12 February 2024 Archives

Court orders Netherlands to halt F-35 parts delivery to Israel

Published on: February 12, 2024
17:37

Amsterdam, Feb 12 (Prensa Latina) The Netherlands must stop delivering parts for F-35 fighter jets used by Israel in the Gaza Strip, after a Dutch court Monday ruled there was a "clear risk" the planes would be involved in breaking international humanitarian law. The Appeals Court in The Hague sided with a group of human rights organizations that argued the parts contributed to violations of law by Israel in its war with Hamas.

Over 100 killed in Israel attacks over Rafah in southern Gaza

Published on: February 12, 2024
17:36

Ramallah, Feb 12 (Prensa Latina) More than 100 people have been killed in Israeli attacks on the city of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, the Palestinian official news agency WAFA reported early Monday.

Haiti police investigate into brutality over domestic press

Published on: February 12, 2024
17:36

Port-au-Prince, Feb 12 (Prensa Latina) Haiti´s General Directorate of the National Police is presently probing into a case of excessive abuse over the press covering revolts opposing Prime Minister Ariel Henry´s administration.

Russia´s economy growth exceeded world average, claims Putin

Published on: February 12, 2024
17:36

Moscow, Feb 12 (Prensa Latina) Russia's economy growth in 2023 turned out to be higher than the world average rates and the country's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) surged by 3.6%, President Vladimir Putin said Monday.

Cameroon: Bomb attack kills 2, injures 55

Published on: February 12, 2024
17:35

Yaounde, Feb 12 (Prensa Latina) Two dead and 55 wounded have been the overall toll after a bomb attack during a student parade in the municipality of Nkambe, northwest of Cameroon, official sources inform Monday.

US 2024 Elections: Age is in the election campaign

Published on: February 12, 2024
17:34

Washington, Feb 12 (Prensa Latina) President Joe Biden and his predecessor Donald Trump are classed nowadays as too old for another term in the White House, according to a recent poll released by ABC News/Ipsos.

Cambodia reports three more Mpox cases

Published on: February 12, 2024
17:34

Phnom Penh, Feb 12 (Prensa Latina) The Cambodian Ministry of Health on February 11 confirmed three more cases of Mpox in the capital city of Phnom Penh, bringing the total number to nine since the first case was recorded in the Southeast Asian country in July 2022.

U.S. in complicity with Israeli aggression in Gaza, says Barghouti

Published on: February 12, 2024
17:32

Ramallah, Feb 12 (Prensa Latina) The Secretary-General of the Palestinian National Initiative (PNI) Mustafa Barghouti on Monday strongly condemned that the United States is in deep complicit with the Israeli aggression over Gaza and lashed out at President Joe Biden's order to extend ground offensive.

UN calls for stepped-up action over violent extremism and terrorism

Published on: February 12, 2024
17:30

United Nations, Feb 12 (Prensa Latina) The International Day for the Prevention of Violent Extremism as and Conducive to Terrorism (PVE Day) insists on the consequences of these threats considered an affront to the purposes and principles of the United Nations (UN).

Explosive statements focus public attention in Peru

Published on: February 12, 2024
15:06

Lima, February 12 (Prensa Latina) The statements of former advisor of the suspended National Prosecutor's Office continued today in the center of attention of Peruvians, in addition to motivating political exploitation of those who feel favored in the media and politically.

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