Category: 1. Palestine

Houston, Texas – Oscar Gato Sanchez had gotten dressed up for his day in immigration court. The 25-year-old wore a red button-down, black slacks and dress shoes, his dark hair trimmed short with the aim of leaving a good impression.

It was a Monday afternoon in June, and Gato Sanchez, a Cuban immigrant, had come to present himself before a United States immigration judge.

As he sat inside the Texas courtroom, he had no reason to doubt that the court would eventually hear his case.

Gato…

US President Donald Trump is vowing to push ahead with his attempt to end birthright citizenship after the Supreme Court ruled that lower court judges had overstepped in blocking Trump’s executive orders nationwide.

US President Donald Trump said the corruption trial was a “witch hunt” and called for it to be canceled.

Israel’s attorney general on Friday rejected Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s request to postpone his corruption trial for two weeks, according to public broadcaster KAN.

Citing the broadcaster, the Anadolu news agency reported that Netanyahu had asked the Jerusalem District Court to delay his trial…

Ukraine’s European allies pledged increased levels of military aid to Ukraine this year, making up for a United States aid freeze, as Russian President Vladimir Putin reaffirmed his ambition to absorb all of Ukraine into the Russian Federation.

“At this moment, the Europeans and the Canadians have pledged, for this year, $35bn in military support to Ukraine,” said NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte ahead of the alliance’s annual summit, which took place in The Hague on Tuesday and…

enya’s Interior Minister Kipchumba Murkomen has been caught on video appearing to authorise police to shoot protesters. Murkomen made the comments after at least 16 people were killed during protests over police brutality on Wednesday.

Israeli soldiers have deliberately shot at unarmed Palestinians seeking aid in Gaza after being “ordered” to do so by their commanders, the Israeli newspaper Haaretz reports.

Israel ordered an investigation into possible war crimes over the allegations by some soldiers that it revealed on Friday, Haaretz said.

At least 549 Palestinians have been killed and 4,066 injured while waiting for food aid distributed at sites run by the Israeli-and United States-backed Gaza Humanitarian…

Lebanese state media reports civilian casualties after Israeli attack on residential apartment building in Nabatieh.

At least one person has been killed and more than a dozen others were wounded in Israeli air attacks on southern Lebanon, the health ministry has said, as the Israeli military said it struck sites linked to the armed group Hezbollah.

In a report on Friday, Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency cited the country’s health ministry saying that a woman and 13 other people…

By Palestine Chronicle Staff  

The Spanish Prime Minister urged the EU to immediately suspend its association agreement with Israel.

Spain summoned the Israeli embassy’s chargé d’affaires on Thursday in protest at his “unacceptable” statement that Madrid was “on the wrong side of history” for condemning the “genocide” in the Gaza Strip.

In his strongest condemnation to date, Spanish Prime…

The lineup for the FIFA Club World Cup round of 16 is complete. Al Jazeera Sport takes a closer look.

Lionel Messi’s reunion with former club Paris Saint-Germain and Real Madrid’s meeting with Juventus are the eye-catching ties of a mouthwatering round of 16 at the FIFA Club World Cup.

Real Madrid and Al Hilal‘s victory against Salzburg and Pachuca on Thursday evening completed the group stage of FIFA’s reformatted competition.

Al Jazeera Sport takes a look at the top talking points…

Gaza (Quds News Network)- People in Gaza have found dangerous narcotics inside flour bags distributed by the US-Israeli Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), which Palestinians and national organizations now call “death traps.”

The Government Media Office in Gaza issued a strong statement condemning what it described as a “heinous crime.” The drugs found were Oxycodone, a powerful and addictive opioid. According to the statement, four citizens have so far confirmed discovering…