Category: 1. Palestine

By Palestine Chronicle Staff  

The killing of Mo’men Abu Al-Awf raises to 227 the number of journalists killed in Gaza since October 7, 2023.

Three Palestinian paramedics and a journalist were killed by an Israeli tank shell while attempting to evacuate injured civilians in Gaza City, the Interior Ministry said on Tuesday.

A ministry statement said an Israeli tank directly fired at the paramedics…

Millions of people around the world are unable to have the number of children they desire, and financial constraints, lack of quality healthcare and gender inequality are some of the barriers to reproductive choices, according to a UN report.

The UN Population Fund (UNFPA) unveiled its State of the World Population report on Tuesday, warning that a rising number of people are being denied the freedom to start families due to elevated living costs, wars and lack of suitable partners and not…

Gaza (Quds News Network)- Israel has committed the crime against humanity of extermination in Gaza, according to a damning new report by the UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry. The report states that Israeli forces systematically target civilians sheltering in schools, mosques, and cultural sites across the besieged territory.

The Commission also found that Israeli forces committed war crimes, including wilful killing and directing attacks at civilians, especially in…

We turn to AI (artificial intelligence) in our conversations, rely on it in our decisions, and even seek its insights into our relationships. As these systems become increasingly capable of thinking, creating, and even mimicking empathy, the line between human and artificial intelligence grows ever more indistinct. Where do we draw the boundary between person and machine? And what shape will our…

Activist Greta Thunberg arrived in Paris on Tuesday after being deported by Israel. Thunberg said Israeli forces “illegally attacked and kidnapped” her and other activists aboard the Madleen, a humanitarian boat attempting to deliver aid to Gaza.

Severe levels of ‘hunger, destitution and desperation’ found in the town of Jabal Awliya, south of Khartoum.

The risk of famine in Sudan has extended close to the capital Khartoum, the UN’s World Food Programme (WFP) has warned as the country’s brutal civil war grinds on into its third year.

The agency has discovered “severe” levels of hunger in the town of Jabal Awliya, some 40km (25 miles) south of Khartoum, the WFP’s Sudan representative Laurent Bukera said on…

Already qualified Japan beat Indonesia 6-0 in the final Group C game in the AFC qualifiers for the 2026 FIFA World Cup.

Daichi Kamada has scored twice as Japan has rounded off their successful World Cup qualifying campaign with a 6-0 thrashing of Patrick Kluivert’s Indonesia in Osaka.

Kamada, an FA Cup winner with Crystal Palace in England this season, struck twice in Tuesday’s first half as already qualified Japan finished their campaign as Group C winners, scoring 30 goals in their 10…

An attacker shot at least nine people dead, before killing themselves, at a school in the southeastern Austrian city of Graz, according to local authorities cited by media reports.

Police said on Tuesday that they believed the assailant acted alone before turning the gun on themself. “Several” other people were seriously wounded, according to the authorities.

Graz Mayor Elke Kahr described the incident as a “terrible tragedy”, the Austria Press Agency reported. It added that those…

A shooter has opened fire at a high school in Austria’s second most populous city, Graz. At least 10 people have died, including the suspect, according to the city’s mayor and police.

The attack on Tuesday represents the Central European nation’s deadliest mass shooting outside wars.

Here is what we know so far:

What happened — and where?

The shooting occurred in the morning at the BORG Dreierschutzengasse secondary school in Graz, the capital of the southern Austrian province of…