Palestinian crisis
Most electoral lists are aligned with President Mahmoud Abbas’s secular-nationalist Fatah party or feature candidates running as independents.
Published 25 Apr, 2026 01:38pm
At Antalya Diplomacy Forum, Fidan says it is “an onward occupation and expansionism” from the Palestinian lands and now towards Lebanon and Syria.
Updated 18 Apr, 2026 02:50pm
“I am not asking for the luxuries of life, I am asking for a limb so I can regain my humanity,” a 40-year-old former office worker says.
Published 16 Apr, 2026 04:22pm
As the gates were opened with the morning call to prayer, large numbers of worshippers flocked to the site.
Published 09 Apr, 2026 11:51am
Says “reprehensible act constitutes a direct assault on the sanctity" of the holy site; KSA, Turkiye, Qatar, Jordan and Egypt also issue condemnations.
Updated 07 Apr, 2026 06:10pm
Ministers reiterate that Israel, being an occupying power, holds “no sovereignty over occupied Jerusalem”.
Published 31 Mar, 2026 11:12am
EU calls bill "discriminatory"; Germany expresses concern; Spain terms it "a step closer to apartheid”.
Updated 31 Mar, 2026 04:31pm
Over 90 states — including the 8-nation Muslim bloc — and EU have slammed Tel Aviv’s move to declare large areas of West Bank as "state land".
Published 26 Feb, 2026 03:51pm
Joint statement condemns repeated violations of the status quo in Jerusalem; says Israeli actions amount to "deliberate and direct attack" on the viability of a Palestinian state.
Updated 25 Feb, 2026 10:30am
Adopts unanimous resolution; Netanyahu had listed India, Greece, Cyprus, unnamed Arab, African and Asian countries as part of planned "hexagon of alliances" against "radical axes".
Updated 25 Feb, 2026 12:32pm
Countries express "profound concern" over Huckabee suggesting that it would be acceptable for Israel to exercise control over territories belonging to Arab states.
Updated 22 Feb, 2026 01:34pm
Calls for Israeli officials' prosecution for crimes against humanity by displacing 32,000 Palestinians in January, February.
Updated 20 Nov, 2025 12:33pm
More than 150 Palestinians who have “mysteriously” arrived in South Africa appeared to have been driven out of Gaza.
Updated 15 Nov, 2025 10:21am
There must be accountability for those responsible, in Tel Aviv and beyond, for the murder and starvation of occupied Gaza’s population.
Updated 12 Oct, 2025 08:43am
The plan cements Zionist occupation, institutionalises apartheid and legitimises genocide under the guise of diplomacy.
Updated 12 Oct, 2025 12:03pm
Deal includes the release of captives and prisoners as well as a surge of aid into Gaza; Trump says disarmament will be part of the second phase of a Gaza deal.
Updated 09 Oct, 2025 10:30pm
Dawn.com takes a look at some pictures that are an incriminating statement of Israel’s multiple war crimes in the besieged enclave.
Updated 08 Oct, 2025 12:11am
US news outlet Axios says deal now before Hamas is significantly different than one US and Muslim countries had previously agreed on.
Published 01 Oct, 2025 03:06pm
Foreign Minister Dar already in New York; PM Shehbaz will also be among the attendees of a meeting of Muslim leaders with Trump on UNGA sidelines.
Updated 22 Sep, 2025 05:37pm
Ejaz Haider explains why this idea was always a red herring in the face of recalcitrant Zionism, violent apartheid and engineered Palestinian bantustans and why the improbable — a single, just state — may be Palestine’s only future.
Updated 24 Aug, 2025 05:01pm
PM Shehbaz says "such systematic provocations by the occupying power, coupled with reckless calls for annexation, imperil prospects for peace".
Updated 04 Aug, 2025 03:03pm
Says prolonged injustice a "moral stain"; calls for universal recognition of State of Palestine; meets with Palestinian PM and Kuwait, Bangladesh FMs.
Published 29 Jul, 2025 03:32pm
It appears that Palestinian people will again be left defenceless in the face of merciless brutality.
Updated 19 Mar, 2025 08:47am
Dar warns of risk of conflict over India's "aggressive statements"; says some Afghan refugees in Pakistan involved in terrorist activities.
Updated 18 Feb, 2025 09:57am
Says Palestinian enclave could become home to “world’s people”, proposes permanent "resettlement" of Palestinians.
Updated 05 Feb, 2025 12:04pm
‘What was inescapable is that there is almost nothing left of Gaza.’
Updated 02 Feb, 2025 08:39am
US president's suggestion to Egypt, Jordan to take in more Gaza residents heightens fears among Palestinians of being forcibly displaced in yet another "Nakba".
Updated 26 Jan, 2025 09:56pm
Israeli govt expected to ratify deal today; Egypt announces plans to re-open Rafah.
Updated 16 Jan, 2025 10:04am
Aoun, 60, has been commander of US-backed Lebanese army since 2017 and played a key role in shoring up a ceasefire between Hezbollah and Israel.
Published 09 Jan, 2025 07:53pm
Defence minister Katz threatens to “strike hard at the Houthis… and decapitate their leadership" in Yemen.
Published 24 Dec, 2024 08:01am
