The Israel-Iran conflict has entered its eighth day with no signs of de-escalation. Iran has fired over 400 ballistic missiles at Israel since Friday, targeting civilian areas and hospitals. Israel has attacked Iran’s Arak heavy water reactor and police headquarters. Israel claims eliminating Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is one of its war goals,…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is in Cyprus for bilateral talks with President Nicholas. Discussions cover trade, investment, education, digital cooperation, and regional security. Modi received Cyprus’s highest civilian honour, the Grand Cross of the Order of Makarios III. The visit aims to deepen strategic, cultural, and economic ties between the two democracies. Cyprus has been…
PM Modi and Cyprus President Nikos Christodoulides NEW DELHI: Cyprus on Monday honoured Prime Minister Narendra Modi with the Grand Cross of the Order of Makarios III, the highest honour in the island country.Click here for live updates on PM Modi’s foreign visitAccepting the award, PM Modi thanked the Cyprus government, and remarked that his…
A tragedy was narrowly avoided on Tuesday evening after a ballistic missile launched by Yemen’s Houthi rebels nearly struck a civilian aircraft flying over Israel. According to Israel’s military war room, the missile was successfully intercepted in midair by Israeli defence systems. “A Houthi ballistic missile launched at Israeli civilians nearly hit a civilian plane….
Pakistan was the seventh most-affected country in the world for civilian casualties resulting from explosive weapons in 2024, recording 790 civilian casualties, including 210 deaths, according to a new report that highlights the alarming state of civilian safety in the country. Although the total number of civilian casualties in 2024 represented a nine per cent…
Sudanese paramilitary forces targeted an airport, a warehouse and several civilian facilities in the eastern city of Port Sudan on the Red Sea, setting off “scattered explosions,” according to a spokesman from Sudan’s military. A Sudanese army spokesman, Brig. Gen. Nabil Abdullah, said in a statement on Sunday that “the enemy” — a reference to…
SRINAGAR: A civilian was shot dead by unknown gunmen late Saturday during a power outage in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district, four days after terrorists killed 26 people in a meadow near the resort town of Pahalgam.Officials said Ghulam Rasool Magray, 45, was shot outside his home in Kandi Khas around 10.30pm. Suspected terrorists entered the…
Qatar announced early on Monday that an agreement has been reached to release an Israeli civilian hostage and allow Palestinians to return to northern Gaza, easing the first major crisis of the fragile ceasefire between Israel and Hamas. The statement from Qatar, a mediator in ceasefire talks, said Hamas will hand over the civilian hostage,…
US President Joe Biden spoke with Pope Francis on Saturday and awarded him the Presidential Medal of Freedom with Distinction, the nation’s highest civilian honor, the White House said. It was the first time during his four years in office that Biden awarded the medal “with distinction,” it said. Biden, 82, leaves office on January…
In the East Room of the White House, President Joe Biden presented the Presidential Medal of Freedom to 19 prominent figures in politics, sports, entertainment, civil rights, LGBTQ+ advocacy, and science. Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton received a standing ovation as she accepted her medal. She was joined by her husband, former President Bill…