Palestine

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre insisted on Tuesday that President Joe Biden planned to visit the town of East Palestine, Ohio, despite more than seven months passing since it became the site of a railway disaster.  On Saturday, while surveying damage in Florida from Hurricane Idalia, the president was…

The Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs expressed its strong condemnation of Israel’s war on education in Jerusalem, especially the harassment and obstruction faced by students and teachers on their way to schools and workplaces.  The Ministry issued a press statement on Monday, stating that one of the recent examples of…

Joe Biden is facing criticism over his response to questions about why he has yet to visit the site of a toxic train derailment near East Palestine, Ohio, while conducting a press conference in Florida in the wake of a hurricane making landfall in the north of the state. While…

GOOD MORNING The 8 at 8 Fossil fuel money in Ireland, Micheál Martin visits the Middle East and the government’s climate score. LAST UPDATE | Mon 8:50 AM GOOD MORNING. Here’s all the news you need to know as you start your day. Climate crisis 1. Some €5.7 billion in…

President Biden Hasn't Had 'Occasion' to Visit East Palestine ... Amid Glaring Vacay Record 9/3/2023 3:54 PM PT Fox News President Biden says he hasn't a chance to visit East Palestine -- where a disastrous train derailment occurred -- but his critics say ... that's BS, seeing how often he…

Under Narendra Modi, India has changed dramatically. 'Hostile Homelands' written by Azad Essa examines the historical context of  India's relationship with Israel, examines the origins of Zionism and Hindutva; India's changing position on Palestine; and the countries' growing military-industrial relationship from the 1990s. Here is an excerpt from the book entitled,…

(John McCann/M&G) Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema said its central command team (CCT) welcomes the inclusion of the six nations to Brics because it is underpinned by the need for common prosperity and not by the neo-colonial need to exploit the world’s natural resources as the West does. …

The Permanent Representative of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to the Arab League (AL), Ambassador Abdulaziz bin Abdullah Al-Matar, received here today the Head of the Representative Office of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) in Cairo, Sahar Al-Jobury. The purpose of the meeting was…

A report shows that the number of deaths in Israel and Palestine has reached an all-time high. According to the UN, there have been more than 200 Palestinians who have been reported deceased, along with around 30 reported Israeli fatalities. These numbers represent the highest number of deaths since 2005.…

‘Press, run, report’: Beirut women given personal alarms to protect against harassment BEIRUT: Small portable alarms named in memory of a young British Embassy worker raped and murdered in Lebanon in 2017 have been distributed on Beirut Corniche as part of a campaign to protect women and girls from violence.…