22-10-2023 RAMALLAH/ OCCUPIED WEST BANK: Israel has arrested so many Palestinians in the two weeks since the start of its bombardment of the besieged Gaza Strip that it has doubled the number of Palestinians in its custody. There were about 5,200 Palestinians in Israeli prisons prior to October 7 when …
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22-10-2023 CAIRO/ GAZA CITY: A convoy of trucks carrying humanitarian aid started passing through the Rafah border crossing Saturday into the war-torn and besieged Gaza, a security source and an Egyptian Red Crescent official told media. Egyptian television showed several trucks entering the gate on the 15th day of the …
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22-10-2023 GAZA CITY/ JERUSALEM/ WASHINGTON: During the attack, Hamas militants killed more than 1,400 people, including civilians and soldiers, according to Israeli authorities. It was the most deadly attack by militants in Israel’s 75-year history and revealed a staggering intelligence failure by the country’s security forces. Israel has since responded …
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22-10-2023 UNITED NATIONS/ GAZA CITY: The United Nations has announced that the first aid delivery into Gaza via the Rafah border crossing with Egypt is expected to occur “in the next day or so.” Martin Griffiths, the UN humanitarian chief, stated that they are engaged in advanced negotiations with relevant …
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21-10-2023 Bureau Report NEW DELHI/ BIHAR: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) of India has taken action after a disturbing video of some policemen throwing the remains of a dead man from a bridge into a canal went viral on social media. The man reportedly was a victim of a …
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21-10-2023 WASHINGTON/ JERUSALEM: US President Joe Biden began a new mission on Thursday urging Americans that billions more should be spent on aiding Israel and Ukraine in their battles since only US intervention can avert world catastrophe. “American leadership is what holds the world together. American alliances are what keep …
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21-10-2023 LONDON: Over a decade after her “Islamophobia has passed the dinner table test” speech in government, Baroness Sayeeda Warsi, a former UK minister, has made a keynote intervention “Muslims Don’t Matter; the silencing, stereotyping and stigmatizing of Muslims by the British press and political parties”. In her speech delivered …
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21-10-2023 JERUSALEM: Two accused masterminds of Hamas’s October 7 attacks, Mohammed Deif and Yahya Sinwar, sit at the top of Israel’s hit list as it threatens that every member of the militant group faces death when it invades Gaza. Military strategist Deif and political leader Sinwar have already spent time …
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21-10-2023 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: Canada announced on Thursday that it has withdrawn 41 of its diplomats from India, marking a significant deterioration in bilateral relations. The withdrawal comes as a result of an ongoing dispute regarding the killing of a Sikh separatist on Canadian soil. Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister …
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21-10-2023 JERUSALEM: The ongoing conflict in Gaza has taken a devastating toll on children, with one child losing their life every 15 minutes due to Israeli bombings, according to a Palestinian not-for-profit. Since the commencement of Israel’s airstrikes on the besieged Palestinian enclave on October 7, more than 100 children …
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