Category: 1. Palestine

By Palestine Chronicle Staff  

An Israeli airstrike in Sidon killed Hamas official Hassan Farhat and his two children, drawing condemnation from Lebanon’s prime minister.

The Al-Qassam Brigades announced on Friday that one of its leaders, Hassan Farhat, was assassinated in an Israeli airstrike in Sidon, southern Lebanon. The group confirmed that Farhat was killed along…

In justifying his latest tariffs announcement, President Donald Trump complains of unfair trade deficits, saying the US has been “looted, pillaged, raped, plundered” by other countries for decades.

He has accused China of “bleeding us dry” through unbalanced deals, called Canada’s tariffs on US dairy “a total disgrace”, and even pointed to Cambodia as a country that has “taken advantage of us for years” with excessive tariffs.

What he has left out in his repeated criticisms…

Beijing says it will impose an additional 34 percent tax on US goods from next week in retaliation for Washington’s tariffs.

China has announced a slew of countermeasures against tariffs imposed by United States President Donald Trump, including additional tariffs of 34 percent on all goods and curbs on the export of some rare earths, deepening an escalating trade war.

Trump on Wednesday announced that China would be hit with a 34 percent tariff, on top of the 20 percent he imposed…

The amendments to a 1995 law governing waqf endowments would add non-Muslims to boards that manage such properties.

India’s main opposition party says it will challenge a recently passed bill that overhauls laws governing Muslim religious endowments in the country’s Supreme Court.

The waqf amendment bill, hailed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi as a “major milestone for reform and transparency”, was passed by the parliament’s upper house early on Friday, a day after it was approved…

The death toll in Gaza continues to rise as Israeli airstrikes and ground operations intensify, forcing thousands to evacuate their homes amidst widespread destruction and critical shortages.

Medical sources reported that the death toll in Gaza had risen to 34 since Friday morning, while the Israeli army confirmed the expansion of its ground operation in the northern Gaza Strip.

Al-Jazeera reported that 10 Palestinians…

Palestinians have long been the world’s forgotten people.

The dreadful deprivations, starvation, trauma, forced marches, massacres, and countless other outrages they have endured for generation after generation no longer provoke shock or much fury among the so-called “international community” – just resignation and shrugs.

So, it is hardly surprising that, rather than being hauled in shackles before the dock where he surely belongs, the accused war criminal responsible lately for…

Belgium international Kevin De Bruyne announces he will leave the Premier League champions.

Manchester City midfielder Kevin De Bruyne has confirmed that he will leave the club at the end of the season.

De Bruyne, 33, has won 14 major trophies since joining City from Wolfsburg in 2015, including six Premier League titles and the Champions League in 2023.

“Nothing about this is easy to write, but as football players, we all know this day eventually comes. That day is here – and you deserve…

Modi says he wants a ‘positive and constructive relationship’ with Bangladesh, where pro-India Hasina was ousted last year.

India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi has met with Bangladesh’s interim leader Muhammad Yunus for the first time since a revolution eight months ago ousted the country’s former prime minister and longtime Indian ally.

The two South Asian leaders spoke on the sidelines of a regional summit in Thailand on Friday.

Yunus, who is tasked with leading Bangladesh’s…