Category: 1. Palestine

DAMASCUS, (PIC)

The Israeli army launched on Friday an attack on Syria, targeting the vicinity of the presidential palace in Damascus, in an escalation of its policy of bullying and international terrorism.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the army attacked a target near the presidential palace in the Syrian capital, vowing to continue the aggression under the pretext of “protecting” members of the Druze minority.

This is the second time in two days that Israel…

GAZA, (PIC)

Umm Hisham, in the time before the war on Gaza, was deeply invested in her children’s education. She enrolled them in private schools, hoping they would receive a higher-quality education than what was offered in government schools or those run by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), all in the hope of securing them a bright and distinguished academic future.

At the beginning of the 2023–2024 academic year, Umm Hisham was…

Srinagar, Indian-administered Kashmir — India and Pakistan are on edge, amid speculation that New Delhi might launch a military operation against its western neighbour days after the deadly attack on tourists in Pahalgam in Indian-administered Kashmir.

On the afternoon of April 22, suspected rebels emerged from the forests into a picturesque meadow in Pahalgam accessible only by foot or horseback, and opened fire on male tourists. They killed 25 tourists and a local Kashmiri pony…

Australians will head to the polls on Saturday to vote in federal elections and choose their next parliament.

The ruling centre-left Labor Party, led by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, is polling slightly higher than the Liberal-National Coalition, led by Peter Dutton, in a campaign that has been largely dominated by housing price woes.

Here is more about how the elections in Australia – where it has been compulsory to vote for the past century – will work:

What’s at…

Occupied West Bank (Quds News Network)- Today marks two years since the death of Palestinian prisoner Khader Adnan, who died in an Israeli prison on May 2, 2023, after an 87-day hunger strike in protest against his detention by the Israeli occupation.

Adnan “refused to undergo medical tests and receive medical treatment,” and he “was found unconscious in the cell” in the early morning of May 2, the Israeli prison service said.

Adnan started his hunger strike since he was…

White House accuses outlets of using public money to spread ‘woke propaganda’ as alarm raised on media freedom.

President Donald Trump has signed an executive order slashing subsidies to two United States public broadcasters.

Trump issued the order to halt federal funding to PBS and NPR late on Thursday, accusing them of biased reporting and spreading “left-wing” propaganda.

The order is the US president’s latest bid to halt government funding of media he considers unfriendly to his…

Claudia Mo says she read more than 300 books and brushed up on her French while in prison.

A former Hong Kong lawmaker who was jailed as part of a sweeping crackdown on dissent in the Chinese territory has described her prison experience as “Kafka-esque”.

Claudia Mo, a former journalist who co-founded the pro-democracy Civic Party, was released on Tuesday after more than four years behind bars for national security offences.

Mo, who was freed together with three other ex-politicians,…

Freedom Flotilla Coalition demands Israel answer to violations of international law, including blockade and ‘bombing of our civilian vessel’.

A ship carrying aid to Gaza in a bid to break Israel’s blockade has been hit by drones in international waters off Malta, according to the Freedom Flotilla Coalition (FFC), the group that organised the mission.

The FFC said in a statement on Friday that the vessel, now located 14 nautical miles (25km) from Malta, was the target of two drone…