Tehran, April 14 (RHC)-- Iran's permanent mission to the United Nations office in Geneva has underscored Iran’s commitment to international law and the UN Charter, saying the Islamic Republic seeks no escalation in the region.... More


Tehran, April 14 (RHC)-- The chief of staff of the Iranian Armed Forces, Major General Mohammad Baqeri, says Iran has concluded its retaliatory strikes on the occupied territories, warning of a “stronger” reaction if the Israeli regime responds.... More


Washington, April 14 (RHC)-- The U.S. president held an emergency meeting with military and national security officials in light of the Iranian retaliatory strikes on Iran.  ... More


Washington, April 14 (RHC)-- U.S. President Joe Biden cut short a weekend stay at his Delaware beach house to meet with his national security team at the White House Saturday and monitor the situation in the Middle East as Iran launched an attack against Israel.... More


Tehran, April 14 (RHC)-- Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has launched “extensive” retaliatory missile and drone strikes against the occupied territories in response to the Israeli regime’s terrorist attack of April 1st against the Islamic Republic’s diplomatic premises in the Syrian capital Damascus.... More


Ramallah, April 13 (RHC)-- Hundreds of Israeli extremist settlers, protected by the regime’s forces, have raided villages near the occupied West Bank cities of Ramallah and Nablus for the second consecutive day, hurling stones at passing vehicles and setting homes ablaze .... More


Port-au-Prince, April 13 (RHC)-- Haiti has formally established a transitional council to fill a leadership vacuum by choosing a new prime minister, and to restore order in the Caribbean country ravaged by gang violence.  A decree published in the official gazette announced the formation of the Presidential Transitional Council on Friday, a month after Prime Minister Ariel Henry said he would step down amid a wave of attacks by armed gangs in the capital, Port-au-Prince.... More


Paris, April 13 (RHC)-- Several countries including France, India, Russia, Poland and the United Kingdom have warned their citizens against traveling to Israel, amid Iran’s expected response to a terrorist strike by the regime on the Iranian consulate in the Syrian capital earlier this month. ... More


Tel Aviv, April 13 (RHC)-- A new report has revealed the mass refusal of female Israeli draftees to serve as surveillance soldiers amid the regime’s ongoing war on the Gaza Strip.  Israel's Ynet news site reported that 126 out of the 326 Israeli women who were conscripted to the army this week refused to go from their draft center to a training base.... More


Dublin, April 13 (RHC)-- Irish and Spanish leaders have said the time when a group of six European countries officially recognizes Palestine as a state is coming closer.  New Irish Prime Minister Simon Harris and his Spanish counterpart Pedro Sanchez on Friday affirmed their commitment to "recognize Palestine as a state as soon as possible, when the conditions are appropriate.”  ... More


United Nations, April 13 (RHC)-- Nearly 55 million people will struggle to feed themselves in the coming months in West and Central Africa as soaring prices have fuelled a food crisis, United Nations agencies have warned.... More


Washington, April 13 (RHC)-- The Wall Street Journal is reporting the U.S. has moved warships into position to protect not only Israel but its own forces in the Middle East amid growing concern that Iran might launch a direct attack on Israel.... More


United Nations, April 12 (RHC)-- Members of the UN Security Council have failed to reach a consensus on the Palestinian bid to become a full member state of the United Nations.... More


Geneva, April 12 (RHC)-- More than 250 humanitarian and human rights organizations worldwide have called for ending arms transfers to Israel amid the bloody ground and air strikes against Palestinians in the besieged Gaza Strip and demanded an immediate ceasefire in the territory.... More


United Nations, April 12 (RHC)-- The UN Security Council has expressed “grave concern” over an Israeli airstrike that killed seven members of the U.S.-based charity World Central Kitchen earlier this month in the Gaza Strip.... More


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