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Prime Minister Narendra Modi says India will also support the Maldives in ‘strengthening its defence capabilities’.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has announced a $565m credit line and launched free trade talks with the Maldives during a visit to the Indian Ocean archipelago.

Modi’s two-day trip, which began on Friday, is aimed at boosting India’s development partnership with the Maldives, where India competes with China for influence.

The Indian prime minister said the credit…

By Fayha Shalash – Ramallah

With political cover from Smotrich and Ben-Gvir, settler militias are driving Palestinians from their lands through violence, arson, and terror.

Ibrahim al-Khawaja was startled when an illegal Israeli Jewish settler hit him on the head with a heavy iron pipe while attacking his home and assaulting…

Former Barcelona duo Lionel Messi and Jordi Alba could have been banned for one match after sitting out All-Star match.

Inter Miami’s Lionel Messi and Jordi Alba have not been sanctioned for skipping Wednesday’s MLS All-Star Game in Austin, Texas, their coach confirms.

Both players were voted into the showcase by fans and the media, but neither featured in the MLS squad’s 3-1 win against Mexico’s Liga MX All-Stars.

League rules stipulate that players who choose to opt out of the…

Activists and human rights groups have accused United States President Donald Trump of using African countries as a “dumping ground” for criminals he wants to deport after five men were deported from the US to the tiny kingdom of Eswatini.

On July 16, a deportation flight carrying five men from Vietnam, Jamaica, Laos, Cuba and Yemen, all of whom have been convicted of crimes in the US, landed in Eswatini, the last African country governed by a monarch with absolute power. The…

Trump shifts tone on Fed Chair Powell, calling him ‘a very good man’ after their meeting on interest rates.

US President Donald Trump says he had a positive meeting with Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell and gained the impression that the central bank’s head might be ready to lower interest rates.

The two men met on Thursday when Trump made a rare visit to the US central bank to tour its ongoing renovation of two buildings at its headquarters in Washington, which the White House has…

By Palestine Chronicle Staff  

The Freedom Flotilla Coalition said it had lost contact with the Handala amid fears of an attack after drones were spotted near the aid ship.

Communications were restored early on Friday with the Handala, a humanitarian aid vessel heading for Gaza, after a two-hour interruption during which drones were spotted nearby, the Freedom Flotilla Coalition (FFC) said.

For…

US National Intelligence Director Tulsi Gabbard launched a new attack on former President Barack Obama this week, alleging that he conspired to undermine Trump’s 2016 presidential victory by using false intelligence purporting to show Russian interference in Trump’s favour.

On Wednesday, Gabbard told a White House news briefing that she had declassified evidence of a conspiracy between Obama and senior officials in his administration. Gabbard said she had referred Obama to the Department…

By Palestine Chronicle Staff  

Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak warns of Israel’s collapse and urges mass civil disobedience to oust Netanyahu and prevent dictatorship.

In a scathing opinion piece published Friday in the Israeli newspaper Haaretz, former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak declared that “Israel of the Declaration of Independence and the Zionist vision is…