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Could’ve done better: Ex-Secretary of State Blinken on US arming Israel
Former US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said he still “grapples with the decisions” he made during the Joe Biden administration to continue arming Israel even as the human suffering in Gaza…
- Middle East
1-year-old tortured with cigarette burns: How Israel returns its prisoners
Gaza: Israel Defense Forces (IDF) soldiers allegedly tortured a one-year-old Palestinian child in front of his father with cigarette burns to force a confession from him during interrogation. The child, identified as…
- Middle East
In Lebanon, paramedics delay rescue over fear of Israeli ‘double-tap’ strikes
Nabatieh: Emergency health workers in Lebanon’s Nabatieh city are reportedly delaying their rescue efforts in areas getting bombed to avoid being targeted in Israel’s “double-tap” strikes. Several paramedic vehicles were seen waiting…
- Middle East
Israeli settlers attack West Bank villages, homes torched, several wounded
Ramallah: Israeli settlers rampaged through multiple Palestinian villages overnight Saturday and into Sunday, smashing cars, setting fires and wounding several men in the latest flare-up of violence in the occupied West Bank.…
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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…
