New York, December 8 (RHC)-- The mainstream U.S. media faced an excruciating dilemma. Amnesty International, the respected human rights organization, just released a 296-page report, based on months of research, that said Israel is committing genocide in Gaza.  ... More


Beirut, December 7 (RHC)-- Israeli warplanes have flown above Beirut and bombed southern Lebanon in the latest violations of the ceasefire agreement with the Arab country.... More


Montevideo, December 7 (RHC)-- The president of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, awarded former Uruguayan president José "Pepe" Mujica with the National Order of Cruzeiro do Sul, the highest recognition of the Brazilian State.... More


Geneva, December 7 (RHC)-- The World Health Organization says Israel issued no warning for the deadly attack on besieged Kamal Adwan Hospital in north Gaza.... More


Sanaa, December 7 (RHC)-- Yemenis have staged new weekly protests in the capital Sana’a and several cities across the country to reiterate their support for Palestinians subjected to Israel’s genocidal war.... More


Washington, December 7 (RHC)-- The far-right Heritage Foundation, which created Project 2025, said it is spending $1 million to lobby Republican senators to confirm Pete Hegseth as secretary of defense amid backlash over his history of sexual assault, misusing funds in his previous positions, possible ties to white nationalists, and various violations committed while under the influence of alcohol. He once yelled “Kill all Muslims!” while out at a bar during a work trip.... More


Geneva, December 7 (RHC)-- The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has voiced concern about the “catastrophic and horrible situation” of Palestinian children in the northern part of the besieged Gaza Strip. ... More


Amid Israel's genocidal war on Gaza, which has killed more than 44,500 Palestinians so far, resistance groups in Palestine and across the region continue their operations against the Tel Aviv regime and its Western backers.... More


The Hague, December 7 (RHC)-- A Biden administration official has told the International Court of Justice in The Hague that historical greenhouse gas emissions should not be considered wrongful acts.... More


New York, December 7 (RHC)-- U.N. human rights experts are raising alarm over the criminal prosecution of two climate activists who were arrested in New York this summer during a series of nonviolent protests demanding an end to financing for the fossil fuel industry. ... More


Khan Younis, December 6 (RHC)-- In southern Gaza, the director of a soup kitchen in al-Mawasi, in Khan Younis, says many families rely solely on one meal per day from his operation, after the World Central Kitchen paused its Gaza distributions following an Israeli airstrike that killed three of its workers last weekend.... More


Washington, December 6 (RHC)-- U.S. President Joe Biden is considering whether to issue blanket pardons for current and former public officials who risk being targeted by President-elect Donald Trump’s incoming administration.... More


Washington, December 6 (RHC)-- Three U.S. service members are being evaluated for possible traumatic brain injuries, the Pentagon has said.  This happened after rockets and mortars were fired in the direction of American soldiers in Syria on Tuesday, Air Force Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder, the top Pentagon spokesman, said on Thursday.... More


Gaza City, December 6 (RHC)-- Israel has attacked the Kamal Adwan Hospital and several nearby residential buildings in northern Gaza, killing 30 people and wounding many others, amid Israeli attempts to empty the area from the Palestinian people.... More


Montevideo, December 6 (RHC)-- The European Union and South America’s Mercosur trade bloc have struck an agreement on a long-anticipated free trade deal, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has announced.... More


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