Category: 1. Palestine

Judge Julieta Makintach was accused of participating in a documentary about the famed football player’s death.

One of the three judges presiding over a negligence trial related to the death of Argentinian football player Diego Maradona has resigned, leaving the case’s future uncertain.

On Tuesday, Judge Julieta Makintach announced she would recuse herself after reports emerged that she had participated in a documentary about Maradona’s death and its aftermath.

“This is a judicial…

Labour prosecutors allege that workers were brought to Brazil illegally and toiled in ‘slavery-like conditions’.

Brazilian labour prosecutors have filed a lawsuit against the Chinese auto manufacturer BYD and two contractors over allegations of illegally trafficking labourers to live and work under conditions “analogous to slavery”.

On Tuesday, the prosecutors, charged with enforcing labour laws, said in a statement that they would seek 257 million reais ($45m) in damages from BYD as…

Global football giants Barcelona have announced a new six-year deal with 17-year-old Spanish international Lamine Yamal.

Spanish teenage sensation Lamine Yamal has signed a new six-year deal with Barcelona, the Catalan football club have announced.

The 17-year-old was an integral part of Barcelona’s domestic treble-winning season and helped to guide Spain to the Euro 2024 title.

Barca won La Liga, the Spanish Super Cup and the Copa del Rey this season, which dethroned Real Madrid in the…

By Palestine Chronicle Staff  

The events unfolded just hours after the American company, named the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, began distributing aid as part of a joint Israeli-American plan. 

An American company operating in coordination with the Israeli army lost control of an aid distribution center in Rafah, southern Gaza, on Tuesday, after large crowds of Palestinians rushed the site. Israeli forces opened…

Latest Trump administration move comes amid a wider pressure campaign against top universities, and targeting of students.

The administration of United States President Donald Trump is temporarily suspending the processing of visas for foreign students, according to an internal memo from Secretary of State Marco Rubio.

The cable, widely reported by US media on Tuesday, ordered embassies and consulates not to allow “any additional student or exchange visa… appointment capacity until…

By Palestine Chronicle Staff  

The signatories also urged the government to consider using its role in the UN Security Council “to initiate proceedings under Article 6 of the UN Charter” to suspend or expel Israel from the world body.

More than 800 lawyers, academics and retired senior judges have called on the UK government to “act in accordance with its fundamental international obligations” and impose…

By Palestine Chronicle Staff  

In a statement, Al-Haq said that according to information published on the website, eight Israeli arms companies will be exhibiting their products and activities at the event.

Palestinian human rights body Al-Haq, along with four other organizations, has filed legal action to prevent Israeli arms companies from exhibiting at an upcoming air show in Paris.

Organized by SIAE, a subsidiary…

Water treatment stations attacked by RSF can no longer provide clean water in Khartoum state, which reported 90 percent of the cases.

Sudan’s Ministry of Health has reported a spike in cholera cases in the war-torn country, with 2,700 infections and 172 deaths in the past week.

In a statement on Tuesday, the ministry said 90 percent of cases were reported in Khartoum state, where water and electricity supply have been severely disrupted in recent weeks by drone strikes blamed on the…

Law to take effect on January 1 has support of social media companies, but Apple and Google oppose it.

Texas Governor Greg Abbott has signed into law a bill requiring Apple and Alphabet’s Google to verify the age of users of their app stores, putting the second most populous state in the United States at the centre of a debate over whether and how to regulate smartphone use by children and teenagers.

The bill was signed into law on Tuesday.

The law, which goes into effect on January 1,…

The ruling comes as US Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy is set to pause federal funds to New York state.

New York City has won a temporary reprieve in its legal battle against the administration of US President Donald Trump, which had threatened to withhold federal funding from New York state unless the city ended its congestion pricing programme.

United States District Judge Lewis Liman held the hearing on the matter on Tuesday and granted a temporary restraining order that will allow…