Category: 1. Palestine

Velletta (Quds News Network)- An Israeli military aircraft flew over Malta on Thursday hours before an attack on the Gaza Freedom Flotilla, reported the Times of Malta. The C-130 Hercules spent approximately three hours in Maltese airspace before returning to Israel. Flight tracker ADS-B Exchange reported the aircraft’s movements, which included low-altitude maneuvers over Hurd’s Bank, east of the island.

A military source, speaking anonymously to the Times of Malta, expressed…

By Reem Anbar

Throughout this genocide, I have yearned to be alongside my people as a musician and music therapist. If I could have been in Gaza, I would have run, oud in hand, across the border.

I have lived through many wars and genocidal waves of repression against Gaza, including witnessing the horrors of occupation and its response to two intifadas. These events made me a…

President Joseph Aoun says Lebanon must not be used as a launchpad for instability or be dragged into unnecessary wars.

Lebanon’s top security body has warned the Palestinian group Hamas against using the country’s territory for acts that could undermine national security, after rocket fire towards Israel led to counterstrikes.

The Higher Defence Council issued the warning on Friday as Lebanon faces growing United States pressure to disarm groups outside state control, following a…

Control over city gives the RSF strategic advantage in its bid to take Darfur capital el-Fasher, located 400km to the west.

Fighting in the Sudanese city of al-Nahud, a strategic city in West Kordofan state acting as a gateway to the Darfur region, has killed 19 people and left 37 wounded, according to sources who spoke to Al Jazeera, in the latest eruption of violence in the brutal two-year civil war.

Local sources told Al Jazeera that the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), which…

By Palestine Chronicle Staff  

The rights group said that “harrowing” new testimonies gathered throughout April reveal the catastrophic human cost of Israel’s two-month-long total siege.

Amnesty International has called on Israel to immediately end its devastating siege on the occupied Gaza Strip, which “constitutes a genocidal act, a blatant form of unlawful collective punishment, and the war crime of using…

Trump’s first 100 days of his second term have been marked by an onslaught of executive action that has overhauled the federal government, the economy and United States foreign policy. His actions have triggered a surge of political backlash.

But is the political opposition doing enough to fight his policies?

This week on UpFront, Redi Tlhabi speaks with Bernie Sanders’s former National Press Secretary…

GAZA, (PIC)

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has warned that the humanitarian response in Gaza is on the brink of total collapse as a result of the ongoing Israeli war of genocide.

“Six weeks of intense hostilities, coupled with a complete ban on the entry of aid for two months, have deprived civilians of the basic necessities they need to survive,” the committee said in a statement on Friday.

It warned that if aid delivery is not resumed immediately, the…

The week-long public hearings began on Monday to assess Israel’s legal obligations for the provision of humanitarian aid and the Palestinian people’s right to self-determination.

China told the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Friday that the humanitarian crisis in Gaza and the occupied Palestinian territory has reached “unprecedented” levels, and called on the court to uphold international law and…

A magnitude 7.4 earthquake has struck off the southern coasts of Chile and Argentina, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) says.

Chilean authorities issued an evacuation alert on Friday for the entire coastal section of the Strait of Magellan, in the far south of the South American country.

Citing the threat of a tsunami, the Chilean National Service for Disaster Prevention and Response also ordered the evacuation of the beach area of the Antarctic Territory, Magallanes…

London (Quds News Network)- Amnesty International has doubled down on its findings that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, stating that “two months of cruel and inhumane siege are further evidence of Israel’s genocidal intent” in the Palestinian enclave.

Last month, the human rights group said Israel has been committing a “live-streamed genocide” against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.

Israeli forces in Gaza have violated the United Nations Genocide Convention with…