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Toronto/New Delhi: Canada has withdrawn 41 diplomats from India after it threatened to strip them of their diplomatic immunity by Friday, Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly has said, amid a diplomatic row over the killing of a Sikh separatist. Canada has also announced that it...

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Thursday spoke to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to convey condolences over the loss of civilian lives in an attack on the Al Ahli hospital in Gaza and assured him that India will continue to send humanitarian assistance for the...

Jerusalem: The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has notified the families of 203 hostages in Gaza who were taken captive after the October 7 Hamas attack, the military said Thursday. Addressing a press conference, IDF spokesman Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari said the military could not be...

Jerusalem: Israel's wartime cabinet has decided that it will allow passage of basic humanitarian aid from Egypt to the besieged Gaza Strip. Israeli Prime Minister's Office announced Wednesday in a statement that "Israel will not obstruct humanitarian supplies from Egypt as long as they consist...

Tel Aviv: US President Joe Biden Wednesday said he supports a two-state solution so that Israel and the Palestinian people can both live safely and securely in dignity and in peace as he announced USD 100 million for humanitarian aid in the war-torn Gaza and...

Tel Aviv: Visiting US President Joe Biden Wednesday told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that the deadly bombing of a hospital in Gaza City appears that it was 'done by the other team'. Biden, who arrived in Tel Aviv earlier in the day marking an...

Khan Younis (Gaza Strip): A massive blast rocked a Gaza City hospital packed with wounded and other Palestinians seeking shelter Tuesday, killing hundreds of people, the Hamas-run Health Ministry said. Hamas blamed an Israeli airstrike, while the Israeli military blamed a rocket misfired by other...

New Delhi: A five-judge constitution bench of the Supreme Court Tuesday unanimously refused to accord legal recognition to same-sex marriage under the Special Marriage Act, ruling that it is within Parliament's ambit to change the law for validating such union. The top court, however, recognised...

New Delhi: It is for Parliament to change the Special Marriage Act and the court can't make law but only interpret it, Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud said Tuesday while pronouncing verdict on 21 pleas seeking legal validation for same-sex marriage. Four separate verdicts will...

Jerusalem: The Israeli military says Hamas and other Palestinian militants are holding 199 hostages in Gaza — higher than previous estimates. Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari, a military spokesman, said Monday that the families have been notified. He did not specify whether that number includes foreigners,...