Hamas says it frees two hostages, a US mother and daughter

October 20, 2023

The Islamist group Hamas said on Friday it had released two US hostages – a mother and daughter – for what it called “humanitarian reasons” following Qatari mediation efforts, Reuters reports. Hamas armed wing spokesman Abu Ubaida issued a statement announcing the release, the first since gunmen from the Islamist militant group burst into Israel […]Continue Reading

India to install radiation detectors at four border crossings with Bangladesh

October 18, 2023

Radiation Detection Equipment (RDE) will soon be installed at eight land crossing points along India’s borders with Pakistan, Bangladesh, Myanmar and Nepal to check the trafficking of radioactive materials for its possible use in making nuclear devices, officials said, PTI reports. The RDE will be installed at the Integrated Check Posts and land ports of […]Continue Reading

In deadly day for Gaza, hospital strike kills hundreds

October 18, 2023

Gaza’s health ministry spokesman said an Israeli air strike on Tuesday killed hundreds of people at a hospital in the Palestinian enclave, but Israel said a Palestinian barrage had caused the blast, Reuters reports. The death toll was by far the highest of any single incident in Gaza during the current violence, triggering protests in […]Continue Reading

Gaza death toll rises to 2,215 including 724 children: Ministry

October 14, 2023

Israeli strikes on the Gaza Strip since Hamas’s attack on southern Israel one week ago have killed at least 2,215 people, including 724 children, the Palestinian territory’s Hamas-controlled health ministry said Saturday, AFP reports. Some 458 women were among those killed, the ministry said. It added that 8,714 people have also been wounded, after an […]Continue Reading

Saudi Arabia puts Israel deal on ice amid war, engages with Iran

October 13, 2023

Saudi Arabia is putting US-backed plans to normalise ties with Israel on ice, two sources familiar with Riyadh’s thinking said, signalling a rapid rethinking of its foreign policy priorities as war escalates between Israel and Palestinian group Hamas, Reuters reports. The conflict has also pushed the kingdom to engage with Iran. Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed […]Continue Reading

Israeli military says troops make first ground raids into Gaza

October 13, 2023

Israel said its infantry and tanks had carried out raids inside the Gaza Strip on Friday, its first announcement of a shift from an air war to ground operations to root out Hamas fighters a week after their deadly rampage in southern Israel, Reuters reports. Some Gaza residents were abandoning homes on Friday to escape […]Continue Reading

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