Middle East
PM Shehbaz orders an urgent push for more aid to rain-hit Gaza
PM Shehbaz Sharif told the foreign ministry to escalate humanitarian aid for Gaza after storms flooded about 70,000 tents of displaced Palestinians.
Palestine
Palestine: 16 The Indus Compass stories. Latest: PM Shehbaz orders an urgent push for more aid to rain-hit Gaza. Key developments, background and analysis.
16 stories on Palestine since 27 September 2026; the latest was published on 9 November 2026.
Key developments
- PM Shehbaz orders an urgent push for more aid to rain-hit GazaPrime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said on Monday he had directed the foreign ministry to pursue all possible means to 'escalate humanitarian assistance urgently' to Gaza.
- Pakistan and Maldives sign 20 MoUs, target $200m tradePakistan and the Maldives signed 20 agreements and MoUs during President Mohamed Muizzu's three-day state visit, the first by a Maldivian president in 11 years.
- UK universities worked together to curb Palestine protests, Amnesty saysAmnesty International's Silencing Dissent report says UK universities coordinated their response to pro-Palestine student protests.
- Israeli settlers attack Palestinian olive pickers in Turmus Ayya, torch vehiclesIsraeli settlers assaulted Palestinian olive pickers in Turmus Ayya and set three vehicles on fire on Friday.
- Pakistan joins walkout on Israeli president at Asian summit in BakuPakistan, Turkiye, Iran, Kuwait and the Palestinian delegation walked out as Israel's Isaac Herzog began speaking at the CICA summit in Baku, Azerbaijan.
Islamabad
Pakistan and Maldives sign 20 MoUs, target $200m trade
PM Shehbaz Sharif and President Muizzu agreed to lift trade from $13.9m to $200m in two years as 20 MoUs were signed on the first Maldivian visit in 11 years.
Europe
UK universities worked together to curb Palestine protests, Amnesty says
An Amnesty report says UK universities shared tactics, hired intelligence firms and worked with government to suppress pro-Palestine student protests.
Middle East
Israeli settlers attack Palestinian olive pickers in Turmus Ayya, torch vehicles
Israeli settlers assaulted Palestinian olive pickers in Turmus Ayya and set three vehicles on fire, with 136 harvest-season attacks recorded this month.
Islamabad
Pakistan joins walkout on Israeli president at Asian summit in Baku
Pakistan, Turkiye, Iran, Kuwait and the Palestinian delegation walked out as Israel's Isaac Herzog began speaking at the CICA summit in Baku, Azerbaijan.
Middle East
UN warns Gaza is 'dangerously fragile'; commercial supplies stall
A UN envoy warned Gaza faces another winter in tents, with 1,500 killed since the ceasefire, as commercial goods deliveries stalled in a dispute over payments.
Middle East
Israeli settlers torch mosque in occupied West Bank village of Mukhmas
Israeli settlers set fire to a mosque in the occupied West Bank village of Mukhmas, as Colombia opened an embassy in occupied Jerusalem to Palestinian anger.
Europe
UK Green Party votes to define Zionism as racism
Britain's Green Party voted 1,022 to 813 to treat Zionism as racism and back a single democratic Palestinian state, drawing anger from Israel and Jewish groups.
Americas
US Senate blocks call for report on West Bank abuses
Senators voted 47-51 against Chris Van Hollen's measure demanding a State Department report on killings of Americans and rights abuses in the occupied West Bank.
Middle East
Qatar's PM calls Netanyahu a 'war criminal' over Gaza
Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani said crimes in Gaza make Netanyahu a war criminal, as US Democrats pressed Israel to stop settler violence in the West Bank.
Middle East
UN list names 214 companies linked to Israeli settlements
Palestine urged businesses to cut ties with the 214 firms on an updated UN list of companies involved in illegal Israeli settlements, 61 of them newly added.
Middle East
Israeli settlers torch Palestinian homes in three West Bank villages as Israel plans settler-only road through Ramallah
Settlers burned homes and cars in Jalud, Qaryut and Al-Mughayyir, as a Palestinian commission warned a settler-only road would cut Ramallah in two.
Middle East
Israeli fire kills three more Palestinians in Gaza as Ben-Gvir leads settlers into Hebron's Ibrahimi Mosque
Three Palestinians were killed in Gaza despite the ceasefire, as Gaza officials counted 5,147 Israeli violations and Ben-Gvir led settlers into Hebron's Ibrahimi Mosque.