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Britain’s Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. | Photo Credit: AP More than 600 British jurists, including three retired judges from the U.K. Supreme Court, are calling on the government to suspend arms sales to Israel, piling pressure on Prime Minister Rishi Sunak after the deaths of three U.K. aid workers in an Israeli strike. Britain is…
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Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal. | Photo Credit: MEA Briefing India is concerned by the Israeli attack on the Iranian diplomatic premises in Syria on April 1, the Ministry of External Affairs said in a statement on April 4. “Distressed at the escalating tensions in West Asia and their potential to fuel further…
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Smoke rises during an Israeli raid at al-Shifa hospital and the area around it, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Gaza City on March 21, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters Palestinian residents say the Israeli military has withdrawn from Gaza’s main hospital after a two-week raid, leaving behind…
Palestinians inspect the ruins of a residential building for the Abu Muammar family after an Israeli airstrike in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, Friday, March 29, 2024. | Photo Credit: AP Talks aimed at brokering a truce between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip will resume in Cairo on March 31, Egyptian outlet Al-Qahera reported,…
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The analysis released last week fuelled international concern by saying half of Gazans are feeling “catastrophic” hunger and projecting a possible famine in the territory’s north. File | Photo Credit: AP Israel hit back on Friday against a UN-backed report that warned of imminent famine in Gaza, alleging the assessment contained inaccuracies and questionable sources. The…
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US defence leaders met with Israel’s minister of defence on Tuesday as the United States warns against a ground invasion of the southern Gaza city of Rafah, but rising tensions between the two allies put any progress in question. In remarks at the start of the Pentagon meeting, Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin said they would…
French President Emmanuel Macron. File | Photo Credit: Reuters French President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that any forced transfer of people from the southern Gaza city of Rafah would constitute “a war crime”. In a telephone call between the two leaders, Mr. Macron also “strongly condemned” Israel’s announcement Friday…
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Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant said on Sunday his visit to Washington this week would focus on maintaining Israel’s military superiority in the Middle East, as fighting rages in Gaza. Gallant is expected to meet his U.S. counterpart Lloyd Austin and other senior U.S. officials, as relations between the two allies become strained over the…
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Demonstrators block a road during a protest against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government and call for the release of hostages held in the Gaza Strip by the Hamas militant group, in Tel Aviv, Israel, on March 23, 2024. | Photo Credit: AP The Hamas-run government in Gaza said Israeli fire killed 19 people as…
United Nations Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield, center, addresses a meeting of the United Nations Security Council on the war in Gaza, on U.N. headquarters. File photo | Photo Credit: AP The United States, which has repeatedly blocked calls for a truce in Gaza, will submit a draft resolution to the UN Security Council Friday on the…
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