Category: 1. Palestine

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Before Jerusalem Day festivities even began, a palpable tension could be felt in the streets of the Old City. By late morning, the normally bustling Muslim quarter had fallen silent, with shopkeepers closing up after only a few hours of…

A train crashed into a public bus near an airport rail link station Bangkok’s city centre, Thai media report.

At least eight people have been killed, and 25 others injured,…

For travellers, it’s easy to, literally, look down on Kansas City, Missouri. In the heart of the United States Midwest, it represents the definition of flyover country for those on their way to more famous locales.

That perspective is about to…

Despite Lebanon and Israel extending the ceasefire deal for another 45 days yesterday, Israel continues to bomb Lebanon.

Israel has launched another series of air strikes on southern Lebanon, a day after the two…

An armed Israeli settler blindfolded and detained a Palestinian man near the village of Beit Iksa in the occupied West Bank, dragging him onto a road as Israeli forces stood nearby. The Palestinian farmer was reportedly trying to reach his land…

Sir Mark Rowley’s recent comments that some pro-Palestinian demonstrations in London send a message “that feels like anti-Semitism” are the latest sign of a dangerous trend in British public life: the conflation of anti-Semitism with…

Jabalia, Gaza – Inside his partially destroyed home in the Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza, 85-year-old Abdel Mahdi al-Wuheidi sits beside a small fire brewing coffee, staring at what remains of a life, now surrounded by rubble.

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Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping plan to ‘further strengthen the comprehensive partnership’, the Kremlin says.

Russia’s President Vladimir Putin will pay an official visit to China from May 19 to 20,…

Iran says Trump signalled openness to talks as deadlock remains over Tehran’s nuclear programme.

Lebanon has welcomed an agreement with Israel to extend a fragile ceasefire by 45 days beyond Sunday’s deadline…