Category: 1. Palestine

In latest wave of attacks, Israel strikes Damascus’s Barzeh neighbourhood and ‘military capabilities’ in Hama and Homs.

Israeli military aircraft have carried out attacks in Syria’s capital Damascus and in the central province of Hama, Israel’s army and local media have said, in the latest string of strikes on the war-torn country.

The state-run Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) said the attacks on Wednesday targeted the vicinity of the scientific research centre in the Barzeh…

Pakistan’s mass deportation of Afghans is part of a nationwide crackdown to expel foreigners – whether they are living there legally or illegally.

The government says it all boils down to its national security.

Tensions have surged between the neighbours since the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan in 2021.

Rights groups say deporting refugees will make a dire humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan even worse.

What kind of future awaits them?

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Diplomatic failure on Iran deal could lead to military confrontation, French foreign minister warns.

France’s foreign minister has warned of a potential military confrontation if a new agreement on Iran’s nuclear programme cannot be reached.

Speaking after a high-level meeting on Iran chaired by President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday, Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot said the “window of opportunity” for diplomacy was narrow with Tehran.

European powers are seeking to create a…

Gaza (Quds News Network)- The UN Human Rights Council has condemned Israel’s renewed assault on Gaza and urged it to prevent genocide. The council adopted a resolution on Wednesday with 27 votes in favor, four against, and 16 abstentions.

The resolution demands that Israel lifts its blockade on Gaza, allows unrestricted humanitarian aid into the strip, restores essential services for Palestinians, and stops the forced displacement of civilians.

It also denounces the use of…

By Palestine Chronicle Staff  

Warning that “nowhere and no one is safe in Gaza,” Whittall described how civilians are being bombed while searching for food, and humanitarian warehouses are being destroyed.

A senior UN official strongly condemned Israel’s war on Gaza on Wednesday, describing it as “a war without limits” amid ongoing attacks on humanitarian workers.

Jonathan…

For over a year and five months, the people of Gaza have endured an unrelenting war of extermination—one that has robbed them not only of life’s comforts but of its very essence. Eighteen months of ceaseless suffering, where mere survival has become an act of defiance. The Israeli genocide in Gaza has drained every ounce of their strength—physically, mentally, and emotionally. And for those not granted the mercy of a single, swift death, every moment is a slow, agonizing…

By Palestine Chronicle Staff  

The decision marks the second time that the US administration has unsuccessfully sought to transfer the case to Louisiana.

A federal judge has ruled that the legal challenge over Columbia University graduate Mahmoud Khalil’s deportation should continue in New Jersey.

“A habeas court generally has jurisdiction (1) where the habeas petitioner is physically in the…