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40 people including several Indians killed in major fire in Kuwait

New Delhi: Over 40 people, majority of them Indians, were killed in a devastating fire in a building housing labourers in southern Kuwait and the number of deceased is expected to go

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Blinken says some of Hamas’ proposed changes to a cease-fire plan in Gaza are workable and some not

Beirut: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Wednesday that the war in Gaza would go on after Hamas proposed “numerous” changes to a US-backed cease-fire plan, some that he said were

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UN says violence against children in conflict reached extreme levels in 2023, including in Gaza

United Nations: Violence against children caught in multiplying and escalating conflicts reached “extreme levels” in 2023, with an unprecedented number of killings and injuries in crises, from Israel and the Palestinian territories

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Report by UN-backed experts cites crimes by Israeli forces, Palestinian militants starting Oct 7

Geneva: UN-backed human rights experts say in a report issued Wednesday that Israeli forces and Palestinian militants engaged in sexual and gender-based violence during the first months of the Israel-Hamas war. The

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UN Security Council adopts a cease-fire resolution aimed at ending Israel-Hamas war in Gaza

United Nations: The UN Security Council on Monday overwhelmingly approved its first resolution endorsing a cease-fire plan aimed at ending the eight-month war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza. The US-sponsored resolution

This is a locator map for Yemen with its capital, Sanaa. (AP Photo)

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Migrant boat sinks off coast of Yemen, leaving at least 49 dead, 140 missing, UN agency says

Cairo: A boat carrying migrants sank off the coast of Yemen, leaving at least 49 dead and 140 missing, the UN’s International Organization for Migration said Tuesday. The boat was carrying some

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Hamas commander killed in West Bank clash

Jerusalem: Hamas said that one of its commanders in the occupied West Bank was killed in a clash with Israeli forces, while Israel said four soldiers were killed in an explosion in

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Blinken welcomes UN vote in favour of Gaza cease-fire plan and again calls on Hamas to accept it

Tel Aviv: Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Tuesday that the UN Security Council’s vote in favour of a US-backed proposal for a cease-fire in Gaza made it “as clear as it

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UN human rights office says Israeli forces, Palestinian armed groups may have committed war crimes

Geneva: The UN human rights office is citing possible war crimes by Israeli forces and Palestinian armed groups in connection with a deadly raid by Israeli forces that freed four hostages over

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Blinken holds talks on Gaza in the wake of Israeli rescue raid and Palestinian deaths

Jerusalem: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken began a new visit to the region on Monday in the shadow of the dramatic rescue of four Israeli hostages held in Gaza and turmoil

UN refugee chief says 114 million have fled homes because nations fail to tackle causes of conflict

United Nations: The number of people fleeing their homes because of war, violence and persecution has reached 114 million and is climbing because nations have failed to tackle the causes and combatants

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Donald Trump becomes first former US president to be convicted of felony in hush money trial

Washington: Donald Trump has been found guilty of all 34 charges of falsifying business records by a grand jury in New York, an unprecedented and historic verdict that makes him the first

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UN chief cites the promise and perils of dizzying new technology as ”AI for Good” conference opens

Geneva: The UN telecommunications agency has kicked off its annual AI for Good conference, hoping to guide business, consumers and governments on ways to tap the promise of the new technology but

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Massive international police operation takes down ransomware networks, arrests 4 suspects

The Hague (Netherlands): Police coordinated by the European Union’s justice agency have taken down computer networks responsible for spreading ransomware via infected emails, in what they called the biggest ever international operation

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2 soldiers are killed in a West Bank car-ramming attack, Israeli military says

Jerusalem: The Israeli military said Thursday that two soldiers were killed in a car-ramming attack in the occupied West Bank. Violence in the West Bank has surged throughout the war in Gaza

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Algeria proposes Security Council resolution demanding Israel halt offensive in Rafah

United Nations: Algeria is circulating a proposed UN Security Council resolution that would demand an immediate cease-fire in Gaza and order Israel to halt its military offensive in the southern city of

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Executions worldwide jumped last year to the highest number since 2015, Amnesty report says

London: The number of executions recorded worldwide last year jumped to the highest level since 2015, with a sharp rise in Iran and across the Middle East, Amnesty International said in a

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US condemns loss of life, but says no policy changes after civilian deaths in Israeli strike

Washington: The White House on Tuesday condemned the loss of life of dozens of civilians as a result of an Israeli airstrike in Rafah, but said it is not planning any policy

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Spain, Norway and Ireland formally recognise a Palestinian state as EU rift with Israel widens

Barcelona: Spain, Norway and Ireland formally recognised a Palestinian state on Tuesday in a coordinated effort by the three western European nations to add international pressure on Israel to soften its devastating

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Israeli strikes kill 16 in Rafah, medics say, as residents report heavy fighting

Deir al-Balah: Israeli strikes on Rafah have killed at least 16 Palestinians, first responders said Tuesday, as residents reported an escalation of fighting in the southern Gaza city. An Israeli incursion launched

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