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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,...

United Nations/Jerusalem: The United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees, which has the largest UN footprint in the Gaza Strip, has warned that it is on the ‘verge of collapse’ and was even running out of body bags amidst the raging conflict between Israel and the...

United Nations: UN chief Antonio Guterres has called on Hamas to immediately release all hostages without conditions and urged Israel to allow rapid and unimpeded access to humanitarian aid for civilians in the Gaza Strip. The Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip, home to about 2.3 million people,...

Gaza: Israeli tanks have begun positioning themselves on the border fence with Gaza as the military build-up continues amid relentless bombardment of the besieged Palestinian enclave, media reports said. Tens of thousands of Palestinians have been displaced after Israel ordered 1.1 million residents of northern...

Khan Younis: Medics in Gaza warned Sunday that thousands could die if hospitals packed with wounded people run out of fuel and basic supplies, as civilians struggled to find food, water and safety ahead of an expected Israeli ground offensive in the war sparked by...

Washington: Amid escalating tension in Gaza after the Hamas attacks against Israel, US President Joe Biden on Saturday called Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Mahmoud Abbas of the Palestinian Authority as the US began moving USS Dwight D. Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group (CSG)...

Ahmedabad: India fired on all cylinders in what was supposed to be war minus the shooting, blowing away arch-rivals Pakistan by seven wickets in a World Cup face-off that ended in a damp squib after causing unbridled hysteria and logistical hassles. In what is seen...

Beirut: A Lebanese photographer was killed, and six other reporters were injured from Israeli attacks on Lebanon's southern village of Alma al-Shaab, media reported. Israeli forces attacked a vehicle carrying journalists, killing Issam Abdallah, a Lebanese photographer working for Reuters, and injuring six other reporters...