Category: 1. Palestine

Just 40 countries representing 3.5 percent of the world’s population respect all civil liberties, a new study has found, warning that “democracy and human rights are under attack worldwide in a way we have not seen for decades.”

The Atlas of Civil Society report published by the German relief organisation Brot fur die Welt (Bread for the World) on Monday said only 284 million people living in “open” countries – including Austria, Estonia, the Scandinavian countries, New Zealand…

By Romana Rubeo  

In a searing FloodGate interview, Dr. Mimi Syed recounts the destruction of Gaza’s health system and the targeting of those who try to save lives.

In the latest episode of the FloodGate podcast, Palestine Chronicle managing editor Romana Rubeo and Palestinian-American physician Dr. Omar Akhter spoke with Dr. Mimi Syed, an American…

Ukrainian drones struck multiple military airbases deep inside Russia on Sunday in a major operation a day before the neighbours held peace talks in Istanbul.

The Russian Defence Ministry said Ukraine had launched drone strikes targeting Russian military airfields across five regions, causing several aircraft to catch fire.

The attacks occurred in the Murmansk, Irkutsk, Ivanovo, Ryazan, and Amur regions. Air defences repelled the assaults in all but two regions – Murmansk and Irkutsk, the…

Gaza (Quds News Network)- The Coalition of Lawyers for Palestine – Switzerland (ASAP) stated that the majority of personnel within the US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) are from the US military and intelligence services, warning that the foundation’s true mission is to collect digital data aimed at facilitating control over Gaza.

Majid Abu Salama, Head of the ASAP Foundation, announced in a statement on his official Facebook account, “The foundation is partnering…

Investment to pour into nuclear warheads, submarines and munitions to confront the ‘most immediate threat since the Cold War’.

The United Kingdom has announced a major boost to its defence infrastructure to confront a “new era of threats” driven by “growing Russian aggression”.

The package, unveiled on Monday, includes huge investments in a nuclear warhead programme, a fleet of attack submarines and munitions factories and is part of a Strategic Defence Review that Prime Minister…

Critics, including US officials, are calling for the Freedom Flotilla Coalition’s new mission to fail, with twelve volunteers, including Swedish activist Greta Thunberg on board. The flotilla is trying to break the Israeli blockade of Gaza.