Palestine

Are we intense?” asks Damien “Irv” Tuit, before he and his bandmate, James McGovern, explode into laughter. The men – two-fifths of the Irish rock outfit The Murder Capital – are sitting with me in an east London pub, and have just talked me through their origin story. “I played…

Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Tuesday dismissed a proposal by the United States to displace Palestinians from the war-devastated Gaza Strip, saying it "will go nowhere". Khamenei made the remarks during a meeting in Tehran with Ziyad al-Nakhalah, leader of the Palestinian militant group Islamic Jihad. "The idiotic…

say something Petticrew won one of the top awards and focused their speech on the lack of mental health services in Northern Ireland BELFAST ACTOR LOLA Petticrew criticised politicians and made an impassioned plea for greater access to mental health services in Northern Ireland while picking up one of the…

"Meanderings & Reflections of a Life", a new book by John Herbert, has been released by Dorrance Publishing Co., Inc. Friends often ask mammalogist John Herbert about his life in Africa and the Caribbean, so he would tell stories about his family and their experiences and they would often respond,…

RIYADH: The rise of community living and the increased accessibility of suburbs, driven by advancements in transportation, are transforming real estate trends in Saudi Arabia, experts say. At the Real Estate Future Forum in Riyadh on Jan. 28, Khaled Elsehamy, chief development officer for real estate at the National Housing…

Police arrested around 77 people at a pro-Palestine rally in central London on Saturday following clashes between officers and members of the Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC). Some of the hundreds in attendance voiced their disapproval as officers were seen restraining a woman on the ground shortly after the rally began…

Pro-Palestine protesters will gather for a rally in Westminster on Saturday after police curtailed organisers’ plans for a march past the BBC and near a synagogue. The Metropolitan Police denied putting a “ring of steel” around Broadcasting House as the forces said officers would be posted nearby after preventing plans…

The Palestine Solidarity Campaign has confirmed that its demonstration on Saturday will now be limited to a static protest in Whitehall. Instead of forming up in either Portland Place or Russell Square and marching to Whitehall, the demonstration will instead start in Whitehall and not move from there. This approach…

World / January 16, 2025 The agreement may reduce the intensity of Israel’s killing spree, but it is likely to usher in a grueling new phase of ethnic cleansing, with Trump’s full support. A child recovers books from the rubble of a building hit in Israeli strikes the previous night…

Israel and Hamas’s historic ceasefire agreement could have come a lot sooner, according to Israeli leadership. The text of the ceasefire agreement, which was released Wednesday, shares copious similarities with the last ceasefire agreement brokered between Israel and Palestine in May, including mirrored proposals for the withdrawal of Israeli forces…