Heavy fighting in Gaza’s Rafah keeps aid crossings closed, sends 100,000 civilians fleeing
Rafah: Heavy fighting between Israeli troops and Palestinian militants on the outskirts of the southern Gaza city of Rafah has left crucial nearby aid crossings inaccessible and caused over 100,000 people to flee north, a United Nations official said Friday. Israel’s plans for a full-scale invasion of Rafah appear to be on hold for now, […]
China ready to work with India to find mutually acceptable solutions to ‘specific issues’: Beijing’s new envoy
Beijing: China is ready to work with India to “accommodate” each other’s concerns and find a mutually acceptable solution to “specific issues” through dialogue at an early date, Beijing’s new envoy to New Delhi Xu Feihong has said, remarks that came against the backdrop of the prolonged military standoff in eastern Ladakh. An Assistant Minister […]
Upward trajectory of India-US ties not impacted at all: EAM Jaishankar on Pannun case
New Delhi: The upward trajectory of India-US relations has not been impacted at all by allegations of an Indian link to a foiled assassination plot, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has said. In November, the US charged an Indian national of conspiring to murder Sikh separatist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun in New York. In an exclusive […]
Biden says US won’t supply weapons for Israel to attack Rafah, in warning to ally
Washington: President Joe Biden said that he would not supply offensive weapons that Israel could use to launch an all-out assault on Rafah — the last major Hamas stronghold in Gaza — over concern for the well-being of the more than 1 million civilians sheltering there. Biden, in an interview with CNN on Wednesday, said […]
First shipment of aid to the US-built floating pier in Gaza departs from Cyprus
Nicosia (Cyprus): A shipment of humanitarian aid left a port in Cyprus on Thursday morning and was on its way to the US-built pier in Gaza, the first delivery to the newly built ramp, Cyprus’ foreign minister said. The relief is desperately needed, with the United Nations saying people in Gaza are on the brink […]
Boeing 737 catches fire and skids off the runway at a Senegal airport, injuring 10 people
Dakar (Senegal): A Boeing 737 plane carrying 85 people skidded off a runway at the airport in Dakar, Senegal’s capital, injuring 10 people, according to the transport minister and footage from a passenger that showed the aircraft on fire. “Our plane just caught fire,” wrote Malian musician Cheick Siriman Sissoko in a post on Facebook […]
Israel says it reopened a key Gaza crossing after a rocket attack but the UN says no aid has entered
Jerusalem: The Israeli military said on Wednesday that it has reopened the Kerem Shalom crossing into Gaza, a key terminal for the entry of humanitarian aid that was closed over the weekend after a Hamas rocket attack killed four Israeli soldiers nearby. But the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees said no aid has yet […]
Taliban reject claims of Afghan involvement in recent attacks in Pakistan
Islamabad: The Taliban on Wednesday rejected claims of Afghan involvement in recent attacks in Pakistan, calling it “irresponsible and far from the reality”. Pakistan’s military said Tuesday a suicide bombing that killed five Chinese engineers and a Pakistani driver in March was planned in neighbouring Afghanistan and that the bomber was an Afghan citizen. Maj. […]
Russia launches wide attack on Ukrainian energy facilities
Kyiv: Russia launched aerial attacks on energy facilities throughout Ukraine early Wednesday, targeting seven regions with more than 50 missiles as well as drones, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said. The attacks also damaged the railway station and tracks in the city of Kherson, across the Dnieper River from Russian-held territory, and injured two people in Brovary, […]
Putin begins his fifth term as president, more in control of Russia than ever
Moscow: President Vladimir Putin began his fifth term at a glittering Kremlin inauguration Tuesday, embarking on another six years as leader of Russia after destroying his political opponents, launching a devastating war in Ukraine and concentrating all power in his hands. At the ceremony in the gilded Grand Kremlin Palace, Putin placed his hand on […]
