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Lebanon’s Hezbollah movement called for a “day of rage” against Israel. (File) Dubai, United Arab Emirates: A Gaza hospital strike that killed at least 200 people has unleashed a torrent of condemnation across the Arab world, with even allies blaming Israel for the attack, despite its denials. The denunciations coincided with angry rallies in Lebanon,…
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A view of the members of Russia’s State Duma Lower House of Parliament attending a plenary session in Moscow, on October 17, 2023. | Photo Credit: Reuters The Lower House of Russia’s Parliament on October 18 gave its final approval to a Bill revoking the ratification of a global nuclear test ban treaty, a move…
I’m horrified to see the bombing of the hospital in Gaza, Malala Yousafzai said. A massive explosion ripped through a hospital in Gaza, killing over 500 people and drawing widespread condemnation globally. Israel claimed a rocket launched by Islamic Jihad (a group affiliated with Hamas) misfired and hit the hospital, while Hamas said Israel conducted…
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Four other people were arrested along with the main suspect. (Representational Pic) In an attempt to throw the police off his trail, a man in Florida placed a sign outside his house, bearing the words: “Johnny Yates does NOT live here!!” However, his efforts proved futile. Mr Yates, aged 41, faced charges of aggravated battery,…
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People inspect inside a church within the premises of Al-Ahli hospital where hundreds of Palestinians were killed in a blast that Israeli and Palestinian officials blamed on each other, and where Palestinians who fled their homes were sheltering amid the ongoing conflict with Israel, in Gaza City, October 18, 2023. | Photo Credit: Reuters Expressing…
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The PM was one of the first world leaders to term the Hamas assault on Israel a terror strike. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who was one of the first world leaders to call out the October 7 assault by Hamas on Israel as a terror attack, has condemned Tuesday’s strike on a hospital in Gaza,…
Four hospitals have already ceased functioning in Gazas north because of damage from airstrikes. For the wounded, injured and sick in Gaza, there is seemingly no escape. On Tuesday, news broke that at least 500 patients, staff and people seeking shelter from Israeli bombs had been killed in an explosion at a hospital, according to…
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Representational image only. | Photo Credit: The Hindu Biocon Limited on October 18 said the U.S. health regulator has classified as ‘official action indicated’ for the manufacturing facility of group firm Biocon Sdn Bhd at Johor, Malaysia following an inspection. The OAI (Official Action Indicated) status may cause delay and/or withholding of pending product approvals…
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Australian journalist Cheng Lei smiles after she arrives at Tullamarine Airport in Melbourne on Wednesday October 11, 2023. | Photo Credit: AP Australian journalist Cheng Lei says she spent more than three years in detention in China for breaking an embargo with a television broadcast on a state-run TV network. Ms. Cheng‘s first television interview…
The logo of British multinational oil and gas company Shell is displayed during the LNG 2023 energy trade show in Vancouver. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Qatar has agreed to supply British firm Shell with natural gas for 27 years, the Gulf emirate’s state-owned energy company announced on October 18. Qatar will supply 3.5 million…
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