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US presses Israel on improving Gaza humanitarian situation
Washington: The Joe Biden administration has confirmed that US Secretaries of State and Defence co-signed a letter last week that was sent to their Israeli counterparts, urging Israel to improve the humanitarian…
- Middle East
10 killed, 15 injured in Israeli airstrike on Lebanon: Ministry
Beirut: At least 10 people were killed, and 15 others wounded in a violent Israeli airstrike on southern Lebanon, the Lebanese Health Ministry reported. TV footage showed that the airstrike, targeting residential…
- Middle East
Second round of polio vaccination campaign starts in Gaza: UN
United Nations: The second round of the polio vaccination campaign began in the middle area of the Gaza Strip, UN humanitarians said. The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)…
- Middle East
12 Palestinians killed in Israeli attacks in Gaza, West Bank
Gaza: At least 10 people were killed and 40 others injured by Israeli artillery shelling in the northern Gaza Strip, Palestinian sources said. The Israeli army targeted a food aid distribution centre…
- Middle East
Head of Hamas’ aerial operations killed in Israeli airstrike: Army
Jerusalem: The head of Hamas’ Aerial Unit was killed in an Israeli airstrike in the Gaza Strip, Israeli military and security agency said. Israel’s military and Shin Bet domestic security agency announced…
- Middle East
13 killed, five injured in Israeli airstrikes on Lebanon
Beirut: Thirteen people were killed and five others injured on Monday in Israeli airstrikes on towns and villages in Lebanon, according to Lebanese military and medical sources. Lebanese military sources, speaking on…
- Middle East
Videos: Palestinians burnt alive in Israeli attack on Al-Aqsa Hospital
Israeli forces attacked tents housing displaced Palestinians at Al-Aqsa Hospital in the city of Deir el-Balah in central Gaza in the early hours of Monday, October 14, causing a fire that killed…
- Opinions
Opinion: Are we on the brink of a third world war?
Suddenly the Israel-Iran war is no longer a war taking place in far off Middle East but seemingly coming very close to us. Already stock market has taken a hit, oil price…
- Middle East
At least 19 killed in Israeli shelling on Gaza school
Gaza: At least 19 Palestinians were killed and dozens of others injured in Israeli shelling on a school housing displaced persons in the Nuseirat refugee camp of the central Gaza Strip, according…
- Middle East
Netanyahu urges UN to withdraw peacekeepers from Lebanon
Jerusalem: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has urged the United Nations to withdraw its UNIFIL peacekeeping force from southern Lebanon. “Secretary-General, get the UNIFIL forces out of harm’s way,” Netanyahu said on…
- Middle East
Iran warns US troops ‘at risk’ over missile defence deployment to Israel
Tehran: Iranian Foreign Minister Seyyed Abbas Araghchi has warned that the US would be endangering its troops by deploying them to Israel to operate American missile defence systems. Araghchi’s remarks on Sunday…
- World
105 nations condemn Israel banning UN secy- gen, India absent
India didnot sign a letter signed by 105 member nations in support of the United Nations (UN) Secretary-General António Guterres over the state of Israel recently banning him from entering the country.…
- Middle East
Iran rejects claims linking Tehran to Hamas’ October 7 attack on Israel
Tehran: Iran’s permanent mission to the United Nations in New York rejected claims linking Tehran to Hamas’ October 7 surprise attack on Israel, the state media reported. In a statement, the Iranian…
- Middle East
Iran to support Lebanon with ‘all its strength’: Parliament Speaker
Beirut: Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf said that his country will always support Lebanon with “all its strength.” “Iran will always support with all its strength the decisions made by the…
- India
Israel PM Netanyahu condoles Ratan Tata’s death
Jerusalem: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has condoled the death of Indian industry titan Ratan Tata, calling him a champion of the friendship between Israel and India. The former Tata Group chairman…