Category: 1. Palestine

The LA Lakers chances of securing a top two Western Conference playoff spot took another hit with a loss at Orlando.

The Los Angeles Lakers suffered another setback in their NBA playoff push, falling 118-106 to the Orlando Magic, who notched their first home victory since February.

Despite 32 points from Luka Doncic and 24 from LeBron James, the Lakers dropped their third straight game on Monday and at 43-28 are now tied with the Memphis Grizzlies in the battle for fourth place in the Western…

The retired heavyweight athlete has been sentenced to five years in prison after pleading no contest to attempted murder.

Former Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) champion Cain Velasquez has been sentenced to five years in prison for a shooting in 2022 when he chased after the man accused of molesting his son.

Velasquez was sentenced in Santa Clara County, California, on Monday after he pleaded no contest to attempted murder, felony assault and other related gun charges last August for…

These are the key developments on day 1,125 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.

Here is the roundup of key events on Tuesday, March 25.

Ceasefire

• United States and Russian officials wrapped up daylong talks in Saudi Arabia on Monday focused on a narrow proposal for a maritime ceasefire between Kyiv and Moscow in the Black Sea, allowing the free flow of shipping, part of a diplomatic effort that Washington hopes will help pave the way for broader peace negotiations.
• A White House source said…

Taipei, Taiwan – China’s failure to meet a key carbon emissions target has raised concerns about its ability to achieve carbon neutrality, a potentially decisive factor in global efforts to avert the worst effects of climate change.

China’s carbon intensity – a measurement of carbon emissions per unit of gross domestic product (GDP) – fell 3.4 percent in 2024, missing Beijing’s official target of 3.9 percent, according to the National Bureau of Statistics.

China is also behind…

Media network condemns ‘assassination’ of Gaza correspondent by Israeli forces.

Below is Al Jazeera Media Network’s statement on the killing of Hossam Shabat.

Al Jazeera Media Network strongly condemns the Israeli Occupation Forces’ assassination of Hossam Shabat, Al Jazeera Mubasher correspondent, who was brutally killed today, in an air strike targeting his car in Jabalia.

Hossam joined the Network’s journalists and correspondents killed during the ongoing war on Gaza, including…

The administration of United States President Donald Trump has turned to a federal appeals court to lift a block on its ability to use the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 to deport undocumented immigrants.

But at a tense hearing in Washington, DC, on Monday, one judge on the court appeared to baulk at the lack of due process given to undocumented people under Trump’s use of the law.

“Nazis got better treatment under the Alien Enemies Act than has happened here,” Judge Patricia Millett told…

By Palestine Chronicle Staff  

Palestinian co-director of the Oscar-winning documentary No Other Land, Hamdan Ballal, was brutally attacked by Israeli settlers and detained by Israeli forces in the West Bank.

Hamdan Ballal, the Palestinian co-director of the Oscar-winning documentary No Other Land, was attacked by illegal…

The administration of United States President Donald Trump has confirmed that a journalist from The Atlantic magazine was included in a private social media chat about upcoming attacks on the Houthi armed group in Yemen.

On Monday, The Atlantic published an article from editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg, in which he described the stunning realisation that he had been added into a group chat where high-level government officials were discussing military actions.

“The world found out shortly…

Washington (Quds News Network)- A Palestinian-American student at Emory University has been suspended for an interview she gave in 2024 during the Gaza encampment, in which she revealed that a professor from the medical faculty had returned after volunteering as a medic for the Israeli forces.

28-year-old Umaymah Mohammad gave an interview to Democracy Now! during the student encampment for Gaza at Emory University in 2024. According to a Monday report in The Guardian, Mohammad –…

Gaza (Quds News Network)- The colleagues of Palestinian journalist Hossam Shabat, who was killed in a targeted Israeli attack on Monday, have shared his final words.

Shabat, a journalist for the Al Jazeera Mubasher channel, was killed in northern Gaza. Witnesses said his car was targeted while in the eastern part of Beit Lahiya.

In a post on X, pre-written by Shabat, he wrote, “If you’re reading this, it means I have been killed — most likely targeted — by the Israeli…