Israeli occupation forces raid multiple villages in West Bank

The Israeli occupation forces raided multiple villages in the occupied West Bank on Sunday.According to security sources, the occupation forces stormed the village of Deir Abu Mashal, northwest of Ramallah, and patrolled its roads. No arrests were reported.The occupation forces also raided the villages of Madama, Urif, and Yatma, south of Nablus.In Madama, the occupation […]

Tunisia fisherwomen battle inequality and climate change

Off a quiet Tunisian island, Sara Souissi readies her small fishing boat.As a woman in the male-dominated trade, she rows against entrenched patriarchy but also environmental threats to her livelihood.Souissi began fishing as a teenager in a family of fishers off their native Kerkennah Islands near the city of Sfax, defying men who believed she […]

Funeral held for Turkish-American activist killed in West Bank

Hundreds of people waving Turkish and Palestinian flags gathered for the funeral Saturday for Aysenur Ezgi Eygi, a Turkish-American activist killed in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.Turkey's Vice President Cevdet Yilmaz, Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, Parliament Speaker Numan Kurtulmus and main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Ozgur Ozel were among mourners at the ceremony in […]

Iran says new research satellite launched into orbit

Iran yesterday blasted a new research satellite into orbit, state media said, in the latest such development for an aerospace programme that has long faced Western criticism.“The Chamran-1 research satellite was successfully launched and put into orbit by the Ghaem-100 carrier,” state television said.The satellite, which weighs around 60 kilograms, is designed to test hardware […]

21 dead in Israeli strikes on houses, school in Gaza

Gaza's civil defence agency said Saturday that an overnight Israeli air strike hit a house in Gaza City where displaced Palestinians had taken refuge, killing 11 people, including women and children.’We have recovered the bodies of 11 martyrs, including four children and three women, after an Israeli warplane hit a three-storey house of the Bustan […]

Raided West Bank city holds funerals after Israeli army withdraws

The families of Palestinians killed in an air strike in the occupied West Bank city of Tubas held funerals on Friday after Israeli forces withdrew following their latest raid in the territory.The official Palestinian news agency Wafa said the military withdrew Thursday evening, allowing the funerals to go ahead.The four men buried in Tubas on […]

GCC states stress firm commitment to eradicating contemporary forms of slavery

The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states affirmed their firm commitment to eradicating contemporary forms of slavery, and acknowledged that forced or compulsory labor may amount to ‘contemporary forms of slavery.’The GCC states underscored their full committed to suppressing these practices based on the provisions of the Forced Labor Convention No. 29 of 1930, and the […]