Israeli army tells Palestinians to evacuate parts of Gaza’s Rafah ahead of an expected assault
Jerusalem: The Israeli army ordered some 100,000 Palestinians on Monday to begin evacuating from the southern city of Rafah, signalling that a long-promised ground invasion there could be imminent and further complicating efforts to broker a cease-fire in Gaza. The looming operation in the city — where more than 1 million Palestinians are sheltering and […]
Columbia University cancels main commencement after protests that roiled campus for weeks
New York: Columbia University is cancelling its large university-wide commencement ceremony amid ongoing pro-Palestinian protests but will hold smaller school-based ceremonies this week and next, the university announced Monday. “Based on feedback from our students, we have decided to focus attention on our Class Days and school-level graduation ceremonies, where students are honoured individually alongside […]
Activists in Bangladesh march through universities to demand end to Israel-Hamas war
Dhaka: Thousands of activists in Bangladesh backed by the ruling party’s student wing marched through universities around the country Monday to demand an end to the Israel-Hamas war and the creation of an independent Palestinian state. Activists of the Bangladesh Chhatra League marched through the campus of the prestigious Dhaka University chanting anti-Israel slogans, carrying […]
Netanyahu’s Cabinet votes to close Al Jazeera offices in Israel after rising tensions
Tel Aviv: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday that his government has voted unanimously to shut down the local offices of Qatar-owned broadcaster Al Jazeera, escalating Israel’s long-running feud with the channel at a time when cease-fire negotiations with Hamas – mediated by Qatar – are gaining steam. Netanyahu announced the decision on […]
Indian Embassy in China holds first meeting with students hit hard by COVID visa bans
Beijing: The Indian Embassy here has held its first interactive session with the Indian students who suffered the most during the three-year COVID-19 period following China’s visa bans prolonging their academic periods for several years. Around 80 old and new students from more than 13 Chinese universities took part in the “welcome and interaction ceremony” […]
2 TTP terrorists killed in encounter in Pakistan’s Rawalpindi
Lahore: Two wanted Pakistani Taliban militants allegedly involved in the killing of a police officer in Punjab province recently were shot dead by law enforcement agencies in Rawalpindi, police said on Sunday. “Two terrorists of Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) were killed during a police encounter in Rawalpindi, some 250 kilometres from Lahore, on Saturday,” a statement […]
UN official warns that famine in northern Gaza is already ‘full-blown’
Washington: A top UN official said Friday that hard-hit northern Gaza was now in “full-blown famine” after more than six months of war between Israel and Hamas and severe Israeli restrictions on food deliveries to the Palestinian territory. Cindy McCain, the American director of the UN World Food Programme, became the most prominent international official […]
Israel has briefed US on plan to evacuate Palestinian civilians ahead of potential Rafah operation
Washington: Israel this week briefed Biden administration officials on a plan to evacuate Palestinian civilians ahead of a potential operation in the southern Gaza city of Rafah aimed at rooting out Hamas militants, according to US officials familiar with the talks. The officials, who were not authorised to comment publicly and requested anonymity to speak […]
Canadian authorities arrest three Indian nationals in connection with Nijjar’s murder, say more people involved
Ottawa/New York: Canadian authorities, who arrested three Indian nationals in connection with the killing of Khalistan separatist Hardeep Singh Nijjar in Canada, have said that their investigation has not concluded and “others” who played a role in the homicide would also be arrested. Karan Brar, 22, Kamalpreet Singh, 22, and Karanpreet Singh, 28, all Indian […]
Unprecedented destruction of housing in Gaza hasn’t been seen since World War II, the UN says
United Nations: The world hasn’t seen anything like the unprecedented destruction of housing in Gaza since World War II, and it would take at least until 2040 to restore the homes devastated in Israel’s bombing and ground offensive if the conflict ended today, the United Nations reported Thursday. The UN assessment said the social and […]
