Category: 1. Palestine

Riyadh-based club Al Hilal and the Saudi Pro League (SPL) have made a habit of making international headlines in recent years, but almost exclusively it’s been for off-field matters involving money and player transfers.

Whether it was Brazilian superstar Neymar’s 90-million-euro ($98m) blockbuster signing in 2023 and subsequent departure 17 months later after playing just seven games, or their unsuccessful attempts to lure other big names like Mohamed Salah and Victor Osimhen, the club…

Cape Town, South Africa – Five months ago, with a single social media post, United States President Donald Trump put half a million people in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) at risk when he announced the closure of USAID – the single biggest aid donor in the country.

A few days ago in Washington, DC, the same administration claimed credit for extricating the Congolese people from a decades-long conflict often described as the deadliest since World War II. This year…

‘DOGE is the monster that might have to go back and eat Elon.’ Donald Trump said he would ‘take a look’ at the possibility of Elon Musk being deported. Musk has criticised Trump’s ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’ for what he called ‘insane spending’ and renewed his call for a new political party.

The attack comes shortly after President Volodymyr Zelenskyy promises to increase Ukraine’s drone production.

A Ukrainian drone attack at an industrial plant in central Russia has killed three people and injured 35 others, a Russian regional governor has said.

Alexander Brechalov, head of the Udmurt Republic, said in a post on Telegram on Tuesday that the attack took place at a factory in Izhevsk city. Ten of the wounded were in a serious condition, he noted.

There was no immediate official…

By Palestine Chronicle Staff  

At least 45 Palestinians from the towns of Hebron, Nablus, Ramallah, Tulkarm, and Qalqilya in the West Bank were also detained.

Israeli occupation forces have shot and killed two Palestinian youths in separate incidents during raids in the cities of Ramallah and Hebron (Al-Khalil) in the occupied West Bank on…

By Robert Inlakesh

The Axis of Resistance as a whole has dramatically changed its tone and has understood what kind of war they are now facing. 

Over the past week, an increase in US and Israeli reconnaissance aircraft has been noted over Lebanese territory. While Washington-based think tanks, the Western corporate media, in addition to Israeli and US politicians, claim that Hezbollah was defeated late last year, all indications…

Hundreds of people in Gaza have been shot dead while going to collect desperately needed food from Israeli- and US-backed aid hubs, according to officials in the Strip.

Start Here with Sandra Gathmann explains what’s been happening.

This episode features:

Amy Low | Medical Team Lead, Doctors Without Borders (MSF)

Kazem Abu Khalaf | Palestine Spokesperson, UNICEF

Nebal Farsakh | Spokesperson, Palestine Red Crescent Society

The United States dollar has had its worst first six months of the year since 1973, as President Donald Trump’s economic policies have prompted global investors to sell their greenback holdings, threatening the currency’s “safe-haven” status.

The dollar index, which measures the currency’s strength against a basket of six others, including the pound, euro and yen, fell 10.8 percent in the first half of 2025.

President Trump’s stop-start tariff war, and his attacks that have led…