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US warns Lebanon over complaint against ambassador Nada Moawad
Washington: The United States has sharply criticised the handling of a complaint against Lebanon’s ambassador to Washington, Nada Hamadeh Moawad, accusing elements of Lebanon’s judicial system of targeting a diplomat involved in…
- Middle East
Netanyahu seeks Saudi Arabia’s nod to join fight against Houthis
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is trying to win Saudi Arabia’s consent, through US mediation, for Israel to join the military campaign against Yemen’s Houthi rebels, according to Israeli newspaper Haaretz, even as…
- Middle East
Israel President calls Indian pilot a hero of humanity
New Delhi: Israeli President Isaac Herzog on Saturday wrote to brave Indian pilot Captain Smit Machchhar, likening his heroics to those of the Indian troops who risked their lives over a century…
- Middle East
Grotesque weaponisation of award: Israel on Nobel Peace Prize win
Tel Aviv: Israel responded with sharp remarks after former United Nations (UN) human rights chief Navanethem “Navi” Pillay won the Nobel Peace Prize, calling it the grotesque weaponisation of the award. South…
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What I signed up for: Mamdani after outrage over Oct 7 vigil
New York: New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani tried to thread a needle on the third anniversary of the Oct 7 attacks by condemning Hamas’ “horrific war crimes” and denouncing Israel’s “genocide”…
- India
Captain Machchar given Israel’s highest bravery award for civilians
Tel Aviv: Indian Captain Smit Machchhar, who fought off an attack from his co-pilot inside the cockpit of a flydubai plane, will receive Israel’s highest bravery award for civilians, President Isaac Herzog…
- Middle East
UK consulate ends ops in occupied Jerusalem, to aid Palestinians
Jerusalem: Most diplomats have left the UK consulate after “it ended operations” in occupied East Jerusalem, Israel said on Thursday, October 8, while Britain maintained that its “mission” will remain to work…
- India
‘Free Palestine’ slogan resists subjugation, says Neha Bora
All India Student Association national president Neha Bora explained why the slogan “Free Palestine” always finds a place in student protests and why the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) warns against its use.…
- Middle East
Palestinian teen, civil defence medic killed in Israeli strikes
Gaza: A Palestinian Civil Defence rescue worker and a teenager were killed by Israeli forces on Wednesday on the third anniversary of the October 7 attack in 2023. The medic was killed…
- Middle East
Satellite images show how Israel systematically erased Gaza towns
Deir al-Balah: It’s perhaps the most dramatic wound inflicted on the Gaza Strip by Israel’s military campaign over the past three years: The city of Rafah, once home to a quarter million…
- Middle East
US strikes damaged 111 Iranian petrochemical, medical sites
Tehran: Attacks by the United States military on Iran’s chemical industries destroyed 111 petrochemical and pharmaceutical facilities, Iran’s representative to the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons said. According to Iran’s…
- India
PM Modi gives new slogan to make India developed nation by 2047
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday, October 7, gave a new slogan — “We Will Do It” — for realising the dream of making India a developed country by 2047,…
- Middle East
2 killed in Israeli strike in Gaza as demolitions continue
Gaza: Two Israeli airstrikes killed two people and severely injured at least one in Gaza City, health officials at the city’s al-Shifa Hospital said. The Israeli military said it targeted militants in…
- Middle East
Israelis scarred by Oct 7 struggle to see Gaza beyond a threat
Sderot (Israel): One by one, Israelis peered through the tourist-style binoculars at the shattered Gaza town of Beit Hanoun, a distance of several football fields away, where buildings tilted in the rubble…
- Middle East
Years of war leave Israel at risk of civil conflict: CIA
Tel Aviv: Israel faces a growing risk of civil conflict and state collapse as political, economic and social tensions deepen ahead of the country’s October 27 elections, according to a classified CIA…
