Category: 1. Palestine

On a typical day, Mai Rupa travels through his native Shan State, in eastern Myanmar, documenting the impact of war.

A video journalist with the online news outlet Shwe Phee Myay, he travels to remote towns and villages, collecting footage and conducting interviews on stories ranging from battle updates to the situation for local civilians living in a war zone.

His job is fraught with risks. Roads are strewn with landmines and there are times when he has taken cover from aerial bombing and…

Pakistan said it struck multiple Indian military bases in the early hours of Saturday, May 10, after claiming that India had launched missiles against three Pakistani bases, marking a sharp escalation in their already soaring tensions, as the neighbours edge closer to an all-out war.

Long-simmering hostilities, mostly over the disputed region of Kashmir, erupted into renewed fighting after the deadly April 22 Pahalgam attack in Indian-administered Kashmir that saw 25 tourists and a local…

US attorney says Baraka ‘committed trespass’ during protest of facility, which he argues opened without proper permits.

Rights groups and Democratic officials have decried the arrest of the mayor of Newark, New Jersey, during a protest at an immigration detention centre.

Mayor Ras Baraka had joined several lawmakers at the detention centre, called Delaney Hall, for a demonstration on Friday.

For weeks, he has been among those protesting the recently opened 1,000-bed centre, which critics…

Gaza (Quds News Network)- The true death toll in Gaza may be far higher than what officials have reported, according to a new study by The Economist. Since the genocide began in October 2023, experts have struggled to count the dead. But recent research shows the real number of deaths could be between 77,000 and 109,000—far more than the official count.

The Ministry of Health in Gaza provides detailed daily updates. These lists are based on hospital records and online death…

Israel’s priority is a ‘wider colonial expansion’, the committee on Israeli practices in occupied territories said.

The world could be witnessing “another Nakba”, or the expulsion of Palestinians, a United Nations special committee has warned.

The committee sounded the alarm on Friday, accusing Israel of “ethnic cleansing” and saying it was inflicting “unimaginable suffering” on Palestinians.

The comments come after Israel announced a plan earlier this week to expel hundreds…

Oslo (Quds News Network)- The Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions (LO), the country’s largest labor federation, has voted for a comprehensive boycott of Israel. The decision includes a full ban on trade and investment with Israeli companies.

LO delegates approved the motion with a landslide 88% majority during the union’s national congress in Oslo on May 8–9.

The boycott will cover cultural, sports, and academic institutions linked to Israel. LO also warned that if…

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) in the United States has reported a second radar outage for the airport in Newark, New Jersey, in less than two weeks.

The incident raises continuing questions about the state of air traffic control in the US, increasing the pressure on the administration of President Donald Trump to address aviation safety.

On Friday, the FAA reported that, around 3:55am local time (07:55 GMT), a facility in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, lost its telecommunications…

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The Hamas Movement has condemned Israel’s ongoing policy of assassinating resistance fighters and escalating attacks on Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, calling them desperate attempts to suppress the growing resistance movement.

In a statement, Hamas emphasized that the recent assassinations of fighters—particularly in light of recent operations such as the shooting near Jenin and a vehicle ramming attack in al-Khalil—will only strengthen the…