Mediator Qatar acknowledged on Saturday that prospects for a new pause in Israel’s war with Hamas were “not really promising” as Israel rejected appeals to hold off on a threatened assault on the Gaza city of Rafah. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that foreign countries calling on Israel to spare the city, where 1.4 million…
An ambulance with a poster of a hostage arrives at the Sheba Medical Center emergency unit, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Ramat Gan, east of Tel Aviv, Israel, February 12, 2024. | Photo Credit: REUTERS The Israeli military said it rescued two hostages from captivity in the…
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar arrives to attend the Janata Dal (United) (JD-U) Legislators meeting, in Patna. | Photo Credit: ANI India welcomes release of eight Navy veterans jailed in Qatar India on February 12 welcomed the release of eight Indian nationals who were arrested in Qatar on August 30, 2022 and were given death sentence…
Displaced Palestinians, who fled their houses due to Israeli strikes, take shelter in a tent camp at the border with Egypt, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Egypt has sent about 40 tanks and armoured personnel carriers to northeastern Sinai within…
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman speaks during the Budget session of Parliament, in New Delhi on Feb. 8, 2024. Videograb: Sansad TV via PTI We rescued the economy from crisis, says government As promised in her Interim Budget, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman laid a White Paper on the economy in the Lok Sabha on Thursday, outlining…
With the embattled UN agency for Palestinian refugees in Gaza teetering on the brink of financial collapse, one of its biggest donors is wavering over whether to extend it a lifeline worth tens of millions of dollars within the next few weeks. Israel’s allegations that 12 employees of the aid agency known as the UNRWA…
BJP supporters greet Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami in Dehradun after the passage of the Uniform Civil Code Bill. | Photo Credit: PTI Uttarakhand Assembly ‘creates history’ by passing Uniform Civil Code: Pushkar Dhami The Uttarakhand Assembly passed the State’s Uniform Civil Code on Wednesday, despite the Opposition’s demand that the Bill should be handed…
February 07, 2024 11:45 pm | Updated February 08, 2024 12:46 am IST – TEL AVIV, Israel Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on February 7 rejected Hamas’ terms for a ceasefire and hostage-release agreement, calling them “delusional,” a position that complicates efforts to strike a deal between the sides. Mr. Netanyahu vowed to press ahead…
Australia’s David Warner (R) and teammate Usman Khawaja leave at the lunch break during the first day of the first Test cricket match between Australia and Pakistan at Optus Stadium in Perth on December 14, 2023. | Photo Credit: AFP Australia batter Usman Khawaja has been reprimanded by the International Cricket Council (ICC) for wearing…
