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Iraq condemns attacks on bases hosting US forces
Since Wednesday, at least five rocket and drone attacks have targeted three Iraqi military bases where American troops are stationed as part of the international coalition set up to fight the Islamic
BAGHDAD: Iraq on Monday…
Israeli planes strike targets as US seeks more time to free hostages
Tel Aviv/Gaza: Israel has not allowed fuel, which is critically needed for water and sanitation systems and hospitals.
Israeli warplanes are striking targets across Gaza ahead of an expected ground offensive in the besieged Hamas-ruled…
Deep depression over Bay of Bengal may turn into cyclone by Monday evening: IMD
The weather department said that light to moderate rainfall would occur at a few places in northern and southern coastal districts, besides Keonjhar, Mayurbhanj, and Dhenkanal of Odisha.
Israel says killed ‘terror operatives’ in Jenin mosque air strike
The Israeli military said those targeted had already carried out "several terror attacks over the last months, and were organising an additional imminent terror attack".
At least 28 people drown after boat capsizes on river in northwest Congo
This is the second boat wreck on the Congo River in Equateur province within a week. On October 14, another boat capsized, killing at least 47 people and leaving more than 70 missing.
Two Indian workers killed in explosion in Maldives
Preliminary investigative findings show the explosion was caused by a gas cylinder near Kamunudhoo's fish market, a police spokesperson was quoted as saying.
Iran sentences journalists who covered Mahsa Amini’s death to jail
Amini's death in custody on September 16, 2022, after her arrest by the morality police in Tehran for an alleged breach of Iran's strict dress rules for women led to mass protests across the country.
143 people, including two Nepalese, fly out of Israel under ‘Operation Ajay’
It was the sixth flight as part of Operation Ajay launched on October 12 to facilitate the return of those Indian nationals trapped in Israel.
Fresh aid enters Gaza as Israel steps up strikes
Sunday's aid delivery through the Rafah crossing was the second such operation in two days after 20 trucks arrived on Saturday.
Today’s Motto: ‘The starting point of all achievement is desire’
As every day makes a new beginning in life, it brings new opportunities, opens new avenues, to perform and make a mark, to write a Page in history Book !
Veteran artist Dinesh Kumar’s Epiphany pulls art lovers to Lalit Kala Akademy from far and…
New Delhi: Art has its own divine aura and pulling power. Though an artist is moved by his urge to express the puzzles disturbin
g his mind and release them on the canvass, the art lovers are more crazy to know what's there in…
Nawaz secures ‘blessings’ from military before returning to Pakistan from self-exile
'Return of a fugitive and court-convicted is tantamount to the murder of the law and justice, besides a big test for the country's justice system', opp. PTI leader
UN chief urges ceasefire to end Gaza’s ‘godawful nightmare’
Addressing a Cairo summit, Guterres said the Palestinian enclave of 2.4 million people was living through "a humanitarian catastrophe" with thousands dead and more than a million displaced.
Biden says Hamas attacked Israel in part to block a historic agreement with Saudi Arabia
Momentum toward a landmark US-brokered deal to normalize relations between Israel and Saudi Arabia, guardian of Islam's two holiest sites, was shattered by the October 7 attack by Hamas
North East monsoon commences over Tamil Nadu and Kerala
The depression over the Arabian Sea has intensified into cyclone ‘Tej’ and is expected to intensify into a ‘very severe cyclonic storm’ in the next 36 hours, the Indian Meteorological Department said.
UK PM Rishi Sunak travels to Egypt for crisis talks
Sunak has declined to back Opposition calls from the Scottish National Party and some Labour MPs for a ceasefire to protect civilians, insisting Israel has a right to "act against terrorism".
Italy’s Prime Minister Meloni announces separation from partner after sleazy remarks
"My relationship with Andrea Giambruno, which lasted almost 10 years, ends here," Meloni wrote on social media, saying their paths had "diverged for some time".
Low-pressure system in Arabian Sea set to intensify into cyclonic storm: IMD
This would be the second cyclonic storm in the Arabian Sea this year. It will be called 'Tej', according to a formula followed for naming cyclones in the Indian Ocean Region.
Israel urges evacuation of Gaza hospital, five schools: aid groups
The Al-Quds Hospital is in northern Gaza, which has borne the brunt of Israeli air raids since Hamas staged their biggest-ever attacks on Israel on October 7.
Gaza hospital strike that killed hundreds; contradictory claims
Hamas says the damage came from an Israeli air strike, the Israeli avers; 'militants from another Islamist group -- Islamic Jihad -- had caused the explosion with a misfired rocket'