Israeli authorities release body of slain Palestinian child held since March The Israeli authorities have released the body of a Palestinian child who was killed by Israeli fire in March, Wafa news agency is reporting. According to the report, Salim Sami Salim Faqha was shot dead by Israeli forces near Sinjil, northeast of Ramallah, on 17 March 2026. Another boy was wounded in the attack.
On one side, you face the domination of the Islamic Republic; on the other, the imperialist forces that Republic claims to stand against August marks the anniversary of the 1988 mass executions in Iran, a horror that echoes in the country’s current surge in death sentences. It also marks the 19 August anniversary of the UK- and US-orchestrated coup against the prime minister Mohammad Mosaddegh in 1953. Amid the current, indiscriminate waves of US-Israeli military assaults against Iran, this letter of solidarity denounces the repression of the Iranian people and their political prisoners by forces both at home and abroad.
A student at Iran's most prestigious technical university has been expelled and banned from all universities for four years over a stuffed rat hung from a campus tree, a toy that carried the nickname protesters gave the late supreme leader.
France: Mosque closure fuels fear of state overreach on Muslim worship Submitted by Tassa Adidi on Thu, 08/20/2026 - 09:06 Latest shutdown decision, which was accused of incriminating Islamic texts, reignites debate about French government's attempts to control the practice of Islam A man reads the Quran as Muslims wait to break their fast at a mosque during the month of Ramadan in Calais, northern France, on 10 March 2026 (Sameer al-Doumy/AFP) Off In Aulnay-sous-Bois, in the northeastern suburbs of Paris, a recent court decision to uphold the six-month closure of a mosque for inciting violence and terrorism has caused a stir. The Montreuil Administrative Court rejected earlier this month an attempt to suspend the July prefecture order against the Attaqwa Mosque, also known as the Chanteloup Mosque, named after a neighbourhood in the south of the city with a large immigrant population. Located in the heart of a social housing complex, the religious establishment looks like a residential apartment block.
After Gaza, can Muslims defend Al-Aqsa Mosque? Submitted by Amina Shareef on Wed, 08/19/2026 - 15:14 Islam's third holiest site has reached a perilous crossroads, as Israel works tirelessly to change the status quo Israeli settlers protected by Israeli security forces walk through Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in occupied East Jerusalem, on 5 April 2023 (Ahmad Gharabli/AFP) On Al-Aqsa Mosque is in peril. For decades, Muslims have been warned that the status quo surrounding Islam’s third holiest site was becoming increasingly fragile.
Australia's foreign minister summoned the Israeli ambassador over "insulting" Zomi Frankcom decision.
Hind Rajab's grandmother rejects Israeli army probe into killing, calls for independent international investigation: Report The grandmother of five-year-old Palestinian girl Hind Rajab has rejected an Israeli military probe into her killing, Anadolu Agency reported. Following an announcement by the military admitting to Rajab's killing, Hind’s grandmother told Anadolu that the family has no confidence in Israeli investigations or the Israeli judiciary. The grandmother has instead demanded that an independent international investigation be conducted into the killing of Hind, six of her relatives and two Palestine Red Crescent medics who tried to rescue her.
The offshore detention of migrants and asylum seekers under the Italy-Albania Agreement is jeopardizing people’s safety, liberty and human rights, Amnesty International said in a briefing published as events in Ceuta continue to expose the dangers of long-standing European Union (EU) migration policies that centre on exclusion and containment. Italy: Extraterritorial migration detention and human […] The post Italy: Disastrous offshore agreement with Albania must serve as a ‘wake-up call’ to end EU’s cruel migration plans appeared first on Amnesty International .
Jury refuses to convict seven Palestine Action defendants over Elbit raid Jurors at a London court were discharged after being unable to reach verdicts for seven Palestine Action defendants accused of coordinating a raid on an Israeli-owned arms factory. One person who could not be named for legal reasons was convicted by a majority of 9-1 of criminal damage in relation to the incident. The defendants- Hannah Davidson, 53, Ian Sanders, 47, Aleksandra Herbich, 41, Teuta Hoxha, 30, William Plastow, 35, Julija Brigadirova, 33, Sean Middlebrough, 33, and Madeleine Norman, 31- were accused of criminal damage and violent disorder in connection with a break-in to an Elbit Systems factory in Filton, near Bristol in August 2024.
Australia summons Israeli ambassador over Gaza aid worker killing Australia on Thursday summoned Israel's ambassador over the Israeli military's decision not to pursue criminal proceedings in connection with the killing of an Australian aid worker in a 2024 air strike in Gaza. The Israeli military said on Wednesday it had found no basis to open criminal investigations into the killings of seven aid workers with the World Central Kitchen charity, including Australian Zomi Frankcom. "This decision falls far short of the accountability we expect," Foreign Minister Penny Wong said in a statement, adding that Australia was "outraged" by the Israeli government's decision.
UAE-funded mercenary targeted British activist in London, report says Submitted by MEE staff on Wed, 08/19/2026 - 20:05 UAE allegedly funded an operation to surveil British-Muslim activist Anas al-Tikriti, with a US mercenary reportedly discussing the possibility of killing him, ITV News reports Anas al-Tikriti told ITV News that he felt physically sick after being shown messages and photographs gathered by Abraham Golan (Screengrab/X) Off A mercenary allegedly hired and paid millions of dollars by the United Arab Emirates carried out a covert surveillance operation against a British activist and academic in London, according to an investigation by ITV News. Abraham Golan, a dual Hungarian-Israeli citizen who ran the private security company Spear Operations Group, travelled to Britain in December 2016 to target Anas al-Tikriti, the chief executive of the London-based Cordoba Foundation think tank, ITV News reported on Wednesday. Emirati financial records seen by ITV showed that Golan, who lived in the US , was being paid by the UAE while carrying out the operation.
Israel admits that it fired on vehicle carrying five-year-old Hind Rajab Israel ’s military has for the first time admitted that it opened fire on a vehicle carrying five-year-old Hind Rajab and her family in Gaza City two-and-a-half years ago. The military said it would open a criminal investigation into the killing of nine people on 29 January 2024, including Hind. On that date, the Palestinian girl initially survived an Israeli attack on a vehicle which killed several members of her family.
Report: Israeli settlers seize near-total control of Ramallah village land More than 4,700 of the 4,800 dunams of land in the Palestinian village of Um al-Safa, west of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank, have been confiscated, Al Jazeera reported, as Israeli settlers expand outposts and infrastructure on the village's land. The village, whose population is fewer than 1,000 people, has seen settlers uproot olive trees that residents depend on for their livelihoods, according to the report. Settlers arrived on motorcycles and in cars after bringing in a bulldozer to begin levelling Palestinian land for a road linking settlement outposts, including one established recently, the network said.
Israel’s Ben Gvir boasts of planned execution facility for Palestinian prisoners Israel ’s National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir boasted on Tuesday about the construction of a facility intended for the execution of Palestinian prisoners. “In this place, the terrorists will be executed,” Ben Gvir said in a video posted on Instagram, where he has around 150,000 followers. In the video, Ben Gvir points towards what appears to be an active construction site and says the complex will include “viewing chambers where crime victims will be able to come and watch” Palestinians being hanged.
Israel’s Ben Gvir boasts of planned execution facility for Palestinian prisoners Submitted by Nadav Rapaport on Wed, 08/19/2026 - 14:45 National security minister says a new site will be used to hang Palestinian detainees Israel’s National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir points to a construction site he says will be used to hang Palestinian prisoners (@otzma_yehudit/Instagram) Off Israel ’s National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir boasted on Tuesday about the construction of a facility intended for the execution of Palestinian prisoners. “In this place, the terrorists will be executed,” Ben Gvir said in a video posted on Instagram, where he has around 150,000 followers. In the video, Ben Gvir points towards what appears to be an active construction site and says the complex will include “viewing chambers where crime victims will be able to come and watch” Palestinians being hanged.
UK jury fails to convict activists over direct action at Israeli arms factory A jury has failed to convict eight Palestine Action supporters accused of helping coordinate direct action against an Israeli weapons manufacturer linked to Israel’s genocide in Gaza. The judge discharged the jury after it returned no convictions against Madeleine Norman, Hannah Davidson, Teuta Hoxha, Aleksandra Herbich, Ian Sanders, William Plastow, Julia Brigadirova and Sean Middlebrough. Prosecutors charged the defendants with criminal damage and violent disorder over the August 2024 action at an Elbit Systems facility in Filton, near Bristol.
President Masoud Pezeshkian's government has formally opposed a bill aimed at countering foreign intelligence infiltration, saying it violates citizens' rights, restricts academic ties and could accelerate the emigration of Iranian experts and researchers.
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The Israeli regime is using settler violence to advance plans to annex the occupied West Bank and ethnically clean the territory from the territory, Mustafa Bargouthi, secretary-general of the Palestinian National Initiative, told Al Jazeera from Ramallah.
The six-year-old spent hours on the phone to paramedics before her body was recovered days later in Gaza City in 2024.
Jury refuses to convict seven Palestine Action defendants over Elbit raid Submitted by Katherine Hearst on Tue, 08/18/2026 - 10:18 Jurors discharged at Old Bailey after being unable to reach verdicts on charges connected to raid on Elbit Systems factory after over 35 hours of deliberations The defendants from left to right: Ian Sanders, Aleksandra Herbich, William Plastow, Hannah Davidson, Teuta Hoxha, Julija Brigadirova, and Madeleine Norman outside the Old Bailey, July 2026 (Supplied) Off Jurors at a London court were discharged after being unable to reach verdicts for seven Palestine Action defendants accused of coordinating a raid on an Israeli-owned arms factory. One person who could not be named for legal reasons was convicted by a majority of 9-1 of criminal damage in relation to the incident. The defendants- Hannah Davidson, 53, Ian Sanders, 47, Aleksandra Herbich, 41, Teuta Hoxha, 30, William Plastow, 35, Julija Brigadirova, 33, Sean Middlebrough, 33, and Madeleine Norman, 31- were accused of criminal damage and violent disorder in connection with a break-in to an Elbit Systems factory in Filton, near Bristol in August 2024.
