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Myanmar military accused of bombing displacement camp, 30 dead

11 Oct 2023 11:07 AM IST

Myanmar’s military was accused of launching an airstrike on a camp for displaced persons in the northern state of Kachin late Monday that killed more than 30 people, including 13 children, a human rights group and local media said. The attack on the Mung Lai Hkyet displacement camp in the

Rigorous search operation ongoing, after 2,000+ killed in Herat quake

11 Oct 2023 11:05 AM IST

Clinging to hope that finding survivors was still possible, Afghan rescuers and villagers kept digging through rubble on Tuesday in western Herat province, three days after one of the deadliest earthquakes in the region left more than 2,000 dead. Elsewhere in Herat, people were digging graves for their loved ones

Russian FM criticizes west, downplays Ukraine in brief UN speech

11 Oct 2023 11:03 AM IST

Russia’s top diplomat denounced the United States and the West on Saturday as self-interested defenders of a fading international power structure, but he didn’t discuss his country’s war in Ukraine in his speech to the UN General Assembly. “They’re doing everything they can to prevent the formation of a genuine

EU reverses course, resumes development aid to Palestinians

11 Oct 2023 11:01 AM IST

The European Union late Monday reversed an earlier announcement by an EU commissioner that the bloc was “immediately” suspending development aid for Palestinian authorities and instead said it would urgently review such assistance in the wake of the attacks on Israel by Hamas to make sure no money was misused.

Taiwan President insists ‘peace’ is the only solution amid Beijing threats

11 Oct 2023 10:59 AM IST

Peace between Taiwan and China is the “only option,” Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen said Tuesday, while strongly asserting the self-governing island’s defences against Beijing’s threats to invade. Tsai said in a National Day address that the international community views stability in the Taiwan Strait as an “indispensable component of global

Hamas offensive triggers flights halts to and from Israel, airports affected

11 Oct 2023 10:58 AM IST

Major airlines have suspended flights in and out of Israel after the nation declared war following a massive attack by Hamas. Israel hit more than 1,000 targets in Gaza and Palestinian militants continued firing barrages of rockets, setting off air raid sirens in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv. Video posted online

Escalation continues: Israel strikes Gaza city, deploys 300,000 reservists

11 Oct 2023 10:57 AM IST

Israeli warplanes pounded downtown Gaza City, home to Hamas’ centres of government, with relentless bombardments into early Tuesday, after Israel’s prime minister vowed retaliation against the Islamic militant group that would “reverberate for generations.” The 4-day-old war has already claimed at least 1,600 lives, as Israel saw gun battles in

Israel didn’t start this ‘war’ but will finish it: Netanyahu

11 Oct 2023 10:54 AM IST

In a stern warning to Hamas, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday said that “though Israel did not start this war” but “will finish it”. As part of its retaliation against Hamas, Israel has mobilised 3,00,000 troops. This is the largest mobilisation since the 1973 Yom Kippur War when

White House illuminated in Israel colours as a mark of solidarity

11 Oct 2023 08:13 AM IST

The White House on Monday night was illuminated with the blue and white light to show support for Israel following the attacks by Hamas on Israel that left as many as 800 people dead. The action came after a call by Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) as a symbolic support in

Israel’s Zionist regime has suffered “irrevocable defeat”, says Iran Supreme Leader Khamenei

10 Oct 2023 14:33 PM IST

Iran’s Supreme leader Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei on Tuesday claimed that Israel has “suffered an irrevocable defeat both in terms of military and intelligence,” Iranian News Agency Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) reported. The Iranian leader however said that Tehran was not involved in the Saturday attack by Hamas on

Jaishankar :”Great pride for us to confer honourary doctorate by JNU on Tanzanian President”

10 Oct 2023 14:21 PM IST

Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan was awarded an Honorary Doctorate by Jawaharlal Nehru University on Tuesday for her crucial contribution in strengthening India-Tanzania ties. “It is a matter of great pride for us to confer the honorary doctorate on Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan today from the JNU,” External Affairs

“Want to help out our forces”: Israeli tourists in Himachal’s Dharamkot worried over events unfolding at home

10 Oct 2023 11:54 AM IST

Israeli tourists in the village of Dharamkot in Kangra expressed concern about what was happening at home as Israeli forces continued their counteroffensive in response to Hamas’s multifaceted terrorist attacks. Due to the fact that Dharamkot is the only village in Himachal with a Jewish center, it is also referred