Category: 1. Palestine

Gaza (Quds News Network)- Hamas chief Khalil al-Hayya said on Thursday the Palestinian resistance group did not reject the latest proposal for a ceasefire in Gaza put forward with US special envoy Steve Witkoff, stating that Hamas had instead requested some changes to ensure an end to the ongoing genocide.

In a pre-recorded speech, al-Hayya added that Hamas is ready to engage in further talks and that communications with the mediators are ongoing.

Hayya reiterated demands for an…

The Hague (Quds News Network)- The International Criminal Court (ICC) has condemned the US decision to sanction four of its judges, in retaliation for the arrest warrant issued against Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu and an earlier probe into US war crimes in Afghanistan. The ICC stated, “Targeting those working for accountability does nothing to help civilians trapped in conflict.”

Washington designated Solomy Balungi Bossa of Uganda, Luz del Carmen Ibanez Carranza of Peru,…

Yamal inspires Spain to thrilling 5-4 win over France to book a final against Iberian rivals Portugal.

Lamine Yamal won the battle of Ballon d’Or contenders by scoring twice as Spain eclipsed France 5-4 in their Nations League semifinal.

The 17-year-old Yamal outshone French counterparts Desire Doue and Ousmane Dembele on Thursday as Spain initially ran riot against Didier Deschamps’s tired-looking team to book its place in Sunday’s final against Portugal.

Portugal defeated host nation…

Washington (Quds News Network)- The administration of US President Donald Trump imposed sanctions on Thursday on four judges from the International Criminal Court, in retaliation for the tribunal’s issuance of an arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and its earlier decision to open a case investigating alleged war crimes by US troops in Afghanistan.

Washington designated Solomy Balungi Bossa of Uganda, Luz del Carmen Ibanez Carranza of Peru, Reine Adelaide…

Gaza (Quds News Network)- An investigation conducted by CNN confirmed reports that Israeli forces opened fire on starving aid seekers waiting for food near a site run by the US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) on Sunday.

CNN spoke to a dozen witnesses who said Israeli soldiers shot at crowds in volleys of gunfire that occurred sporadically throughout the morning.

It also geolocated multiple videos that placed the gunfire near a roundabout where hundreds of Palestinians had…

Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said the country is using armed gangs in Gaza to help fight Hamas, his admission coming after a new wave of military strikes on the besieged Gaza Strip that left at least 52 Palestinians dead.

Netanyahu said the government had “activated” powerful local clans in the enclave on the advice of “security officials”, his video statement posted to X on Thursday coming hours after former Defence Minister Avigdor Lieberman accused him of…

Washington, DC – Donald Trump’s travel ban is the latest instalment in the United States president’s anti-immigration push, which plays to his right-wing base, advocates say, stressing that the order is not about public safety.

The decree, released late on Wednesday, bars and restricts travellers from 12 countries, including Afghanistan, Myanmar, Chad, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen.

While Trump has argued that the ban was put in place to protect the US from “foreign…

In 2010, Israeli forces stormed the Mavi Marmara, a ship in a flotilla trying to break the siege on Gaza. The raid left 10 people dead. Now, a new vessel, the Madleen, has set sail with the same mission – and the same risks. Al Jazeera’s Jamal Elshayyal witnessed the 2010 raid firsthand and reflects on its lasting impact.

Three Maori Party MPs were suspended from New Zealand’s Parliament for performing a haka in protest of a bill backed by a far-right coalition partner that they say was an attack on Indigenous people. The bill was defeated, but tensions remain high.

Nahaya Al-Jundi remembers the terror she felt on Feb. 7, when Israeli soldiers stormed her home in Nur Shams, a Palestinian refugee camp on the outskirts of Tulkarem in the northwestern West Bank. “I peered through the window and saw a D9 bulldozer advancing toward us,” she told +972. “It tore through our garden, crushed the outer wall, then suddenly stopped just meters from our house. Behind it, I saw soldiers walk through the alleyways, swarming the buildings…