Israel orders new evacuations in the southern Gaza city of Rafah as it prepares to expand operations
Rafah: Israel ordered new evacuations in Gaza’s southern city of Rafah on Saturday, forcing tens of thousands more people to move as it prepares to expand its operation and adding that it is also moving into an area in northern Gaza where Hamas has regrouped. Israel has now evacuated the eastern third of Rafah, pushing […]
US says Israel’s use of US arms likely violated international law, but evidence is incomplete
Washington: The Biden administration said on Friday that Israel’s use of US-provided weapons in Gaza likely violated international humanitarian law but that wartime conditions prevented US officials from determining that for certain in specific airstrikes. The finding of “reasonable” evidence to conclude that the US ally had breached international law protecting civilians in the way […]
Flash floods kill more than 300 people in northern Afghanistan after heavy rains, UN says
Islamabad: Flash floods from unusually heavy seasonal rains in Afghanistan have killed more than 300 people and destroyed over 1,000 houses, the UN food agency said Saturday. The World Food Programme said it was distributing fortified biscuits to the survivors of one of the many floods that hit Afghanistan over the last few weeks, mostly […]
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 […]
