Category: 1. Palestine

Downing Street says the purchase will be the ‘biggest strengthening of the UK’s nuclear posture in a generation’.

The United Kingdom plans to buy at least a dozen F-35A fighter jets capable of carrying tactical nuclear weapons, in what will be the “biggest strengthening of the UK’s nuclear posture in a generation”, Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s office says.

Starmer will make an announcement about the purchase, which will allow the UK’s air force to carry nuclear weapons for…

The US bombed Iran’s nuclear sites Fordow, Natanz and Isfahan on June 22.

United States President Donald Trump has insisted that the strikes on several of Iran’s nuclear sites last week “completely destroyed” the facilities, rejecting US media reports citing a Pentagon assessment that the attacks only set Tehran’s nuclear programme back by a few months.

An initial intelligence evaluation suggested that the US bombardment failed to destroy Iran’s underground nuclear facilities, The…

Gaza (Quds News Network)- At least 10 starving civilians were killed by Israeli forces on Wednesday morning while seeking aid near a distribution site run by the controversial US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) in central Gaza.

Local sources confirmed that ten Palestinians were killed and several injured while waiting for aid near the Netzarim Corridor in central Gaza.

Since the GHF started its operations on May 27 in Gaza, over 520 aid seekers have been killed and over…

Video shows Zohran Mamdani declaring victory in New York City’s Democratic mayoral primary after Andrew Cuomo conceded. The 33-year-old democratic socialist would become the city’s first Muslim and Indian American mayor if elected.

The death sentence has been removed from eight criminal offences in Vietnamese law and replaced with life imprisonment for offenders.

Vietnam will end capital punishment for eight categories of serious crime – including embezzlement, attempts to overthrow the government and sabotaging state infrastructure, state media has reported.

The state-run Vietnam News Agency reported on Wednesday that the country’s National Assembly unanimously passed an amendment to the Criminal Code that…

Campaigning on cost of living issues, Mamdani beat out ex-governor Andrew Cuomo and his $25m super PAC.

Zohran Mamdani, a 33-year-old state lawmaker, has declared victory in New York City’s Democratic mayoral primary after beating former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo in a landslide win during the first round of voting.

“In the words of Nelson Mandela: it always seems impossible until it’s done. My friends, it is done. And you are the ones who did it. I am honoured to be your Democratic…

Here are the key events on day 1,217 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.

Here is how things stand on Wednesday, June 25 :

Fighting

• Russian missile strikes on southeastern Ukraine killed 17 people in the city of Dnipro and injured more than 200, damaging dozens of buildings and infrastructure facilities.
• Two people were killed in a Russian attack on the city of Samara.
• Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy named Hennadii Shapovalov as the new commander of Ukraine’s ground forces. He will also…

The 17-year-old Australian Sudanese sprinter clocked 20.02 seconds to break the Australian national record once again.

Australian teenage sprinter Gout Gout has crushed the 200-metre field in his first senior race abroad, bettering his own national record by two hundredths of a second to finish in 20.02 seconds at the Ostrava Golden Spike.

The 17-year-old high school student ran a textbook race in his European debut at the World Athletics Continental Tour Gold event in the Czech Republic on…