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Gaza: Israeli strike kills teenage girl on her way to write exam
Deir Al-Balah (Gaza): An Israeli strike killed a teenage girl on Monday, June 22, as she walked to her high school to take an exam in Gaza City, relatives said. Raghad Hassan…
- Middle East
Death toll in Gaza tops 73,000 as Israel launches strikes
Deir al-Balah: The Palestinian death toll from the Israel-Hamas war has surpassed 73,000, Gaza’s Health Ministry said on Sunday, July 14, as Israeli military operations continued despite a stalled and fragile ceasefire…
- Middle East
Israel frees Hamas co-founder Hassan Yousef after 2 years
Ramallah: Israel has released Hassan Yousef, a co-founder of Hamas and one of the movement’s most prominent figures in the occupied West Bank, after more than two years in administrative detention. His…
- India
NIA probes possible Hamas footprint in Pahalgam terror attack
New Delhi: The National Investigation Agency (NIA), which is investigating the Pahalgam terror attack, has indicated that it will examine possible links between Pakistan-backed terrorist organisations and the Palestinian militant group Hamas…
- Middle East
Rubio says Hamas disarmament essential for Gaza reconstruction
Washington: US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that reconstruction of Gaza cannot move forward unless Hamas is demilitarised, arguing that governments and investors will not commit billions of dollars to rebuilding…
- World
Iran war complicates plans for yet-to-materialise international force in Gaza
Bangkok: The International Stabilisation Force for Gaza was announced with great aplomb at the inaugural meeting of US President Donald Trump’s Board of Peace in February. The American general tapped to lead…
- Middle East
Israel claims Hamas commander Mohammed Odeh killed in Gaza strike
Jerusalem: Israel has announced that Hamas military commander Mohammed Odeh was killed in a targeted overnight strike in Gaza City. Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz described the operation as a major blow…
- Middle East
Saudi Arabia launched secret airstrikes on Iran during war: Report
Saudi Arabia carried out multiple covert strikes on Iran following attacks targeting the kingdom during the West Asia war, Reuters reported, citing two Western and Iranian officials. The Saudi attacks, which weren’t…
- Middle East
Israel approves death penalty, public trials for October 7 prisoners
Jerusalem: Israeli lawmakers approved a bill on Monday, May 11, setting up a special tribunal that would try and have the authority to sentence to death Palestinians convicted of taking part in…
- Featured News
West Asia war explodes superiority myth of Mossad, CIA, Western spy agencies
The resignation of the Director of the United States Counter Terrorism Centre, Joe Kent, who was himself a former top official of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), on March 17 exposed the…
- 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…
- Middle East
At least 10 killed in Israeli strikes in Lebanon’s Bekaa region
At least 10 people were killed and 30 others wounded in Israeli airstrikes in Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley late on Friday, February 20, according to Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency (NNA). This comes…
- Middle East
3 killed in Israeli strike in Gaza, says hospital
Deir Al-Balah: Israeli military strikes on Monday, Feb 9, killed three people west of Gaza City, according to the hospital where the casualties arrived. The Al Shifa Hospital reported the deaths amid…
- Middle East
Israeli forces capture two, including Hamas ally in Lebanon
Beirut: In an operation in southern Lebanon early on Monday, February 8, Israelis forces seized a local official with a Sunni Islamist group and an ally of the Palestinian militant Hamas group…
- India
Hamas links in Pakistan, Bangladesh should concern all nations: Israel Envoy to India
New Delhi: Israel’s Ambassador to India, Reuven Azar, on Wednesday, January 28, expressed serious concern over Hamas leaders’ interactions in Pakistan and Bangladesh, saying such engagements should worry all nations. “We think…
