An Israeli court in Ramla postponed today a hearing into cancer-stricken Palestinian prisoner Walid Daqqa’s eligibility to appear before the Early Release Committee, provided that the court judge issues his decision within a week of its date, Daqqa’s …
Month: June 2023
Israeli occupation court Sunday issued a decision to demolish the Umm Qassah Mixed Elementary School, in Badia Yatta, south of the occupied West Bank city of Hebron. The school principal, Youssef Al-Basaita, told WAFA that the occupation had notified …
Hussein al-Sheikh, the Secretary-General of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), said today that the Palestinian leadership has decided to boycott the meeting of the Palestinian-Israeli Higher Economic Committee meeting. He said the decision c…
A fire broke out on a Philippine’s cargo ship with 133 passengers on board, as it sailed off the port of Tagbilaran in the southern province of Bohol.Head of the Tagbilaran City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (DRRMO) Anthony Damalerio sa…
The College of Islamic Studies (CIS) at Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU) and the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) signed a Memorandum of Understanding on May 18, establishing a framework for collaboration in the design of …
At least one person died and at least 25 others were missing in flash floods and landslides triggered by heavy rains that battered east Nepal, local media reported on Sunday.Heavy rains washed away a hydroelectric project under construction on the Hewa…
A 27hour ceasefire in Sudan entered into force on Sunday morning.Saudi Arabia and the United States announced in a joint statement on Saturday that representatives of the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) agreed to a 72hour…
At least 11 people were killed after a powerful cyclone struck Brazil’s southern state of Rio Grande do Sul.The storm caused torrential rains and helicopter searches are underway in flooded neighborhoods to find 20 others who have gone missing, the gov…