Mass Funeral Held in Gaza for 112 Palestinians From the Same Family Killed by Israeli Airstrikes in 2023

Israel Has Its Pretext For Total War On West Bank Authored by Joe Lauria via Consortium News Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has threatened a major military offensive against the West Bank four days before he stands for re-election after two Israeli soldiers were killed on Friday in Hebron.  Consortium News on Thursday predicted that Palestinians killing an Israeli on the West Bank could trigger an all-out war against the Palestinian Authority.  Netanyahu announcement outside Hebron, screengrab via Israeli mediaIt is still unclear what led to the Israeli soldiers being killed after a...

Belarus Gets Partial US Sanctions Relief After Freeing More Political Prisoners In a rare development, Belarus - which forms a 'Union State' with Russia, has received partial US sanctions relief after it agreed to free 25 political prisoners.  President Trump's envoy, John Coale, revealed to reporters in the Belarusian capital Minsk: "We agreed to an interim deal, and as a show of goodwill Belarus will release 25 people and in exchange the United States will lift sanctions on two companies." Kremlin.ru/ White House The deal follows a much bigger amnesty for prisoners brokered...

Former Taiwanese Presidential Candidate Sentenced To 17 Years In Corruption Case Authored by Dorothy Li & Frank Fang via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), TAIPEI, Taiwan - A Taipei court on March 26 found a former presidential candidate guilty of corruption-related charges and sentenced him to 17 years in prison, a verdict that has attracted domestic media attention amid the ongoing political deadlock in Taiwan. Ko Wen-je, former Taipei mayor who ran in Taiwan's presidential race in 2024, leaves the Taipei District Court in Taipei on March 26, 2026. Song Pi-lung/The Epoch...