'Even 10 generations of terrorists cannot harm Balochistan': Pak Army Chief Asim MunirPakistan's Army Chief General Asim Munir has pledged a firm response to terrorism in Balochistan, assuring that the armed forces will defea...
16 Apr, 2025, 10.35 PM IST
History of embattled Gaza Strip, which has long been a powder kegHamas’s October 2023 attack on Israel, killing 1,200 people, led to a devastating Israeli response with over 47,000 Palestinian deaths. The...
05 Feb, 2025, 11.47 AM IST
Hamas, Fatah agree on joint committee to run post-war GazaUnder the plan, which needs Abbas's approval, the committee would be composed of 10 to 15 non-partisan figures with authority on matters re...
04 Dec, 2024, 12.34 AM IST
Hizb-ut-Tahrir: Embracing violenceHizb-ut-Tahrir (HuT), founded in Jerusalem in 1953, aims to re-establish the caliphate through non-military means and has been banned in va...
11 Oct, 2024, 11.36 PM IST
Pope Francis says two-state solution needed for Israel-PalestineIn an interview with Italian state television RAI's TG1 news channel, Pope Francis also said he hoped a regional escalation could be avoide...
02 Nov, 2023, 06.48 AM IST
Turkey's Erdogan says Hamas is not a terrorist organisationTurkish President Tayyip Erdogan has stated that Hamas is not a terrorist organization but a liberation group fighting to protect Palestini...
26 Oct, 2023, 01.04 PM IST
EU reverses earlier announcement that it was suspending development aid to PalestiniansNo immediate explanation for the reversal was given. A full European Commission statement always trumps a statement from an EU commissioner...
10 Oct, 2023, 03.07 AM IST
What is the Palestinian group Hamas?Hamas, or the Islamic Resistance Movement, is a Palestinian group that was founded in 1987 during the first Palestinian Intifada. It is bac...
07 Oct, 2023, 05.31 PM IST
Unveiling the past: How a library in Jerusalem is rescuing Palestinian manuscriptsThe Khalidi Library in Israeli-annexed east Jerusalem contains manuscripts dating back centuries before the establishment of Israel and off...
25 Jul, 2023, 09.08 AM IST
Antony Blinken says United States will aid Gaza without helping HamasBut the top U.S. diplomat faces the same obstacles that have stifled a wider peace process for more than a decade, including a hawkish Isra...
25 May, 2021, 05.04 PM IST
Israel says Europe aid funds diverted to Palestinian militant groupMoney from Switzerland, Germany, the Netherlands, the UK, Belgium, Sweden, Spain and the EU had been diverted to the Popular Front for the ...
07 May, 2021, 03.24 PM IST
Iran leader says Israel a 'cancerous tumour' to be destroyedKhamenei spoke to the nation in a 30-minute speech aired on state television, as other officials in the past gave the keynote speech. He re...
22 May, 2020, 10.21 PM IST
PM Narendra Modi pays homage to iconic Palestinian leader Yasser ArafatModi, the first Indian Prime Minister to make an official visit to Palestine, flew in a Jordanian army helicopter straight from Amman to Ra...
10 Feb, 2018, 03.22 PM IST
India's better ties with Israel could benefit PalestineOfficials in Ramallah are optimistic that India can use its enhanced leverage with Israel, and its moral standing, to lend support to the P...
10 Feb, 2018, 11.40 AM IST
2,000 evacuated from Syria's Yarmuk after IS advance: Palestinians"Around 400 families, approximately 2,000 people, were able to leave the camp on Friday and Saturday via two secure roads to the Zahira dis...
05 Apr, 2015, 03.51 PM IST
John Kerry struggles to keep Middle East peace talks on trackAbbas' office yesterday issued a press release after the meeting, saying the two leaders discussed ways to promote the peace process.
04 Jan, 2014, 03.16 PM IST
Mahinda Rajapaksa leaves for Middle East on state visitSri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa left for the Middle East on a state visit during which he will hold talks with both Palestinian and ...
04 Jan, 2014, 03.09 PM IST