Category: 1. Palestine

India and Pakistan have been trading drone and artillery attacks in some of the most intense fighting in nearly 30 years. India claims it brought down some of the more than 300 drones launched by Pakistan. Pakistan denies sending the drones but said it shot down 77 Indian drones.

Mexico has called on Google to not change the name of the Gulf of Mexico for US users, despite Trump’s executive order.

Mexico has sued the technology company Google for adopting United States President Donald Trump’s labelling of the Gulf of Mexico as the “Gulf of America”.

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum announced the lawsuit on Friday, without providing further details. Mexico’s foreign relations ministry had previously sent letters to the tech giant asking it not to use…

By Palestine Chronicle Staff  

Al-Qassam said that the complex ambush began by targeting the ground floor of a house where a number of occupation soldiers were fortified.

The Al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of the Palestinian Resistance Movement Hamas, broadcast footage of a complex ambush against the Israeli occupation forces in the city of Rafah, in the southern Gaza…

Who: Barcelona vs Real Madrid
What: Spanish Copa del Rey
Where: Lluis Companys Olympic Stadium in Barcelona, Spain
When: Sunday at 4:15pm local time (14:15 GMT)

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LaLiga leaders Barcelona will look to extend their lead over second-placed Real Madrid to seven points when the teams meet in the Spanish top flight on Sunday.

With only four games to play of the domestic season in Spain, victory for Barca would put one hand on the title…

“If you have love and if you are rooted in your beliefs, no fear can shake you.” Palestinian peace activist Mohsen Mahdawi recounted his arrest and imprisonment to Al Jazeera’s Kristen Saloomey, explaining how he is able to keep up his work.

Attack in Imo State ‘shows callous disregard for the sanctity of life’, rights group Amnesty International says.

At least 30 people were killed when gunmen attacked travellers in Nigeria’s southeastern Imo State, according to Amnesty International.

The human rights NGO reported on Friday that more than 20 commuter vehicles and trucks were set ablaze during a “vicious attack” along the Okigwe-Owerri road the day before.

The attackers are suspected of being members of the banned…

GAZA, (PIC)

United Nations agencies have issued serious warnings about the use of humanitarian aid in Gaza as a tool of coercion to pressure civilians into forced displacement, amid Israel’s ongoing siege, military campaign, and deepening humanitarian catastrophe.

UNICEF spokesperson James Elder stated Friday that Israel’s proposed aid plan to the humanitarian community is “structured in a way that will increase the suffering of children and families,” describing it as a…

By Palestine Chronicle Staff  

Israeli airstrikes and shelling on Gaza have claimed over 20 lives, including an attack on a UNRWA center, while the death toll since October 7 rises to 52,787.

The Israeli occupation forces bombed a center affiliated with the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) in the Jabaliya refugee camp on Friday evening, while airstrikes across Gaza left…

GAZA, (PIC)

The Government Media Office (GMO) in Gaza has accused Israeli authorities of orchestrating a systematic crime against more than 2.4 million civilians in the Gaza Strip through an all-encompassing blockade and the deliberate obstruction of basic humanitarian needs—an act in clear violation of international law, particularly the four Geneva Conventions.

In a statement issued Friday, the GMO said that for over 70 consecutive days, Israel has maintained a total closure of…