Category: 1. Palestine

New Delhi, India — Addressing a rally of supporters in September 2024, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi confidently asserted that his Hindu majoritarian Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) would create a new Jammu and Kashmir, “which would not only be terror-free but a heaven for tourists”.

Seven months later, that promise lies in tatters. On April 22, an armed group killed 25 tourists and a local pony rider in the resort town of Pahalgam in Indian-administered Kashmir, setting off an…

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un says troops sent to help Russia ‘annihilate’ Ukrainian forces under military pact with Moscow.

North Korea has confirmed for the first time that it sent troops to Russia to support Moscow’s war against Ukraine, and that its forces had contributed to taking back Russian territory held by Ukraine’s military in the Kursk region.

In a statement provided to North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on Monday, the Central Military Commission…

Bangkok, Thailand – In the teeming metropolis that is central Bangkok, Methinee Phoovatis monitored a small computer screen, hoping to find signs of survivors.

Surrounding Methinee, other members of Thailand’s Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation (DDPM) coordinated the dozens of rescue workers shuttling along a path that led to an enormous mound of debris.

The rescue teams worked in shifts, searching for any indications of life under the hill of cement and steel that loomed…

Occupied Palestine (Quds News Network)- A recent Der Spiegel investigation has uncovered a disturbing link between Israeli nationals and an illegal organ trafficking network operating in Kenya. The report reveals that Germans in need of kidney transplants are traveling to Kenya to purchase organs from impoverished donors, often exploited by an Israeli national.

The Der Spiegel investigation reveals that Germany is one of the main countries where recipients travel to Kenya to buy…

Hussein al-Sheikh is on the brink of taking control of the Palestinian Authority after the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) approved Mahmoud Abbas’s nomination for al-Sheikh as deputy chairman of both the PLO Executive Committee and the Palestinian Authority.

This decision follows Abbas’s recommendation based on the PLO’s Central Council meeting earlier this week, a meeting that saw a boycott from major Palestinian factions, including the…

Donald Trump promised to end the Ukraine war on day one of his US presidency.

Then his special envoy promised to end it within the first 100 days.

The second self-imposed deadline is days away, with no deal in sight.

But Trump’s first face-to-face meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy since an Oval Office blow-up in February seems to have brought Washington and Kyiv a step closer.

The deal offered by the United States is an “unfortunate compromise” that should be accepted by Russia and Ukraine, argues Anatol Lieven, director of the Eurasia programme at the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft.

Lieven tells host Steve Clemons that Ukraine’s leaders should acknowledge that the Ukrainian territories occupied by Russia over the past years are lost.

He adds that Russia – by…

With warehouses emptied and crossings sealed, Gaza faces a devastating famine as UNRWA warns the humanitarian system itself is collapsing.

Adnan Abu Hasna, media advisor to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), stated that the situation in Gaza has moved beyond disaster levels, with UNRWA’s warehouses now completely depleted of food. 

He emphasized that Israel is preventing the entry of even a…

Gaza (Quds News Network)- Israel has killed six Palestinians after targeting the Safatawi cafeteria near the entrance to Al-Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza. Dozens were also wounded. Horrific scenes showed bodies scattered on cafeteria tables, highlighting the growing toll of Israeli attacks.

Across the Gaza Strip, Israeli forces killed at least 53 Palestinians in multiple strikes throughout Sunday. Many of the victims were women and children.

In southern Gaza, Israeli…

Since April 2023, the RSF has been battling Sudan’s army for control of the country in a brutal civil war.

At least 31 people, including children, have been executed by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in Khartoum’s twin city of Omdurman, according to the Sudan Doctors Network.

Minors were among the victims in Al-Salha area in the city, the group said, calling the killings “the largest documented mass killing in the region”.

The victims were accused by the paramilitary…