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The Biden administration should follow US law and immediately suspend arms transfers to Israel, Human Rights Watch and Oxfam said.

More than 20 non-governmental organisations and associations working in the field of human rights have appealed to President Gitanas Nausėda asking him not to appoint the head of the Seimas Committee on National Security and Defence (NSGK), Laurynas Kasčiūnas, as the defence minister. They quote his far-right views and opposition to human rights.

Prime Minister of the caretaker government, Mohammed Shtayyeh welcomed today Canada’s announcement to stop arms exports to Israel.

Laurynas Kasčiūnas, current chair of the parliamentary Committee on National Security and Defence (NSGK), is slated to become Lithuania’s next defence minister. His colourful political past contains anti-EU sentiments, as well as the flirtation with extreme nationalists and Europe’s far-right.

As Lithuania is in talks with German defence industry giant Rheinmetall over the artillery ammunition plant, experts say the state would also have to contribute financially.

The number of Palestinians who were killed during the massive, wide-scale raid by Israeli occupation forces into the occupied West Bank city of Tulkarm and Nur Shams refugee camp has risen to four, sources confirmed.

The Lithuanian government on Wednesday approved 35 million euros for the Czech-led multinational initiative to procure and send ammunition to Ukraine.

Defence taxes should be shouldered by as many taxpayers as possible – Lithuanian PM.

Amid discussions about new taxes to fund defence spending, Lithuanian Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė says it would be better to rely on broad-based taxes.

As Lithuania prepares to host a German brigade, an MP says that Berlin wants to have a school and a kindergarten for the families of the troops in both Vilnius and Kaunas.

Saudi Arabia's King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre (KSrelief) is providing $40 million in support of the UNRWA's humanitarian relief efforts in the Gaza Strip.

As Brussels plans to propose that EU countries use the interest generated from frozen Russian assets to arm Ukraine, Lithuanian EU commissioner Virginijus Sinkevičius says the first funds could reach Kyiv as early as July.

Lithuania marks anniversary of EU, NATO membership with commemorative coin.

The Bank of Lithuania will issue a silver 20-euro collector coin on March 28 to mark the 20th anniversary of Lithuania’s NATO and EU membership.

A Palestinian man was killed on Thursday morning by Israeli occupation forces south of Bethlehem.

Israeli colonists tonight carried out a provocative march on Wadi Street; one of the roads leading to the Al-Aqsa Mosque, obstructing the access of worshippers to the Mosque.

Israeli occupation forces embarked tonight on a wide-scale raid of the Nour Shams refugee camp in the occupied West Bank province of Tulkarm, imposing a strict siege on it, according to local sources.

More than half the population of Gaza is on the brink of famine, including children and the elderly, the World Bank Group said on Tuesday.

The sacking of Lithuanian Defence Minister Arvydas Anušauskas is a result of the internal tensions and disagreements in the conservative Homeland Union, the opposition and the coalition partners are convinced. The ruling party disagrees.

There are no organised groups promoting the so-called Litvinism ideology, a radical branch of Belarusian nationalism, in Lithuania, according to the country’s intelligence.

The Italian artist Enzo Ghinazzi, better known by his stage name Pupo, was to perform in Lithuania in April, but his recent concert in Moscow has elicited calls to cancel the event.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates slammed the killing of a 43-year-old Palestinian man in the town of Aqraba, south of Nablus by live bullets fired by Israeli colonists.

As Polish farmers are starting a new round of mass protests across the country on Wednesday, some of the action will take place close to Lithuania. The week-long campaign is planned some 8 kilometres from the border and could disrupt traffic on the A5 motorway, Lithuanian police said on Tuesday.

Weather on Thursday is expected to partly cloudy to clear, while temperatures are expected to rise slightly, becoming four degrees Celsius abovethe annual average., according to the Palestinian Meteorological Department (PMD).

One Palestinian was killed, two others were injured, by Israeli gunfire in the refugee camp of al-Am'ari, near Ramallah, security sources confirmed.

Lithuania took the top spot for people under the age of 30 in the UN-sponsored annual World Happiness Report published on Wednesday.

Palestinians in the occupied West Bank city and refugee camp of Jenin observe today a comprehensive strike in mourning for the three Palestinian youths who were killed by an Israeli drone yesterday evening.

The European Parliament elections in early June do not coincide with any other vote in Lithuania, unlike before, meaning that voter turnout can be abysmally low. The last time it happened 15 years ago, only one in five eligible voters came to the polls.

Lithuania’s Special Investigation Service (STT) says it has summoned the country’s outgoing Defence Minister Arvydas Anušauskas for questioning, following his allegations of possible corruption in defence procurement.

Dozens of Palestinian civilians, the majority of them children and women, were Thursday killed and injured in the intense and ongoing occupation bombing of Gaza City, as the brutal Israeli aggression against Palestinians enters its 167th day in a row.

Twelve civilians, including at least two children, were killed today in Israeli airstrikes that targeted residential homes in different areas in the northern and southern regions of the Gaza Strip.

Lithuanian Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė has officially nominated Laurynas Kasčiūnas, chairman of the parliamentary Committee on National Security and Defence, to President Gitanas Nausėda for the position of defence minister, the government said on Tuesday.