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Iran’s President again warns Israel against counterattack
Berlin: Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi has once again warned Israel against mounting a military counterattack following Iran’s recent air assault on Israel. During a telephone call with Qatar’s Emir Tamim bin Hamad…
- India
Middle East crisis: Airlines told to carry out risk assessment on flight ops
New Delhi: Amid escalating tensions in the Middle East, the civil aviation ministry has asked airlines to carry out their own risk assessment on international flight operations. Air India, Vistara, IndiGo and…
- Middle East
Iran seizes Israel-linked ship, seventeen Indians onboard
Avenging the alleged Israeli attack on Iran’s embassy in Damascus last week, Iran seized an Israel-linked container ship near the Strait of Hormuz between the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman…
- Middle East
India asks its citizens not to travel to Israel, Iran
New Delhi: India on Friday asked its citizens not to travel to Iran or Israel amid escalating tensions between the two countries following a strike on the Iranian consulate in Syria 11…
- Middle East
UK to start Gaza surveillance flights to locate captives held by Hamas
Tel Aviv: The military in the United Kingdom (UK) will operate surveillance flights over Gaza to help locate captives held by Hamas, Al Jazeera reported quoting the British Ministry of Defence. The…
- Middle East
130,000 liters of diesel to enter Gaza from Egypt daily: Official
Cairo: Some 130,000 liters of diesel and four trucks of gas will enter Gaza from Egypt daily starting Friday amid the four-day humanitarian pause currently in effect in the war-torn enclave, according…
- Middle East
Palestinian death toll in Gaza surpasses 13,000
Gaza: Gaza’s government media office has announced that the Palestinian death toll in the Gaza Strip has exceeded 13,000 since the Israel-Hamas conflict erupted on October 7. Ismail al-Thawabta, the director general…
- Middle East
Indian diaspora in Americas, Europe vocal in backing Israel, muted in Gulf
New Delhi: A large chunk of the global Indian diaspora has rallied strongly behind Israel after the country witnessed its largest cross-border attack in October this year, carried out by the Hamas…
- World
Bolivia cuts diplomatic ties with Israel amid Hamas conflict
La Paz: Bolivia has severed diplomatic ties with Israel “in repudiation and condemnation of the aggressive and disproportionate military offensive” in the Gaza Strip amid the Jewish nation’s ongoing conflict with the…
- Middle East
Iran-backed Houthis claim missile, drone attacks on Israel from Yemen
Tel Aviv: Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen have claimed responsibility for a series of attacks against southern Israel, media reports said. Yahya Saria, a spokesman for the group, said that the aerial…