(2024-07-11). Israeli snipers 'shooting' at Palestinians fleeing Gaza City. newarab.com 
Paramedics have also been unable to retrieve bodies and bury them due to the dangerous conditions posed by the Israeli army, as war and violence continue to rage. | Additionally, a spokesperson for the Gaza…
(2024-07-11). Israeli snipers accused of attacking fleeing civilians in Gaza. aljazeera.com Palestinians who fled Gaza City after Israeli evacuation order say snipers shot dead civilians near Yarmouk stadium.
(2024-07-11). Israel and Hamas signal acceptance of interim government in Gaza. newarab.com 
According to the column by US journalist David Ignatius, the interim government will commence with phase two and security would be provided by forces trained by the US and backed by "moderate Arab allies".
(2024-07-11). Israel legalises W. Bank outpost in latest settlement expansion. newarab.com 
Israel has made official an illegal outpost in the The Evyatar post was among five illegal outposts to be legalised by the Israeli government recently, after the decision was previously delayed. The land on which the outpost was built on measures 65 dunams, according…
(2024-07-11). Visualising how Israel keeps stealing Palestinian land. aljazeera.com Israel has illegally seized more land this year than over the past 20 years combined.
(2024-07-11). Israeli massacres 'harden Gaza truce position': Hamas official. newarab.com 
In recent days, Israeli forces have increased raids in northern Gaza as heavy fighting again raged in the far-southern city of Rafah. | Attacks have also intensified in Gaza City, with several shelters for the displa…
(2024-07-11). Support For Zionism Collapsing On All Fronts. popularresistance.org Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant's July 1 admission — that his country's army needed 10,000 more soldiers immediately — might have shocked the world even one year ago. But since Hamas launched the Al-Aqsa Flood operation on October 7, the Zionist apartheid state has been beset by a multitude of crises. In the past nine months, about 900 officers in the Israeli military "have requested to review the release of their contracts." (palestinechronicle.com, July 1) | It may not be that every one of these 900 officers is motivated by conscience. But whatever the motive, these figures point to the fact t…
(2024-07-11). US To Resume Shipments of 500-Pound Bombs To Israel. news.antiwar.com The Biden administration is sending a shipment of 500-pound bombs to Israel that it initially delayed as a public relations stunt to make it appear that the US was doing something to rein in Israel's killing of civilians. The US is still withholding a shipment of 2,000-pound bombs, but it has sent 14,000 of them …
(2024-07-11). Palestinian released from Israeli jail with signs of torture. newarab.com 
(2024-07-11). Hezbollah Pledges Formidable Retaliation to Any Israeli Aggression. tn.ai TEHRAN (Tasnim) — The secretary general of Hezbollah said the Lebanese resistance movement is undaunted by the prospect of conflict with Israel.
(2024-07-11). Nonstop News Stories Proving Palestine Supporters Right About Everything. caitlinjohnstone.com.au Haaretz has a new report out showing that the IDF has seized more than a quarter of Gaza's territory, and is supporting moves by Israeli settlers to build on the areas that have been carved off from the Palestinian enclave.
(2024-07-11). Israel has abducted 9,600 Palestinians in West Bank since October: Rights groups. presstv.ir The figure includes 325 women, 670 children and 88 journalists.
(2024-07-11). Israeli Colonizers Burn Palestinian Lands, Property, Near Salfit. imemc.org 
On Wednesday, illegal paramilitary Israeli colonizers burnt large areas of Palestinian lands, electricity poles, closed roads leading to farmlands, and fired live rounds at the Palestinians in Yasuf village, east of Salfit, in the occupied West Bank's central part. Wa'el Abu Madi, the head of Yasuf Village Council, said the paramilitary colonizers invaded the Khallet …
(2024-07-11). Israel expands invasion after 'horrific massacres' in Gaza's Shujaiya. presstv.ir At least 60 bodies were recovered in Gaza's Shujayea district after Israel's ground onslaught.
(2024-07-11). Hezbollah's weapons to overwhelm Israel's air defense if Lebanon attacked: US daily. presstv.ir Hezbollah has a large weapons arsenal that could overwhelm Israel's air defense systems in case of a full-scale war on Lebanon, an American newspaper says.
(2024-07-11). Hezbollah drones pound Israeli artillery position in occupied territories. presstv.ir Hezbollah fighters have launched a drone strike against an Israeli artillery position in the northern part of the occupied territories, hitting the designated target precisely.
(2024-07-11). Nasrallah says Hezbollah knows no fear of war with Israel. presstv.ir The secretary-general of the Lebanese resistance movement pledged formidable retaliation in case of a potential assault by Israel.
(2024-07-11). What Hezbollah's New Drone Footage Reveals About Israel's "Impenetrable" Defenses. mintpressnews.com A second video of Hezbollah drone reconnaissance was released this Tuesday, detailing 23 Israeli military and intelligence sites in the illegally occupied Golan Heights region. Not only does this demonstrate the Lebanese armed groups' Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) capabilities, but it also indicates future targets and the depth of knowledge possessed on what they seek to hit. | On June 18, Hezbollah's military media released its first aerial reconnaissance sortie carried out by a Hudhud drone over the Haifa Bay area. The video lasted 10 minutes and was edited to point out critical infrastructure that could be tar…
(2024-07-11). Hezbollah Strikes Sensitive Israeli Base in 'Largest' Drone Attack Yet. orinocotribune.com
(2024-07-11). FO ∞ Talks: Divided Israel Faces New Hezbollah Threats and Rising US Tensions. fairobserver.com In this edition of FO ∞ Talks, Fair Observer Editor-in-Chief Atul Singh discusses the rising tensions between Israel and Hezbollah with Josef Olmert, a professor of Middle Eastern studies and former Israeli government official. Tensions in the region have been rising recently, and Hezbollah chief is warning of a war with Israel with no red lines….
(2024-07-11). Israeli critically wounded in drone strike on north; Israeli negotiators return from Qatar. haaretz.com Washington Post reports Israel and Hamas agree that neither side would rule in Gaza during the second phase of potential hostage deal ‚ñ Biden administration to transfer delayed bombs to Israel soon, heavier shells still on hold ‚ñ Defense chief Gallant: Israel has 'limited window' for hostage deal, risks can be overcome ‚ñ Nasrallah: If Israel and Hamas strike Gaza truce, Lebanon fighting will immediately halt ‚ñ IDF says it attacked Syrian army targets that breached buffer zone on countries' border ‚ñ Israel orders all Palestinians…
(2024-07-11). Lebanon wartime fests: Tone-deaf hedonism or coping strategy. newarab.com 
(2024-07-11). Hamas urges ICC probe after Israeli soldiers admit killing Palestinians out of 'boredom'. presstv.ir Hamas has called on the ICC to investigate recent confessions by Israeli soldiers about their systematic war crimes in the ongoing Gaza genocide.
(2024-07-11). Americans, Your Grace Period is Over. pressenza.com It's Time: | No Ifs, Ands or Buts about This: | Israel is carrying out a genocide in Gaza. The actual number of Palestinians who have died in Israel's illegal invasion is, conservatively, between 38,000 and 200,000, 75 percent of whom have been women and children. (1) What isn't being discussed in Western corporate media is the fact that 800,000 "displaced" Palestinian Gazans are currently unaccounted for. (2) | With the borders to neighboring countries sealed off, this means that the majority of those displaced are either dead or they've fled to the Sinai desert, where they will surely die…
(2024-07-11). Israel displaces more Palestinians amid operations in north, south Gaza. presstv.ir Israeli forces conducted military operations in Gaza City in the north and the cities of Rafah and Khan Younis in the south.
(2024-07-11). To reach a hostage deal, Israel must address its control of Rafah and Egypt-Gaza border. haaretz.com Egypt is demanding that Israel withdraw from the Gaza border and that the PA operate the crossing in Gaza, while Israel demands assurance that international forces will be able to oversee the Gaza-Egypt border, amidst fragile hostage negotiations…
(2024-07-11). Iraqi court sentences Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi's widow to death. newarab.com 
The Karkh Criminal Court in "The convicted terrorist detained Yazidi women in her house, who were then kidnapped by ISIS militants in the Sinjar district, west of Nineveh province," accordi…
(2024-07-11). Why the West Bank is on the verge of economic collapse. mondoweiss.net 
The West Bank's economic crisis and the expansion of Israel's settlements are connected. Here's how.
(2024-07-11). After violent crackdown, UC Santa Cruz continues to trample student and faculty rights. indybay.org In a June 12 account in Mondoweiss, Students for Justice in Palestine at UC Santa Cruz detailed the brutal, nine-hour, multi-agency police assault against unarmed protesters on their campus.
(2024-07-11). Friday 7/12: CodePink & Mega Mouth Rebels Action for Palestine. indybay.org 456 Montgomery in San Francisco…
(2024-07-11). Houthi: US, UK naval forces terrified of Yemen's ballistic missiles. presstv.ir The leader of the Ansarullah resistance movement says the US and its allies are unable to stop Yemen's maritime operations against Israeli-affiliated vessels in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden.
(2024-07-11). Famine threat looms over Gaza, UN warns. ecns.cn A group of independent experts and special rapporteurs of the United Nations have said famine was now gripping the Gaza Strip as children die from malnutrition amid Israel's alleged starvation campaign as bombings of schools continued.
(2024-07-11). Russia and India Unite at International Scientific Workshop. infobrics.org Over 200 people participated in the International Workshop on High Energy and Special Materials (HEMs-2023) held at the High Energy Materials Research Laboratory (HEMRL) in India. Scientists exchanged their experience in the field of high-energy and specialty metallic and composite materials…
(2024-07-11). How BRICS Became So Much More Than Just a Slogan. infobrics.org The BRICS emerging-market nations — the acronym stands for Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa — has gone from a slogan dreamed up at an investment bank two decades ago to a real-world club that controls a multilateral lender…
(2024-07-11). Analysis: Why More Southeast Asian Countries Have Signalled Interest to Join BRICS. infobrics.org With more ASEAN states expressing interest in and considering joining the group of emerging economies BRICS, analysts have also raised concerns that this may lead to an overdependence on China…
(2024-07-11). NATO wants permanent footprints in the Indo-Pacific, with talks about opening an office in Japan. infobrics.org Today one can see an increasingly divided NATO, which does not possess a clear view on the challenges of dual containment. With Ukraine's fatigue lingering on, and the specter of Biden's senility and a new Trump presidency, the idea of pivoting east is gaining traction – however important allies within the Alliance will challenge that notion.
(2024-07-11). Israel's planned draft of ultra-Orthodox falls far short of the army's current needs. haaretz.com According to the emerging plan, some 9,600 young Haredim will be recruited within two years — far fewer than the 63,000 ultra-Orthodox men of draft age. The General Staff will continue to rely on reservists as long as the Gaza war continues — and also during the tense period expected on the borders in coming years…
(2024-07-11). Palestinian fighters adopt 'guerrilla warfare' against Israel. newarab.com 
After more than nine months of war, Israeli political and military circles claim that they are "close to eliminating" On 1 July, Israeli Prime Minister
(2024-07-11). France's Macron slammed Israeli minister's support for Le Pen. newarab.com 
French President Macron spoke to Israeli Prime Minister The president warned Netanyahu that Israeli Diaspora Min…
(2024-07-11). US resumes sending shipments of 500-pound bombs to Israel. aljazeera.com The US will continue to withhold supply of 2,000-pound bombs over concern they will be used in densely populated areas.
(2024-07-11). It's no wonder the Israeli right thinks the left wants to kill Netanyahu. haaretz.com Fears on the right that a leftist might assassinate the prime minister are nothing more than classic projection by someone who accepts no solutions but violence…
(2024-07-11). Army Invades Husan Near Bethlehem. imemc.org 
On Wednesday night, Israeli soldiers invaded the village of Husan, west of Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank, and attacked property, leading to protests. Rami Hamamra, the head of Husan Village Council, said the colonizers invaded the Al-Matina area, in the eastern part of the village, and closed streets, leading to protests. Hamara added that …
(2024-07-11). Israel to Ukraine to Bulgaria: Which countries receive US military aid? aljazeera.com The US provides billions in military aid around the world, but who benefits the most – and why?>
(2024-07-11). Indian universities establish deeper ties with Israel amid Gaza war. presstv.ir Indian universities strengthen research collaborations with Israeli academic institutions amid calls at Western schools for Israeli disinvestment.
(2024-07-11). Rashid Khalidi: The Neck and The Sword. newleftreview.org Rashid Khalidi and Tariq Ali discuss the political and intellectual history of the Palestinian national movement, its fraught entanglement with neighbouring Arab regimes, the realities of the 'peace process', Israel's grip on the Biden Administration and the strategic calculations—or miscalculations—of Hamas.
(2024-07-11). Israel university bill part of Gaza narrative clampdown: lawyer. newarab.com 
A bill in the The bill in the It would empower the Council for Higher Education in Israe…
(2024-07-11). Israeli Soldiers Attack Palestinian Family Near Ramallah. imemc.org 
On Wednesday evening, Israeli soldiers invaded the Um Safa village, west of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank's central party and attacked a family in their home. Marwan Sabah, the head of Um Safa Village Council, told the Palestinian News & Info Agency (WAFA) that dozens of soldiers invaded the village on foot before storming …
(2024-07-11). Israel used US munitions to bomb Gaza school: report. newarab.com 
The strike on the school killed at least 27 Palestinians and wounded 53 others, the Palestinian ministry of health said. | CNN's team analysed a video of the strike taken by one of their journalists at the scene and identified the…
(2024-07-11). 'We failed': Israeli army presents Oct. 7 probe to residents of Kibbutz Be'eri. haaretz.com 'It can be said that the investigation was thorough,' residents said, but added that critical questions were left unanswered. They now call for a state commission of inquiry that will 'leave no stone unturned'…
(2024-07-11). Israeli military knows it must tread carefully as it prepares for the ultra-Orthodox draft. haaretz.com The IDF plans to draft yeshiva students who are working and those who have dropped out — and intends to give rabbis supervision powers over the new recruits' army service…
(2024-07-11). Israeli strikes' carbon emissions higher than 26 states combined. newarab.com 
The study raises concern over the significant carbon emissions and impact on the environment as a result of Israel's ongoing war on the strip. | The findings state that between October and Febru…
(2024-07-11). Israel going through most difficult period since its creation in 1948. ummid.com Worldwide television footages of Israel's barbarity on Palestinians who were deprived of water, food, medicine and electricity and destruction unleashed exposed its savage nature.
(2024-07-11). Who will stop Israel's illegal annexations of Palestinian land ? fidh.org The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) condemns Israel's plans to annex and expand illegal settlements in the West Bank, actions that constitute war crimes under the Fourth Geneva Convention. Third countries must uphold international law for the Palestinian people, or it will eventually cease to exist. FIDH call on all states to deploy all the necessary efforts in order to end Israel's settler-colonialism and apartheid, and work towards the realisation of the Palestinian (…) | – | /…
(2024-07-11). New UK government urged to halt arms sales to Israel and restore Unrwa funding. middleeasteye.net 
New UK government urged to halt arms sales to Israel and restore Unrwa funding | Six NGOs and an MP pressure Labour to take action ahead of foreign secretary's visit to Israel | | David Lammy (left), the UK's new foreign secretary, with Prime Minister Keir Starmer (Minas Panagiotakis/Getty Ima…
(2024-07-11). Israeli airstrike destroys UN school sheltering displaced Palestinians. presstv.ir An Israeli airstrike has destroyed a UN school building housing displaced Palestinians.
(2024-07-11). US to resume shipping 500-pound bombs to Israel, official says. newarab.com 
(2024-07-11). Who owns America? muslimmirror.com By Aslam Abdullah Jamal Bowman's defeat in a Democratic primary for a House seat in New York proves beyond doubt that the Israeli lobby has the political strength to humiliate the U.S. public officials opposed to the apartheid policies of the Jewish state. The lobby does not care about justice or even American democracy. Its …
(2024-07-11). Morocco's $1 billion Israeli spy satellite deal faces opposition. newarab.com 
Despite rising opposition to "We condemn this deal and any agreement with the Zionist entity […] We demand an official statement and explanation from the government," stated Aziz Hanaoui, a member of the National Front Against Normalisation, to The New Arab. | The head of the Israeli mission in Rabat and Morocco's foreign ministry have yet to c…
(2024-07-11). Israeli Defense Manufacturer Wins Billion-dollar Satellite Deal with Morocco. themedialine.org 
(2024-07-11). Report: Netanyahu's office tried to alter minutes of wartime meetings of Israeli cabinet. haaretz.com Prime minister's former military secretary contacted the attorney general several months ago to sound the alarm; PMO: Report is a total lie…
(2024-07-11). Israel used US munitions to bomb Gaza school: report. newarab.com The strike on the school killed at least 27 Palestinians and wounded 53 others, the Palestinian ministry of health in Gaza said. | CNN's team analysed a video of the strike taken by one of their journalists at the scene and ident…
(2024-07-11). Leading ultra-Orthodox rabbi instructs students to ignore Israeli army call-up orders. haaretz.com Rabbi Dov Lando, leader of the Lithuanian ultra-Orthodox community in Israel, wrote that 'the courts have declared war on the Torah world'…
(2024-07-11). Biden Administration Releases Part of Withheld Bomb Shipment to Israel. themedialine.org 
(2024-07-11). Israel's Gaza evacuation order to cause mass family suffering: UN. presstv.ir The UN has warned that Israel's new Gaza evacuation order will fuel 'mass suffering for Palestinian families.'
(2024-07-11). Trendy Appointments: Australia's Special Antisemitism Envoy. counterpunch.org 
Was there any need for this? Australia's Albanese government, harried by the conservative opposition for going soft on pro-Palestinian protests and the war in Gaza while allegedly wobbling on supporting Israel, has decided to bring a touch of bureaucracy to the show. Australia now has its first antisemitism envoy, a title that sits in that odd constellation
(2024-07-11). No time for Biden to broker Israel-Saudi deal before US election. newarab.com 
The window for US President Joe Biden to broker a normalisation deal between According to a Democratic lawmaker and a senior Republican Senate aide, a normalisation deal can not be reached before November. | Saudi Arabia is currently demanding that Israel agree to establish a future Palestinian s…
(2024-07-11). US to resume shipping heavy bombs to Israel despite rising civilian deaths. presstv.ir The US is set to resume shipping heavy bombs to Israel as part of Washington's untrammeled support for the regime in its genocidal war in Gaza.
(2024-07-11). As Germany labels them extremists BDS activists fear for freedom. newarab.com 
Germany's crackdown on Palestine solidarity activism reached a new level last month when the government announced that the The
(2024-07-11). Kuwait's Emir and Iran's President-elect invited to visit Iraq. newarab.com 
Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia Al-Sudani has extended invitations to Iraqi Interior Mi…
(2024-07-11). Syrian refugees in Turkey fearful amid Assad-Erdogan overtures. newarab.com 
An incident in the central Anatolian city of Kayseri last week sparked a wave of anti-Syrian attacks across Turkey, just as President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's The events were
(2024-07-11). Middle East's first NATO office opens in Jordan's Amman. newarab.com 
Jordan has announced the opening of a The military alliance's office in Amman is the first in the Arab region and comes as a result of close cooperation and "deep strategic ties between NATO and the kingdom", the statement said. | The decision was made during a historic NATO summit in Washington, which marks the 75th anniversary of the allian…
(2024-07-11). Iraq condemns Turkish military 'incursions' into north. newarab.com 
The Turkish army has been mainly conducting strikes against the
(2024-07-11). Pakistan authorises spy agency to intercept phone calls. newarab.com 
The powerful military, in a country that has been ruled by the army for almost half its independent history, can make or break governments in Pakistan, and the new powers for its…
(2024-07-11). Pakistan extends Afghan refugee registration cards for one year. newarab.com 
Pakistan will extend expired registration cards given to almost It was not immediately clear whether the extension of the Proof of Registration (PoR) cards that expired in June would exem…
(2024-07-11). Turkey's Erdogan warns against NATO-Russia conflict. newarab.com 
Erdogan's comments came as NATO leaders huddled in Washington and Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Russia was planning "response measures" to contain the "very serious threat" from the alliance. | "The possibility of a direct conf…
(2024-07-11). Why The SCO Summit In Kazakhstan Was A Game-Changer. popularresistance.org Let's start with the final declaration. As much as SCO members state "tectonic shifts are underway" in geopolitics and geoeconomics, as "the use of power methods is increasing, with norms of international law being systematically violated", they are fully engaged to "increase the SCO's role in the creation of a new democratic, fair, political and economic international order." | Well, there could not be a sharper contrast with the unilaterally-imposed "rules-based international order". | The SCO 10 — with new member Belarus — are explicitly in favor of "a fair solution to the Palestinian issue". They…
(2024-07-11). Bilateral relations between China and Bangladesh in numbers. ecns.cn
(2024-07-11). Wild Asian elephants wander into border checkpoint in Southwest China's Yunnan. ecns.cn A group of wild Asian elephants wandered into a border checkpoint in Xishuangbanna Dai autonomous prefecture of Southwest China's Yunnan Province in the early hours on July 5, according to media reports on Tuesday.
(2024-07-11). China allows Philippines to retrieve sick individual. ecns.cn The China Coast Guard allowed the Philippines to retrieve a sick person for medical treatment from a Philippine warship illegally grounded in the South China Sea on humanitarian grounds on Sunday following a request from the Philippine side.
(2024-07-11). Kazakhstan becoming popular with tourists. ecns.cn Traveling to Kazakhstan via land ports in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region has become increasingly popular among Chinese tourists.
(2024-07-11). Visiting Taiwan students amazed at tech. ecns.cn Taiwan university students visiting the Chinese mainland said they are amazed by the rapid development of technology, which has brought great convenience to daily life.
(2024-07-11). Nonstop News Stories Proving Palestine Supporters Right About Everything. thealtworld.com 
Haaretz La…
(2024-07-11). Bangladesh: 15th Henry Dunant Memorial Moot Court Competition 2024 — Call for Registration. icrc.org
(2024-07-11). Afghanistan: Wheelchair basketball empowers people with disability. icrc.org
(2024-07-11). Azerbaijan: Family receives remains of missing loved one, honours with a burial after 30 years. icrc.org
(2024-07-11). Sunday 7/14: Monterey Rally for Palestinian Liberation. indybay.org Window on the Bay Park, 717 Del Monte Ave, Monterey…
(2024-07-11). Saturday 7/20: Palestine Summer Film Series: Farha ŸÅŸéÿ±Ÿíÿ≠Ÿéÿ©. indybay.org Arab American Cultural Center | 3968 Twilight Drive, Bldg 2, Houge Park | San José CA 95124…
(2024-07-11). War on Gaza: Hamas dismisses reports that breakthrough is imminent in ceasefire talks. middleeasteye.net 
War on Gaza: Hamas dismisses reports that breakthrough is imminent in ceasefire talks | Sources from Palestinian movement reject claims negotiations about the framework of the deal are set to yield immediate success | | Palestinians make their way over the rubble of past destroyed buildings in the S…
(2024-07-11). Putin opposes Iraq as venue for Erdogan-Assad meeting. middleeasteye.net 
Putin opposes Iraq as venue for Erdogan-Assad meeting | The Russian president favours a high-level meeting between Turkish and Syrian leaders in Turkey rather than Baghdad | | Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) and his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan shake hands following a meeting…
(2024-07-11). How Turkey improved stagnated ties with China. middleeasteye.net 
How Turkey improved stagnated ties with China | Beijing's decision to invest in the country comes after a flurry of Turkish visits and some changes in Chinese policies | | Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (C), Wang Chuanfu (L), chairman and CEO of Chinese conglomerate manufacturing compa…
(2024-07-11). Muslim election campaign group calls for united alliance in future UK elections. middleeasteye.net 
Muslim election campaign group calls for united alliance in future UK elections | The Muslim Vote says vote splitting between candidates with similar pro-Palestine platforms allowed Labour to win in at least six constituencies | | Independent pro-Gaza candidate Vaz Shabir stood in the Keighley and I…
(2024-07-11). The (not-so-hidden) agenda for raising fertility rates. pressenza.com According to the INE, Chile's fertility rate will reach 1.5 children per woman in 2022. This figure is the lowest in Latin America and similar to rates in European countries. | It is argued that this figure is not 'sustainable' in the long term and that the fertility rate should be at least 2.1 children per woman. What 'sustainable' means to those behind the fertility increase agenda is worth asking. | First, we need to distinguish between the challenges we face and the challenges we accept due to the significant increase in life expectancy from 70 years in 1980 to 81 years today. The ratio of old to young will i…
(2024-07-11). German Parliamentarian in Washington Says No to NATO — Yes to Peace. pressenza.com Peace Instead of NATO: Speech by Sevim Dagdelen, Member of the German Bundestag at | ‚ÄûNo to NATO — Yes to Peace"-rally in Washington DC on July 7th 2024. | As NATO marks its 75th anniversary on the eve of its Washington summit, three of its great myths are unravelling. | First myth: That NATO is a defensive alliance abiding by international law. | In reality, over the last quarter century, NATO has waged unprovoked, illegal wars of aggression against Yugoslavia and Libya; and the United States, the leader of the alliance, invaded and occupied Iraq, in a catastrophic adventure [mdas…
(2024-07-11). Football for Peace Towards the 3rd World March for Peace and Non-violence in Pakistan. pressenza.com 
by: Irshad Ahmad Mughal | Preparations for the World March for Peace and Non-Violence 2024 are already underway in Pakistan, involving youth under the age of 13. A Football Festival was organized on the 8th and 9th of July featuring five teams in Bahria Town, with approximately 100 youth and officials participating in the event. | During the tournament, the youth received orientation about the significance of the World March for Peace and were given motivation to denounce any activities promoting violence in the future. | To transcend the competitive mindset of winning and losing, the tournament was structured…
(2024-07-11). Samsung workers' union in South Korea kicks off three-day strike. presstv.ir Samsung Electronics workers in South Korea braved the rain on Monday, to chant slogans and raise their fists in unison as they kicked off a three-day strike demanding better pay.
(2024-07-11). Samsung Electronics' main South Korea union to go on indefinite strike. presstv.ir Samsung Electronics' main South Korea union will go on an indefinite strike.
(2024-07-11). Iran court rules US must pay nearly $7bn in damages to EB patients over sanctions. presstv.ir An Iranian court has ruled that the United States must pay some seven billion dollars in damages over its illegal sanctions affecting the country's patients suffering from EB.
(2024-07-11). Iran's president-elect says ready for 'constructive dialog' with Arab world. presstv.ir Iran's president-elect Masoud Pezeshkian invites the regional Arab countries to engage in "constructive dialog" with the Islamic Republic.
(2024-07-11). 'No Bombs, Just Bubbles': Children lead pro-Palestine protest in Rotterdam. presstv.ir Families organized a children's protest called 'No Bombs, Just Bubbles' in Rotterdam in support of children in Gaza.
(2024-07-11). President Putin: Iran-Russia cooperation to expand further. presstv.ir Russian President Vladimir Putin says bilateral cooperation between Moscow and Tehran will continue to grow under the upcoming Iranian administration led by president-elect Masoud Pezeshkian.
(2024-07-11). Iran rejects NATO allegation it supplies ballistic missiles to Russia. presstv.ir Iran rejects NATO's politically-motivated and baseless allegations that Tehran provides ballistic missiles to Russia to be used in the military aggression on Ukraine.
(2024-07-11). Russia and Iran to broaden their cultural ties through the Role of Friendship Festival. tvbrics.com 
To strengthen creative and artistic connections between the two nations, an international arts festival is scheduled to take place in Moscow…
(2024-07-11). F-16 jets on the way to Ukraine from Denmark and the Netherlands. scmp.com The US-built aircraft will be flying over Ukrainian skies this summer, as Kyiv seeks to bolster its air defences against Russian attacks.
(2024-07-11). Sri Lankan public sector workers take national industrial action over pay. wsws.org The unions are desperate to prevent a political confrontation with the Wickremesinghe government, which has refused to grant any pay rise and threatens to ban all strike action.
(2024-07-11). Cambodia: Convictions and prison sentences of ten members of Mother Nature Cambodia. fidh.org
(2024-07-11). British Model of Democracy and Lesson for India. ummid.com The British model of electoral system or simply First Past…
(2024-07-11). China Stocks Surge as Regulatory Measures Tame Short-Selling. devdiscourse.com China stocks experienced a notable rebound on Thursday following the securities regulator's announcement of additional curbs on short-selling to enhance market sentiment. Significant gains were also observed in Hong Kong stocks.
(2024-07-11). Alarming surge in crimes against Muslims after 2024 LS Polls: APCR. ummid.com Crimes against Muslims have increased in India after the conclusion of the Lok Sabha election on June 4, 2024, Association for Protection of Civil Rights (APCR) said in a report.
(2024-07-11). NEET UG 2024: SC grills NTA but non-committal on re-exam. ummid.com The Supreme Court of India Monday July 08, 2024 grilled the National Test Agency (NTA) over the irregularities and reports of paper leak in The National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (Undergraduate) or NEET (UG) but refused to grant any immediate relief to those seeking re-exams.
(2024-07-11). As Saudi Arabia rings in Islamic New Year 1446, Kaaba adorned with new Kiswah. ummid.com Muharram 2024 Moon Sighting Live Updates: The Supreme Court of Saudi Arabia and the Moon sighting committees in the United Arab Emirate (UAE), Kuwait, Jordan, Oman, Iraq, Qatar, Morocco, Iran and other Muslim states have appealed the local residents to sight the New Moon of the Holy month of Muharram al Haram today i.e. Friday 29th of Dhul Hijjah 1445 AH corresponding to July 05, 2024.
(2024-07-11). 90% of Asian-Americans plan to vote in US election, with Biden favoured over Trump: survey. scmp.com Nearly three times as many respondents viewed Democrats as doing a better job countering racism than Republicans.
(2024-07-11). Iraqi Court Orders Death by Hanging for Wife of Late Islamic State Chief Baghdadi. themedialine.org 
(2024-07-11). India-Iran Ties Under President Masoud Pezeshkian. ummid.com With a new President, Masoud Pezeshkian, in office in Iran, questions are being asked about the future course of Indo-Iran bilateral ties. However, no reset should be expected as both countries understand the need to stand together as bilateral relation have indeed consolidated during the recent past, under Modi 3.0.
(2024-07-11). Thailand: Killing of prominent Human rights defender Roning Dolah. fidh.org
(2024-07-11). Divorced Muslim women entitled to maintenance from former husband: SC. ummid.com In a judgement likely to read as interference in the Muslim Personal Law, the Supreme Court of India Wednesday ruled that divorced Muslim women are entitled to maintenance under Section 125 of the Code of Criminal Procedure.
(2024-07-11). Masoud Pezeshkian to be new President of Iran. ummid.com Masoud Pezeshkian has won the Iran's runoff presidential vote Friday, Press TV reported citing the Interior Ministry, bringing a conclusion to a tight race that saw voters swell polling stations on Friday.
(2024-07-11). An Electoral Stunner! How Engineer Rashid Suddenly Won From Prison. fairobserver.com 
"My father has kept us away from politics, whether it is me, my brother or any other family member. My little brother returned back from Delhi a few days ago only to campaign and become the voice of our jailed father." These were the words of Abrar, son of the jailed Indian politician Sheikh Abdul…
(2024-07-11). The Iran Notes – Protests in Iran: Systematic and violent repression of freedom of assembly. fidh.org
(2024-07-11). Radhika Desai: Peak Hindutva? newleftreview.org As Modi's BJP loses its overall majority, Radhika Desai examines the part played by India's capitalist conglomerates in his rise—and the contradictions on which their strategy has foundered. The economic crisis of the parched countryside as brake on Hindutva's forward march.
(2024-07-11). Euro 2024: Netherlands overwhelms Turkey, England ends Swiss march to Semis. ummid.com The Netherlands completely overwhelmed Turkey whereas England ended Switzerland campaign to reach Euro Semi Finals and win the Euro Cup 2024 Saturday July 07, 2024.
(2024-07-11). China: Oral statement at the United Nations Human Rights Council. fidh.org On 4 July 2024, the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) delivered a statement at the 56th session of the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council for the adoption of the report of China's Universal Periodic Review (UPR). The statement expressed disappointment over the Chinese government's rejection of numerous key recommendations made by UN member states. Read the statement below.
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(2024-07-11). Bahrain: Joint letter on Dr. Abduljalil Al-Singace as he exceeds three years on hunger strike. fidh.org
(2024-07-11). (NUC 14 Pro+) ASUS unpacks ultracompact computers. ummid.com Taiwan based hardware major ASUS Tuesday unveiled the ASUS NUC 14 Pro+, an ultracompact PC that offers best-in-class performance.
(2024-07-11). US President Joe Biden renews Hong Kong's 'emergency status' in executive order. scmp.com The original order, issued in 2020 by Donald Trump after the imposition of a national security law, removed the city's preferential trade status and other privileges.
(2024-07-11). Taiwan says record number of Chinese warplanes detected amid NATO summit. aljazeera.com Taiwan's Defence Ministry says 56 Chinese aircraft crossed sensitive median line as Beijing carries out military drills.
(2024-07-11). Constructive Dialogue for Regional Cooperation Sole Way to Meet Challenges: Pezeshkian. tn.ai TEHRAN (Tasnim) — The president-elect of Iran announced plans for closer cooperation and friendship with the regional and neighboring states, describing constructive, deep and purposeful dialogue for regional integrity as the only way to address the challenges and ensure sustainable security.
(2024-07-11). Meet Indian origin, Faraz Khalid, granted Saudi Citizenship by Royal Decree. ummid.com Saudi Arabia has accorded citizenship by a Royal Decree to a number of scientists, doctors, researchers, innovators and entrepreneurs among them is also Faraz Khalid, an India origin entrepreneur.
(2024-07-11). China: Government manipulates human rights review. fidh.org
(2024-07-11). China's economic influence more welcome in poorer countries, poll finds. aljazeera.com Thailand holds most positive views of China, followed by Nigeria, Kenya and Tunisia, Pew survey shows.
(2024-07-11). Samsung, Preferred Networks join hands to produce cutting-edge AI accelerator chips. ummid.com South Korea based tech major Samsung Electronics Tuesday announced collaboration with Preferred Networks, a leading Japanese AI company, to produce cutting-edge AI accelerator chips.
(2024-07-11). Minuto a minuto del asedio israelí contra la Franja de Gaza. telesurtv.net En varios países continúan realizándose actividades para expresar apoyo al pueblo palestino y condenar el genocidio que comete Israel.
(2024-07-11). "A confesion de partes relevo de pruebas" radiohc.cu Mientras crece entre demócratas la presión sobre el presidente, Joe Biden, para que ceda el paso a un nuevo candidato presidencial y el expresidente, Donald Trump, ve crecer la preferencia del voto a su favor, un artículo de la página web, Asia Times, del estratega económico, David P. Goldam, revela recientes opiniones del expresidente, Trump, y del líder del Partido Reformista Británico, Nigel Farage, sobre el origen del conflicto entre Rusia y Ucrania, silenciado por los principales medios estadounidenses.
(2024-07-11). Narendra Modi celebra su victoria en las elecciones generales. telesurtv.net Narendra Modi necesitará el apoyo de otros partidos para gobernar, algo inédito en sus anteriores mandatos.
(2024-07-11). Irán inicia etapa de calificación de candidatos a elecciones. telesurtv.net Tras el proceso de investigación, el Ministerio del Interior anunciará los candidatos finales el 11 de junio, y los calificados tendrán 15 días, del 12 al 26 de junio, para llevar a cabo sus campañas electorales.
(2024-07-11). Thailand: Arbitrary arrest and imminent risk of extradition of Vietnamese human rights defender Y Quynh Bdap. fidh.org
(2024-07-11). Presidente de Siria recibe a canciller de Irán. telesurtv.net Ambos políticos debatieron sobre el estado de las relaciones bilaterales, así como el avance de la agresión de Israel en la Franja de Gaza.
(2024-07-11). ONU condena más de 500 asesinatos de palestinos en Cisjordania. telesurtv.net Más de 500 palestinos han muerto desde el 7 de octubre en actos de violencia en la ocupada Cisjordania vinculados al asedio del Ejército israelí de ocupación en Gaza.
(2024-07-10). Gauteng online learner registration process to start on Thursday. sanews.gov.za Gauteng online learner registration process to start on Thursday |
(2024-07-10). Death toll in Kanaky New Caledonia unrest reaches 10. asiapacificreport.nz By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk Riots in Kanaky New Caledonia claimed their 10th victim yesterday. The death took place as a result of an exchange of fire between a group of rioters in the village of Saint Louis (near the capital Nouméa) and French gendarmes, local news media reported. Nouméa Public…
Iran's President-elect Massoud Pezeshkian has pledged continued support for Lebanon's Hezbollah and other "resistance" groups in the region in a letter addressed to Hassan Nasrallah cited by In the letter, Pezeshkian said that "the Islamic Republic of He emphasised that this support was rooted in Iran's fundamental pol…
Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan headed on Tuesday to "During NATO leaders summit, we will raise massacres of the 
Lebanon's Hezbollah The video, entitled "al-Hodhod 2", shows Israeli intelligence and command bases and newly-established military bases and posts in the area. | The clip ends with a scene showing an Israeli city, which 
A war monitor said an Israeli strike on Tuesday in 
Israel-Hezbollah war would plunge Egypt into further darkness, analysts say | Egypt's energy vulnerabilities and blackouts show just how reliant the country has become on Israeli gas, experts tell MEE | | The sun sets behind electricity pylons in El-Shorouk as planned blackouts began last July…
A government plane carrying Israeli Prime Minister In May, International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecutor Karim Khan said that he was seeking 
War on Gaza: Netanyahu mulls layover in Europe amid fears of arrest warrant | The Israeli PM is considering whether a stopover en route to the US would be feasible, given the ICC indictment application | | Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a state memorial ceremony in Tel Aviv on 18 June…
The office, located in Baghdad's Al-Jadriya district near the Green Zone and political headquarters, follows…
Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant's July 1 admission — that his country's army needed 10,000 more soldiers immediately — might have shocked the world even one year ago. But since Hamas launched the Al-Aqsa Flood operation on October 7, the Zionist apartheid state has been beset by a multitude of . . . | 
On Wednesday morning, Israeli soldiers invaded Husan village, west of Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank, and demolished two stores. Jamal Sabateen, the head of Husan Village Council, said a large Israeli military force, accompanied by bulldozers, invaded the eastern and the western parts of the village. Sabateen added that the soldiers demolished a construction …
Israeli forces abducted, on Tuesday, ten Palestinians, including a child, a young woman, an elderly citizen, and a former prisoner, in several regions of the occupied West Bank. Before dawn Tuesday, occupation forces abducted a University student in the village of Jinsafut, east of Qalqilia in the northwestern part of the West Bank. Media sources …
GAZA, | Xinhua | At least 25 Palestinians were killed and some others wounded in an Israeli airstrike targeting a school in the city of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, Palestinian sources said Tuesday. Security sources told Xinhua that Israeli aircraft targeted the gate of the Al-Awda School, which houses hundreds of displaced …
Gaza's government has urged The government media office released a statement late on Monday calling on…
UN rights experts on Tuesday accused Israel of carrying out a "Israel's intentional and targeted starvation campaign against the Palestinian people is a form of genocidal violence and has resulted in 
Israeli forces have killed at least nine people in a deadly on Gaza's Residents and reports say that the attack targeted a gathering of civilians near the Abu Rasas roundabout in the camp. | Many of the dead were transported to the 
Israeli Defence Minister His government relies on two 
An envoy on As in many countries, protests and rallies in support of Gaza amid Israel's war on…
On Wednesday dawn, Israeli soldiers invaded the village of Husan, west of Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank, searched homes, and abducted four Palestinians, including a teenage boy. The soldiers invaded Beit Ummar town, north of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and caused damage to several homes. Media sources said many army jeeps …
I love Bernie Sanders. By most measures, he's the greatest senator in the last 50 years. I was very glad to be a Sanders delegate to the 2016 and 2020 Democratic National Conventions. But when Bernie screws up, his progressive base should say so. That happened during the first months of Israel's war on Gaza 
On Wednesday, day 278 of the Israeli assault on the entire civilian population of Gaza, the Israeli bombardment continued non-stop, in what local residents are calling "some of the worst bombardment in 9 months" of the Israeli invasion, resulting in dozens of casualties, especially among children and women. Dozens of Palestinians, most of them children, …
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LAYANA KHOURY is an editor of Al-Ittihad (The Union), the daily Arabic-language newspaper of the Israeli Communist Party. Along with its sister publication, the Hebrew-language Zo Haderekh (This is the Way), Al-Ittihad is operating under the most difficult and repressive conditions. They face constant political attacks from the Netanyahu government and the military censorship of …
UK Prime Minister The move by Starmer — who has come under fire for his own stance on the Gaza war — has been welcomed by some pro-Palestinian activists, while supporters of Israel have slammed it. | The choice also came at the expense of Starmer a…
At least one Palestinian child was injured by Israeli gunfire during a military raid east of Nablus in the An Israeli army force stormed the town of Beit Furik, raiding several neighbourhoods amid clashes with Palestinian residents. | Witnesses told Anadolu Agency that paramedics from the Palestinian Red Crescent Society were treating a 14-year-old boy who was shot in the foot. | Israeli troops carried out more raids across the West Bank at dawn on Wednesday, both in the no…
US will shut down 'aid pier' in Gaza this month, report reveals | The $230 million structure, marred by poor weather and security concerns, is set to permanently shut down after just 23 days of operation | | An image grab from a video released by the Israeli army on 18 May shows aid entering the Gaz…
The A statement issued in the name of the Diocese of Jerusalem said the hospital has been "compelled to close by the Israeli army". | On Sunday evening, a large amount of firing from…
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Near zero medical services reportedly in Gaza City; malnutrition and cancer deaths, risks to lives of babies — all as aid trucks sit at the border; Gaza death toll likely far larger than reported; released Palestinian prisoners found dead; Israel reportedly allows shooting free-for-all; accusations that Netanyahu is actively thwarting ceasefire deal; more. By IAK …
WASHINGTON—In the spirit of working-class internationalism and the tradition of "an injury to one is an injury to all," labor unions in the U.S. continue to fight for an immediate and unconditional ceasefire in Israel's genocidal war on Palestine. They are working to pressure the Biden administration to change policies and end its diplomatic and …
Earlier Wednesday, several Israeli military vehicles invaded Beit Furik town, east of the Nablus in the occupied West Bank's northern part and shot a child with a live round. Media sources said several military vehicles invaded the town, and conducted searches, leading to protests before the soldiers fired live rounds, gas bombs, and concussion grenades. …
Israeli Netanyahu has been charged with bribery, fraud and breach of trust in 
Macron confronted Netanyahu over 'unacceptable' interference in France's elections | The French president became angry when an Israeli minister publicly and repeatedly praised far-right leader Marine Le Pen | | French President Emmanuel Macron attended a tribute ceremony on 7 February for the 42 Fre…
Shady websites calling for a The murky operation, which began late last year and spans multiple countries, is the largest ever to target the em…
Asaad al-Ghamdi, 47, was arrested in November 2022, in a nighttime raid on his home in the Saudi city of He was convicted on 29 May by Saudi Arabia's Speci…
Foreign ministers of The 
The 69-year-old cardiac surgeon and former lawmaker He was elected to office in a Pezeshkian will replace Ebrahim Raisi, the ultra-conservative seminaria…
Leading figures in Monday's verdict by a 
Country Joe & The Fish — Vietnam Song John Kennedy's Mind vs. Joe Biden's Cheat Sheet, by John Leake The DNC's Main Goal Is to Block Principled Progressives and Systemic Reform, by Bill Astore Who has the power to kill the world? Money is Power is Money, by Sasha Latypova US Inequality Is About Class, Not Generations, by Sam Pizzigati The Big Picture behind Viktor The Mediator's peace shuttle, by Pepe Escobar We Can Defeat the Lobby, by Ilan Pappe 'How Do We Control Palestinians? We Make Them Feel Like We're Everywhere,' by Yves Smith, P Molnar Starmer learnt that the price of power was…
US State Department's spokesperson Matthew Miller speaks to the media in Washington, US on July 9, 2024. — AFP/FileUS closely monitors Taliban's treatment of people: Miller.Taliban's relationship with world depends on their actions.He also laments Kabul's enforcement of "morality…
The country grapples with challenges posed by climate changeGlobal VoicesGlaciers are melting in extreme heat in Pakistan. Photo by This May and June, Pakistan faced an 
Brazil: Bolsonaro accused of embezzling $1.2m in undeclared jewellery from Saudi Arabia | Police reports found links between the former president and a criminal organisation in charge of the embezzlement | | Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in Osa…
D.W. Griffith's 1915 Civil War-era epic The Birth of a Nation dealt with Reconstruction, while Korean-American Philip W. Chung's new world premiere play Unbroken Blossoms deals with the deconstruction of Asian imagery in another Griffith movie. Despite its positive public reception, the motion picture pioneer's cinematic spectacle celebrating the Ku Klux Klan provoked scathing scorn …
The nation is bolstering its scientific basis and enhancing the standard of government in the nation…
The centre also provides training for chip designers, assembly and software production specialists…
A purple laser light shines into a night sky that whines. But this is no pyrotechnic show. The whirring noise that sounds like a lawn mower comes from exploding drones that "It's there. I'm following it," a man shouts, his voice urgent. | A Browning M2 machine gun erupts and yellow streaks rip through the air forming a cluster of red dots in the abyss above where .50 calibre bullets tear into an Iranian-made Shahed drone. | Darth Vader brigade…
INDIANAPOLIS—Saying she figured she could do course prep while traveling to away games on the team bus, WNBA star Caitlin Clark told reporters she had begun supplementing her rookie salary this week with a second job as an adjunct professor of basketball. "I'm teaching a freshman-level Intro to Basketball Studies… 
Bulgarian archaeologists excavating an ancient Roman sewer stumbled upon a 6.8-foot-tall marble statue of the Greek god Hermes, which they believe was intentionally placed there in 388 A.D. and covered with dirt, causing it to be remarkably well preserved. What do you think? 
The Palestinian Prisoners Club (PPC) condemned on Sunday the 
The Israeli military ordered the "Hannibal Directive" on The The directive dates back to the 1980s but was revised after Hamas members abducted…
Palestinians, who fled the eastern part of Gaza City after they were ordered by Israeli army to evacuate their neighborhoods, carry their belongings, amid Israel-Hamas conflict, in Gaza City, July 7, 2024. — ReutersPakistani Nobel Laureate Malala Yousafzai has yet again demanded a…
Given the recent pro-Palestinian protests around the world and on many university campuses, it seems strange if not surprising that neither genocide nor the continuing flow of U.S. weapons to Israel were mentioned during the first (and maybe only) 2024 presidential debate. Nor did the New York Times Editorial Board see fit to cite complicity in genocide while calling for Biden to step down after his poor debate performance. Instead, it declared that Biden has been "an admirable president." 
Big news in both Israel and Ukraine. Let's start with Israel. The intrepid Haaretz reporters delivered a gut punch to Bibi Netanyahu and his persistent effort to blame all the Israeli deaths on October 7 on Hamas terrorism. Gaza Division operations and airstrikes in the first hours of October 7 were based on limited information. The first long moments after the Hamas attack was launched were chaotic. Reports were coming in, with their significance not always clear. When their meaning was understood, it was realized that somet…
The government in Gaza said an Israeli strike on a UN-run The territory's health ministry, which condemned the strike as an "odious massacre", said 50 injured were taken to hospital from Al-Jawni school in 
Since 8 October 2023, daily exchanges of fire between Lebanon's Hezbollah and Israel have highlighted the ease with which Israel's war on Gaza has Hezbollah, an ally of Hamas, has been putting pressure on Israel by forcing the country's military to divert resources from Gaza to counter the Lebanese group on its northern front. | This has highlighted the 
André Rieu ft. Gheorghe Zamfir — The Lonely Shepherd 'My Life's Work Melting Before My Eyes,' by Scott Ritter Roger Waters — The Case Against Genocide, w/Craig Murray (Video) OMG Haaretz Is Hamas Propaganda Now! by Caitlin Johnston Europe Goes Antisemitic! by Kevin Barrett Senior Israeli Lawmaker Suggests Nuclear Attack on Iran, by Brett Wilkins "Our" Man in Israel, by Ted O'Keefe A hollow Palestinian state, by Muhannad Ayyash Resistance Recruits Thousands | Bibi's New Conditions | Haaretz: Hannibal Directive — Day 275-Pal Chron The New Desaparecidos: Israel and th…
The newly elected 
UK: Labour to drop ICC challenge over Netanyahu arrest warrant | After Conservatives were accused of obstructing the prosecution of Israeli war crimes, new Labour government believes ICC has jurisdiction over Gaza | | David Lammy arrives at Downing Street on 5 July (AFP) | The UK's new Labour…
The civil defence agency in The Israeli military, which has long accused Palestinian militants of using schools and other civilian infrastructure, confirmed the strike "in the area of the school" in Gaza City. | It claimed in a statement the school complex was used as…
UK: Former employees sue Lloyds TSB after bank fired them for pro-Palestine posts | Two women were dismissed in 2021 after posting messages calling for bank to divest from companies linked to alleged Israeli war crimes | | Customers use cashpoints outside a Lloyds Bank branch in central London…
War on Gaza: Death toll from Israeli assault could exceed 186,000, Lancet warns | Letter published by experts in the British medical journal estimated that some 10,000 people could still be buried in the rubble in Gaza | | Palestinians stand on the rubble and debris of the Latin Patriarchate Holy Fam…
War on Gaza: Palestinians homeless and hopeless as Israel storms Gaza City again | Under heavy Israeli air strikes, thousands of exhausted and confused families are forced into the unknown in the dead of night | | A Palestinian girl reacts as she stands in the grounds of the badly damaged…
British Member of Parliament and barrister Shabana Mahmood was appointed as Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice by newly elected Labour Prime Minister While having a history of supporting Palestine, the Member of Parliament has faced critiques from The New Arab looks into who Shabana Mahmood is and where exactly she stands on Palestine and Israel's war on Gaza? | Who…
War on Gaza: Netanyahu accused of sabotaging ceasefire efforts | New 'non-negotiable' demands published by the PM derail talks at a sensitive juncture, Israeli officials and mediators say | | Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a cabinet meeting at the Bible Lands Museum in Jerusalem on…
Marking nine months since the war in Gaza started, Israeli protesters blocked highways across the country Sunday, calling on The demonstrations come as international mediators have renewed efforts to broker a deal, with Hamas over the weekend appearing to have dropped a key demand for an Israeli commitment to end the war, according to Egyptian and Hamas officials who spoke to news agency T…
Abdel Hadi Ghabayen, an uncle of one of the detainees, Kamel Ghabayen, said he set out at 5 am on Sunday looking for his nephew following his arrest by Israeli forces on Saturday. | "I found him left on the ground along with the other two martyrs. They were…
Illegal Israeli colonizers carried out, on Sunday, several attacks against Palestinian citizens and their property in the governorates of Jenin, Ramallah, Bethlehem, and Hebron, in the occupied West Bank. In the southern West Bank governorate of Hebron, occupation forces abducted a local Palestinian citizen and his two children when they attempted to confront invading colonizers, …
Hamas is waiting for a response from Israel on its ceasefire proposal, two officials from the Palestinian group said on Sunday, five days after it accepted a key part of a US plan aimed at ending "We have left our response with the mediators and are waiting to hear the occupation's response," one of the two Hamas officials told Reuters, asking not to be named. | The 
Britain wants a "balanced position" on Israel's Lammy is on a visit to Germany, his first international trip following the Labour Party's 
On Monday, day 276 of the Israeli assault on the entire civilian population of the Gaza Strip, Israeli forces continued their bombardment of Palestinian civilian sites. In addition, the Israeli occupation forces issued new forced displacement orders for tens of thousands of residents in the center of the city of Gaza, just minutes before it …
Civilians have now been ordered out of the majority of the Gaza Strip's largest city, where thousands of families had taken shelter from fighting in other parts of the war-stricken territory. | Backed by fighter jet and drone attacks, columns of tanks took up positions around the city, while an army spokesman warned residents of the S…
The Netherlands struck two second-half goals in seven minutes to come from behind to beat Turkey 2-1 on Saturday and set up a Samet Akaydin sent Turkey ahead in the first half but Stefan de Vrij headed the Netherlands level and Murt Muldur turned into his own net under pressure from Cody Gakpo after 76 minutes to hand the Dutch victory. | The build-up to the q…
A pro-Palestine coalition group based in the The 
Last month was the hottest June on record across the globe, the EU's climate monitor said on Monday, capping half a year of wild and destructive weather from floods to Every month since June 2023 has eclipsed its own temperature record in a 13-month streak of unprecedented "This is more than a statistical oddity and it highlights a large…
President Erdogan's comments come after tensions have mounted over the past week after a mob went on the rampage, vandalising businesses and properties owned by Syrians in a central Anatolian city. | "We may send an invitatio…
Al-Zoubi was arrested on Tuesday by security forces implementing a 2023 court order, which sentenced him to jail over a Facebook post critical of the authorities' response to transportation strikes. | "No one should be imprisoned simply for expressing criticism of the authorities on social media," said Aya Majzoub, Amnesty's…
An outspoken Iranian lawyer who has publicly criticized how the government handled the The unrest at the time followed the death of 22-year-old Her death triggered massive protests that quickly escalated into calls to overthrow Iran's four-decade-old Islami…
UK: First Yemeni British MP Abtisam Mohamed vows to fight for a ceasefire | The Sheffield Central MP is a former lawyer and councillor whose father and grandfather worked in Sheffield's steel mills | | Abtisam Mohamed with Paul Blomfield, whom she replaced as Labour MP for Sheffield Central (X) | Lab…
In UK news An investigation by Liberty Investigates and Metro found that a number of UK universities have been providing intelligence on pro-Palestine student protesters to the police. The investigation described "varying degrees of cooperation and intelligence sharing" in correspondence between universities and police forces. A manager at Queen Mary University of London wrote to …
KAMPALA, Uganda | Xinhua | Indian players dominated the Uganda Para-Badminton International 2024 held here from July 2-7. India's Jatin Azad defeated Ibrahim Aliyev of Azerbaijan 21-14, 21-16 in the men's singles SU5 final, while Arati Janoba Patil of India won over her compatriot Latika Latika 21-16, 21-15 in the women's singles SU5 final. Nigeria's …
The truce would give the forces time to recuperate in case a war breaks up between Hezbollah and Israel. — Reuters/FileAs Israel's atrocities increase in Gaza, reports suggest there is a widening rift between the country's military and Prime Minister Benjamin…
As Israel's offensive in Gaza rages on, people across the entire Gaza Strip find themselves in increasingly dire circumstances, with nearly the entire population experiencing high levels of food insecurity, including malnutrition, hunger and starvation. A famine review analysis from the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification reported on June 25, 2024, that "a high risk 
On Wednesday, Day 271 of the ongoing genocide of the Palestinians in the devastated, destroyed, starved, and besieged Gaza Strip, the Israeli army fired barrages of missiles and shells, and live rounds, especially from drones, at various parts of the coastal enclave, killing and wounding dozens of Palestinians. Medical sources said four Palestinians were killed, …
As prospective candidates for the next UK parliament enter their final week of electioneering, it is hard to believe that Israel's relentless slaughter of the Palestinian people has got barely a mention. With the singular exception of the Workers Party, headed by George Galloway, and a number of Independents, the political parties fielding candidates in 
Nearly every sign and chant in the Queer Liberation March, held in New York City on June 30, was in support of Palestine and against Israel's genocide in Gaza. The march, organized by Reclaim Pride Coalition NYC since 2019 to reclaim the spirit of the 1969 Stonewall Rebellion, is held . . . | 
Far from ending the genocide in Gaza, Israel continues its assault with the military and diplomatic backing of Western states.
Israeli forces shot three Palestinians, including a child, on Tuesday night, in the town of Beita, south of Nablus, and abducted three young men from the Jenin governorate, in the northern occupied West Bank. On Tuesday night, occupation forces shot three Palestinians, including a child, with live rounds, after invading the town of Beita, south …
The deputy leader of the Lebanese militant group "If there is a ceasefire in 
Areas of Nine members of the Hamdan family, including women and children were killed alongside three others after fleeing 
Earlier Wednesday, Israeli soldiers abducted a Palestinian, while extremist paramilitary colonizers attacked cars, in the Ramallah governorate, in the occupied West Bank's central part. Media sources said several Israeli military jeeps invaded Ramallah, especially Al-Masayef Street, before breaking into and searching homes. They added that the soldiers abducted Adnan Shqeir, 25, from his home and …
Israel has moved forward with its plan to The new law will make it illegal for Israeli citizens who are not members of proscribed terrorist groups to be held under administrative detention, meaning that the controversial order will effectively only apply to…
Convoy of Israeli Tanks in Gaza | Today's story in the Israel's top generals want to begin a cease-fire in Gaza even if it keeps Hamas in power for the time being, widening a rift between the military and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who has opposed a truce that would allow Hamas to survive the war. | The gene…
Israeli forces abducted, on Tuesday, seventeen Palestinians, including two children, in the governorates of Ramallah, Jerusalem, Bethlehem, and Hebron. At dawn Tuesday, occupation forces abducted two Palestinian young men in the town of Silwad, northeast of Ramallah in the central part of the West Bank. Media sources said that the army invaded and ransacked the …
Gaza is a grave yard for thousands of children, with more children killed in Israel's siege of Gaza than world conflicts over the last four years.
On Wednesday dawn, Israeli soldiers abducted nine Palestinians, including a father and his son, and injured many Palestinians, in the Hebron governorate, in the occupied West Bank's southern part. Media sources said the soldiers invaded Yatta town, south of Hebron, stormed and ransacked homes before abducting Anis Mohammad Abu Zahra, Ishaq Mohammad Abu Obeid, Jamil …
The "Ukraine peace summit" in Switzerland was attended by about 100 delegations, however its joint communique largely reflected the position of western countries and their allies. Some participants refused to sign the final document or revoked their signature. According to AlJazeera, major Global South nations cited Russia's absence or Israel's presence as reasons for not accepting the communique.
An Israeli minister has welcomed French far-right leader Israeli Diaspora Affairs Minister 
On Wednesday, Israeli soldiers demolished two under-construction Palestinian homes in Yitma village, south of Nablus in the occupied West Bank's northern part. Ahmad Snobar, the head of Yitma Village Council, said several army jeeps and two bulldozers invaded the northwestern area of the town after the soldiers isolated it. Snobar added that the soldiers demolished …
A Palestinian teenager and a woman were killed following a seven-hour The victims were identified as 15-year-old Mohammed Ali Sarhan and 47-year-old Nisreen Khaled Damiri, both of whom were residents of Th…
Germany has dispatched the deputy chief of its intelligence service to Lebanon to meet with Hezbollah, days after According to Lebanese newspaper Al-Akhbar, which is close to Hezbollah, the German Federal Intelligence Service (BND) Deputy Director Ole Diehl met Hezbollah's second in command Sheikh Naim Qassem in Beirut's southern suburbs on 29 June. Berlin and Hezbollah n…
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Israeli forces assassinated four Palestinians, before midnight on Tuesday/Wednesday, when an armed drone fired a missile in the center of the Nur Shams refugee camp, east of Tulkarem in the northwestern part of the West Bank. According to medical sources at the Martyr Thabet Thabet Governmental Hospital in Tulkarem, four Palestinian young men were killed …
On Tuesday, the Israeli army continued the bombing and shelling of various parts of the devastated and destroyed coastal enclave, killing and wounding dozens of Palestinians, including many women and children. At least twelve Palestinians were killed, and many were injured when the army fired a missile at a home in Deir Al-Balah city, in …
An Israeli NGO is urging US Attorney General Merrick Garland to investigate According to right-wing 
Israeli forces shot at least two Palestinians and abducted two others, on Tuesday, while illegal Israeli colonizers attacked citizens and their property, in the northern West Bank governorate of Nablus. On Tuesday evening, occupation forces invaded the village of Salem, east of Nablus, sparking protests among local Palestinian youths. Media sources said that soldiers opened …
Nearly nine months into the conflict in Gaza, the Hamas-run Health Ministry there reports nearly 38,000 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli attacks, and more than 87,000 have been wounded. | On the Israeli side, the death toll is estimated to be about 1,100, with dozens of hostages still held captive. Sigrid Kaag, the United Nations Senior Humanitarian and Reconstruction Coordinator for Gaza, spoke about conditions in Gaza, at a UN Security Council meeting on Tuesday. | Meanwhile, fighting between the Israeli Defense Forces and Hezbollah have increased at the Lebanon-Israel border. Increased cross-border, ti…
Gaza's "The hospital staff and the patients decided to already evacuate themselves," said…
The Israeli ministerial cabinet is planning to meet in the coming few days to approve the construction of more than 5,000 new colonialist units in the occupied West Bank, and an additional 500 units during the period in which Israeli far-right Finance Minister, colonialist settler Bezalel Smotrich continues his job as a minister in the …
As the Pentagon dangerously increases its military presence in nations close to China in preparation for another imperialist war, a group of U.S. anti-war activists participated in a Peace Mission to the Philippines May 14-29 to expose and oppose U.S. militarism in the Philippines. Organized by BAYAN USA, it included . . . | 
ALBAWABA – Japan released a new currency after 20 years of using the same old currency which was first showcased in 2004. | The new currency is outstanding as it features the three-dimensional (3D) technique; featuring photos of founders of women's financial and educational institutions to prevent fraud. | What is unique about the new currency as per the announcement by Japan National Printing Bureau is the use of the 3D technique that changes based on viewer's angles, which is known to be the first of its kind in the world! | Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda delivers a speech at the start of issuance of new yen…
After NATO's catastrophic, illegal invasions of Yugoslavia, Libya and Afghanistan, on July 9th NATO plans to invade Washington DC. The good news is that it only plans to occupy Washington for three days. The British will not burn down the U.S. Capitol as they did in 1814, and the Germans are still meekly pretending that 
Aftermath of a stampede at a religious gathering in Hathras. — Reuters/File
Former US president Donald Trump. — AFP/File
The Kingdom is implementing the National Environmental Strategy…
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A discussion on the global ramifications of Putin's effort to erase Ukraine's right to self-determination and the challenges it pose to those seeking to solidarize with victims of imperialism.
NEW DELHI, India | Xinhua | The death toll in Tuesday's stampede in India's northern state of Uttar Pradesh rose to 116, out of which 88 victims' bodies were lying at a local trauma center, 27 at Etah Hospital and one at a hospital in the Hathras town, confirmed a local administration official to Xinhua …
Iran's During a more than two-hour 
In Afrin, northwest Syria, four protestors were killed and more than 20 others injured on Monday during clashes between armed demonstrators and Turkish forces, according to reports from the UK…
On 29 June 2014, the Islamic State (IS) At its height, the group controlled an area half the size of the United Kingdom and attracted tens of thousands of fighters from around the world. | Its rule was characterised by extrem…
Saudi Arabia's entertainment kingpin Alalshikh is a Saudi adviser at the Royal Court and Chairman of the General…
At least two people were injured on Tuesday in a suspected According to a statement by Sulaimaniyah-based security forces (locally known as "Asayish"), an investigation into the incident is underway, with the cause of the b…
Dipankar Bhattacharya — The 2024 elections have delivered a major setback to the BJP. What makes this result look almost like a victory for the opposition is that it came in India's most unequal elections till date.
The Palestinian Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs Commission and the Palestinian Prisoner's Society (PPS) have reported a significant increase in the number of Palestinians who have been wounded by Israeli soldiers before abducting them since the start of the Israeli aggression on October 7, 2023. The Commission and the PPS have emphasized the additional suffering experienced …
Many folks seem to assume that a massive Israeli military campaign against Hezbollah in southern Lebanon is going to kick off like the start of the Indianapolis 500 — you know, all the cars lined up and a green flag appears and the cars zoom off. Let me suggest that the campaign is already underway. The only thing lacking is video footage of Israeli armor rolling into Lebanon. | Many friends of the Zionists, who still have a lick of sense, have implored Bibi Netanyahu and his Cabinet not to go to war with Hezbollah. But it looks like Bin Gvir and Smotrich, two ultra-Zionists and both convicted terrori…
‚Å "A regime that threatens destruction deserves to be destroyed," Katz said in a post on X. He also said Israel will act with full force against Iran-backed Hezbollah if it does not stop firing at Israel from Lebanon and move away from the border. | Iran's UN mission said on Friday that if Israel embarks on a "full-scale military aggression" in Lebanon, "an obliterating war will e…
Lebanon's caretaker prime minister has said that his country is in a state of war as nine months of clashes between Israel and Prime Minister Najib Mikati made the statement during a visit to 
Can Israel Be Restrained? Reports from the Middle East these days have two things in common: All the parties wish to avoid a war, yet all the movement is toward one, centered in Lebanon. Israel's army is preparing to expand the war into Lebanon, where it would face a heavily armed foe very different from 
On the unlikely chance that you needed a reminder that Islamophobia is alive and well in the UK, look no further than the media circus surrounding the upcoming general election on July 4. | Muslim voters participating in legitimate forms of political democracy have been accused of displaying more loyalty towards the Middle East than their constituencies. | Any form of protesting in support of Palestine or against our government's aiding and abetting of genocide is automatically labelled antisemitic and Islamist in nature. Even something as innocuous as holding a placard depicting the Prime Minister next to a c…
On Monday, Day 269 of the ongoing genocide of the Palestinians in the destroyed and isolated Gaza Strip, the Israeli army continued the bombing of various parts of the coastal enclave, causing dozens of casualties. The army fired many artillery shells and missiles at Khuza'a town, east of Khan Younis, killing at least one Palestinian …
We, the undersigned organisations, are deeply concerned over the prosecution of three activists in Singapore for organising Palestine solidarity action.
War on Gaza: Al-Shifa hospital director released from Israeli detention | Dr Muhammad Abu Salmiya says Palestinian prisoners face unprecedentedly harsh conditions and action must be taken to free them | | Al-Shifa hospital director Mohammed Abu Salmiya is welcomed by relatives after his release, at N…
Israel released the director of Gaza's main hospital on Monday, seven months after the military The release of Mohammed Abu Selmia without charge or trial raised further questions about Israel's allegations regarding Al-Shifa Hospital, which its forces have 
Israeli tanks deepened their incursions into the Witnesses reported constant Israeli tank fire in the district after Prime Minister 
War on Gaza: Al-Shifa hospital director released from Israeli detention | Dr Muhammad Abu Salmiya says Palestinian prisoners face unprecedentedly harsh conditions and action must be taken to free them | | Dr Muhammad Abu Salmiya after his release on 1 July 2024 (X) | The director of Gaza City's al-Sh…
The Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) says it has "fully evacuated" its temporary administrative headquarters in Khan Younis because of Israeli attacks. | The city has been the target of several "The Palestine Red Crescent Society fully evacuated its temporary administrative headquarters in the Mawasi Khan Younis area due to shrapnel falling on the building and direct shelling, which posed a danger to the staff working inside," the PRCS said on…
A tech entrepreneur living in Florida is the key player behind a vast The investigation unmasked Daniel Linden, who has previously co-written a guid…
An Israeli tank ran over a According to Euro-Med Monitor, 65-year-old Safiya Hassan Musa Al-Jamal was run over by a tank after she was injured by Safiya's son, Muhannad Al-Jamal, witnes…
Mia Khalifa appeared to question Israel's 'right to exist' in a new post on "I was asked in an interview the other day whether or not I think Isr*el has a right to exist and I looked him dead in the eyes and asked what percentage of the "Is…
The Israeli authorities have released around 50 detainees from the Gaza Strip, including Dr. Mohammad Abu Salmiya, the Director of the Shifa Medical Center in Gaza, showing clear signs of torture and abuse, after the army abducted them during the ongoing aggression against the Gaza Strip, since October 7, 2023. Faraj as-Sammouni, one of the …
The Arab Liaison Committee on The committee, form…
UK election 2024: Labour's non-Zionist Jews complain of 'disdain' | Current and former Jewish members of Labour who are pro-Palestinian tell MEE they feel targeted, harassed and discriminated against | | Keir Starmer has made his party more pro-Israel since becoming Labour leader (AFP) | The…
Benny Morris: Israeli historian calls for nuclear strike on Iran | Morris writes that if 'conventional weaponry' can't destroy Tehran's nuclear project, Israel should resort to its 'non-conventional capabilities' | | Israeli plain-clothed military personnel examine a part of an Iranian ballistic miss…
Israel's latest ground invasion of Gaza City's Shujaiya neighbourhood is expected to last for weeks, according to Israeli media reports. | Despite Israeli forces The army says it is eliminating tunnels "that were missed during the first time through" as it did not operate in all parts of the…
The Palestinian health ministry said an Israeli strike on Sunday in the Contacted by AFP, the Israeli military did not immediately comment on the attack, which official Palestinian news agency Wafa said was carried out with a drone. | The Ramallah-based health ministry said a Palestinian man was killed and five ot…
Representatives of The two-day, UN-hosted meeting in "Preparatory discu…
Barely an hour after guiding India to a thrilling seven-run victory over South Africa in the "This was my last game as well," Sharma said at the press conference after Saturday's final which broke a 13-year long drought for India at major tournaments. "No better time to say goodbye to this format." | Sharma, 37, is the format's highest scorer with 4231 runs in 159 matches for Ind…
Turkish police detained at least 15 protesters in Police declined to comment. | The Istanbul Governor's Office said earlier on Sunday that the Pride March would not be permitted. | Turkish police blocked central Istanbul to prevent the march from taking place, shutting down metro stations and blocking traffic on the main streets.
The Their chief spokesman, 
On Monday, 1 July, Hadeel Shatara, Palestinian educator and an administrator of the graduate program at Birzeit University, was seized by occupation forces as she returned to Palestine from Jordan at the Karameh crossing. She is currently being held incommunicado under interrogation, and her family and lawyer have not been informed of her location. We …
Britain's Prime Minister and Conservative Party leader, Rishi Sunak delivers a speech in Leeds, northern England on June 27, 2024, as part of a campaign event ahead of the upcoming general election in UK. — Reuters
An agreement was finally reached after 27 years of negotiations Originally published on 
His critics can now accuse him of hypocrisy Global VoicesThe Kyrgyzstan's president's niece Lazzat Nurkojoeva standing in front of the helicopter that took her to her engagement ceremony. Screenshot from the video 
Turkey hosts mediation talks between Somalia and Ethiopia | Ankara seeks to ease tensions between its East African allies by brokering a deal that could provide sea access to landlocked Ethiopia | | Somalis react during a march against the Ethiopia-Somaliland port deal along KM4 street in Mogad…
Turkey: Syrian businesses set ablaze after reports child was sexually abused | Residents in Kayseri wound police officers in 'attempted' anti-Syrian pogrom | | A damaged car seen in this photo taken on 1 July 2024 after locals rioted and attacked Syrian properties (Halid Abdo/Screengrab) | Violence e…
France elections: Jordan Bardella and the far right 'at the gates of power' | If the National Rally leader becomes prime minister, it would be the first time a far-right government leads France since World War Two | | French far-right National Rally (RN) president Jordan Bardella…
[Britannica's revisionist] distortions of the history of the Vietnamese struggle are just as radical and just as misleading [as those about the Soviet Union]. Here we may draw some valuable lessons about the hidden content of form: how apparently neutral principles of organization may shape meaning.
They believe that replacing internal combustion engines with electric ones will contribute to the country's sustainable development goals…
In UK news Julian Assange has been released from HM Prison Belmarsh after accepting a plea deal with American prosecutors. Assange pleaded guilty to one charge of conspiracy to violate the Espionage Act, for communicating with whistleblower Chelsea Manning and receiving and publishing classified information regarding Guantanamo Bay, the Afghan and Iraq war, and US …
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk French Pacific results for the first round of French national snap elections yesterday showed a firm radicalisation, especially in the case of New Caledonia. In both of New Caledonia's constituencies, the second round will look like a showdown between pro-independence and pro-France contestants. The French Pacific…
A ship traveling through the Red Sea came under repeated missile fire Friday in a likely attack launched by Five missiles landed near the vessel as it traveled off the coast of the port city of Hodeida in Yemen, the British military's United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations center said. | The missiles landed near the vessel, but caused no damage, the UKTMO added. | The Houthis did not immediately claim the attack. How…
The The army seeks to stay in the Philadelphi (Salah Al-Din) corridor under the pretext of destroying tunnels, Israeli newspaper Yedioth Ah…
The US House of Representatives on Thursday voted to bar the State Department from using international affairs budget funds to cite figures on the number of Palestinians killed by Israel in The 269 – 144 vote in favour of the bipartisan amendment, backed by 62 Democrats and 207 Republicans, will now go to the Senate for consideration. | Palestinian-American congresswoman 
The Biden administration Between the war's start last October and recent days, the United States has transferred at least 14,000 of the MK-84 2,000-pound bombs, 6,500 500-pound bombs, 3,000 Hellfire precision-guided air-to-ground missiles, 1,000 bunker-buster bombs, 2,600 air-…
An uptick in clashes between the Israeli military and Israeli Defence Minister 
Israel's assault on the border area with Data collected by the British financial daily indicates that around five kilometres of 
On Friday, Day 266 of the ongoing Israeli genocide of the Palestinians in the devastated and destroyed Gaza Strip, the Israeli army bombarded various parts of the coastal enclave, killing and wounding many Palestinians, including women and children. On Friday night, two children were killed and at least five others were injured in an Israeli …
On Saturday, Day 267 of the ongoing genocide of the Palestinians in the destroyed, starved, and besieged Gaza Strip, the Israeli army expanded the invasion and bombing of various parts of Rafah, in the southmost part, killing and injuring dozens in Rafah and across the coastal enclave. Medical sources said the army killed and injured …
For some in Iran, the West's relentless punishment has weakened the revolutionary fires of 1979. But for countless others, they are being rekindled by the Palestinian resistance in Gaza.
The The government's official news agency published a statement that said that the rebels "unlawfully captured" three Yemenia aircraft on Tuesday, saying they had held another since around a month ago. | The planes were mostly used to take pilgrims between Sanaa, the Yemeni capital city held by…
This week on The New Arab Weekly podcast, we discuss Netanyahu's recent comments that the intensity of the war in Gaza would decrease and the recent ruling by the Israeli High Court, which said that Haredi Jews would no longer be exempt from military service. Also Egypt's fuel shortages and the intense heatwave that has lead to blackouts across the country, as well as deaths. Finally, we talk about the recent primary race in New York, which saw pro-Palestine Congressman Jamaal Bowmen lose his place on the Democratic ticket, after AIPAC spent tens of millions of dollars supporting his opponent. | Joining us to…
Senior The Palestinian group is still ready to "deal positively" with any ceasefire proposal that ends the war, Hamdan told a news conference in Beirut. | Arab mediators' efforts, backed by…
Israeli forces assaulted, on Saturday, a Palestinian young man near Tulkarem, in the northwestern part of the West Bank, and injured others in the northern West Bank governorate of Nablus. On Saturday morning, occupation forces assaulted a Palestinian young man near the "Jabara" military roadblock south of Tulkarem. Media sources stopped the young man, Ahmed …
A recent In a report run on Wednesday, The Times of Israel cited three unnamed official sources, familiar with the matter, as alleging, a day earl…
In Morocco, despite mounting protests from students and professors, one university remains steadfast in its ties with eight Israeli institutions. | "Our frustration grows as UM6P not only joined the national normalisation trend but also took the lead by forming the most partnerships and hosting numerous high-level delegations," Established in 2013 by the state-owned OCP Group, Mohammed VI Polytechnic University (UM6P), "a private non-profit re…
Canada on Thursday announced a new round of sanctions against Israeli settlers for "extremist violence" against Palestinian civilians in This comes just one month after the This round Ottawa listed seven individuals and five organizations "for their role in f…
Hundreds of ultra-Orthodox Jewish men blocked a major highway in central Military service is compulsory for most Jewish men and women in Israel. | But politically powerful ultra-Orthodox parties have won draft exemptions for their followers that allow them instead to study in religious seminaries. | This long-standing arrangement has bred widespread resentment among the broade…
Israeli forces attacked, on Friday, an anti-settlement demonstration in the village of Kufur Qaddoum, east of Qalqilia in the northwestern part of the occupied West Bank. Media sources said that on Friday afternoon, occupation soldiers invaded the village and fired tear gas canisters and concussion grenades towards non-violent protestors; no injuries were reported. Local Palestinians …
On Saturday, Israeli occupation authorities forced a Palestinian family to demolish their home in the At-Tur neighborhood, east of occupied Jerusalem. Media sources said that the citizen, Abdullah Abu Subeitan was forced by Israeli authorities to demolish his 85-square-meter home in the At-Tur neighborhood. According to Abu Subeitan, the Israeli Municipality delivered a demolition order …
A group of illegal Israeli colonizers attacked, on Friday morning, a Palestinian-owned home near the town of Turmus Ayya, northeast of Ramallah in the central West Bank. Media sources said that a group of Israeli settlers invaded the outskirts of the town of Turmus Ayya and attacked the home of the citizen, Mohammad Rabie Jabara. …
Israeli shelling on the Al-Daraj and Al-Sabra neighbourhoods killed eight people, including The shelling comes as reports emerge on US efforts to propose new…
Human rights groups returned to a Dutch court Friday seeking stricter enforcement of a court order to halt Dutch exports to Israel of parts for F-35 fighter jets used in the An appeals court ordered the Dutch government in February to halt the export of F-35 fighter jet parts to Israel , citing a clear risk of violations of international law if they are used in strike…
On Saturday dawn, Israeli soldiers abducted a young Palestinian man from his home, and exchanged fire with Palestinian fighters in Nablus, in the occupied West Bank's northern part, while paramilitary Israeli colonizers burnt Palestinian lands. Media sources said many military vehicles invaded Rafidia and Al-Makhfiyya areas in Nablus before the soldiers stormed and ransacked many …
The Palestinian Wafa news agency reported that the Palestinian NGOs Network's (PNGO) Rehabilitation Sector has warned against Israel's attacks and their dire consequences on people in Gaza. | A statement released by the network said hundreds of disabled people have…
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday he did not rule out a possible meeting with Syrian President Turkey severed ties with Syria after the 2011 Syrian civil war and supported rebels looking to oust Assad. | It has carried out several 
The Diversity Fire Tour, I caught up with Iraqi-American sensation Contrasting this with her sunny Italian holiday the previous week, Reem remarked, "Is it freaking cold? Yes… But I love London; it reminds me a lot of New York, which is my favourite city on earth. The comedy here is great, the people are awesome." | A viral clip from her debut comedy set, titled 
The international crime watchdog Financial Action Task Force (FATF) removed Turkey was downgraded to the "grey list" in 2021 on concerns about money laundering and terrorist financing. The latest move came after an FATF team recently held meetings with Turkish authorities to assess progress in addressing those worries. | Turkey has made "significant progress" in i…
IS overran large swathes of Syria and 
An Samir Younis, 67, was handed over to Egypt by Kuwait around five years ago, the report states. | Younis, a former university professor at Egypt's Helwan University had been working in Kuwait for over 25 years. | He was wanted, and later convicted by the E…
Russian President Vladimir Putin received a warm welcome when he visited the Democratic People's Republic of Korea on June 19 to meet with Kim Jong Un, who is general secretary of the Workers Party and DPRK president. Workers and soldiers of all ages greeted the Russian president with music and . . . | 
As freedom fighters who have seen many wars, from Vietnam to Algeria, from Palestine to Kanaky, we do not take the good news that comes our way lightly. First, because we fought and put our lives on the line for it. Second, because there is always a dark lining to . . . | 
Iranian men queue to vote at a polling station in a snap presidential election to choose a successor to Ebrahim Raisi following his death in a helicopter crash, in Tehran, Iran June 28, 2024. — ReutersPezeshkian secures over 10m votes followed by Jalili's 9.4m.Islamic republic reports 40%…
Iran to hold run-off vote between reformist and ultraconservative candidates | First-round leaders for presidency, Massoud Pezeshkian and Saeed Jalili, will square off on 5 July after failing to win majority of votes | | An Iranian woman votes at a polling station in a snap presidential election in…
28 June 2024, Quezon City, Philippines. As the effects of the triple planetary crisis of climate emergency, collapse of biodiversity and pervasive pollution are brought to light, civil society groups called on duty-bearers, governments and industries in particular, to take decisive measures that will protect and advance children's environmental rights with the meaningful participation of children and their supporters. | At a webinar held on June 27, 2024, child and adult leaders of child rights-focused and environmental rights-focused non-government organizations spoke as one in pushing for the human right of al…
Among the leaders are Masoud Pezeshkian and Saeed Jalili…
The country exports its nanoproducts to 50 countries around the world…
TEHRAN, Iran | Xinhua | Voting for Iran's 14th presidential election ended at midnight after 16 straight hours, said Spokesman of Iran's Election Headquarters Mohsen Eslami. He made the remarks in a live interview with Iran's state-run IRIB TV, noting that though the polling stations' doors were closed, those people who had come before the …
JERUSALEM, Israel | Xinhua| Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced on Monday that Israel is "committed" to the deal proposal outlined by U.S. President Joe Biden for a ceasefire in Gaza in return for the release of hostages. "We are committed to the Israeli proposal that President Biden endorsed," Netanyahu said during a special plenum …
War on Gaza: Famine threat persists as half a million starving, monitor finds | UN-backed report says hundreds of thousands of people people go entire days and nights without eating as Israel tightens siege
This Wednesday, June 26, Jack Gilroy, an 89-year-old veteran, will tell a court in Endicott, New York why he was compelled to deliver a letter to weapons manufacturer BAE Systems, protesting their weapons shipments to Israel, and why he should not be convicted of trespassing. "This case is not about trespass," said Jack Gilroy, who 
For the 37th consecutive week protesters took to the streets around the country to protest Labor's complicity in Israel being able to continue its genocide in Gaza for nine months.
Editor's Update — Two dozen respondents have already expressed interest in joining the slate. This effort is entirely do-able! paccusa/…
War on Gaza: Hunger 'worse than bombings' for starving Palestinians | Food is scarce, spoilt and often non-existent in besieged enclave, leaving people dizzy and weak | | Jana Ayad, a malnourished Palestinian girl, rests on a bed as she receives treatment at the International Medical Cor…
War on Gaza: Haniyeh's sister among 40 killed in deadly morning of Israeli strikes | Israeli fighter jets bomb schools and homes in starved and war-ravaged northern Gaza | | A woman mourns by one of the retrieved bodies of victims killed in overnight Israeli bombardment at the UN-run Asma school in…
We discuss the plea deal and release of Julian Assange with Australian journalist Antony Loewenstein, and the reaction in Assange's home country of Australia to his release and WikiLeaks's legacy, which he says helped open the door to whistleblowers and leakers in the era of digital journalism. Loewenstein, the author of The Palestine Laboratory, also discusses the state of press freedom in Israel's war on Gaza. The Israeli military doesn't view Palestinian journalists as journalists, he argues. Instead, it views them as "akin to terrorists" to justify its targeting of them, an…
Israeli high court rules ultra-Orthodox men must serve in the military | Ruling is a major blow to Netanyahu's coalition, which includes two Haredi parties that oppose conscription | | An Israeli mounted policeman scatters ultra-Orthodox Jewish men at a protest after Israel's Supreme Court convened…
Israel denied the attack, but a four-month investigation shows the office came under direct tank fire.
An Israeli soldier looks out from a tank as an artillery unit gathers on October 12, 2023. — Reuters
Some left and progressive people today are understandably too disgusted with the Biden administration's support for Israel as it carries out its genocidal campaign in Palestine to even consider joining mobilizations to the polls in November to prevent a MAGA—Trump victory. While anger with both major parties leading to disaffection with voting is not a new phenomenon, the question has become sharper in the context of mass struggles for justice in Palestine, and this is reflected in debates taking place within the party. Some party members are searching for various theories that could show how a boycott o…
Report on Israeli targeting of journalists adds to scrutiny of women's foundation | Investigation finds that Israel treats some reporters as 'legitimate targets' in Gaza, days after prize rescinded from MEE contributor over false allegations | | Al Jazeera's bureau chief in Gaza, Wael Al-Dahdouh, at…
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Israel kills sister of Hamas leader in strike on shelter | Meanwhile, the US warned it would not be able to stop Israel from invading Lebanon | | Palestinians carry a casualty outside an Unrwa centre following an Israeli strike on 23 June 2024 (Reuters/Mahmoud Issa) | At least 21 Palestinians were k…
ALBAWABA – Social media users widely shared a photo of the Lebanese singer Najwa Karam with a person whom they said was her husband.According to rumors online, Najwa Karam appeared with a businessman who many claimed earlier that she got married to. However, the Lebanese singer didn't deny or confirm the news.If this photo turns true, then it will be the couple's first appearance, even though the Lebanese singer has not announced her marriage yet.Najwa Karam with businessman Omar Al-Dahmani, Syrian singer Asala, and her husband, Faiq Hassan. (Social media)In the circulated picture, Najwa Karam appears with busine…_1.png)
ALBAWABA Welcome to your daily horoscope for June 25, 2024! The celestial movements today are guiding each zodiac sign with a mix of excitement and introspection. With Venus and Mars in a harmonious dance, there's a boost in both romantic and creative energies. Whether you're looking for love, career insights, or personal growth, read on to discover what the stars have in store for you. Aries (March 21 – April 19): Today is perfect for Aries to harness the power of their assertive nature. The moon's presence in your sign encourages self-expression and bold moves. This is a great time…
Newsflash! Property law in the U.S. is not rooted in the Constitution. America's legal foundation for property law (possession), "anti-Indian law," and the concept of nation-states is religious, not secular. Where did this deep sense of entitlement, hierarchy, and dominion over unknown lands and its original sovereign peoples originate? How was this wilderness continent, upon 
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been freed from Belmarsh Prison in London, where he has been incarcerated for the past five years, after accepting a plea deal with U.S. prosecutors. After a decade-plus of legal challenges, Assange will plead guilty to a single felony count of illegally obtaining and disclosing national security material for publishing classified documents detailing U.S. war crimes in Iraq and Afghanistan on WikiLeaks. The Australian publisher is expected to be sentenced to time served and allowed to return home, where he reportedly will seek a pardon. Assange's brother Gabriel Shipton…
Migrants rest in a shelter, following a rescue operation, after their boat capsized in the open sea, Kalamata, Greece on June 14, 2023. — ReutersPakistan retains position in Tier 2 for third consecutive 
Muslim pilgrims walk with umbrellas on the third day of the devil stoning ritual, amid extremely hot weather, during the annual haj pilgrimage, in Mina, Saudi Arabia, June 18, 2024. — Reuters Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Interior said Tuesday that 83% — 1,079 out of…
Saudi Arabia detains Egyptian cancer patient after criticising Hajj deaths | Islam Sobhi, a pilgrim, expressed shock and dismay about the hundreds of Egyptians that died in extreme heat | | Islam Sobhi, 27, speaks from the Egyptian consulate in Jeddah before surrendering himself to authorities on 23…
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Isaac Nellist discusses the nurses and midwives in Victoria and NSW fighting for fair pay and conditions, Palestine's football team plays in Boorloo/Perth and Federico Fuentes from the Boris Kagarlitsky International Solidarity Campaign discusses the latest updates from the anti-war Russian dissident's trial.
Kabale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Six private security guards accused of attempting to shoot at State Minister for Minerals, Phiona Nyamutoro, have been charged with seven counts of threatening violence. They are Nobert Okurboth the Manager of Wolves security company in charge of Rubanda and Kisoro districts, Robert Mucunguzi, Anthony Niwagaba, Hassan Oman, …
'Documenting my culture has also been a journey to understanding it better …'Originally published on English translation of the text in the image: 'I won't leave Mohna's company.' Illustration by the author, used with permission. | When I was around four years old, my family moved from our village in 
UNITED NATIONS | Xinhua | A staggering 113 countries worldwide have never had a woman serve as head of state or government, and only 26 countries are led by women as of today, according to UN Women's global data on Women Political Leaders 2024 published on Monday. Despite progress, women are still "largely excluded" from …
After years of fighting extradition from the United Kingdom to the U.S. on charges related to his publication of secret cables about the Iraq War, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has reached a plea deal with federal prosecutors, according to court documents filed on Monday. The Justice Department expects Assange to return home to Australia after a plea hearing Tuesday morning. | The agreement would bring to an end Assange's lengthy standoff with the White House, which has sparked diplomatic tensions and global concern about U.S. hypocrisy when it comes to advancing freedom of the press. | In 2018, the Justice…
Murad Gattal spoke to Azerbaijani trade unionists and left-wing activists about the state of society following Ilham Aliyev's election for the fifth presidential term and the Third Karabakh War.
NEW YORK—Unite HERE convention delegates formally elected longtime New Haven, Conn., activist and leader Gwen Mills as the union's new president. She promptly pledged to double its organizing and deepen its already large political involvement. Mills is the first woman to lead the union, successor to three famous unions: The Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers, …
In solidarity with the people of occupied Palestine and the resistance in the Gaza Strip and amidst Zionist aggression on several villages in South Lebanon, the Islamic Resistance in Lebanon persistently targeted on Tuesday Israeli occupation soldiers and sites near the Lebanese-Palestinian borders. Hezbollah's Military Media released consecutive statements outlining the attacks and their outcomes: …
Leader of the Islamic Revolution in Iran Imam Sayyed Ali Khamenei said the high turnout of voters in the upcoming presidential election will bring glory to Iran and disappoint the enemies. On the occasion of Eid Al-Ghadeer and in the lead-up to the fourteenth presidential election, thousands of Iranians from five provinces across the Islamic …
As negotiations for a potential ceasefire in In a statement on his Telegram account, Izzat al-Rishq, a member of the Hamas political bureau, dismissed claims from Sky News Arabia, which ref…
It has been a jam-packed few months for 23-year-old British Palestinian human rights activist, Leanne Mohamad. | In addition to tirelessly speaking up about Israel's indiscriminate attacks on Gaza at On July 4 2024, she will run as Ilford North's independent parliamentary candidate. | "Our current government and MP's refusal to…
A pro-Palestinian demonstration outside a synagogue in Los Angeles was "wrongly characterised" by media outlets and some political figures, including Many activist groups also contested the portrayals, stating that the protest did not interfere with any Jewish services and that Adas Torah synagogue was being used for a controversial event which was selling real estate in Israel as well as the occupied West Bank. | In a statement sent to The New Ar…
A lawsuit has been filed in The complaint was lodged with the South Korean Police Investigation Agency by the NGO People's Solidarity for Participatory Democracy (PSPD) against Netanyahu as well as Israeli President Isaac Herzog, Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi, Defence Minister Yoav…
In Morocco, pro-Palestine activists are set to take to the streets in protest of the alleged docking of an Israeli ship in Tangier port amid Tel Aviv's "The new Israeli Navy landing ship INS Komemiyut docked at the port of Tangier, Morocco, for supplies while sailing from the United States to Israel," In early June, Israel's INS Komemiyut made a…
Israel has moved a step closer to making a The temporary measure, currently in place, allows Israel to suspend broadcasts of 
On Sunday, Israeli The comments sparked fears that Lebanon could be next in Israel's crosshairs, with a build up of troops in the border region coinciding wit…
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has come under fire from the political left and right after hinting at the On Sunday evening, the premier said the "intense stage" of the Gaza assault 
The Israeli army was due to make 20 arrests of Palestinians in the coming week but was forced to cancel due to a lack of 
Israel's eight-month This situation has seen a proliferation of 
She is standing in the Winchester constituency in southern England, having been MP for the now-defunct seat of Meon Valley, since 2019, and nearby Portsmouth South between 2015 and 2017. | Drummond co-founded 
Amid the bustling heart of Cairo, Rafeeq Taweel steps into a robust tall building that contrasts with This building is a hospital, one of the many in the Egyptian capital and home to some of the region's most prestigious medical centres. | The Palestinian nurse, however, feels a unique welcoming breeze as he enters these premises. | 
The woman has been charged with capital murder, court records show, following the May The 42-y…
The In an annual report, the 
It is an intriguing encounter which will produce a first-time finalist to take on either 2007 winners India or defending champions England who meet in the second semi-final at Guyana's Providence Stadium on Thursday. | Celebr…
Moscow expects to sign a new agreement on comprehensive "We expect that this agreement will be signed in the very near future, since work on the text is already close to completion. All the necessary wording has been found," RIA cited Rudenko as saying. | Earlier in June, Russia's foreign ministry said that work on the agreement was temporarily suspend…
Saudi Arabia's An anonymous government-linked source told the BBC that some projects in Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's Vision 2030 plan, designed to wean the kingdom off its reliance on oil and gas revenues, could be delayed or scaled down due to a less optimistic forecast…
Rare celebrations erupted in multiple Afghan cities on Tuesday after the national cricket team reached the World Cup semi-finals for the first time with a nail-biting T20 win over Bangladesh. | Thousands gathered in the capital Kabul and in Khost, Jalalabad and other cities to celebrate the fairytale win, which also eliminated the formidable Australians from the competition. | Fans chanted praise for their "heroes", set off fireworks and danced in the streets. Some shed tears of joy. | "I am lost for words," Hassan Khan Niazai told AFP in Kabul while celebrating the landmark achievement. | "It is a special and…
Jordanian security forces said they uncovered and detonated explosives hidden in a commercial warehouse in an industrial area southeast of the capital Amman on Monday that security sources say were part of an Iran-linked plot to Witnesses earlier said security forces had sealed the Abu Alanda area in a wide scale security operation two days after authorities announced they had detonated explosives uncovered in another location in the capital. The authorities said the explosives found on Monday were hidde…
Iranians choose a president on Friday in a tightly controlled election following With Iran's supreme leader now 85, it is likely that the next president will be closely involved in the eventual process of choosing a successor to Khamenei, who has ensu…
Thousands of fighters from Iran-backed groups in the Middle East are ready to come to Lebanon to join with the militant Almost daily exchanges of fire have occurred along Lebanon's frontier with northern Israel since fighters from the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip s…
Israel bombed the Gaza Strip where one hospital reported at least 30 dead Friday and as exchanges of fire and threats over the Lebanon border After further cross-border fire between Israel and Lebanon's powerful Shia Increased "bellicose rhetoric" from both sides risked triggering a…
A security source said a leader of the Lebanese Islamist group Since Israel began its war on Gaza, 
Israeli tanks advanced to the edge of Images of two Israeli tanks stationed on a hilltop overlooking the coastal area went viral on social media, but Reuters could not independently verify them. | "The fighting with the resistance has been intense. The occupatio…
It is unconscionable for Israel to participate in the 2024 Paris Olympics. Israel should be suspended from international sports organizations and events until it ends its grave violations of international law.
A commercial ship traveling through the The apparent fire by the Houthis comes after the sinking this week of the ship 
A new report from open-source research agency Forensic Architecture has concluded that 6-year-old Palestinian girl The 
At least 42 people were killed in One Israeli strike on 
Millions of people around the UK will be casting their vote on 4 July in the general election, but for many of them, one subject in particular will be influencing the way they vote. | Israel's war on the besieged…
Footage of an injured Palestinian tied to an Israeli military vehicle by troops has circulated online, raising further concerns about abuses by Israeli forces in the occupied Palestinian territories. | During an Israeli raid in the northern The man, identified by Reuters as Mujahid Azmi, was later seen being restrained on the hood of a veh…
A new poll shows that former The Channel 12 poll asked people whether they preferred Bennett over Bennett had formed a coalition governmen…
Tens of thousands of protesters waving Large protests have occurre…
Jun 21, 2024 "Following Armenia's recognition of a Palestinian state, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs summoned the Ambassador of Armenia to Israel for a harsh reprimand conversation." The Republic of Armenia has announced its official recognition of a Palestinian state, the latest country to do so as Israel continues its genocidal war on the Gaza …
During an Israeli raid in the northern The man was later seen being restrained on the boot of a vehicle while severely injured. | The Israeli army acknowledged the incident, saying that that "conduct seen in the video is not consistent with the [Israeli forces] orders and what is expected of its soldiers". | It added that the "incident is…
This marks the highest daily death toll recorded in Gaza since 8 June, when Israeli forces killed at least 274 Palestinians in an operation to free four captives in the Nuseirat refugee camp. | The death toll includes those in three separ…
Image by Mohammed Ibrahim. | Defenders of Israel as "the only democracy in the Middle East" had their hands full last month, particularly when it came to freedom of the press, a cornerstone of genuine democracies. On May 5, Al Jazeera reported that its offices in East Jerusalem — internationally recognized Palestinian territory occupied by Israel — were raided and shut down by Israeli police following the banning of the news network by the Israeli government. Al Jazeera continues to operate in the rest of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, but is still barred from reporting or broadcasting in Israel…
The Gulf emirate, the United States and Egypt, have been engaged in months of 
Abu al-Atta, 34, who played as a defender for the 
Image of Palestinian strapped to Israeli security vehicle sparks outrage | Israeli military promises investigation after forces accused of using man as a 'human shield' | | A still from social media footage showing Mujahid Raed Abbadi strapped to an Israeli vehicle as it drives throug…
A shipment of dates with pits has caused friction between According to Israeli news outlet N12, Israel's Agriculture Ministry banned the import of a 100 kg shipment of dates with pits from the UAE, stating that only dates without pits are permitted. | The restriction has since led to protests from the Gulf nation, which has been exporting dates to Israel since the Abraham Accords normalisation deal in 2020. | N12 reported that the UAE send…
Bernardo Silva's fine finish in the 21st minute, a comical Samet Akaydin own goal shortly afterwards and Bruno Fernandes's second-half tap-in gave 
The fire had started late on Thursday due to the burning of straw and spread because of strong winds, the local governor's office said. Authorities have launched an investigation into the cause of the fire, Justice Minister Yilmaz Tunc said in a post on social media…
Police in The explosives, found in a home in the Marka neighbourhood northeast of the capital, were detonated onsite after the area was evacuated, according to a brief statement by the public security directorate. Witnesses said the area was sealed by police. | The statement did not say if police suspected it was terrorism related or if arrests were made, or detail the quantity of explosives. It added more details…
A year after the disappearance of his brother in one of the deadliest shipwrecks in the Mediterranean, Suleman Tariq wants answers. But, like other young Pakistanis, he is also determined to make it to Europe. | "Since my brother went missing, our financial situation has worsened. I have no choice but to leave Pakistan to help my family repay the loan we took," said Tariq, whose brother Usman Tariq, was on board but not declared dead. | "There's absolutely nothing in this country… However, I will only pursue legal avenues and will not follow my brother's path." | 
Iran's Supreme Court overturned the In a post on social media platform X, Raisian said that the court…
The Council on American-Islamic Relations ( The attack, which occurred at a local swimming pool in Euless, 
A war monitor on Saturday said three According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, the strike occurred in 
The Afghans took advantage of a poor performance in the field from the Australians to post 148-6 in their innings before bowling the 20…
The country is expanding production…
The oil market has renewed its focus on fundamentals…
Hajj death toll tops 1,000 after extreme heat ANALYSIS | AGENCIES | The death toll from this year's hajj had by June 21 exceeded 1,000, a tally by the international news agency AFP has said. More than half were unregistered worshippers who performed the pilgrimage in extreme heat in Saudi Arabia. The new deaths reported on …
TUNIS | Xinhua | The death toll among Tunisian pilgrims who performed Hajj in Saudi Arabia has risen to 53, Tunisia's state television Wataniya 1 reported. "Until this Saturday, the number of Tunisian pilgrims who died in holy places in Saudi Arabia while performing the Hajj rituals, increased further from 49 to 53," said the …
Israel kills dozens of Palestinians in two 'massacres' in Gaza | Attacks targeted the Shati refugee camp and the Tuffah neighbourhood of Gaza City | | A Palestinian stands at the site of Israeli strikes on houses, amid Israel-Hamas conflict, at Al Shati refugee camp in Gaza City, June 22, 2024 (Reut…
A series of countries have recognised the State of Palestine amid the war between 
Israel kills dozens of Palestinians in two 'massacres' in Gaza | Attacks targeted the Shati refugee camp and the Tuffah neighbourhood of Gaza City | | Men walk through a damaged room at a school run by UN agency Unrwa at the Shati camp for Palestinian refugees, west of Gaza City, on 7 May 2024 (AFP)…
The official, who is the head of the company that plans Israel's electrical systems, issued the warning on Thursday, but later backtracked, according to The Times of Israel. | "We are not in a good situation, and we are not prepared for a real war. We are living in a fant…
Holocaust survivors say using the Holocaust to justify genocide in Gaza and repress student protest on college campuses is an insult to the Holocaust's memory.
Saree Makdisi's "Tolerance Is a Wasteland: Palestine and the Culture of Denial" shows just what a sham Israeli liberalism always was and continues to be.
Israel's extreme -right Smotrich's Settlements Administration will now oversee a range of laws and regulations governing civilian life in the West Bank, likely resulting in a deepening of the oppression against Palestinian…
Speaking at a Chatham House conference in London, Prince Khalid bin Bandar added however the kingdom would not make any decisions that would compromise Palestinian self-determination. | "Normalisation is important to Saudi Arabia and to everyone in the region and anyone who is sensible because it brings peace, stability and security," he said | "If you look at our region, it's the l…
Video footage and photos of a wide-eyed and trembling The man has been identified by local Palestinian media as Badr Dahlan, a 29-year-old who was detained by Israeli forces in Gaza and held for a month. | In a video which has since gone viral online, Dahlan struggles to speak…
Ghazi Hamad, a member of Hamas' political bureau reiterated that the group is on good terms with Qatar's leadership, and any pressure from other countries will not affect this. | "The presence of Hamas in Qatar increases possibilities of…
One after the other, the faces of missing pilgrims drop in the Telegram channel. | Nadia: a middle-aged woman cloaked in a white-preying veil. Samiyah: a smiling, gentle face wrapped in a pink hijab. Muhammad stands smiling inside a mosque, his shoulders wrapped in white cloth. | Below the pictures are their names, the place and date they were last seen, a phone number to contact, and sometimes, a plea to help. | "Thousands ended up in the hospital with symptoms of heat stroke and heat exhaustion, and hundreds died on the street" | The Telegram channel, named 'Disappeared at Hajj 1445' (after the Hijri calenda…
Mukesh Ambani, Chairman and Managing Director of Reliance Industries, arrives to address the company's annual general meeting in Mumbai, India July 5, 2018. — ReutersDr K H Patil, a doctor based in India's Mumbai, recently fell victim to a fraudulent scheme after being swindled…
Iranian dissident rapper Toomaj Salehi's death penalty overturned | Supreme Court orders retrial in case of imprisoned rapper whose death sentence sparked international outcry | | Iranian rapper Toomaj Salehi in an Instagram post (Toomaj Salehi/Instagram) | Dissident rapper Toomaj Sal…
Isang Makabuluhang Araw ng Kalayaan (A Meaningful Day of Freedom)!: | by Michael T. Sebullen and Genevieve B. Kupang: | This year's Philippine Independence Day shone even brighter in Sitio Lusod, Barangay Tinongdan, Itogon, Benguet, thanks to a heartwarming outreach activity. On June 12, 2024, Baguio Central University College of Nursing and School of Midwifery (CNSM), Graduate School and CBA deans, faculty, students, personnel, and staff, in partnership with Lusod Community School, CHED-CAR, DepEd, the Regional Mobile Force Battalion 15 Tech Support Company, the Office of Benguet Congressman Eric…
by Jag Mohan Thaken | Chandigarh, India. While deciding a case, Lord Hewart, the then Lord Chief Justice of England, laid down a dictum— "Justice must not only be done but must also be seen to be done". | "It is not merely of some importance but is of fundamental importance that justice should not only be done, but should manifestly and undoubtedly be seen to be done". | This dictum must be a deciding factor for all the authorities, everywhere, every time. When an authority's decision creates some doubt in the minds of the concerned parties or the public, the authority loses its credibility and it should eit…
In the first two months of the current Iranian calendar year, 50,000 tonnes of various steel plates were exported from Iran…
Enhancing quality of life and environmental sustainability are the project's goals…
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni on Thursday, oversaw the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the Government of Uganda and the United Arab Emirates' Sharjah Chamber of Commerce and Industry at Munyonyo. President Museveni welcomed the MOU, noting the strengthened relations between Uganda and Gulf countries, which offer significant investment potential. The agreement involves …
When we arrived in the field, we knew practically nothing about the religion of the Chodhri and other Adivasi groups of the region. We had seen their votive offerings in museums and as book illustrations, but all available information in the ethnographic literature and gazetteers on "tribal religion" were so general and vague that we… 
Around 25,000 Sikhs marked 40th anniversary of the June 1984 Sikh Genocide by marching through London and holding a Freedom Rally in Trafalgar Square. — Reporter
No doubt like many other people around the world, we have been surprised and increasingly concerned that Noam Chomsky has not commented publicly on current events for around one year; in particular, on the Israeli genocide of Palestinians.
"Hezbollah's increasing aggression is bringing us to the brink of what could be a 
Senior Hezbollah commander Taleb Abdallah was killed in an Israeli strike in the village of Jouaiyya on T…
Palestinians in Gaza gathered to mark the Israeli military attacks were reported across the territory, including dozens of explosions in western Rafah, following a deadly day for Israel's military when The military…
The Last of the Mohicans Soundtrack — "Promontory", "The Gael" Pal Chron — Day 254: Conflict in Israel over 'Tactical Pause' | Arrest Warrants Decision in Ten Days | Ansarallah Hits US Destroyer Israel's New Air War in the West Bank: Nearly Half of the Dead are Children, by Catherine Cartier We've Seen This "Antisemitism Crisis On The Left" Script Before, by Caitlin Johnstone Hamas Has Not Lost, Therefore They Win, by Indrajit Wounded left in limbo by Israel's invasion of Rafah, by Ruwaida Amer Blinken's lies about Hamas rejecting a ceasefire reveal admin's true intentio…
Eight The military said the soldiers were killed when the Namer armoured vehicle they were travelling in exploded near Gaza's far-southern city of Rafah,…
The imam of Mecca's Grand Mosque reiterated on Saturday that Sheikh Maher Al Muaiqly, who was appointed to deliver the sermon on the penultimate day of the Hajj, made the remark as the pilgrimage takes place in the shadow of Israel's military offensive has killed at least 37,266 people in Gaza, mostly civilians, according to the territory's health min…
Ahmed AbdulKareem uncovers how American airstrikes, guided by Israeli intelligence operations and Yemeni informants, are amplifying civilian casualties in Yemen and shedding light on a covert military strategy with global implications.
In tents in the stifling heat and in bombed-out mosques, "There is no joy. We have been robbed of it," said Malakiya Salman, a 57-year-old displaced woman, now living in a tent in Khan Yunis city in the southern Gaza Strip. | Gazans, like Muslims the world over, would usually slaughter sheep for t…
Israel is holding 9,300 Palestinians in prisons and detention centres, including around 250 children and 75 women, the Palestinian Prisoner's Society said in a statement. | The PPS said that the number includes thousands of Palestinians detained from the Gaza Strip, where Israel has carried out a brutal military assault since October. | More than 3,400 of the total number of prisoners are held under 'administrative detention' – a procedure that allows Israeli authorities to hold alleged suspected for six months at a time, which can be extended indefinitely. | Israel says the procedure allows authorities to hol…
Salim Vally discusses Israel's war on Gaza and the global campaign against Israeli apartheid.
Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu is now expected to hold consultations about his country's war in Gaza with…
Deadly Israeli airstrikes targeted several locations throughout Gaza overnight and early on Monday killing Palestinians, as Muslims mark the second day of the Islamic festival of At least three people, including a woman and an elderly man, were killed early on Monday and others were seriously injured following Israeli bombing in the Sheikh Radwan neighbourhood in 
Around 71 Palestinians were killed in the past 48 hours, most of the dead are women and children, as 
The Palestinian health ministry said Sultan Abdul Rahman Khatatbeh, 16, was killed by Israeli fire in the northern West Bank town of Beit Furik, the ministry said in a statement published on Facebook. | Officia…
Thousands of Israelis took part in nationwide protests on Saturday, announcing a week of resistance over the failure of the Saturday's protests were centred around 
Over 200 supporters of Egyptian football club The Egyptian Network for Human Rights (ENHR) reported that the fans clashed with security force…
In a letter to Israel's 
On 31 May US President Joe Biden Biden outlined a three-phase proposal that would see a captive exchange deal that would allow for the end of military operations in Gaza and the withdrawal of its forces from the enclave. | Ever since then, there has been widespread confusion regarding whether the proposal was actually an Israeli one, give…
Israel's High Court issued an injunction on Sunday to suspend an investigation by Justice Gila Canfy Steinitz put the court's ruling down to "the complex security situation", referring to Israel's ongoing war on Gaza which has now killed 37,337 Palestinians and rendered much o…
Iran and Sweden announced on Saturday a prisoner exchange that saw a "Hamid Noury, who has been in illegal detention in Sweden since 2019, is free and will return to the country in a few hours," Kazem Gharibabadi, head of Iran's High Council for Human Rights, said in a post on social media platform…
At least 19 "Fourteen Jordanian pilgrims died and 17 others were missing" during the performance of hajj rituals, Jordan's foreign ministry said in a statement. | The ministry later confirmed the 14 had died "after suffering sun stroke due to the extreme heat…
Masses of pilgrims on Sunday embarked on a symbolic stoning of the devil in Saudi Arabia under the soaring summer heat. The ritual marks the final days of the The stoning is among the final rites of the Hajj, which is one of the Five Pillars of Islam. It came a day after more than 1.8 million 
One of the world's largest religious gatherings unfolded during the oven-like Saudi summer again this year, and authorities recorded more than 2,700 cases of "heat exhaustion" on Sunday alone, the Saudi health ministry said. | On Monday, according to…
As a scientist who researches peace and conflict, I find it important to systematically approach questions and see where the evidence leads me. It is a trait I developed from great mentorship, and a value that was instilled in me by my father from a very young age. He was medical doctor, with a specialty 
The other day I rewatched Howard Hawk's classic 1938 romantic comedy, Bringing Up Baby, for the first time in what was probably decades. Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant star as an eccentric heiress and straightlaced paleontologist who come into possession of a leopard. Apparently, the beloved film was a box-office bomb. Hepburn's heiress, Susan Vance, 
French politics has been in chaos since President Macron announced a snap general election after the victory of the far right Rassemblement Nationale (RN) in the European elections. Jordan Bardella's RN list took 31,37 % of the vote. Eric Zemmour's Reconquest list led by Marine le Pen's niece, Marion Maréchal Le Pen, took another 5, 47% 
Muslim pilgrims cast their stones at a pillar symbolising Satan, during the annual Hajj pilgrimage in Mina, Saudi Arabia, June 17, 2024. — Reuters
Pro-Khalistan Sikh leader and Sikhs For Justice General Counsel Gurpatwant Singh Pannun . — Photo by authorLONDON: Indian citizen and Indian spy agency RAW's agent accused of attempting to kill Sikh leader Gurpatwant Singh Pannun in New York has been extradited to the US…
Rescue workers along with people gather at the site of a train collision after the accident in Darjeeling district in West Bengal state, India, June 17, 2024. — Reuters
The country's authorities are working on the transition to renewable energy sources…
This project will help to strengthen the economy of the nation…
Tourism Minister expressed his desire to build strong partnerships with other countries…
It is the largest scientific and educational event in the region…
It is expected to grow at over 30 per cent in the third quarter of 2024…