Category: 1. Palestine

Liberal Party leader Peter Dutton says election pledge was a ‘mistake’.

Australia’s main opposition party has scrapped election pledges to end remote work arrangements for public servants and sack tens of thousands of government employees amid declining support in the polls.

Peter Dutton, the leader of the centre-right Liberal Party, said on Monday that he recognised the proposals were a “mistake”.

“I think it’s important that we say that and recognise it, and our intention was…

With the NBA playoffs approaching, LA Lakers make a powerful statement by demolishing Oklahoma City Thunder, the team with league’s best record.

Luka Doncic scored 30 points as the Los Angeles Lakers produced a devastating display of long-range shooting to score a surprising 126-99 blowout over the No.1 ranked Oklahoma City Thunder.

A heavyweight showdown between the Western Conference leaders and the third-placed Lakers was effectively settled in the first half, as Los Angeles rattled in…

The Washington Capitals player became the all-time NHL scoring leader when he slotted goal number 895 against New York Islanders.

Alexander Ovechkin became the leading goal scorer in National Hockey League (NHL) history when he broke a tie atop the leaderboard with Wayne Gretzky by scoring his 895th career goal in the second period of the Washington Capitals 4-1 loss to the hosts, the New York Islanders.

“They say records are made to be broken,” Gretzky said during an on-ice ceremony on…

US president likens tariffs to ‘medicine’ as panicked investors extend massive sell-off.

United States President Donald Trump has brushed off the market turmoil caused by his sweeping tariffs, likening the measures to “medicine” as panicked investors continued a massive sell-off of global stocks.

“I don’t want anything to go down but, sometimes, you have to take medicine to fix something,” Trump told reporters on board Air Force One on Sunday.

“We have been treated so badly by…

Palestinian officials identified the 14-year-old US citizen as Omar Mohammed Rabea.

A Palestinian-American teenager has been shot and killed by an Israeli Jewish settler in the occupied West Bank, Palestinian authorities have said.

Palestinian officials identified the 14-year-old as Omar Mohammed Rabea and said he was near a settlement in Turmus Aya when the settler opened fire.

There have been sharp rises in settler violence, incursions, attacks and arson against Palestinians and their…

The strikes targeting the capital hit a home and wound more than 20 other people, according to Houthi authorities.

United States air strikes have killed at least four people in Yemen’s Sanaa, according to the Ministry of Health.

The attacks on the capital on Sunday hit a home and wounded more than 20 other people, including four women and children, according to local sources.

US warplanes launched three other air strikes on the Al Jabal al Aswad area in the Bani Matar district, west of the…

Multiple rockets fired from Gaza struck Ashkelon and Ashdod on Sunday, wounding several Israelis and causing significant damage.

On Sunday evening, the Palestinian resistance launched a barrage of rockets from Gaza towards the Israeli cities of Ashdod and Ashkelon. 

Israeli media outlets reported multiple injuries and significant material damage resulting…

By Palestine Chronicle Staff  

In a massacre in the Al-Tuffah neighborhood, east of Gaza City, airstrikes and artillery shelling on Al-Nakhil Street resulted in the deaths of 11 Palestinians, including nine children.

Israeli airstrikes and artillery bombardment on Gaza have left dozens dead and wounded on the 20th day of resumed Israeli violence following Israel’s reneging on the ceasefire…

The tariffs have been widely criticised around the world for threatening to push the global economy into a recession.

More than 50 countries have directly contacted the White House to initiate trade talks following US President Donald Trump’s imposition of wide-ranging punitive tariffs, administration officials have said.

The tariffs, which caused a nearly $6 trillion drop in US stock values last week and battered global markets, have drawn worldwide attention and sparked fears of a…