Author: Disha Mishra

JERUSALEM/CAIRO, Jan 7 (Reuters) – Hamas stood by its demand on Tuesday that Israel fully end its assault on Gaza under any deal to release hostages, and said U.S. President-elect Donald Trump was rash to say there would be “hell to pay” unless they go free by his Jan. 20 inauguration. Officials from the Islamist group and Israel have been holding talks with Qatari and Egyptian mediators in the most intensive effort for months to reach a ceasefire in Gaza. The outgoing U.S. administration has called for a final push for a deal before Joe Biden leaves office, and many…

DUBAI, Jan 7 (Reuters) – The United Arab Emirates has discussed with Israel and the United States participating in a provisional administration of post-war Gaza until a reformed Palestinian Authority is able to take charge, according to people familiar with the talks. The behind-the-scenes discussions, reported by Reuters for the first time, included the possibility of the UAE and the United States, along with other nations, temporarily overseeing the governance, security and reconstruction of Gaza after the Israeli military withdraws and until a Palestinian administration is able to take over, a dozen foreign diplomats and Western officials told Reuters. The…

A mass shooting in Queens, New York City, left ten people injured late on New Year’s Day, according to a statement from the New York Police Department during a briefing early Thursday, as reported by Reuters. Police reported, the injured in the incident outside a private events club late on Wednesday evening included six females and four males and all injured are expected to recover, as per reuters report. The incident took place when 3-4 males opened fire toward a crowd outside the club, according to the NYPD, quoted by Reuters. social media users expressing their shock at the incident…

(Forelines):At least 43 Palestinians were killed in Israeli airstrikes across the Gaza Strip on Thursday, including 11 individuals in a tent camp sheltering displaced families, according to medics, reported by Reuters. Eleven people, including women and children, were reportedly among the casualties in the Al-Mawasi district, a zone designated for civilian protection earlier in the conflict between Israel and Gaza’s ruling Hamas group, which has now entered its 15th month, as per Reuters report. Mahmoud Salah, the director general of Gaza’s police department, and his aide, Hussam Shahwan, were eliminated in the strike, as per the Hamas-run Gaza interior ministry,…

LAS VEGAS, Jan 1 (Reuters) – A Tesla Cybertruck exploded in flames outside the Trump International Hotel Las Vegas on Wednesday, killing the driver and injuring seven others, and the FBI was investigating whether the blast was an act of terrorism, officials said. The incident occurred just hours after a man drove a truck into crowds of New Year’s Day revelers in New Orleans, killing 15. The Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas is part of the Trump Organization, the company of President-elect Donald Trump, who will return to the White House on Jan. 20. Tesla (TSLA.O), CEO Elon Musk…

(CNN): In a series of videos, the suspect in the deadly New Year’s attack in New Orleans discussed planning to kill his family and having dreams that helped inspire him to join ISIS, according to multiple officials briefed on the investigation. Shamsud-Din Jabbar, the 42-year-old man who police suspect drove a pickup truck into a crowd of revelers on Bourbon Street, killing at least 15 people and injuring dozens more, made the chilling recordings while driving from his home in Texas to Louisiana, authorities believe. Jabbar, a US citizen and Army veteran who served in Afghanistan, made reference in the…

US President Joe Biden has condemned the horrific car ramming incident that took place during the New Year celebrations in New Orleans on Wednesday (US local time). In a statement released by the White House, President Biden said that he is being continually briefed since early morning by the American federal law enforcement leadership and the homeland security team, which includes the Secretary of Homeland Security Ali Mayorkas, Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco, White House Homeland Security Advisor Liz Sherwood-Randall, and the Mayor of New Orleans regarding the horrific incident that occurred. Biden confirmed that the FBI is leading the…

(ANI/TPS): Israel’s Minister of Defense announced the imposition of economic sanctions against an operation to raise funds for Hezbollah terrorists who were wounded in September’s “Operation Grim Beepers,” in which dozens of Hezbollah terrorists in Lebanon were killed when their pagers exploded. The pagers had been booby-trapped by Israeli agents. The campaign, which was run on various crowdfunding platforms, allowed donations via credit cards, bank transfers, and PayPal, and has raised tens of thousands of dollars so far. This funding was used to strengthen the organization’s activists and restore its operational capabilities. “The imposition of sanctions constitutes another significant step…

Bengaluru, India (Reuters)  — India launched its first space docking mission on Monday, on an Indian-made rocket, in an attempt to become the fourth country to achieve the advanced technological feat. The mission, called Space Docking Experiment (SpaDeX), lifted off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Andhra Pradesh state at 1630 GMT aboard the Indian Space Research Organisation’s (ISRO) “workhorse” PSLV rocket. After around 15 minutes, the mission director called the launch successful after the spacecraft reached an altitude of around 470 kilometers (292 miles). The mission is seen as pivotal for future space endeavours, including satellite servicing and the…

(Forelines): Israeli forces raided the last operational hospital in Northern Gaza, causing damage to the building and evacuating its patients and doctors, according to the CNN report. Israeli forces further detained the hospital’s director, Hussam Abu Safiya, alleging him of being a suspected “Hamas terrorist operative,” as per CNN report. In an interview to CNN, the director of Al Awda Hospital in northern Gaza, Mohammed Salha, stated that the Adwan Hospital is “totally out of service” and that his own medical facility is running out of fuel and is overwhelmed with patients despite limited supplies. “We have one surgeon who…