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Eid under fire: When celebration meets the silence of grief
This year, Eid-ul-Fitr arrives not with the familiar echoes of laughter, but with a heavy silence that hangs over shattered homes and grieving hearts. The end of the holy month of Ramzan…
- Middle East
India blocks release of Oscar-nominated Gaza film ‘The Voice of Hind Rajab’
The Indian theatrical release of The Voice of Hind Rajab, an Oscar-nominated film based on a real incident during the Gaza conflict, has been blocked after the Central Board of Film Certification…
- Middle East
Gaza’s Rafah crossing with Egypt reopens after 19 days of closure
Gaza City: The Rafah border crossing between the Gaza Strip and Egypt reopened partially on Thursday, March 19, allowing a small number of humanitarian cases, including patients and their companions, to travel…
- World
Oscar stars call for peace and an end to all wars at 2026 Academy Awards
Los Angeles: The 98th Academy Awards on Sunday, March 15, unfolded against the backdrop of escalating tensions in the Middle East, with several prominent actors and filmmakers using the global stage to…
- Middle East
Israeli group organised mystery flights for Palestinians to South Africa
Tel Aviv: The plane carrying about 150 Palestinians from Gaza came as a surprise to everyone on the ground when it landed in South Africa in November. It wasn’t the only one.…
- Middle East
Israeli strike kills pregnant woman, child in central Gaza
Gaza Strip: At least four Palestinians, including a boy and his pregnant mother, were killed Sunday by an Israeli airstrike in the war-torn Gaza Strip, hospital authorities said. The strike hit a…
- Middle East
Justice for Hind Rajab Act seeks probe into Palestinian child’s killing
Democratic lawmakers in the United States on Thursday, March 12, introduced the Justice for Hind Rajab Act, a bill seeking a federal investigation into the killing of Palestinian child Hind Rajab, members…
- Middle East
Gaza women pushed to brink as war devastates healthcare: Amnesty
Women and girls in the Gaza Strip are facing a worsening health and humanitarian crisis as the ongoing war continues to destroy healthcare infrastructure, disrupt treatment for serious illnesses and leave pregnant…
- Hyderabad
MHA seeks vigil on ‘pro-Iran radical preachers’; Owaisi hits out
The Union Home Ministry (MHA) has issued an advisory to all states and Union Territories asking them to keep a close watch on pro-Iran radical preachers and inflammatory speeches in the wake…
- Middle East
Ramzan in Gaza: Survivor recalls family wiped out in single airstrike
Gaza City: As the sun sets, Saddam al-Yazji, his wife and their daughter sip a noodle soup, breaking their daily Ramzan fast in Gaza City. They sit around a folding table set…
- Middle East
Israel court halts move to ban 37 aid groups from Gaza, West Bank
Jerusalem: Israel’s Supreme Court on Friday, February 27, issued a temporary order halting a government decision to revoke the licences of 37 foreign humanitarian organisations operating in the Gaza Strip and the…
- Hyderabad
This is not Gaza: BRS draws Palestine parallel to slam Khammam demolitions
Hyderabad: Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS), in its latest attack on Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy, compared the state of Gaza to the demolition drives in Khammam, calling it “Revanth’s Bulldozer Raj.”…
- Middle East
Prince Harry, Meghan meet Syrian, Palestinian refugees in Jordan
Amman: Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have begun a two-day humanitarian visit to Jordan on Wednesday, February 25, meeting Syrian and Palestinian refugees and highlighting the importance of healthcare, nutrition and mental…
- Middle East
Israel killed two-thirds of all journalists globally in 2025: CPJ
New York: Israeli military actions accounted for nearly two-thirds of journalists and media workers killed worldwide in 2025, according to a report recently released by the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), which…
- India
Diminished India’s moral standing: Congress slams Modi’s address at Knesset
New Delhi: The Congress on Thursday, February 26, described Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s address to the Israeli Parliament as an “unabashed defence of his host” premier Benjamin Netanyahu and one that “diminished…