India condemns Hamas ‘terrorist attack’, reiterates backing for independent Palestine

October 13, 2023

India considers the weekend attack by Hamas militants in Israel a “terrorist attack”, a spokesperson for the country’s foreign ministry said Thursday, while reiterating its longstanding position for an independent Palestine. “We see this as a terrorist attack,” the spokesperson said. Israel has vowed to annihilate the Hamas movement that Continue Reading

US condemns Myanmar refugee camp strike, calls it ‘military attack’

October 11, 2023

The United States on Tuesday condemned what it called a reported ‘military attack’ in Myanmar on a refugee camp that led to the killing of several civilians, Reuters reports. THE TAKE At least 29 people, including women and children, were killed in Myanmar in an artillery strike on a refugee camp near the border with […]Continue Reading

Post-Coup Myanmar: 29 killed in army strike on camp for displaced

October 11, 2023

Twenty-nine people were killed and dozens wounded in a military strike on a camp for displaced people in northern Myanmar, a spokesman for an ethnic rebel group that controls the area told AFP on Tuesday. Myanmar’s junta has been accused of carrying out multiple bloody attacks on civilian targets as it struggles to quell resistance […]Continue Reading

Top Indian court to hear PIL on release of illegally held Rohingya

October 11, 2023

The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to hear a PIL seeking direction to the Centre to release Rohingya refugees who have allegedly been detained illegally and arbitrarily across jails and detention centres in the country and issued notice to the government, Times of India A bench of Justices B R Gavai and Prashant Kumar Mishra […]Continue Reading

Israel lays total siege to Gaza

October 9, 2023

Israel imposed a total siege on the Gaza Strip on Monday and cut off utility supplies as it kept bombing targets in the crowded Palestinian enclave in response to the Hamas surprise assault, global news agencies report. Reeling from the Islamist group’s unprecedented ground, air and sea attacks, Israel has counted over 800 dead and […]Continue Reading

Netanyahu vows to ‘change Middle East’ in war with Hamas

October 9, 2023

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed today to “change the Middle East” in Israel’s war with Palestinian militant group Hamas, as the army pounded the Gaza Strip with air strikes, AFP reports. “What Hamas will experience will be difficult and terrible… we are going to change the Middle East,” Netanyahu told officials visiting Continue Reading

Hamas-Israel war slams door on US-Iran thaw

October 9, 2023

Through quiet diplomacy with Iran, US President Joe Biden’s administration had strived to keep a lid on Middle East troubles. That bet came crashing down with Saturday’s massive offensive by Hamas against Israel, AFP reports. Iran’s clerical leadership openly supports the group, who control the blockaded and impoverished Gaza Strip, and hailed the sneak Continue Reading

Hamas carried out years-long campaign to fool Israel

October 9, 2023

A careful campaign of deception ensured Israel was caught off guard when the Palestinian group Hamas launched its devastating attack, enabling a force using bulldozers, hang gliders and motorbikes to take on the Middle East’s most powerful army, Reuters reports. Saturday’s assault, the worst breach in Israel’s defences since Arab armies waged war in 1973, Continue Reading

GAZA STRIP: More than 123,000 displaced, UN says

October 9, 2023

More than 123,000 people have been displaced in the Gaza Strip since the outbreak of the conflict between Hamas and Israel, the United Nations said on Monday. “Over 123,538 people, have been internally displaced in Gaza, mostly due to fear, protection concerns and the destruction of their homes,” said the UN’s humanitarian agency, OCHA. More […]Continue Reading

Palestinian state ‘most reliable’ solution: Russia

October 9, 2023

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said yesterday that creating a Palestinian state was the “most reliable” solution for peace in Israel and that fighting terrorism alone would not ensure security, AFP reports. He spoke during a press conference with the head of the Arab League, Ahmed Aboul Gheit, who visited Russia after the Palestinian Islamist […]Continue Reading