Category: 1. Palestine

Occupied Palestine (Quds News Network)- Israeli occupation authorities are denying one of the two Palestinian aid workers who survived an Israeli attack on emergency responders in Gaza last month the right to legal representation and visitation during his detention.

In a petition to the High Court of Justice on Wednesday, the family of paramedic Assad al-Nassasra sought details about the unnamed facility he is being held in.

On behalf of the paramedic’s wife, HaMoked filed an…

Madrid (Quds News Network)- Spanish Foreign Minister José Manuel Albares has called for an end to Israel’s genocide in Gaza and the “immediate” entry of humanitarian aid into the enclave.

“Israel’s military operations continue to cause death in Gaza and the West Bank,” he wrote on X, adding that among the victims are “thousands of civilians, women, children, and humanitarian workers”.

The top diplomat concluded: “We do not resign ourselves to violence. Peace is…

Indian and Pakistani forces have exchanged fire along the Line of Control (LOC) separating the two countries as the UN calls for “maximum restraint” amid warnings of a wider military escalation following the latest deadly attack in Kashmir.

Kashmir has been divided between India and Pakistan since their independence in 1947, with both claiming the territory in full but governing separate portions of it, leading to lingering tensions that have devolved into violence over the years.

Indian…

Gaza (Quds News Network)- The Israeli military has admitted to killing a United Nations worker with tank fire, after initially denying responsibility for the attack in the war-torn Gaza Strip last month.

After a UN staff member was killed when a UN compound in Deir al-Balah in central Gaza was damaged on 19 March, the Israeli military claimed it had not struck the site.

On Thursday, the military said that the initial findings of its investigation into the attack indicated its…

As hundreds of millions of people around the world mourn the passing of Pope Francis, the Roman Catholic Church is preparing to lay him to rest – an event expected to draw hundreds of thousands of mourners even as costs are likely to be significantly less than those of his predecessors.

Francis’s body has been lying in state since Wednesday at St Peter’s Basilica, allowing the faithful to pay their respects. World leaders, including United States President Donald Trump, are also…

US loses drones in Yemen as rising civilian toll fuels backlash over Trump’s air campaign.

Yemen’s Houthi armed group has shot down seven US Reaper drones worth more than $200m in recent weeks, marking the most significant material loss yet in Washington’s campaign against the fighters.

The drones were destroyed between March 31 and April 22, according to defence officials, as the Houthis step up efforts to target United States aircraft operating over Yemen.

Three of the drones were…

The executive order will help private deep-sea mining companies to access mineral-rich nodules on the sea floor.

United States President Donald Trump has signed an executive order to expand the controversial but financially lucrative practice of deep-sea mining in a bid to lock down US access to critical minerals and metals beneath the seabed.

The order, which Trump signed in private on Thursday, seeks to jump-start the mining of both US and international waters as part of a push to offset…