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Erdogan to visit Germany as differences over the Israel-Hamas war widen

18 Nov 2023 09:31 AM IST

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is expected in Berlin on Friday on a short visit to Germany as the two countries’ stances on the war between Israel and Hamas are poles apart. Erdogan is due to meet Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Germany’s largely ceremonial president, Frank-Walter Steinmeier. Scholz invited Erdogan

Europe, Canada unite against Myanmar in UN court over genocide

18 Nov 2023 09:30 AM IST

Five European countries and Canada are seeking to join a case brought by Gambia at the United Nation’s highest court that accuses Myanmar of committing genocide against its Rohingya minority. The International Court of Justice said on Thursday that Denmark, France, Germany, the Netherlands, and the UK had joined with

Biden and Mexico’s leader to discuss fentanyl, migrants, and Cuba agenda

18 Nov 2023 09:29 AM IST

President Joe Biden and Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, two strong allies who don’t always get along personally, will talk migration, fentanyl trafficking and Cuba relations on Friday. The two leaders are in San Francisco for the annual Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation conference, where Biden has held a series of

President Joe Biden signs temporary spending bill

18 Nov 2023 09:25 AM IST

President Joe Biden on Thursday signed a temporary spending bill a day before a potential government shutdown, pushing a fight with congressional Republicans over the federal budget into the new year, as wartime aid for Ukraine and Israel remains stalled. The measure passed the House and Senate by wide bipartisan

IDF finds laptop containing photos of Israeli hostages

18 Nov 2023 09:25 AM IST

Soldiers searching through Gaza’s Shifa Hospital have found a laptop containing videos and photographs of hostages, the Israel Defense Forces announced on Thursday. “Already now, after scanning some of the buildings, weapons, intelligence materials, including information related to the events of 7/10, military technologies and military equipment, headquarters, means of

TikTok bans content on Osama bin Laden’s ‘Letter to America

18 Nov 2023 09:24 AM IST

Social networking site TikTok that allows users to share videos, has taken action against posts pertaining to Osama bin Laden’s “Letter to America,” which was written by the commander of al Qaeda following the 11 September 2001 terrorist attacks, CBS News reported. Bin Laden tried to defend the roughly 3,000-person

Communication systems down, aid to Gaza on hold

18 Nov 2023 09:23 AM IST

Communications systems in the Gaza Strip were down for a second day Friday with no fuel to power the internet and phone networks, causing aid agencies to halt cross-border deliveries of humanitarian supplies even as they warned people may soon face starvation. Israel has been pushing deeper into Gaza City,

Israel-Hamas war updates: Israeli Forces Eliminate Five Palestinian Terrorists

17 Nov 2023 15:55 PM IST

Five Palestinian terrorists were gunned down during a nighttime counter-terror raid in Jenin, according to the Israel Defence Forces on Friday morning. The IDF reported that the terrorists, involved in firing on soldiers, attempted to evade capture by seeking refuge in a local hospital. During the operation, an Israeli drone

Israel-Hamas war updates : Israel conducts airstrikes near damascus

17 Nov 2023 15:36 PM IST

Syrian state media reported that Israeli airstrikes caused “material damage” to targets near Damascus early on Friday. According to SANA, the official news agency, the attack occurred around 2:25 a.m., originating from the direction of the occupied Syrian Golan Heights. While the military source did not specify the targets, it

Israel-Hamas war: IDF’s Continuing Efforts to Retrieve Bodies of Hostages in Gaza Strip

17 Nov 2023 14:56 PM IST

The Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) successfully recovered the corpse of Corporal Noa Marciano, a member of the Combat Intelligence Collection Corps 414th unit, from the Gaza Strip, according to The Times of Israel. The action was carried out by troops from the 7th Armoured Brigade’s 603rd Battalion near Shifa Hospital.

EAM S Jaishankar: “India’s G20 Presidency advocated for finding solutions from within Global South”

17 Nov 2023 14:06 PM IST

India’s G20 Presidency, according to External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, pushed for solutions to be found within the Global South on Friday. By organizing the inaugural Voice of the Global South Summit in January 2023, he claimed that India had set an example for other countries to follow. The summit

Israel Defence Forces: Hamas terrorist tunnel discovered in Shifa Hospital complex

17 Nov 2023 11:47 AM IST

The Shifa Hospital complex in Gaza is home to a terrorist tunnel operated by Hamas, according to the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). IDF soldiers reportedly discovered a second terrorist tunnel inside the Rantisi Hospital. It went on to say that a sizable cache of weapons and ammunition had been discovered