Author: Disha Mishra

(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…

Dozens of Hamas gunmen were killed in Israeli ambushes in the northern Gaza area of Jabaliya overnight, the Israel Defense Forces said on Monday. “Many terrorist squads were eliminated in ambushes by the forces, after they were seen fleeing with weapons in their hands,” the army said. According to the IDF, the Hamas squads were eliminated by gunfire and tank shelling. Hamas has been trying to regroup in northern Gaza. At least 1,200 people were killed, and 252 Israelis and foreigners were taken hostage in Hamas’s attacks on Israeli communities near the Gaza border on October 7. Of the 97…

Bangladesh Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Tuesday paid a rich tribute to former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who died last week. Professor Yunus visited the Indian High Commission in Dhaka and placed a floral wreath at the portrait of late PM Manmohan Singh. He also wrote a condolence message in the condolence book opened at the High Commission. India is observing a seven-day mourning for the late Prime Minister of the country. Indian High Commissioner Pranay Kumar Verma received the Chief Adviser at the High Commission at Baridhara at 11:30 am. Professor Yunus spoke briefly with the High Commissioner…

Vladimir Putin, Russia’s President on Monday extended his heartfelt greetings on Christmas and the New Year 2025 to heads of a number of foreign states and governments, according to the statement by President of Russia. “Among them are President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev, President of the Republic of Armenia Vahagn Khachaturyan, Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan, President of the Republic of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko, President of the Republic of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, President of the Kyrgyz Republic Sadyr Japarov, President of the Republic of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon, President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov, Speaker of Halk Maslahaty (People’s Council) of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev, President of the Republic of South Ossetia Alan Gagloyev, President of the Plurinational State…