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Biden says at least 11 US citizens killed in Hamas attack in Israel
US President Joe Biden said on Monday that at least 11 American citizens were among those killed in Israel following the weekend's attacks by Palestinian Islamist group Hamas
10 October 2023, 03:46 AM
Congress supports nationwide caste census
India’s Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said yesterday the party’s working committee has unanimously decided to support the idea of caste census in the country and announced that party chief ministers in Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Himachal Pradesh and Rajasthan are considering it.
9 October 2023, 18:00 PM
UN alarmed by Russia’s ‘mass’ passports move
The United Nations yesterday voiced deep concern over Moscow’s “mass conferral” of Russian passports in Ukrainian territory it controls and denying essential services to people who refuse them.
9 October 2023, 18:00 PM
Hamas threatens to kill Israel hostages over Gaza strikes
Palestinian militant group Hamas today threatened to kill hostages if the Israeli army carried out air strikes without prior warning targeting residents of the Gaza Strip
9 October 2023, 17:45 PM
Traffic resumes at Germany's Hamburg airport after Iran plane threat
Air traffic has resumed at Germany's Hamburg airport, a spokesperson told Reuters today, after a police operation in response to a threat against a plane from Tehran prompted all landings and take-offs to be halted
9 October 2023, 15:28 PM
Fears of wider conflict grow
‘Infiltrators from Lebanon’ killed; Israel eyes unity govt as it gears up for Gaza ground assault; 800 killed in Israel, 560 in Gaza
9 October 2023, 14:16 PM
‘Palestinians have every right to resist oppression, violence’
Palestinians have every right to resist oppression, violence and racist practices of the illegal Israeli occupation, the Palestinian embassy in Dhaka said today
9 October 2023, 13:19 PM
Gender gap economist Claudia Goldin wins Nobel prize
American economic historian Claudia Goldin won the 2023 Nobel economics prize for "having advanced our understanding of women's labour market outcomes", the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said today
9 October 2023, 10:08 AM
Latest photos from Gaza and Israel
The spiraling violence threatens to start a major new war in the Middle East.
9 October 2023, 08:15 AM
China says 'opposes and condemns' actions that harm civilians in Israel violence
China said Monday it "opposes and condemns" violence against civilians in Israel and the Palestinian territories
9 October 2023, 08:12 AM
Israel and Hamas 'war': What you need to know right now
Israeli troops fought to regain control of the desert around the Gaza Strip and evacuate people from the embattled border area on Monday, as the death toll from the war with Hamas surged above 1,100 by the third day of clashes.
9 October 2023, 07:10 AM
IMF, World Bank hold first meetings in Africa in 50 years
The IMF and World Bank gather in Morocco Monday for their first annual meetings on African soil in 50 years, under pressure to reform to better aid poor nations blighted by debt and climate change
9 October 2023, 03:51 AM
Israel, Gaza reel as death toll soars above 1,100 in war with Hamas
Israeli troops fought to regain control of the desert around the Gaza Strip and evacuate people from the embattled border area on Monday, as the death toll from the war with Hamas surged above 1,100 by the third day of clashes
9 October 2023, 03:22 AM
150 trucks stopped, few destroyed, in Manipur
As many as 150 trucks were stopped, a few destroyed, and keys snatched from some of them during an indefinite economic blockade on NH-2 imposed since Thursday by Senapati District Students’ Association, which is from Manipur’s hill district abutting Nagaland.
8 October 2023, 18:00 PM
Ukraine’s kherson region: Dozen hurt in Russian attack
A dozen people were wounded, including a 27-year-old woman and her 9-month-old baby, in a Russian attack on the southern Ukrainian region of Kherson, its governor said yesterday.
8 October 2023, 18:00 PM
2 Israelis, one Egyptian shot dead in Alexandria: media
Two Israeli tourists and one Egyptian were killed Sunday by a policeman in Egypt, local media reported, amid spiralling violence between Israel and the Palestinian movement Hamas.
8 October 2023, 10:16 AM
Saudi Arabia calls for immediate halt of Israel-Palestine escalation
Saudi Arabia has called for an immediate halt to the escalation between "a number of Palestinian factions and the Israeli occupation forces"
8 October 2023, 07:49 AM
Things you need to know about Israel's Iron Dome missile defence system
The system quickly determines whether a rocket is on course to hit a populated area; if not, the rocket is ignored and allowed to land harmlessly
8 October 2023, 06:44 AM
Israeli forces clash with Hamas gunmen after nearly 500 killed
Israeli forces clashed with gunmen from the Palestinian group Hamas on Sunday, 24 hours after the militants launched a surprise attack on Israel in which nearly 500 people were killed in the deadliest day of violence in Israel for 50 years
8 October 2023, 04:10 AM
How the attack unfolded
At about 6.30 am (0430 GMT) Palestinian Islamist group Hamas fired a huge barrage of rockets across southern Israel, with sirens heard as far away as Tel Aviv and Beersheba.
7 October 2023, 18:00 PM