France could harden its position on Israel if it continues to block humanitarian aid to Gaza, French President Emmanuel Macron said on Friday, reiterating that Paris was committed to a two-state solution to resolve the Israel-Palestine conflict. “The humanitarian blockade is creating a situation that is untenable on the ground,” Macron said at a joint…
At least 44 people were killed in Israeli attacks across the Gaza Strip on Thursday, rescuers said, a day after a World Food Programme warehouse in the centre of the territory was looted by desperate Palestinians. After a more than two-month blockade, aid has finally begun to trickle back into Gaza, but the humanitarian situation…
The head of a US-backed private humanitarian organisation that is tasked with distributing aid in Gaza using an Israeli-initiated plan resigned on Sunday. Jake Wood, a former US Marine and the executive director of the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation for the past two months, said in a statement that he resigned because the organisation could not…
Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said it will allow a small amount of food into Gaza, after beginning large-scale ground operations in the north and south of the region. Israel had halted nearly all aid to Gaza since March, prompting fear of famine. Just in the last week, Palestinian health authorities reported that hundreds…
NEW DELHI: The Centre on Tuesday informed the Delhi high court that the Indian embassy in Indonesia is actively assisting three Indian nationals from Tamil Nadu who were sentenced to death for drug smuggling, including by providing legal aid and pursuing appeal remedies.The three men, Raju Muthukumaran, Selvadurai Dinakaran, and Govindasamy Vimalkandhan, were arrested in…
A ship named Conscience, part of the Freedom Flotilla Coalition’s mission to deliver humanitarian aid to Gaza, was reportedly attacked by drones in international waters about 16 miles off Malta on Friday, news agency Associated Press reported. The group organising the shipment, which includes peace activists and NGOs, accused Israel of the strike, however, no…
Ukraine is ready to sign a landmark deal that would grant the United States access to its critical rare mineral resources, a move aimed at ensuring continued American support in its ongoing war with Russia, the Associated Press reported, citing senior Ukrainian officials. Deputy Prime Minister and Economy Minister Yulia Svyrydenko travelled to Washington to…
On Dec. 27, Bill Gates, the billionaire philanthropist, made a trip to Mar-a-Lago for dinner with Donald J. Trump. Some people around him were surprised that he had decided to go, but Mr. Gates wants to talk to whoever will listen. The dinner lasted three hours, and Mr. Trump seemed to enjoy himself, a person…
Prof Aloke Kumar & Prof Saptrishi Basu BENGALURU: Two Indian scientists, in collaboration with French scientists, have conducted microgravity experiments that could advance the ability to fabricate materials in space, studying droplet behaviour during the 68th CNES (french space agency) parabolic flight campaign.The findings could potentially contribute to future applications including fabricating organs, space bricks,…
NEW DELHI: Preliminary reports reaching the home ministry on the communal outbreak in Murshidabad in West Bengal, during protests against the waqf Act, suggest local TMC members had allegedly prompted the Bangladeshi miscreants known to them and part of their “larger network”, to trigger minor law and order disturbances so as to create an impression…