Beirut, May 22 (RHC)-- Bahrain plans to restore diplomatic relations with Lebanon, after severing ties in the fall of 2021 following critical comments made by a Lebanese minister of the Saudi-led war in Yemen. ... More
New York, May 22 (RHC)-- Hundreds gathered to pay respect to slain street performer Jordan Neely at his funeral over the weekend at the Mount Neboh Baptist Church in Harlem. ... More
New York, May 22 (RHC)-- In New York City, hundreds of people led a march that shut down the Brooklyn Bridge, protesting soaring rent prices and demanding elected officials address the city’s worsening housing crisis. ... More
Mexico City, May 22 (RHC)-- Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador says he considered it a source of pride that Peru's de-facto government declared him persona non-grata for criticizing the coup regime.... More
New York, May 22 (RHC)-- The New York Times reports a dozen asylum seekers from the Horn of Africa who arrived on the Greek island of Lesbos last month were rounded up and abandoned at sea, in a clear violation of Greek and international law. ... More
Bogota, May 22 (RHC)-- Colombian President Gustavo Petro announced on Monday the suspension of the bilateral ceasefire between the Government and the dissident Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia-People's Army (FARC-EP).... More
United Nations, May 22 (RHC)-- Extreme weather has caused the deaths of 2 million people and $4.3 trillion in economic damage over the past half a century, a report by the United Nations finds. According to the new figures published on Monday from the UN’s World Meteorological Organisation (WMO), 11,778 weather-related disasters have occurred from 1970 to 2021, and they have surged over that period.... More
Santiago de Chile, May 22 (RHC)-- Chilean authorities reported the death of two people this Sunday due to a fire in the commune of Talcahuano, in the Bío Bío region (south). According to press media, the fire occurred during the early morning in the Santa Leonor population and burned four buildings built with light material.... More
Ramallah, May 22 (RHC)-- Israeli forces have fatally shot three Palestinian young men during an early morning raid on a refugee camp near the city of Nablus in the northern part of the occupied West Bank. The fatalities were caused on Monday after the regime's troops stormed the Balata refugee camp, east of the city of Nablus.... More
Tel Aviv, May 22 (RHC)-- The Times of Israel newspaper has published a blog post explicitly calling for the “obliteration of Palestine” but later deleted the post. The article, which openly calls for the genocide of the Palestinian people, appeared in the Israeli paper on Thursday and was subsequently deleted from the blog section of its website, but the piece is still accessible through the digital library Internet Archive.... More
Jerusalem, May 22 (RHC)-- Israel’s far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir entered the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in occupied East Jerusalem and declared Israel was “in charge” -- drawing condemnation from Palestinians after months of escalating tension and violence.... More
Athens, May 22 (RHC)-- Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said his conservative party had unleashed a “political earthquake” with a big win in Sunday’s election but hinted that he would seek another election in order to secure an absolute majority that would allow the party to govern alone.... More
La Paz, May 21 (RHC)-- The president of Bolivia, Luis Arce, asserted this Sunday in the context of the anniversary of Chuquisaca that this department (southeast) is experiencing a reconstruction and economic reactivation.... More
Hiroshima, May 21 (RHC)-- Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva have agreed to strengthen their bilateral relations during a meeting in Hiroshima, Japan, the first between the two dignitaries.... More
New York, May 21 (RHC)-- A New York State assembly member has introduced a legislation to stop charities from sending millions of dollars to Israel to stop its settlement expansion activities across the occupied Palestinian territories which are being advanced in flagrant violation of the international law. ... More
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