Category: 1. Palestine

United States President Donald Trump commuted the federal drugs-and-extortion sentence of former Chicago gang leader, Larry Hoover, on Wednesday. Hoover has been serving multiple life sentences following both state and federal convictions over the past five decades.

For his federal conviction, Hoover is currently being held at the ADX Florence prison, a federal prison formally known as the United States Penitentiary Administrative Maximum Facility, in Florence, Colorado.

Commuting a sentence…

Professor Ali Khan Mahmudabad, a professor of political science at Ashoka University, has become the latest hate figure manufactured by Hindu nationalists in India with backing from the police and judiciary. A crime that Mahmudabad has not committed is being attributed to him, and he is now being asked to prove his innocence – a classic case of “guilty until proven innocent”. The more he pleads his innocence, the deeper the suspicion grows against him as the Supreme Court of India has…

Milan (Quds News Network)- Imagine Dragons frontman Dan Reynolds waved a Palestinian flag and draped it over his shoulders during a concert in Milan.

During the show, Reynolds picked up a Palestinian flag that had been thrown onto the stage. He held it up to loud applause from the crowd and then draped it over his shoulders while continuing to perform.

A video of the moment has been widely shared on X, drawing mixed reactions.

The backlash stems in part from the band’s previous…

President Donald Trump said Harvard University is refusing to tell the United States government who its international students are.

On May 22, the Trump administration stripped Harvard of the federal government certification that lets it enrol international students. A federal judge on May 23 temporarily blocked the administration’s effort.

“Part of the problem with Harvard is that there are about 31 percent of foreigners coming to Harvard … but they refuse to tell us who the people…

Braces by Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez allowed Inter Miami to win for the first time in five league matches.

Luis Suarez and Lionel Messi each finished with two goals and an assist to lead Inter Miami to a 4-2 home victory over CF Montreal in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

Inter Miami (7-3-5, 26 points) secured a win for only the second time in its past nine matches across all competitions. Wednesday’s result also snapped a four-match winless streak in league play to move up to sixth in the…

Ukraine and Russia exchanged 1,000 prisoners of war each on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, their largest exchange in the three-year war, following a Russian proposal made during talks in Istanbul on May 16.

But any confidence built by that gesture may have been dissipated by Russia’s launching of its largest long-range aerial attacks against Ukrainian civilians during the same three days.

Russia launched more than 900 kamikaze drones and 92 missiles, killing at least 16 civilians. Those…

Occupied West Bank (Quds News Network)- Israel has approved the construction of 22 new illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank, with the Defense Ministry saying the move was aimed at thwarting the establishment of a Palestinian state.

The Defense Ministry confirmed the approval in a statement on Thursday, calling the security cabinet’s decision “a step that will change the face of the area and shape the future of settlement for years to come.”

“The new settlements are…

The World Food Programme has reiterated its call for the urgent need to scale up aid to Gaza.

At least two people have died after crowds of Palestinians stormed a United Nations aid warehouse in central Gaza, as humanitarian supplies slowly trickle into the besieged territory on the brink of famine.

The World Food Programme said late on Wednesday that “hordes of hungry people” broke into the al-Ghafari warehouse in Deir el-Balah, central Gaza, looking for food supplies.

“Initial reports…