Geneva, December 13 (RHC)-- At the Geneva United Nations headquarters, a panel of experts held a news conference and called for a halt to direct arms transfers to Israel, and a review of Israel’s UN membership over its genocide in Gaza. ... More


Washington, December 12 (RHC)-- The U.S. House of Representatives has passed a $895 billion Pentagon bill which includes a ban on gender-affirming care for children of military personnel. ... More


Gaza City, December 12 (RHC)-- Palestinian orthopedic surgeon Dr. Saeed Jouda has died after he was shot by an Israeli sniper in northern Gaza. ... More


Gaza City, December 12 (RHC)-- Israeli attacks across the besieged Gaza Strip have killed dozens of people, Palestinian medics say, hours after the United Nations General Assembly overwhelmingly approved a resolution demanding an immediate ceasefire.... More


Damascus, December 12 (RHC)-- Israeli forces are continuing a large-scale bombing campaign of Syrian targets following the ouster of Bashar al-Assad, attacking the Port of Latakia and a weapons storehouse in Tartus.... More


Washington, December 12 (RHC)-- U.S. President Joe Biden has announced he is commuting the sentences of some 1,500 people and pardoning another 39, in what the White House says is the largest single-day act of presidential clemency. ... More


United Nations, December 12 (RHC)--The United Nations General Assembly has voted overwhelmingly to demand an immediate ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and expressed support for the work of the UN’s agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA).... More


Beirut, December 12 (RHC)-- The Lebanese army says it has sent troops to the town of Khiam near the border with the occupied territories following the withdrawal of Israeli forces under a recent ceasefire deal.... More


Gaza City, December 12 (RHC)-- An Israeli attack on Palestinian security guards escorting a humanitarian aid shipment in the Gaza Strip has killed at least 12 people and injured dozens, Al Jazeera Arabic’s correspondents on the ground and news agencies report.... More


United Nations, December 12 (RHC)-- Once again, the violent Zionist genocide in the Gaza Strip has brought Israel back into the world's spotlight, this time due to the large number of 193 journalists who have died at the hands of the Israeli army in Gaza.... More


Dublin, December 12 (RHC)-- Ireland has officially joined South Africa’s genocide case against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ).... More


Oslo, December 12 (RHC)-- In Oslo, Norway, anti-nuclear activists who survived the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki have accepted the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize for “efforts to achieve a world free of nuclear weapons.” ... More


Albany, December 12 (RHC)-- In the U.S. state of New York, dozens of climate activists on Tuesday kicked off three days of peaceful actions at the state Capitol in Albany as they continue to demand Governor Kathy Hochul sign legislation to combat the climate crisis. ... More


Tel Aviv, December 12 (RHC)-- Israel’s military has continued its massive bombing campaign of Syrian military targets, with some 480 strikes in just the past 48 hours. Israeli defense chief Israel Katz said his forces had destroyed 15 naval vessels, anti-aircraft batteries and weapons factories and were working to create a so-called "sterile zone" in southern Syria.... More


Damascus, December 12 (RHC)-- On Tuesday, the body of Dr. Hamdi Ismail Nada, a prominent Syrian chemist, was found in his residence in Damascus, after being murdered under “mysterious circumstances,” according to the Iranian media Hispan TV.  The identities of the killers are also unknown.... More


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