Category: 1. Palestine

By Palestine Chronicle Staff  

Hamas is holding talks with Palestinian groups over a Qatari-Egyptian proposal, as Israeli and US officials signal a possible Gaza ceasefire announcement next week.

The Palestinian Resistance Movement Hamas has confirmed it is conducting internal consultations with leaders of Palestinian forces and groups to assess the latest proposal presented by Qatari and…

By Palestine Chronicle Staff  

As Israel’s genocidal assault on Gaza deepens, fierce battles erupt in Khan Yunis and resistance forces intensify their response across the enclave.

Heavy fighting erupted early Friday in northern Khan Yunis, southern Gaza, during what Israeli media described as a “security incident” involving intense confrontations with…

Prosecutors in Colombia open a probe into an alleged plot to overthrow President Petro as ties sharply deteriorate.

The United States and Colombia have called home their respective top diplomats in an acceleration of worsening ties, against the backdrop of an alleged plot against Colombia’s left-wing leader.

Washington, DC went first, recalling its charge d’affaires John McNamara on Thursday, “following baseless and reprehensible statements from the highest levels of the government of…

The unarmed man was found in the central-west border section before being led to safety by South Korean troops.

A North Korean man has crossed the heavily fortified land border with South Korea and is now being held in custody, the South Korean military has confirmed.

The unarmed individual was located on Thursday in the central-west section of the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ), before being guided by South Korean troops to safety, according to South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff.

Seoul’s army…

EXPLAINER

MPs in the UK have voted to proscribe the group as a terrorist organisation, but what has it actually done?

Members of Parliament in the United Kingdom voted overwhelmingly this week to proscribe the campaign group, Palestine Action, as a terrorist organisation under anti-terrorism laws, putting the group on a par with armed groups such as al-Qaeda and ISIL (ISIS).

A draft order to amend the Terrorism Act 2000 to do this, brought by Home Secretary Yvette Cooper, passed through the…

Here are the key events on day 1,226 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.

Here is how things stand on Friday, July 4:

Fighting

• Russia launched 539 drones and 11 ballistic and cruise missiles at Ukraine overnight in the largest aerial attack since the war began, according to Ukraine’s air force.
• The military said its air defences shot down 270 drones while 208 more were redirected by the army or were drone simulators lacking warheads.
• The attacks on Kyiv injured at least 23 people, damaging…

Joypurhat/Dhaka, Bangladesh, and New Delhi/Kolkata, India – Under the mild afternoon sun, 45-year-old Safiruddin sits outside his incomplete brick-walled house in Baiguni village of Kalai Upazila in Bangladesh, nursing a dull ache in his side.

In the summer of 2024, he sold his kidney in India for 3.5 lakh taka ($2,900), hoping to lift his family out of poverty and build a house for his three children – two daughters, aged 5 and 7, and an older 10-year-old son. That money is long gone,…