Month: May 2025

UNITED NATIONS: Starving Gazans continue to be deprived of aid as international relief efforts are being severely constrained by the Israeli authorities, the UN humanitarian affairs coordination office OCHA said…

KABUL: Afghanistan has welcomed the decision to upgrade diplomatic relations with Pakistan, where the Taliban government’s foreign minister is due to travel in the coming days, his office said on…

TEHRAN: Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Saturday that Iran considers nuclear weapons “unacceptable”, reiterating the country’s longstanding position amid delicate negotiations with the United States. Western governments have long suspected…

Israeli army has been accused of ramming a vehicle carrying Palestinian Hajj pilgrims in occupied West Bank. According to the Palestinian news agency Wafa, the car-ramming incident early on Saturday…

NEW DELHI: Indian Air Chief Marshal Amar Preet Singh has strongly criticized India’s defence manufacturing system, expressing deep frustration over repeated delays in defence projects. Singh’s remarks come in the…

NEW DELHI: Senior BJP leader and former Indian minister, Subramanian Swamy, has admitted that the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) shot down five Indian fighter jets on May 10, in retaliation…

The Presidency for Religious Affairs at the Grand Mosque and the Prophet’s Mosque has launched an ambitious global initiative to translate and broadcast this year’s Arafat Sermon (1446 AH) in…

French President Emmanuel Macron said Friday that European countries should “harden the collective position” against Israel if it does not respond appropriately to the humanitarian situation in Gaza. As the…

Far-right Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich announced Thursday the creation in the occupied West Bank of 22 new settlements, illegal under the international law. “We have made a historic decision…

WASHINGTON: Two human traffickers were sentenced Wednesday for their roles in a smuggling operation that resulted in the 2022 deaths of four Indian nationals, including a three-year-old and an 11-year-old,…