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28-10-2023 BEIRUT/ GAZA CITY: A member of a Hamas delegation visiting Russia says the group cannot release the captives taken during the October 7 attack until there is a ceasefire in Gaza. The US says it struck Iranian and pro-Iranian sites in Syria, in action it said was “separate and …

28-10-2023 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI: On October 7, within hours of the armed group Hamas launching a surprise attack on Israel, social media platforms were rife with support for Israel and also fake news. What stood out in the clamor was the fact that a fair amount of …

28-10-2023 WASHINGTON/ DAMASCUS: The US carried out airstrikes targeting two facilities linked to Iranian-backed militias in eastern Syria on Thursday, according to a statement from Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, following a series of drone and rocket attacks against US forces in the region. The statement said the facilities have been …

27-10-2023 Bureau Report + Agencies DOHA/ NEW DELHI: Eight former officers of the Indian Navy have been handed death penalty in Qatar following allegations of spying for Israel, sources said. Calling the judgement “shocking”, the foreign ministry said it would not comment much on the case given the “confidential nature …

27-10-2023 GAZA CITY: The family of an Al Jazeera news reporter has been killed in an Israeli air strike on Gaza, the network has confirmed. Wael Al-Dahdouh’s wife, teenage son and young daughter were all killed at a refugee camp in central Gaza on Wednesday, Al Jazeera said in a …

27-10-2023 BEIJING: China’s youngest-ever crew of astronauts has taken off on a six-month mission to its space station, in a growing space program that plans to send people to the Moon by 2030. The crew of the Shenzhou-17 lifted off on a Long March 2F rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite …

27-10-2023 MOSCOW: Russia’s President Vladimir Putin has warned that Israel’s war in Gaza could spread well beyond the Middle East, saying it was wrong that innocent women, children and old people in the Palestinian enclave are being punished for other people’s crimes. “Our task today, our main task, is to …

27-10-2023 NEW YORK: More than 114 million people are estimated to be displaced worldwide, a record number that speaks to the “international community’s failure to solve conflicts,” the United Nations has said. “The number of people displaced by war, persecution, violence and human rights violations globally is likely to have …

27-10-2023 DOHA: Qatar’s prime minister said on Wednesday that negotiations the Gulf Arab state is leading to secure the release of hostages held by Hamas in Gaza are progressing and he is hopeful there will soon be a breakthrough. Qatar’s foreign ministry urged de-escalation and warned that an Israeli ground …

27-10-2023 UNITED NATIONS/ GAZA CITY: The United Nations issued a stark warning Thursday that “nowhere is safe” in Gaza amid stepped up Israeli air raids in preparation for a widely expected ground offensive. “People are left with nothing but impossible choices. Nowhere is safe in Gaza,” Lynne Hastings, U.N. humanitarian …