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Israeli media reported that a female settler was killed and …
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Russia and Ukraine are poised for talks in Turkiye on Thursday, even though the prospects of President Vladimir Putin and his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskyy meeting directly for the first time in three years were dashed by the Kremlin late on Wednesday.
United States President Donald Trump, who had earlier indicated that he might join the negotiations, will also not attend, according to American officials.
Here’s what we know about the talks, what prompted them, who’s expected…
News Source: www.aljazeera.com

When the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) was established in 1949, it started its operations in Jerusalem. Nobody expected that it would be forced to shut down its activities in the face of Palestinian refugees in the city who still needed its services. Even more perversely, Palestinians could never have imagined that the only institution that bore witness to their forced displacement would be forced out of Jerusalem during the 77th commemoration of the Nakba.
Last…
News Source: mondoweiss.net

At the heart of any place is its people. This section gathers faces and figures of children, elders, farmers and merchants, capturing a moment in each of their lives.
Traditional dress, expressions and gestures reflect a culture rich in diversity. Muslims, Christians, Jews, and Bedouins appear side by side, revealing a land defined not by division, but by coexistence.
Each face carries its own story of life, labour, joy, or longing.
Drag the slider or click on an image…
News Source: www.aljazeera.com

Bethlehem / PNN/
A call by veteran Palestinian leader and Fatah figure Mohammad Khalil al-Lahham, known as Abu Khalil, inviting the newly elected Pope Leo XIV to visit Palestine and Bethlehem has been met with a warm welcome from religious leaders and church communities across the region, who emphasised the importance of such a visit.
Al-Lahham, a member of the Palestinian National Council, the Central Council, and Fatah’s Advisory Council, is widely regarded as a…
News Source: english.pnn.ps

US President Donald Trump said Thursday a deal was close on Iran’s nuclear programme that would avert military action, sending oil prices tumbling as he boasted of raising “trillions of dollars” on a Gulf tour.
“We’re not going to be making any nuclear dust in Iran,” Trump said in Qatar, the second stop of his multi-day Gulf tour.
“I think we’re getting close to maybe doing a deal without having to do this,” he said, referring to military action.
Oil prices plunged more than three percent on…
News Source: www.al-monitor.com

Filmmaker Sepideh Farsi is still in shock after an Israeli air strike killed her documentary’s main subject, 25-year-old photojournalist Fatima Hassouna, in Gaza last month.
“Why would you kill someone and decimate an entire family just because she was taking photos?” she told AFP ahead of her film’s premiere at the Cannes Festival Thursday.
With Israel banning foreign media from entering the besieged Palestinian territory, Farsi reached out to Hassouna through video calls, turning their…
News Source: www.al-monitor.com

US President Donald Trump on Thursday closes a Middle East tour in the United Arab Emirates as he focuses squarely on seeking deals after billions of dollars of pledges from Saudi Arabia and Qatar.
The first major trip of his second term had been scheduled to end Thursday but Trump, always ready with surprises, did not rule out continuing on to Turkey if Russian President Vladimir Putin shows up for talks with Ukraine.
Trump will fly to the Emirati capital Abu Dhabi after a stop in Qatar,…
News Source: www.al-monitor.com

Ramallah / PNN/
Palestinians in the homeland and diaspora commemorated the 77th anniversary of the Nakba under the slogan: “We will not leave… Palestine belongs to the Palestinians.”
For the second consecutive year, the Nakba anniversary comes during a period of exceptional hardship, as Palestinians in the Gaza Strip endure unprecedented humanitarian catastrophe amid an Israeli military assault that has continued for 583 days. The scenes echo the massacres and…
News Source: english.pnn.ps

Ben Cohen among seven people arrested after interrupting testimony by US Health Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr.
The cofounder of Ben & Jerry’s ice cream and six other people have been arrested after disrupting a United States Senate hearing to protest Washington’s support for Israel’s war in Gaza.
The arrests on Wednesday came as US Health Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr was giving testimony to lawmakers on his shake-up of federal health agencies.
“Congress kills poor kids in Gaza by…
News Source: www.aljazeera.com