Author: Disha Mishra
Hamas has accepted to a Gaza ceasefire proposal presented by the mediators Qatar and Egypt two days ago, the Palestinian militant group’s chief stated on Saturday. “Two days ago, we received a proposal from the mediators in Egypt and Qatar. We dealt with it positively and accepted it,” stated by Khalil al-Hayya in a televised speech. “We hope that the (Israeli) occupation will not undermine (it),” stated by Khalil al-Hayya, head of Hamas negotiating team in indirect talks aimed at secure a truce in the Hamas-Israel conflict in Gaza that began in October 2023. On Thursday, Security sources said Reuters…
According to scientists, Previous year was Ukraine’s worst year for wildfires in over three decades of record-keeping, as shelling along front lines in the conflict with Russia triggered an unprecedented number of blazes. Forest fires in Ukraine in 2024 burnt more than twice the area destroyed by fire in the entire 27-country European Union in 2024, the EU’s Joint Research Centre – its independent science research service – said in a report published this week. Satellite data showed nearly 9,000 fires torched a total of 965,000 hectares in Ukraine in 2024. Ukraine has around 10 million hectares, or 100,000 sq…
(Forelines) – New Delhi and Bejing will have issues in the “foreseeable future” but there are paths to address them without getting into a war, India’s foreign minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar stated on Wednesday. The two nations in October reached an agreement regarding patrolling along their Himalayan border, thawing a standoff that started in 2020 when 20 Indian and four Chinese troops were killed in clashes. The conflict impacted multiple aspects of bilateral relations, from air travel to trade and technology. “We know that, between India and China…at least in the foreseeable future, there will be issues, but there are ways…
Syria’s President Ahmed al-Sharaa has a lot to prove to win over Western powers. If the first few weeks of his rule are anything to go by, he may be heading in the wrong direction. The West is watching Syria’s leaders closely to ensure they rein in the Islamist jihadis who killed hundreds of Alawites, create an inclusive government with effective institutions, maintain order in a country fractured by years of civil war and prevent a resurgence of Islamic State or al Qaeda. To hammer home the message, three European envoys made clear in a March 11 meeting with Foreign…
The United States reached separate deals on Tuesday with Ukraine and Russia to pause their attacks at sea and against energy targets, with Washington agreeing to push to lift some sanctions against Moscow. While it was not clear when or how the Black Sea maritime security deals would start, the agreements are the first formal commitments by the two warring sides since President Donald Trump’s inauguration. Trump is pushing for an end to the war in Ukraine and a rapid rapprochement with Moscow that has alarmed Kyiv and European countries. The U.S. agreement with Russia goes further than the agreement…
Valery Gerasimov, the chief of Russia’s general staff, has inspected Russian forces in the combat zone in Ukraine, on Friday, state news agency TASS stated, quoting the defence ministry.
Britain’s Heathrow Airport was shut on Friday after a huge fire at a nearby electrical substation wiped out its power, disrupting flight schedules around the world. Around 70 firefighters were tackling the blaze in the west of London, which led to a mass power outage at Heathrow, Europe’s busiest and the world’s fifth-busiest airport, and also knocked out its back-up power system. Huge orange flames and plumes of black smoke could be seen shooting into the sky. Around 150 people were evacuated from nearby buildings and thousands of properties were without power. The fire brigade said the cause of the…
The Sudanese army seized full control of the Presidential Palace in Khartoum on Friday, Sudan state TV and military sources said, in one of the most significant advances in a two-year-old conflict threatening to fracture the country. The Sudanese army seized full control of the Presidential Palace in Khartoum on Friday, Sudan state TV and military sources said, in one of the most significant advances in a two-year-old conflict threatening to fracture the country. The army was conducting search operations in areas around the palace in pursuit of members of the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), the sources said. ntermittent…
Israeli strikes killed at least 20 Palestinians in Gaza on Wednesday, local health workers said, as the Israeli military unleashed more bombardments of the enclave and ordered residents to evacuate combat zones. The United Nations said a foreign staffer was killed and five other workers were wounded in an Israeli airstrike on the site of a U.N. headquarters in central Gaza City. Jorge Moreira da Silva, Executive Director of the U.N. office for Project Services, said: “Israel knew that this was a U.N. premises, that people were living, staying and working there, it is a compound. It is a very…
Six migrants have killed and 40 are missing following a shipwreck off the Italian island of Lampedusa late on Tuesday, according to main news agency of Italy ANSA and other media reports on wednesday. Italian coast guard vessels have so far rescued 10 people and resumed the search for any other survivors early on Wednesday, ANSA and other news agencies reported. The Italian coast guard did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for confirmation of the reports. The survivors told rescuers that many among a group of 56 migrants fell into the water due to bad weather after setting…