philippe Lazzarini last week.... More


Caracas, April 2 (RHC)- Vladimir Padrino López, the Venezuelan Defense Minister through social network X, denounced to the country, a new attempt at destabilization confessed by ''mafias'' who make life in the United States (USA) and Colombia, four months after the July 28th presidential elections.... More


Canberra, April 2 (RHC)-- Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has demanded “full accountability” over the death of Australian aid worker Zomi Frankcom in Gaza.  Frankcom was one of four international aid workers that Palestinian officials say were killed along with their Palestinian driver on Monday in an Israeli air attack in central Gaza’s Deir el-Balah.... More


Tehran, April 2 (RHC)-- Iran’s foreign minister says, as the Israeli regime’s biggest supporter, the United States should be “answerable” following an earlier deadly attack by Tel Aviv against the Iranian consulate in the Syrian capital Damascus.  Hossein Amir-Abdollahian made the remarks in a post on X, formerly Twitter, in early Tuesday.... More


Deir el-Balah, April 2 (RHC)-- Five aid workers have been killed by Israeli forces who targeted their vehicle in Gaza.   Al Jazeera’s Hind Khoudary, reporting from the al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir el-Balah, said she had spoken to the slain aid workers earlier in the day and their killing raises questions for other relief operations in Gaza.... More


Berlin, April 1 (RHC)-- German-Israeli activist Iris Hefets was arrested for the first time in Berlin just a few weeks after the start of Israel’s war on Gaza last October – for holding a sign which read, “As a Jew and Israeli, stop the genocide in Gaza.”... More


Northampton, April 1 (RHC)-- Students at Smith College in the U.S. state of Massachusetts have entered their sixth day occupying an administrative building. ... More


Tel Aviv, April 1 (RHC)-- Tens of thousands rallied across Israel on Sunday, calling for the removal of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the largest protests since the October 7th attacks. ... More


Tel Aviv, April 1 (RHC)-- Israeli officers and soldiers have admitted to killing unarmed Palestinian civilians in the Gaza Strip while labeling them as “terrorists.”   “The Israeli army says 9,000 terrorists have been killed since the Gaza war began,” the Israeli newspaper Haaretz said in a report.... More


Damascus, April 1 (RHC)-- The Consular Section of the Iranian Embassy in the Syrian capital of Damascus has come under a missile attack, with immediate reports of casualties as a result of the act of aggression. ... More


Gaza City, April 1 (RHC)-- The Palestinian resistance movement Hamas has strongly condemned imposition of so-called extermination or kill zones by Israeli army across the besieged Gaza Strip, describing the move as a war crime.... More


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