Washington, Feb 27 (IANS) Amidst escalating tension in the Middle East, the U.S. State Department on Friday authorised the departure of non-emergency government personnel and their families from Israel, even as it retained its Level 3 advisory urging Americans to “Reconsider Travel” to Israel and the West Bank. In an updated Travel Advisory, the Department said it had “authorised the departure of non-emergency U.S. government personnel and family members of U.S. government personnel from M…
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Washington, Feb 27 (IANS) US Secretary of State Marco Rubio will travel to Israel from March 2-3, the State Department said on Friday shortly after Prime Minister Narendra Modi concluded his historic visit to the country.”Secretary of State Marco Rubio will travel to Israel from March 2-3, 2026,” Tommy Pigott, Principal Deputy Spokesperson of the State Department, said, outlining the purpose of the trip.He added: “The US Secretary of State will discuss a range of regional priorities, including I…
Hyderabad, Feb 27 (IANS) AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi on Friday alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ‘love’ for Israel is based on ideology.The Hyderabad MP claimed that the ideology of both Zionists and Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) is based on hatred.Owaisi slammed the Prime Minister for his statement that India stands firmly with Israel and said his open support for the ‘genocidal regime’ of Israel is not in the national interest.The AIMIM chief was speaking at the Ja…
Bareilly, Feb 25 (IANS) All India Muslim Jamaat President Maulana Shahabuddin Razvi Barelvi has backed Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra for raising the Gaza-Palestine issue, while cautioning that Prime Minister Narendra Modi should have avoided meeting his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu amid allegations of corruption and ongoing international court proceedings.Talking to IANS, Maulana Razvi said: “The way Priyanka Gandhi raised the Gaza-Palestine issue is absolutely corre…
New Delhi, Feb 25 (IANS) The BJP on Wednesday called out Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra for what the party described as “selective outrage” over the Israel-Gaza conflict, claiming that one might carry a “fake Gandhi surname” but that would not ensure “conviction and the courage”.BJP National Spokesperson Gaurav Bhatia came down heavily on Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, calling her “female Ghajini of Indian politics” while recalling the Congress MP’s Palestine bag to Parliament moment and bashing her …
New Delhi, Feb 25 (IANS) Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Wednesday expressed hope that Prime Minister Narendra Modi would raise the issue of the “genocide of thousands of innocent men, women, and children” in Gaza during his upcoming visit to Israel and demand justice for them. Taking to social media platform X, Priyanka Gandhi wrote, “I hope that the Hon Prime Minister Narendra Modi ji mentions the genocide of thousands of innocent men, women and children in Gaza while addressing the Kne…
Tel Aviv, Feb 23 (IANS) While Turkey has emerged as one of the most vocal international advocates on Gaza in recent years, its silence on the abuses of Uyghurs by Chinese authorities is deafening – a striking irony that cannot be ignored, a report highlighted on Monday. It added that in China’s Xinjiang region, Uyghurs – the Turkic-Muslim people whom Turkish President Erdogan once called victims of “genocide” – endure mass detention, forced labour, pervasive surveillance, restrictions on…
Kabul, Feb 22 (IANS) Pakistan’s military establishment is providing radical Islamist groups like Hamas and the Muslim Brotherhood operational space, enabling support for local terror outfits, including Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM), and seeking backing from Islamic nations on Gaza and Kashmir. However, this convergence increases the risks of “miscalculation, ideological spillover, and proxy entanglement” across two already “volatile” regions of South Asia and the Mid…
New Delhi, Feb 21 (IANS) The Jaish-e-Mohammed is on overdrive mode where its women’s wing is concerned. The outfit has been recruiting young women, who in turn will be deployed in nightclubs, bars, and pubs that are owned by Indians in different parts of the world, the agencies have learnt.These women are being trained to carry out attacks in these places that are owned by Indians. While bars, pubs and nightclubs in India are being identified, Jaish-e-Mohammed is in the process of zeroing in o…
Beirut, Feb 21 (IANS) Three commanders from the Lebanese Hezbollah group and eight others were killed, with 35 more were injured, in a series of Israeli airstrikes on eastern Lebanon on Friday, according to official and Lebanese security sources. Lebanon’s official National News Agency (NNA) reported a preliminary toll, stating that over 10 individuals had died and more than 30 were wounded in the airstrike on a building in Riyaq, eastern Lebanon.A source from the Lebanese Civil Defence told Xin…