United Nations, Oct 21 (IANS) Out of the 493,000 women and girls displaced from their homes by the violence in Gaza, there are an estimated 900 new widows, a UN… Continue reading Gaza violence results in nearly 900 new widows: UN
New York, Oct 20 (IANS) A 24-year-old Indian national has admitted to his role in stealing $150,000 from an elderly woman in the US state of Montana through a computer-hacking… Continue reading Indian hacker arrested in US for stealing $150k from elderly woman
Kiev, Oct 20 (IANS) Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba has said his country may receive F-16 fighter jets in the first half of 2024. “Under the optimistic scenario, I think,… Continue reading Ukraine may get F-16 fighters in first half of 2024: FM
Ottawa, Oct 20 (IANS) Canada evacuated its 41 diplomats and 42 accompanying dependents from India after New Delhi “threatened to strip them of their diplomatic immunity”, Foreign Minister Melanie Joly… Continue reading Canada evacuates 41 diplomats from India: FM Melanie Joly (Ld)
Washington, Oct 20 (IANS) US Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell has said that despite turning lower over the past few months, inflation is still too high, noting that the central… Continue reading US Fed chief says inflation ‘still too high’
Ankara, Oct 20 (IANS) Israel has reportedly withdrawn all of its diplomatic personnel from Turkey for “security reasons” against the backdrop of the deadly Israel-Hamas conflict. “All Israeli personnel from… Continue reading Israel withdraws all diplomatic personnel from Turkey
Ankara, Oct 19 (IANS) Turkey is ready to provide health services to the Gaza Strip, including sending a floating hospital to the region, Turkey’s Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said. Koca… Continue reading Turkey ready to send health services to Gaza: Minister
Jerusalem, Oct 18 (IANS) US President Joe Biden plans to ask Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu some “tough questions as a friend of Israel” regarding Jerusalem’s strategy in the Gaza… Continue reading Biden to ask ‘tough questions as a friend’ on Israel solidarity visit
Geneva, Oct 18 (IANS) UN Human Rights Chief Volker Turk has issued a statement saying that the massive strike at Al Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza City that killed hundreds… Continue reading UN agencies, ICRC strongly condemn hospital attack in Gaza
London, Oct 18 (IANS) A UK-based independent charity is offering a reward of 5,000 pounds for information about a cab driver, who hit a 37-year-old Indian-origin mother in West London,… Continue reading Reward for information on cab driver who hit Indian-origin mother in UK
Beirut, Oct 18 (IANS) Lebanon’s Iran-backed Hezbollah movement called for a “day of rage” to condemn a blast at a Gaza Strip hospital, blaming Israel for what it calls a… Continue reading Hezbollah calls for ‘day of rage’ over Gaza hospital blast
Jerusalem, Oct 18 (IANS) Israel Defense Forces (IDF) Spokesman Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari has said that the Israeli military did not strike the Al-Ahli Baptist Hospital in the Gaza Strip… Continue reading IDF confirms Gaza hospital blast caused by Islamic Jihad rocket misfire
United Nations, Oct 17 (IANS) A UN Security Council resolution co-sponsored by Bangladesh, Pakistan, Russia and several Arab countries calling for a ceasefire in Israel and Gaza, but made no… Continue reading Gaza resolution co-sponsored by Bangladesh, Pakistan, Russia fails in UNSC
Tel Aviv. Oct 17 (IANS) US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has announced that President Joe Biden will visit Israel on Wednesday during which the latter will hear from the… Continue reading Biden to visit Israel tomorrow, says Blinken
Gaza, Oct 17 (IANS) At least 11 Palestinian journalists were killed and 20 more others injured in Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip, the Palestinian Journalists Syndicate said. In a… Continue reading 11 Palestinian journalists killed in Gaza
