Category: 1. Palestine

As part of a recently declared $1bn prize pot, football’s governing body offers largest winner’s cheque for a FIFA tournament.

The winners of FIFA’s first 32-team Club World Cup in the United States could earn a football record $125m as details of a $1bn prize money fund were finally published.

FIFA said it allocated $525m in guaranteed fees for teams taking part in the June 14 to July 13 tournament, ranging from $38.19m to the top-ranked European team – likely Real Madrid – to…

Hamdan Ballal says he was assaulted by settlers and soldiers outside his home in Susiya in the occupied West Bank.

The Palestinian co-director of the Oscar-winning documentary No Other Land says he thought he was going to “die” at the hands of Israeli settlers and soldiers before his arrest this week in the occupied West Bank.

Hamdan Ballal was arrested on Monday by Israeli forces after he was beaten and injured three weeks after winning his Oscar in Hollywood. He was released on Tuesday…

Gaza (Quds News Network)- Doctors Without Borders (MSF) warned that a new tactic of war is unfolding, as Israel effectively blocks access to water by preventing the entry of fuel into Gaza, amid a deadly assault and crippling blockade.

“With a new onslaught of bombings that have killed hundreds of people in just a few short days, Israeli forces continue to deprive people in Gaza of water by shutting off electricity and blocking fuel from entering – resources that are necessary…

Hundreds of Palestinians have gathered in northern Gaza to demand an end to Israel’s escalating onslaught. Protesters were seen carrying signs and chanting slogans as they marched down the streets of Beit Lahiya.

By Palestine Chronicle Staff  

An Israeli court has extended the detention of Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, director of Kamal Adwan Hospital in Gaza, for another six months, alleging security threats without providing evidence.

An Israeli court upheld a detention order on Tuesday against Gaza hospital director Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya for another six months, alleging he posed a threat to…

The wildfires that once scorched the forests above the Spanish village of Barro each summer have all but disappeared since Lucia Perez began grazing wild horses in the area.

“There used to be fires every year, but since 2019 when we started coming here, we’ve had one small fire in the first year and nothing since,” Perez, 37, said. She explained that the horses help reduce the risk of wildfires by clearing the undergrowth between trees, preventing fires from igniting and…

Ukrainians, including members of elite Azov Brigade, receive sentences of 13 to 23 years in a trial Kyiv condemns.

A court in the Russian city of Rostov-on-Don has convicted 23 Ukrainians on “terrorism” charges in a trial that Kyiv has denounced as a sham and a violation of international law.

The defendants include 12 captured members of Ukraine’s elite Azov Brigade, which led the defence of the city of Mariupol in the early months of Russia’s war.

The prisoners were found guilty on…

Critical minerals are crucial to clean energy technologies and defence manufacturing. Their demand is growing fast, and so is competition among leading economies for rare earths.

But it is China that dominates supply chains. The United States is scrambling to reduce its reliance on Beijing for critical minerals.

From potential deals with Ukraine and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, to tariff…