Washington: US President Joe Biden said he was discussing possible Israeli strikes on Iranian oil facilities, in comments that sent oil prices spiking Thursday just a month before the US presidential election. Biden told reporters at the White House however that he was not expecting Israel to launch any retaliation for Tehran’s missile barrage on […]
Washington: A US federal government commission has flagged the alleged worsening of religious freedom in India and called for it to be designated as a “Country of Particular Concern”. Authored by senior policy analyst Sema Hasan, the section on India describes the use of misinformation and disinformation — including hate speech by government officials — […]
New Delhi: Solicitor General Tushar Mehta on Thursday told the Delhi High Court that climate activist Sonam Wangchuk and his associates have been released from detention. The senior law officer also said that the Delhi Police order prohibiting assembly and protests in various parts of Delhi has also been withdrawn. Mehta made the statement before […]
Srinagar: An exchange of fire between militants and security forces is being reported in Chatroo area of Kishtwar district, reports said Thursday. Quoting officials news agency GNS reported that contact was established with the militants after a specific input was received by security forces about their presence in the area. More reinforcement has been rushed […]
NEW DELHI: In a landmark verdict, the Supreme Court on Thursday banned caste-based discrimination like division of manual labour, segregation of barracks and bias against prisoners of de-notified tribes and habitual offenders by holding as “unconstitutional” the jail manual rules of 10 states for fostering such biases. Observing that “right to live with dignity extends […]
BEIRUT: Lebanon’s foreign minister Abdallah Bou Habib on Thursday revealed that Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had agreed to a “complete ceasefire” moments before Nasrallah was killed in an airstrike. In an interview with PBS, the foreign minister when asked if Nasrallah had agreed to a ceasefire moments before “he […]
LONDON: Rising tensions in West Asia have created air travel chaos, with global airlines diverting or cancelling flights on Wednesday and regional airports, including Lebanon, Israel and Kuwait, showing long delays, according to FlightRadar24 data. Concern over travel disruption as the conflict intensifies also knocked shares in the travel and airline sectors, with shares in […]
TEL AVIV: The Israel Defence Forces’ Chief of the General Staff, LTG Herzi Halevi, stated that IDF soldiers will observe the holiday in the Gaza Strip, Lebanon, Judea, Samaria, and along all borders. Halevi emphasised that the holiday is incomplete without the hostages, stressing the IDF’s determination to bring them back from Gaza. In a […]
UNITED NATIONS: Members of the UN Security Council (UNSC) have rallied to the support of Secretary-General Antonio Guterres after Israel declared him ‘persona non grata’, barring him from that country and the occupied territories. The Security Council President Pascale Baeriswyl, who is the permanent representative of Switzerland, said her country “reiterates its full support for […]
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court has dismissed a writ petition filed by the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) seeking, among other things, the creation of a special investigation team to probe the alleged illegal trade of children by various child welfare organisations. A bench of Justices B.V. Nagarathna and N. Kotiswar Singh, […]