[ad_1] China said Saturday (October 5, 2024) that it has evacuated 215 of its nationals from Lebanon, where Israel has been carrying out intense bombardments since last month, resulting in over 1,100 deaths. This week, Israel said its troops launched “ground raids” into parts of southern Lebanon, a stronghold of Iran-backed Hezbollah, following days of heavy…
[ad_1] U.N. Security Council to hold an emergency meeting The U.N. Security Council will hold an emergency meeting on April 14 over Iran’s unprecedented drone and missile attack on Israel, the body’s president said. The meeting is aiming to be held at 4:00 p.m. (2000 GMT) on Sunday and is at Israel’s request, a spokesperson…
[ad_1] Benjamin Netanyahu, the Houdini of Israeli politics and its longest serving Prime Minister, has been written off many times before. But with thousands of protesters on the streets every night this week demanding his resignation, and growing anger at his handling of the war in Gaza, many wonder how long the veteran political escapologist…
[ad_1] Smoke rises during an Israeli strike in the vicinity of the al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City on March 28, 2024, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas group. | Photo Credit: AFP The top United Nations court on March 28 ordered Israel to take measures including opening more land crossings to…
[ad_1] Lokpal orders CBI probe into charges against Mahua Moitra The Lokpal has directed the Central Bureau of Investigation to further probe the allegations made against former Lok Sabha member Mahua Moitra and submit a report on its findings within six months. “After careful evaluation and consideration of the entire material on record, there remains no doubt…
[ad_1] Mediators in Cairo made a renewed push for a Gaza ceasefire, but differences remained as fighting raged on in the Palestinian territory gripped by desperate food shortages. U.S., Qatari and Hamas envoys travelled to Cairo for the latest effort towards a six-week truce, stepped-up aid deliveries and the exchange of hostages for Palestinian prisoners….
[ad_1] Jordan’s King Abdullah II speaks as President Joe Biden listens in the Cross Hall of the White House. | Photo Credit: Vishnu Prathap Declaring that “every innocent life lost in Gaza is a tragedy,” President Joe Biden welcomed Jordan’s King Abdullah II to the White House Monday for talks on how to end the…
[ad_1] Israeli tanks battered areas around two hospitals in Gaza’s main southern city Khan Younis on January 25, forcing displaced people into a new desperate scramble for safety, residents said, in an escalating offensive Israel says is targeting Hamas militants. In Gaza City in the north of the embattled enclave, 20 Palestinians were killed and…
[ad_1] Newly recruited Houthi fighters hold up firearms during a ceremony at the end of his training in Sanaa, Yemen January 11, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters The U.S. and British militaries bombed more than a dozen sites used by the Iranian-backed Houthis in Yemen on Thursday, in a massive retaliatory strike using warship-launched Tomahawk…
[ad_1] Israeli troops on December 15 mistakenly shot to death three hostages in a battle-torn neighborhood of Gaza City, and an Israeli strike killed a Palestinian journalist in the south of besieged territory. The deaths underscored the ferocity of Israel’s more than two-month-old onslaught in Gaza, as a U.S. envoy was trying to persuade the…
