Category: 1. Palestine

These are the key events on day 1,161 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.

Here is where things stand on Wednesday, April 30:

Fighting

• Swarms of Russian drones attacked the Ukrainian cities of Kharkiv and Dnipro late on Tuesday, killing at least one person and wounding at least 38, including two children, officials said.
• The Russian Ministry of Defence also said it had captured the Ukrainian village of Doroshivka in the northeastern Kharkiv region.
• The governor of the Ukrainian province of Sumy…

The United States has announced its first criminal prosecutions against migrants and asylum seekers accused of crossing into a newly created military zone along the country’s border with Mexico.

Court filings submitted on Monday – and reviewed by US media the following day – show that approximately 28 people have been charged with “violations of security regulations” for breaching the military zone.

That charge, though a misdemeanour, carries the possibility of heightened…

Cuba’s highest court has ordered two prominent dissidents to be taken back into custody on the basis that both had separately violated the terms of their parole.

On Tuesday, the Tribunal Supremo Popular – sometimes translated as the People’s Supreme Court – authorised the arrests of Jose Daniel Ferrer and Felix Navarro.

“In addition to failing to comply with the terms of their parole, [Ferrer and Navarro] are people who publicly call for disorder and disrespect for authorities in…

Hanoi/Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam – Although a child of war refugees, Victoria Ngo got to learn more about her Vietnamese identity only during her college years in the United States in the 1990s.

The eldest daughter in a refugee family with a Vietnamese father of Chinese descent, Ngo grew up in a Chinese-speaking community in the US and for a while thought of herself essentially as just Chinese.

As an inquisitive schoolgirl, Ngo had noticed the differences, though, between her experience as…

Speaking at a rally in Michigan to mark his first 100 days in office, US President Donald Trump has promised to bring back jobs to the United States.

Dubbed an “achievement speech” by the White House, the rally on Tuesday at the Macomb County Community College comes amid slumping approval ratings and dismal consumer confidence as Trump has pursued norm-busting trade, immigration and government overhauls.

Still, Trump hailed what he called “the most successful first 100 days of any…

Islamabad says will ‘decisively respond’ to any military action as tensions with New Delhi soar after Kashmir attack.

Pakistan’s minister for information and broadcasting says Islamabad has “credible intelligence” that India intends to launch a military strike within the next 24 to 36 hours, as tensions between the two countries escalate following a deadly attack in Indian-administered Kashmir.

In a social media post early on Wednesday, Attaullah Tarar accused India of using last…

Paris Saint-Germain striker Ousmane Dembele hands his side advantage over Arsenal in Champions League semifinal.

Paris Saint-Germain took a big step towards reaching the Champions League final as Ousmane Dembele’s early goal sealed a 1-0 win at Arsenal in a tense first leg of the semifinal.

Dembele fired home off the post in the fourth minute as PSG dominated the opening stages on Tuesday, and Luis Enrique’s side held firm to take a precious advantage back to the French capital.

Arsenal,…

AL-KHALIL, (PIC)

The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) stormed the courtyard of the Ibrahimi Mosque in the city of al-Khalil, reinforcing their presence around it and in the surrounding neighborhoods of the Old City, in preparation for a large-scale incursion by settlers tomorrow under the pretext of Jewish holidays.

According to local sources, the IOF intensified military checkpoints and installed electronic gates leading to the holy site. They also closed some markets in the Old City…

GAZA, (PIC)

Six Palestinians, including two children, were killed and ten others injured in an Israeli airstrike targeting tents sheltering displaced individuals in the al-Mawasi area of Khan Yunis, southern Gaza, on Tuesday evening.

The attack raises the death toll in the city to 18 since the early hours of the same day.​

Among the victims were the two brothers, Maisara, 8, and Yusuf Abdel Quddus Suleiman al-Madlal, 9, as well as 75-year-old Mansour Mohammed Mansour Abu…

This year marks the 20th Joint Israeli-Palestinian Memorial Ceremony, held annually on the eve of Israel’s Memorial Day. Organized by Combatants for Peace and the Parents Circle – Families Forum, the ceremony brings together bereaved Israeli and Palestinian families who have lost loved ones to mourn together — and to call for an end to bloodshed, war, and occupation.

What began as a small,…