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December 24, 2024 3:44 PM

Israel asks diplomats to seek Houthis’ listing as terrorists

Israel has instructed its diplomatic missions in Europe to try to get the Iran-backed Houthi rebel group in Yemen designated as a terrorist organisation. The Houthis have repeatedly fired drones and missiles towards Israel in what the group describe...

December 23, 2024 9:15 AM

PM Modi concludes two-day visit to Kuwait, elevating bilateral relationship to a ‘Strategic Partnership’

Prime Minister Narendra Modi concluded his two-day official visit to Kuwait. Visiting Kuwait at the invitation of Sheikh Meshal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, the Emir of the State of Kuwait, PM Modi held multiple engagements and held discussions to fur...

December 22, 2024 10:11 AM

India will become growth engine of the world: PM Modi in Kuwait

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said that the India of the future would be the hub of global development and the growth engine of the world. Speaking at the "Hala Modi" community event at Kuwait's Sheikh Saad Al-Abdullah Indoor Sports Compl...

December 21, 2024 10:55 AM

Israeli military says Yemen missile lands near Tel Aviv, 14 lightly injured, ambulance service says

The Israeli military said it failed to intercept a missile from Yemen early on Saturday that fell in the Tel Aviv-Jaffa area, and the ambulance service said 14 people received mild injuries. Paramedics were treating 14 people with minor shrapnel inj...

December 21, 2024 9:45 AM

Solidifying partnership with Gulf countries, PM Modi set to embark on historic Kuwait visit

Committed to fostering longstanding, historic and close relations with all Gulf countries, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will undertake a two-day visit to Kuwait starting Saturday - the first by an Indian PM to the key West Asian country in 43 years. ...

December 20, 2024 11:00 AM

Human Rights Watch says Israel’s deprivation of water in Gaza is act of genocide

Human Rights Watch said on Thursday that Israel has killed thousands of Palestinians in Gaza by denying them clean water which it says legally amounts to acts of genocide and extermination. "This policy, inflicted as part of a mass killing of Palest...

December 19, 2024 10:53 PM

Zelenskiy says Ukraine needs European and US security guarantees to stop Putin

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy urged European countries on Thursday to provide guarantees to protect Ukraine after the war with Russia ends but said these would not be enough without support from the United States under Donald Trump. Wh...

December 18, 2024 5:27 PM

Leader of former Syrian opposition says transitional government should not exclude any party

Hadi al-Bahra, head of the Syrian National Coalition that grouped opponents of Bashar al-Assad during the civil war, said on Wednesday Syria's transitional government should be credible and not exclude any Syrian party or be based on sectarianism. I...

December 18, 2024 3:35 PM

Gaza mediators intensify ceasefire efforts, Israeli strikes kill 16 people

The United States, joined by Arab mediators, sought on Wednesday to conclude an agreement between Israel and Hamas to halt the 14-month-old war in the Gaza Strip where medics said Israeli strikes killed at least 16 Palestinians overnight. On Tuesday...

December 18, 2024 3:41 PM

Syrian mass graves expose “machinery of death” under Assad, top prosecutor says

An international war crimes prosecutor said on Tuesday that evidence emerging from mass grave sites in Syria has exposed a state-run "machinery of death" under toppled leader Bashar al-Assad in which he estimated more than 100,000 people were torture...

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