The State Department is weighing giving $500 million to the new foundation providing aid to war-shattered Gaza, according to two knowledgeable sources and two former US officials, a move that would involve the US more deeply in a controversial aid effort that has been beset by violence and chaos. The sources and former US officials,…
The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday let President Donald Trump’s administration revoke the temporary legal status of hundreds of thousands of Venezuelan, Cuban, Haitian and Nicaraguan migrants living in the United States, bolstering the Republican president’s drive to step up deportations. The court put on hold Boston-based U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani’s order halting the…
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…
Mehbooba Mufti (File photo/ PTI) NEW DELHI: Jammu and Kashmir opposition leader Mehbooba Mufti on Tuesday called the central government’s move to deport Pakistani nationals in the aftermath of the Pahalgam terror attack a “humanitarian concern” and urged the Centre to adopt a “compassionate approach“.“The recent government directive to deport all Pakistani nationals from India…
Israel on Sunday stopped the entry of all goods and supplies into the Gaza Strip. However, it was not confirmed if the supply of aid had been completely halted. The office of the Israeli Prime Minister did not give any details on the decision but warned of “additional consequences” if Hamas does not accept what…
The United Nations announced on Monday that it was suspending all humanitarian operations in a large Houthi-controlled area in northern Yemen in response to the arbitrary detention of its staff, which it said created hostile conditions for aid work. The U.N. secretary general, António Guterres, made the decision because the Houthis detained eight more U.N….
NEW DELHI: Days after his visit to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Delhi, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday wrote letters to Delhi chief minister Atishi and Union health minister JP Nadda, urging immediate intervention to address the dire conditions faced by patients outside the facility. In his letter to Atishi,…
Joe Biden led US presidents and other world leaders in paying tribute Sunday to Jimmy Carter who died aged 100. “Today, America and the world lost an extraordinary leader, statesman and humanitarian,” President Biden said in a statement released by the White House. “He saved, lifted and changed the lives of people all across the…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Nigerian President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in Abuja (X/@narendramodi) NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Modi announced a 20-ton humanitarian aid package to assist relief efforts in flood-hit Nigeria, which claimed the lives of over 300 people. He expressed condolences to Nigeria during his meeting with Nigerian President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in Abuja…