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Palestinian flee from Khan Yunis to Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip after the Israeli army called on people to leave certain areas in the city, as battles between Israel and Hamas militants continue. (Photo by MAHMUD HAMS / AFP)

Israel orders evacuations, but Palestinians are running out of places...

Aid workers warned that the mass movement would worsen the already dire humanitarian catastrophe in the territory

5 Dec 2023 7:44 AM IST

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Melonis selfie with Prime Minister Narendra Modi (X.com/@GiorgiaMeloni)

Good friends at COP28: Italian PM Giorgia Meloni posts selfie with PM...

Dubai: Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni posted a selfie with Prime Minister Narendra Modi taken during their...

2 Dec 2023 7:13 AM IST

Israeli flares light the sky above Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip, on December 1, as fighting resumed after the expiration of a seven-day truce between Israel and Hamas militants. (Photo by SAID KHATIB / AFP)

Israeli airstrikes on Gaza resume minutes after weeklong truce with...

In Israel, sirens warned of incoming rockets at several communal farms near Gaza, a sign that militants also restarted...

2 Dec 2023 7:02 AM IST

UAE President Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan and United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres received him at the venue of the 28th edition of the climate change conference that began on Thursday and will run till December 12. ANI

PM Modi arrives at COP28 Leadership Pavilion; UAE President, UN Chief...

Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan and PM Modi greeted each other with a hug. The two leaders then proceeded to meet...

1 Dec 2023 2:50 PM IST

The diaspora members were heard chanting Modi, Modi, and raised slogans of Abki Baar Modi Sarkar and Vande Mataram. ANI

Modi, Modi!': Indian diaspora welcomes PM Modi in UAE with cheers

PM Modi was seen shaking hands with diaspora members outside the hotel. The members further greeted him by presenting a...

1 Dec 2023 9:53 AM IST

Palestinian activist Ahed Tamimi, center, is supported by her mother after she was released from prison by Israel, in the West Bank town of Ramallah. (AP/PTI)

Truce in Israel-Hamas war extended by a day, minutes before it was set...

The Qatari Foreign Ministry said the truce was being extended under the same terms as in the past

30 Nov 2023 12:43 PM IST

A Palestinian prisoner hugs his relatives after being released from an Israeli jail in exchange for Israeli hostages released by Hamas from the Gaza Strip, in Ramallah in the occupied West Bank (Photo by Kenzo TRIBOUILLARD / AFP)

Truce between Israel and Hamas extended for two days, Hamas free more...

The extension came as 11 more hostages were freed from Gaza, along with the release of another 33 Palestinian prisoners

28 Nov 2023 9:30 AM IST

Elon Musk to meet Israeli president, Gaza hostage families on Monday

Elon Musk to meet Israeli president, Gaza hostage families on Monday

JERUSALEM: Tech entrepreneur Elon Musk, accused by civil rights groups of amplifying anti-Jewish hatred on his X social...

27 Nov 2023 10:49 AM IST

A crowd surrounds a Red Cross bus carrying Palestinians prisoners released from Israeli jails in exchange for hostages released by Hamas from the Gaza Strip, in Ramallah in the occupied West Bank (Photo by Fadel SENNA / AFP)

Israel-Hamas truce enters final day with talk of extension

The pause that began Friday has seen dozens of hostages freed, with over 100 Palestinian prisoners released by Israel in...

27 Nov 2023 8:22 AM IST

A vehicle carrying Israeli hostages released by Hamas from the Gaza Strip arrives at the Sheba Medical Center in Ramat Gan (Photo by JACK GUEZ / AFP)

Hamas releases second set of hostages after hours-long delay

Prison authorities in Israel said they in turn released 39 Palestinian detainees including Israa Jaabis, sentenced to 11...

26 Nov 2023 8:49 AM IST

A member of Al-Qassam Brigades helping a hostage out of a car before handing them over to officials from the International Committee of the Red Cross in Gaza, ahead of their transfer to Israel. (AFP)

Hamas releases 13 Israelis, 10 Thais and one Filipino on first day of...

39 women and children detained in Israeli jails had been freed under a deal to exchange hostages seized by Hamas for...

25 Nov 2023 7:20 AM IST

Trucks carrying humanitarian aid enter the Gaza Strip via the Rafah crossing with Egypt, hours after the start of a four-day truce in battles between Israel and Palestinian Hamas militants (Photo by SAID KHATIB / AFP)

Truce begins in Israel-Hamas war, sets stage for release of Gaza-held...

The halt in fighting promised some relief for Gaza's 2.3 million people, who have endured weeks of Israeli bombardment

24 Nov 2023 1:10 PM IST