WASHINGTON:US President Joe Biden on Sunday held a telephonic conversation with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and discussed developments in Gaza. Biden reiterated that Israel has every right to defend its citizens from terrorism. The two leaders discussed ongoing efforts to locate and secure the release of hostages. Biden underscored the need to immediately and […]
UNITED NATIONS:India has abstained in the UN General Assembly on a resolution that called for an immediate humanitarian truce in the Israel-Hamas conflict leading to a cessation of hostilities. It also called for unhindered humanitarian access in the Gaza strip. Israel has launched a massive counter-offensive against Hamas after unprecedented attacks by Hamas on October […]
SINGAPORE:A court in Singapore has sentenced a 26-year-old Indian national to 16 years’ jail and 12 strokes of the cane for raping a university student in 2019. It also took charges of kidnapping and theft into consideration for the sentencing. The TODAY newspaper reported that after stalking the university student as she walked to a […]
BEIRUT:Lebanon’s Hezbollah has said it has launched several attacks on Israeli targets with guided missiles. In a statement, the Shia militant group said on Wednesday that it targeted three Israeli sites with missiles, including a centre for Israeli soldiers and a surveillance and reconnaissance system south of Al-Manara in northern Israel, “causing several casualties.” Hezbollah […]
CAIRO:Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi and his US counterpart, Joe Biden, agreed on the delivery of humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip through the Rafah crossing “in a sustainable manner,” the Egyptian presidency said on Thursday in a statement. In a phone conversation, Biden appreciated Egypt’s efforts toward achieving peace and stability in the region, the […]
SEOUL:The foreign ministers of Russia and North Korea met Thursday in Pyongyang for talks expected to focus on how to boost their military ties, days after the United States accused the North of sending fresh shipments of munitions to Russia to support its war efforts in Ukraine. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov flew to Pyongyang […]
GAZA/JERUSALEM:The death toll in the ongoing Hamas-Israel conflict is nearing 5,000, with thousands of others injured and displaced as a result of the violence which continued for the 13th day on Thursday. In its latest situation update, the UN Office for the Coordination of Human Affairs (OCHA) said the death toll in Israel as of […]
WASHINGTON:The US Department of Commerce has announced a set of rules to update and strengthen its restrictions on the export of advanced computing semiconductors to China in an apparent move to further curb China’s technological advancement. The department’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) released the rules to reinforce the export controls, which were published […]
JERUSALEM:The Israel Defense Forces on Wednesday posted a video on social media which included multiple shots showing the deadly Gaza hospital explosion, saying it was caused by a “failed rocket launch” and not an airstrike. The IDF posted the 30-second video on X and said : “A failed rocket launch by the Islamic Jihad terrorist […]
WASHINGTON:The United States has announced it will provide employment authorisation cards to some non-immigrant categories, including those waiting for green cards, for five years, a move that would benefit thousands of Indians living in the country. The US Citizenship and Immigration Services ( p USCIS) said it was increasing the maximum validity period of Employment […]