Khan Yunis, May 20 (RHC)-- Palestinian security sources and eyewitnesses have revealed that an operation conducted by Israeli forces disguised as women has failed to retrieve captives held in Gaza, before fleeing under Israeli aerial cover.... More
San Salvador, May 20 (RHC)-- A prominent human rights lawyer known for defending immigrants deported amid United States President Donald Trump’s hardline anti-immigration policies has been arrested in El Salvador.... More
Brasilia, May 20 (RHC)-- The trial of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has begun, with charges that he plotted a coup d’etat and led a “criminal organization” to overturn the result of the October 2022 election, in which he was narrowly defeated by current President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.... More
Deir el-Balah, May 20 (RHC)-- Powerful explosions were heard in Khan Younis on Monday morning as Israeli warplanes filled the skies, with drones and assault helicopters raining down bombs on civilian neighborhoods.... More
Amsterdam, May 20 (RHC)-- A statement signed by foreign ministries of nearly two dozen countries shows a shift in Europe's stance on Gaza. The statement, which demands that Israel allow “full resumption” of aid into Gaza, was signed by 22 nations, including European ministers, but also Canada, Australia and some Baltic states.... More
Washington, May 20 (RHC)-- The U.S. Supreme Court has enabled the administration of President Donald Trump to revoke the protected immigration status of about 350,000 Venezuelans. The top court’s justices issued a brief order on Monday, granting the administration’s request for lifting the suspension that had been placed by a lower court in March.... More
Mahmoud Khalil’s wife and baby accept People’s Diploma, honoring students who speak up for Palestine
New York, May 20 (RHC)-- In New York City, the wife and newborn child of abducted Columbia graduate Mahmoud Khalil accepted a diploma on Khalil’s behalf during an alternative graduation ceremony held by the People’s University for Palestine. ... More
Los Angeles, May 20 (RHC)-- A hunger-striking student at UCLA was hospitalized Sunday on the ninth day of her action. Maya Abdullah is one of a growing group of students at universities across the country who’ve launched hunger strikes amid the Israeli blockade on Gaza to demand their schools divest from Israel and protect free speech on campus. Hunger strikes are ongoing at Yale, Stanford and at California State University schools.... More
Washington, May 19 (RHC)-- In the U.S., the House Budget Committee passed a bill to give tax breaks to the rich while slashing funding for Medicaid, food stamps and subsidies for clean energy. ... More
Khan Younis, May 19 (RHC)-- Israel’s military has issued another forced displacement order to residents of Gaza’s southern city of Khan Younis, threatening an “unprecedented” assault after launching a wave of deadly strikes on the area and pressing a punishing new ground offensive.... More
Tel Aviv, May 19 (RHC)-- Israel’s prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu says the regime plans to "take control of all" of the Gaza Strip, as his military launched a newly expanded offensive in the besieged territory.... More
Caracas, May 19 (RHC)-- The Vice President of the Sector for Policy, Citizen Security, and Peace, Diosdado Cabello, denounced this Monday a new conspiracy and terrorism plot in Venezuela, with the arrest of 38 people, 17 of them foreigners, linked to plots to sabotage the regional elections. These actions reportedly include attacks with explosives against embassies, hospitals, police commandos, and public figures from both the Chavista and opposition parties.... More
The Hague, May 19 (RHC)-- Tens of thousands of red-clad protesters have marched through The Hague to call on the Netherlands government to do more to halt Israel’s onslaught in Gaza.... More
Washington, May 19 (RHC)-- The U.S. special envoy on Israeli captives has defended the Israeli genocide in Gaza as a demonstration of strength, which he said is needed to release the captives held by Palestinian resistance fighters.... More
Geneva, May 19 (RHC)-- A Geneva-based rights organization says Israel has intensified its deadly attacks on the Gaza Strip over the past week following the release of an Israeli-American captive by the Palestinian Hamas resistance group.... More
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