Category: 1. Palestine

When addressing Congress for the first time as US president on March 4, Donald Trump said, “Europe has sadly spent more money buying Russian oil and gas than they have spent on defending Ukraine.”

Trump has not been known for his statistical accuracy, but on this occasion, he may be right.

A report released on Thursday by Ember, an energy think tank, estimates that European purchases of Russian gas amounted to 21.9 billion euros ($23.6bn) last year, compared with 18.7 billion euros…

Sudan’s army has scored some major victories in the capital, Khartoum, against the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) as the war between them nears the two-year mark.

But the fighting between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and its paramilitary rival, which has devastated the country, appears far from over.

There are fears now that the country’s territorial integrity could be jeopardised as the warring parties, each of whom has their own backers, look to entrench themselves in captured…

France urges multilateralism and deepened ties with China amid trade and security tensions with the US.

France’s Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot has called for a “powerful Franco-Chinese partnership” in the face of geopolitical upheaval caused by the Trump administration’s America First policy as he met his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi for talks on the Ukraine war and Beijing’s trade row with Europe.

“More than ever, the current context requires a powerful Franco-Chinese…

Faced with the deadliest war for journalists in modern history, Forbidden Stories — whose mission is to continue the work of journalists who are killed on the job — set out to investigate the targeting of the press in Gaza. 

In a unique collaboration, it brought together more than 50 journalists from 18 media organizations around the world. Unable to report freely from inside the Strip,…

By Palestine Chronicle Staff  

Professor Richard Falk provides a critical examination of the right of resistance, global legal frameworks, and the urgent need for accountability in the face of ongoing injustice.

In a groundbreaking discussion, Professor Richard Falk, renowned expert in international law, former UN Special Rapporteur for Palestine, and…

US officials accidentally leaked Yemen attack plans in Signal chat shared with The Atlantic’s editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg.

The Atlantic magazine has published US attack plans against Yemen’s Houthi rebels, mistakenly shared in a group chat that included its editor-in-chief, Jeffrey Goldberg.

The release on Wednesday came after US President Donald Trump sought to downplay the significance of the texts shared on the Signal messaging app, calling them “not a big deal”.

Some of the…

Hamas spokesman Abdel Latif al-Qanou was killed in an Israeli airstrike in northern Gaza, as part of its genocidal war on the Strip. 

Hamas spokesman Abdel Latif al-Qanou was killed at dawn on Thursday in an Israeli airstrike that targeted his tent in the town of Jabaliya, in northern Gaza.

Al-Aqsa TV confirmed that Al-Qanou was killed when Israeli forces bombed his tent in the Jabaliya al-Balad area. 

He was known…