Tag: Palestine
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‘West Bank: Israeli troops hold two Palestinian girls back as they cry following arrest of their mother during a demonstration in the village of...
Better leadership to bring country out of current predicament: Imran
Chairman Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, Imran Khan has expressed the hope that with better leadership, Pakistan would come out of its current predicament and emerge as...
Shelling of Syria refugee camp kills 15 civilians: NGO
Shelling of the Yarmuk Palestinian refugee camp in the Syrian capital killed at least 15 civilians, including two children, the Syrian Observatory for Human...
French police kill ‘Al-Qaeda’ militant, end siege
Armed police stormed a house and killed a gunman whose murders of Jewish schoolchildren and soldiers traumatised France and briefly halted the presidential election...
French police corner Al-Qaeda suspect after shootings
French police surrounded a house Wednesday where a man suspected of a series of deadly shootings was holed up, claiming he had carried out...
Pakistan calls for urgent action by Security Council to Middle East
Terming the resolution of the Arab-Israel conflict as key to a just and durable peace in the Middle East, Ambassador Haroon warned that the...
New Israeli strikes on Gaza kill 2, raise toll to 20:...
Two Palestinians were killed in Israeli air strikes near the Gaza town of Khan Yunis on Monday morning, bringing the toll in three days...
Militants’ rocket hits Gaza home
A rocket fired at Israel on Saturday by Palestinian militants instead hit a house in the Gaza Strip, but there were no casualties, witnesses...
Abbas to head interim govt
Rival Palestinian factions have agreed to name president Mahmoud Abbas as head of an interim government that will oversee preparations for presidential and legislative...
Pakistan urges resolute action’ for Palestinians self- determination
Pakistan has reaffirmed its strong support for the Palestinians and underscored the need for implementing relevant UN Security Council resolutions to pave the way...
Israeli air strikes hit Gaza Strip
Israel carried out air strikes on the Gaza Strip overnight Monday, sources from both sides said, in what Israel said was a response to...
Israel prepares to free 550 Palestinian prisoners
Israel was on Sunday preparing to release 550 Palestinian prisoners who will be freed after nightfall to complete a swap deal which brought about...
Palestinian flag raised at UNESCO after admission
The Palestinian flag was raised for the first time on Tuesday above a UN agency, the UNESCO headquarters in Paris, in a diplomatic victory...
Israeli warplanes launch strikes on Gaza Strip
Israeli warplanes watched two strikes on the Gaza Strip overnight in response to rocket fire from the Hamas-controlled Palestinian territory, an army spokesman said...
Britain to abstain from UN vote on Palestinian state
Foreign Secretary William Hague said Thursday Britain would abstain from a vote in the UN Security Council on Palestinian membership of the United Nations....
UNESCO gives Palestinians full membership
The United Nations’ cultural agency decided on Monday to give the Palestinians full membership of the body, a vote that will boost their bid...
US stops $60m payment to UNESCO over admitting Palestine
The United States said Monday it is stopping financial contributions to UNESCO after Palestine was admitted to the organization as a full member. “We...
