Category: 1. Palestine

Pakistan has promised to retaliate after India launched military strikes on Pakistan and Pakistan-administered Kashmir, fuelling fears of a broader confrontation between the nuclear-armed neighbours.

Pakistan’s government on Wednesday pledged to respond “at a time, place and manner of its choosing to avenge the loss of innocent Pakistani lives and blatant violation of its sovereignty”.

Pakistan’s military said at least 31 civilians were killed and 46 others injured in the Indian…

Tens of thousands of people gathered in Vatican City’s St Peter’s Square as cardinals voted in first ballot.

Thick black smoke has emerged from the Sistine Chapel’s chimney, signalling that the cardinals sealed off inside have failed to elect a new pope in their first conclave vote.

Tens of thousands of people gathered in Vatican City’s St Peter’s Square to await the smoke, which came about three hours and 15 minutes after the 133 cardinals were sequestered.

Cardinals from about 70…

Paris Saint-Germain beat Arsenal 2-1 at home to take their Champions League semifinal 3-1 on aggregate.

Paris Saint-Germain weathered one attack after another and showed remarkable adaptability to hold off and defeat an inspired Arsenal 2-1 to reach the Champions League final.

Deprived of the ball possession they so often enjoy, PSG looked in trouble early on but found the right answers to hurt the Gunners in the match on Wednesday. They relied on counter-attacking football and an excellent…

The administration of President Donald Trump has continued to face setbacks in its attempts to deport pro-Palestinian student protesters, as courts probe whether the students’ rights have been violated.

On Wednesday, separate courts issued orders related to two of the most high-profile cases: that of Mahmoud Khalil and Rumeysa Ozturk.

In New York, the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ordered Ozturk, a 30-year-old Turkish student from Tufts University, be moved to Vermont no…

The United States and the Houthis have agreed to a ceasefire.

The Houthis, who control large areas of Yemen, began attacking Israel and commercial shipping and some US navy vessels in the Red Sea after Israel launched its war on Gaza in October 2023.

In response to Houthi attacks on shipping lanes, the US carried out attacks on the Iran-aligned group in Yemen.

Under the truce deal mediated by Oman, the US will halt its strikes on Houthi sites, and the Yemeni group will stop attacking US…

Sanaa (Quds News Network)- Yemen’s Armed Forces stated Wednesday that they forced the United States to stop its military attacks on Yemen after a powerful operation in the Red Sea. The statement came after U.S. President Donald Trump announced a halt to American strikes, claiming Yemen’s resistance had “surrendered.”

According to the Yemeni Armed Forces, they launched a joint air and sea operation targeting the U.S. aircraft carrier USS Truman and other warships north of the…

This weekend, a coalition of 50 Israeli peace and shared-society organizations will convene in Jerusalem for the “People’s Peace Summit” — a two-day gathering that aims, according to its website, to “[work] together with determination and courage to end the Israeli-Palestinian conflict through a political agreement that will ensure both peoples’ right to self-determination and secure…

JENIN, (PIC)

The Hamas Movement stated on Wednesday evening that the heroic shooting operation at the Reihan checkpoint, west of Jenin, comes as part of the response to the massacres and heinous crimes committed by the Israeli occupation against the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, as well as against detainees in Israeli prisons.

In a press statement, Hamas affirmed that the operation constitutes a clear response to the occupation’s ongoing attempts to…