Category: 1. Palestine

By Palestine Chronicle Staff  

A US airstrike on a migrant detention center in Yemen’s Saada Governorate has killed at least 68 people, sparking outrage and calls for accountability over rising civilian casualties in the ongoing conflict.

A US airstrike on Monday targeted a detention center for African migrants in…

Israel reiterates demand that Iran’s nuclear programme be dismantled after Tehran and Washington report positive third round.

Iran has accused Israel of “brazenly” trying to scupper negotiations as talks with the United States over Tehran’s nuclear programme appear to be progressing.

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said on Monday that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was “dictating what [US] President [Donald] Trump can and cannot do in his diplomacy with…

The Kremlin has declared a two-day unilateral ceasefire in Ukraine.

President Vladimir Putin announced on Monday afternoon that Moscow will conduct a ceasefire from midnight on May 8 to midnight on May 10, the dates on which Russia marks the end of the Great Patriotic War, which is its term for the war with Germany in 1942 – 1945, which is known as World War II around much of the globe.

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Europe led a record international rise in defence spending last year, according to a report from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI).

European expenses rose in real terms by 17 percent to $693m, spearheading a global rise of 9.4 percent to $2.7 trillion, marking the highest level of defence spending since the fall of communism in Europe.

Russia’s war in Ukraine was the principal driver of the new trend, SIPRI said on Monday.

“The rapid spending increases among…