Jerusalem, Feb 1 (IANS) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has called for the closure of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), amid allegations of some… Continue reading Israel’s PM calls for closure of UN Palestinian refugee agency
Khartoum, Feb 1 (IANS) Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan, general commander of the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF), has said that no political process can take place in Sudan until the “rebellion is… Continue reading Sudanese army chief says no political process until ‘rebellion ends’
Paris, Feb 1 (IANS) French Police have arrested 91 people in a standoff with protesting farmers, who blocked motorways with tractors and briefly broke into the main wholesale food market… Continue reading Police arrest 91 as protesting farmers force into Paris food market
New York, Jan 31 (IANS) A 43-year-old Indian national in the US state of Michigan has been sentenced to nine years in prison for orchestrating a nearly $2.8 million healthcare… Continue reading Indian national sentenced for nearly $2.8mn healthcare fraud in US
Tel Aviv, Jan 31 ( IANS) Israel Defence Minister Yoav Gallant, widely considered a hawk in the Israeli war cabinet, has said that terror group Hezbollah could attack the northern… Continue reading Hezbollah could attack Israeli city of Haifa: Israel Defence Minister
Cairo, Jan 31 (IANS) Any Israeli attempt to control the Philadelphi Corridor along the border between Egypt and the Gaza Strip is “unacceptable,” an Egyptian high-ranking official said. “No new… Continue reading Israeli attempt to control Egypt-Gaza border ‘unacceptable’: Egyptian official
Stockholm, Jan 31 (IANS) Sweden has said it has temporarily halted funding for the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees following Israel’s allegations that its staff participated in the Hamas’s… Continue reading Sweden halts funding to UN agency for Palestinian refugees
United Nations, Jan 31 (IANS) The UN has launched the 2024 Humanitarian Needs and Response Plan, seeking $1.6 billion to aid 5.2 million Somalians in need, a spokesman said. The… Continue reading UN launches $1.6 bn humanitarian plan for Somalia amid multiple crises
Toronto, Jan 30 (IANS) A 26-year-old man hailing from Punjab has been deported to India less than a year after he was found guilty of a car crash that killed… Continue reading Punjab man guilty of fatal car crash in Canada deported to India
United Nations, Jan 30 (IANS) Major donors are sending one of the world organisation’s oldest and largest relief operations to the brink of collapse after disclosures that the employees of… Continue reading UN’s Palestine relief agency faces collapse after complaints staff joined terror attack
Washington, Jan 30 (IANS) Russia’s near two-year war with Ukraine will cripple its economy in the long run despite its claims that it had found new ways to beat Western… Continue reading Russia beating Western sanction, but its long-term prospects for the economy looks grim as war prolongs
Tel Aviv, Jan 30 (IANS) The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has in a statement on Monday night said that it had raided the office of top Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar… Continue reading IDF raids Hamas chief Yahya Sinwar’s office in Khan Younis
Washington, Jan 30 (IANS) The lethal drone attack on Sunday in Jordan was the third hit in six months on the base known as Tower 22, highlighting a gap in… Continue reading Iran-based militias’ drone attacks on US posts in Syria-Jordan send Pentagon scrambling for cover
Gaza, Jan 29 (IANS) Funding suspension would force UNRWA to halt all its activities in the conflict-ridden Gaza Strip in a few weeks, the UN relief agency’s Commissioner-General said. Philippe… Continue reading Funding suspension forces UNRWA to halt all Gaza activities in weeks: Official
Riyadh, Jan 29 (IANS) Saudi Arabian Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud has urged Israel to respect international law. He made the remarks on Sunday during a joint press… Continue reading Saudi FM calls on Israel to respect int’l law
