United Nations (IANS) At the UN General Assembly meeting on Palestine, India condemned both the terrorism with hostage-taking by Hamas and the “large-scale loss of civilian lives” in Israel’s retaliation, but did not directly name either of them.
…United Nations (IANS) India has backed a UN General Assembly (UNGA) resolution demanding that Israel withdraw from the occupied Golan Heights, a territory the Jewish nation captured from Syria in the Six-Day War of 1967r
India was among the…
Tokyo (IANS) A US Osprey military transport aircraft carrying eight people crashed off Japan's southwestern island of Yakushima in Kagoshima prefecture on Wednesday, local media reported.
The Japan Coast Guard received an emergency call…
Jerusalem (IANS) The Israeli prison service on Tuesday confirmed the release of 33 Palestinian inmates after Hamas freed 11 additional hostages on the fourth day of the temporary ceasefire which will now be extended for two more days.
The 33…
Jakarta (IANS) Indonesia's Anak Krakatau volcano located in the waters of the Sunda Strait erupted on Tuesday, spewing an ash cloud of about 1 km high, an official said.
The volcano's Observation Post Officer Anggi Nuryo Saputro said…
Tel Aviv (IANS) Even as the Qatari mediators have succeeded in extending the truce between Hamas and Israel for two more days, there were reports of heavy shelling between Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and Hezbollah as well as other Palestinian organisations…
Tel Aviv (IANS) Hamas has said that it seeks to extension of the ongoing four-day truce with Israel, which has so far witnessed the release of three groups of Israeli hostages from Gaza and three groups of Palestinian prisoners and detainees from…
Gaza/Jerusalem (IANS) Hamas has said in a statement that it had handed over the second group of Israeli and foreign hostages to the Red Cross.
A total of 17 hostages, including 13 Israelis and four Thais, have crossed into Egypt and are on…
Tel Aviv (IANS) In a long letter to troops, IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi said the military will return to fighting Hamas "with determination" once the ceasefire in the Gaza Strip ends, the media reported.
"The IDF and its soldiers…
Gaza (IANS) The Israeli army withdrew on Friday from the Al Shifa Hospital in Gaza after raiding the premises for over a week, a Palestinian security source said.
The source, who requires anonymity, told Xinhua news agency that "the Israeli…