Category: 1. Palestine

By Palestine Chronicle Staff  

Hungary welcomes Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu despite an ICC arrest warrant for alleged war crimes, while the country plans to withdraw from the court.

Hungarian Defense Minister Kristóf Szalay-Bobrovniczky greeted Netanyahu upon arrival at Budapest Airport on Thursday and shared a Facebook post stating, “Welcome to Budapest,…

Ben Mbarek, along with about 40 other critics of the president, is being tried on state conspiracy charges.

A jailed Tunisian opposition activist facing state conspiracy charges has launched a hunger strike to protest against being barred from appearing in person at his own trial, according to his defence team.

Jaouhar Ben Mbarek, member of the opposition National Salvation Front and Citizens Against the Coup group which oppose President Kais Saied, insists on his right to be present in court…

By Palestine Chronicle Staff  

Israeli airstrikes on Gaza and Khan Yunis have killed at least 44 Palestinians, while forced displacement orders continue across northern Gaza.

44 Palestinians were killed in ongoing Israeli airstrikes on Khan Yunis and Gaza City since dawn on Thursday, Al-Jazeera reported, as the Israeli army issued new evacuation orders for areas in Jabaliya and Beit Hanoun in northern…

President Donald Trump on Wednesday announced a range of reciprocal tariffs targeting almost all countries that the United States trades with, taking a sledgehammer to Washington’s longstanding advocacy of free trade and globalisation.

Trump’s latest tariffs, which build on a series of similar steps he has taken since returning to office on January 20, are going to hit the countries with which Washington has large trade deficits, or that impose heavy tariffs on US goods. In 2023, the US…

China’s automakers could be among the surprising beneficiaries of United States President Donald Trump’s trade war as a 25 percent tariff on imported vehicles and auto parts takes effect on Thursday, analysts say.

The White House has argued the tariff is necessary to protect the US auto industry and strengthen the country’s industrial base and supply chains.

The US last year imported $475bn worth of auto parts, engines and vehicles, according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis,…

After weeks of anticipation, global investors finally have sight of United States President Donald Trump’s “reciprocal” tariffs.

If the reaction of the stock market is any guide, the “liberation day” tariffs unveiled on Wednesday exceeded their worst fears.

From the US to Asia to Europe, markets tumbled as investors absorbed the implications of the sharpest turn towards protectionism by the world’s largest economy since the 1930s.

Futures tied to the US’s benchmark S&P 500 and…