Category: 1. Palestine

Amid the financial market fallout which followed Donald Trump’s “Liberation Day” tariff announcement on April 2, the value of the US dollar has plunged.

But while United States stock markets have largely recovered since then, the greenback – which typically gains in value during periods of financial turbulence – has continued its downward trajectory.

This is because the severe nature of Trump’s international trade policies has raised the possibility of a US recession later this…

Israeli forces ramped up their presence in several West Bank towns, executing a series of detention campaigns and raids.

Israeli occupation forces launched extensive raids across several areas in the Bethlehem Governorate and Hebron in the southern West Bank on Friday night, carrying out a sweeping detention campaign that targeted dozens of Palestinians.

The forces raided the cities of Bethlehem and Beit Jala, as well…

Ja Morant shrugged off a sprained right ankle to score 22 points and add nine assists and the Memphis Grizzlies beat the Dallas Mavericks 120-106 on Friday night to advance to the NBA playoffs.

Memphis secured the Western Conference’s eighth seed and will open against top-seeded Oklahoma City in a best-of-seven series beginning Sunday on the Thunder’s home court.

Morant was injured Tuesday night at Golden State in the Grizzlies’ play-in opener and was questionable to play…

By Palestine Chronicle Staff  

Israeli airstrikes and shelling across Gaza killed at least 30 Palestinians on Saturday, most of them women and children in displacement camps and residential areas.

At least 30 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli airstrikes across the Gaza Strip since dawn on Saturday, as the Israeli army escalates its genocidal assault, with most attacks targeting women and children.

In Khan Yunis,…

Dozens of defendants found guilty of “conspiracy against state security” and given sentences of 13 to 66 years.

Dozens of opposition figures in Tunisia have been handed lengthy prison terms on national security charges, according to state media.

A number of the North African country’s most senior opposition politicians were among 40 people sentenced on Saturday, including a former justice minister and diplomats. Critics insist the charges are trumped up and say they are symbolic of…

Washington (Quds News Network)- A U.S. federal judge has ruled in favor of detained student Rumeysa Ozturk, ordering her transfer from Louisiana to Vermont so a court can review claims that her arrest violated her constitutional rights.

District Court Judge William S. Sessions issued the order on Friday. He said Ozturk presented significant evidence that her detention may be politically motivated and meant to punish her for protected speech.

Ozturk, a student at Tufts University,…