Portugal will formally recognise a Palestinian state on Sunday, the Foreign Ministry announced on Friday. The declaration will come ahead of next week’s High-Level Conference.
Foreign Minister Paulo Rangel had indicated earlier this week, during a visit to the UK, that Portugal was considering recognition. Unlike neighbouring Spain, which recognised Palestine in May 2024 alongside Ireland and Norway, Portugal has taken a more cautious approach, aiming to coordinate a common position with other EU members first.
Only a handful of the 27 EU states currently recognise Palestine.
The UN General Assembly upgraded Palestine’s status to “non-member state” in November 2012, granting de facto recognition as a sovereign entity.
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday that the U.S. is in discussions with Afghanistan to re-establish a small military presence at Bagram air ba...
President Donald Trump announced on Friday that the U.S. carried out a strike on a vessel in the U.S. Southern Command’s (SOUTHCOM) area of responsi...
Portugal will formally recognise a Palestinian state on Sunday, the Foreign Ministry announced on Friday. The declaration will come ahead of next week...
Search teams have recovered 175 bodies from mass grave in the Damascus suburb of Otaiba, Syrian authorities confirmed....
Nineteen bodies have been recovered after a rubber boat carrying migrants sank off the eastern Libyan coast, the International Organization for Migrat...
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday that the U.S. is in discussions with Afghanistan to re-establish a small military presence at Bagram air base.
President Donald Trump announced on Friday that the U.S. carried out a strike on a vessel in the U.S. Southern Command’s (SOUTHCOM) area of responsibility, resulting in the deaths of three men on board.
President Donald Trump said in the Oval Office that Chinese President Xi Jinping had approved a deal for U.S. firms to acquire TikTok’s American operations, calling an earlier phone call with Xi “very productive” on trade, fentanyl, Ukraine, and the TikTok deal.
Search teams have recovered 175 bodies from mass grave in the Damascus suburb of Otaiba, Syrian authorities confirmed.
AnewZ has learned that India has once again blocked Azerbaijan’s application for full membership in the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, while Pakistan’s recent decision to consider diplomatic relations with Armenia has been coordinated with Baku as part of Azerbaijan’s peace agenda.
A day of mourning has been declared in Portugal to pay respect to victims who lost their lives in the Lisbon Funicular crash which happened on Wednesday evening.
A Polish Air Force pilot was killed on Thursday when an F-16 fighter jet crashed during a training flight ahead of the 2025 Radom International Air Show.
At least eight people have died and more than 90 others were injured following a catastrophic gas tanker explosion on a major highway in Mexico City’s Iztapalapa district on Wednesday, authorities confirmed.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Friday welcomed the European Union’s plan for its 19th sanctions package targeting Russia, calling it an “important step” to increase pressure on Moscow.
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday that the U.S. is in discussions with Afghanistan to re-establish a small military presence at Bagram air base.
President Donald Trump announced on Friday that the U.S. carried out a strike on a vessel in the U.S. Southern Command’s (SOUTHCOM) area of responsibility, resulting in the deaths of three men on board.
Search teams have recovered 175 bodies from mass grave in the Damascus suburb of Otaiba, Syrian authorities confirmed.
Nineteen bodies have been recovered after a rubber boat carrying migrants sank off the eastern Libyan coast, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said.
You can download the AnewZ application from Play Store and the App Store.
What is your opinion on this topic?
Leave the first comment