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Global Sumud Flotilla set sail from Crete for final leg The Global Sumud Flotilla has set sail again for Gaza after pausing for several days in Greek waters for repairs. Organisers said Greek vessels joined their flotilla, meaning 47 boats have now joined their attempt to break Israel's naval blockade and deliver aid to Gaza. "Brothers and sisters inGaza, we sail with hope in our hearts. Your resilience is our compass,...
Published on: September 28, 2025 | Source:Afternoon update Good afternoon, If you are joining us, here are the latest updates on the situation in Gaza. The Palestinian health ministry said Israel haskilled over 66,000 Palestinians across the Gaza Strip since October 2023. Witnesses and medics told Reuters that tanks were advancing deeper into several densely populated neighbourhoods of Gaza City, with hospitals unable to respond to dozens of desperate calls...
Published on: September 28, 2025 | Source:As world leaders talked about acting against Israel at the UN General Assembly over 360 Palestinians in Gaza were killed
Published on: September 28, 2025 | Source:Trump says 'we will get it done' in the Middle East US President DonaldTrumpsaid on Sunday that there was "a real chance for greatness in the Middle East" without providing specific detailsor a timetable, days after sayinghe was closeto forging a deal to end the war inGaza. "We have a real chance for Greatness in the Middle East. All are on board for something special, first time ever. We will get it done," he said in...
Published on: September 28, 2025 | Source:The mass mobilisation for Palestine across Italy echoed in Gaza. We are truly grateful.
Published on: September 28, 2025 | Source:A global roundup of some of last weekโs events.
Published on: September 28, 2025 | Source:Russia has launched a heavy attack on Ukraine with hundreds of kamikaze drones hitting residential buildings in Kyiv.
Published on: September 28, 2025 | Source:The Swedish activist tells the BBC that no one would "risk their life" purely to gain attention.
Published on: September 28, 2025 | Source:Iran's parliament has condemned what it calls โillegalโ sanctions that the United Nations has now reimposed on Tehran.
Published on: September 28, 2025 | Source:The US plan ousts Hamas and forms an administration that will later be handed over to a reformed Palestinian Authority.
Published on: September 28, 2025 | Source:Hamas lose contact with two captives during Gaza fighting Hamas's armed wing said on Sunday itlostcontactwithtwocaptives, Matan Angrest and Omri Miran,duringIsraeli military operations intwoGazaCity neighbourhoods. In a statement, the al-Qassam Brigades said it had demanded that Israel halt air sorties for 24 hours, starting at 6:00 p.m., in part ofGazaCity to remove thecaptives from danger.
Published on: September 28, 2025 | Source:Al Jazeeraโs Ibrahim al-Khalili was reporting from Gazaโs al-Shifa Hospital when a Palestinian father rushed
Published on: September 28, 2025 | Source:Sanctions have destroyed the Iranian middle class - the very driver of stability and moderation.
Published on: September 28, 2025 | Source:Reuters investigation debunks Israeli justification for bombing Gaza hospital Israelโs justification for bombing Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, which killed 21 Palestinians, including five journalists, has been debunked by a Reuters investigation. Footage of the double-strike attack by Israel on the hospital, the second of which was captured on camera, showed journalists and rescuers on a staircase being directly hit....
Published on: September 27, 2025 | Source:Iceland: Israelโs actions in Gaza cruel, inhumane and illegal Icelandโs foreign minister, Thorgerdur Katrin Gunnarsdottir, on Saturday said that Israelโs actions in Gaza are โcruel, inhumane and illegalโ. Speaking at the UN General Assembly, she said, โWe are witnessing now crimes against humanity and war crimes in broad daylight; what appears before us is systematic ethnic cleansing.โ โThis needs to end. We need an...
Published on: September 27, 2025 | Source:San Marino formally recognises Palestinian state San Marino officially declared Palestine a recognised state during a debate at the UnitedNations General Assembly on Saturday. โOn May 15, our parliament, with unanimous support, mandated the government to recognise the State of Palestine within this year. Today, before this Assembly, we announce the fulfilment of that mandate: San Marino officially recognises the State...
Published on: September 27, 2025 | Source:Hospitals have also shut down in Gaza City as Israeli attacks escalate.
Published on: September 27, 2025 | Source:Saudi FM condemns Israel at UN, calls for two-state solution Saudi Arabiaโs foreign minister, Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud, condemned Israelโs conduct of the war in Gaza as a โdirect violationโ of international law and called for a two-state solution. โThe suffering of the Palestinian people and the unprecedented humanitarian crisis in Gaza that has officially been classified as a famine by the IPC report runs...
Published on: September 27, 2025 | Source:The Battle of Wounded Knee, also known as the Wounded Knee Massacre, took place in South Dakota in 1890.
Published on: September 27, 2025 | Source:New Gaza-bound flotilla sets off from Sicily A flotilla of 10 vessels set off forGazafrom Sicily, southern Italy, on Saturday, with 60 people on board, including elected officials from nine nations, said organisers. A statement from the Freedom Flotilla Coalition (FFC) and the Thousand Madleens toGaza(TMTG) said they intended to "break the illegal Israeli blockade" to deliver aid to the Palestinian territory. "For the...
Published on: September 27, 2025 | Source:The city's Democratic mayor says there is no need for the US president to send federal forces.
Published on: September 27, 2025 | Source:Israel's foreign minister says 'Israel's clear national interest is to end the war' in Gaza Israeli foreign minister Gideon Saโar said in a post on X that โafter two years of war, Israel's clear national interest is to end the war and achieve its goals." "I trusts the prime minister to represent Israel's interests appropriately, in his talks with President Trumpโ, Saโar said ahead of a meeting between Prime Minister...
Published on: September 27, 2025 | Source:Israeli team excluded from cycling race Israel-Premier Tech have been excluded from the Giro dellโEmilia cycling race on 4 Octoberin Italy for safety reasons, the organisers told the AFP news agency. Adriano Amici, president of GS Emilia โ which organises the one-day race, said the team โwill unfortunately not be present at our race โฆ We had to make this decision for reasons of public securityโ. โThereโs too much...
Published on: September 27, 2025 | Source:Vijay, who is a well-known actor and goes by only one name, launched a political party last year.
Published on: September 27, 2025 | Source:An investigation found that Israel spied on millions of Palestinians using Microsoft's technology.
Published on: September 27, 2025 | Source:In photos: Tens of thousands join โTogether for Gazaโ protest in Berlin Tens of thousands of demonstrators marched through the streets of the German capital on Saturday to call for an end to Israel's war on Gaza. Large crowds waved Palestinian flags and banners reading "Free Palestine" and "Food and water are human rights" as they marched fromBerlin's town hall. Police estimated some 60,000 people took part in both the...
Published on: September 27, 2025 | Source:The Russian foreign minister made the comment in an address to the United Nations General Assembly on Saturday.
Published on: September 27, 2025 | Source:Erdogan tells Spanish PM that Turkey backs Gaza aid delivery efforts President Tayyip Erdogan told Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez that Turkey will continue efforts to stopIsraeli attacks on Gaza and ensure the uninterrupted delivery of humanitarian aid to Gaza, Erdogan's office said on Saturday. "Our president expressed satisfaction with Prime Minister Sanchez's sensitivity regarding the Sumud aid flotilla and...
Published on: September 27, 2025 | Source:Israel kills one more Palestinian journalist in Gaza Israel killed another journalist, Mohammed al-Dayah, in Gaza on Saturday, raising the death toll of journalists since the start of the conflict to 252, the Gaza Government Media Office said. The office condemned Israelโs โsystematic targeting and killing of Palestinian journalistsโ and urged international press bodies and journalist unions to speak out against the...
Published on: September 27, 2025 | Source:Israel is continuing its offensive against Hamas, after PM Benjamin Netanyahu told the UN Israel โmust finish the jobโ in Gaza.
Published on: September 27, 2025 | Source:Russian FM says Israel trying to 'blow up' Middle East Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov accusedIsraelon Saturday of seeking to "blow up" the whole Middle East as criticisedIsrael's attacks in Iran and Qatar and opposed calls to annex the occupied West Bank. "Israel's illegal use of force against the Palestinians and aggressive actions against Iran, Qatar, Yemen, Lebanon, Syria, and Iraq today threaten to blow up...
Published on: September 27, 2025 | Source:Netanyahu faces diplomatic isolation at the United Nations General Assembly.
Published on: September 27, 2025 | Source:Julian Alvarez scores twice as Atletico came from behind to inflict a first defeat of the season on city rivals Real.
Published on: September 27, 2025 | Source:Hamas says it has not received Trump's ceasefire plan Hamas has not received US President Donald Trump's Gaza ceasefire plan, the Palestinian group said on Saturday as Israeli forces expanded their assault on Gaza City. The comments came after Israeli newspaper Haaretz cited sources saying Hamas had agreed in principle to release all the Israeli captives it holds in return for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners and the...
Published on: September 27, 2025 | Source:Israel falsely claimed a Hamas camera was the target of a deadly strike that killed 22 people, including journalists.
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