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More patients, including premature babies, have reportedly died in Gaza City’s Al-Shifa hospital which has gone three days without electricity amid intensifying Israeli military operations, making a ceasefire more urgent than ever, UN humanitarians have said.
Israeli Minister of Defense Yoav Gallant Monday claimed that Hamas has lost control in Gaza more than a month after the Palestinian group launched a "surprise" attack on the nation, firing over 500 rockets.
London: James Cleverly has been named the new Interior Minister, replacing his former position as Foreign Secretary, in a major cabinet upheaval announced by British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Monday.
Unidentified men have abducted a Balochistan-based businessman Haji Naseebullah Khan Achakzai on Friday.
Opposition parties are planning large-scale protests after the Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) government has opted to raise the subsidised wheat price from Rs20 to Rs32 per kg, media reports said.
An Afghan national was shot dead in a shooting incident in Karachi city of Pakistan on Sunday.
In a major Cabinet reshuffle, British PM Rishi Sunak on Monday (November 13, 2023) removed Home Secretary Suella Braverman and even made a surprising move of bringing back his predecessor David Cameron as Foreign Secretary.
A Pennsylvania middle school counsellor has been accused of being involved in a sexual relationship with a 14-year-old student, media reports said.
A policeman was killed when some unknown militants opened fire at him in Pakistan's northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, police said on Monday.
The Israel Defence Forces (IDF) has said it killed Hamas commander Ahmed Siam, who was responsible for holding approximately 1,000 people and patients as hostages in a Gaza hospital, in an airstrike.
Internationally popular chef Gordon Ramsay has announced the birth of his sixth child and revealed his name is 'Jesse James Ramsay'.
Gaza/UNI: The Palestinian death toll from Israeli strikes on the Gaza Strip has climbed to 11,180 since the conflict started on Oct. 7.
At least five US service members were killed after an aircraft crashed during a training flight in the eastern Mediterranean Sea on Friday (November 13, 2023).
The Israel Defence Forces (IDF) said its troops have delivered 300 litres of fuel to Shifa hospital for urgent medical purposes.
UN agencies issued an urgent call for international action on Sunday to end the ongoing attacks on hospitals, as Israeli forces battle Palestinian militants in the heart of the Gaza Strip.
A crew member of an Israeli TV series Fauda was killed while serving on duty in Gaza on Friday amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas members for over one month now, media reports said on Sunday.
Senior UN officials said on Saturday there could be no justification for any “acts of war” in or around any healthcare facilities, amidst reports that Gaza’s largest hospital has come under attack by Israeli forces as they battle Palestinian militants.
A shooting at a McDonald's parking lot in the southern French port city of Marseille left two people dead and three others injured overnight, media reported on Sunday, citing police.
Colombia is emerging as one of the first nations in the world to introduce 'junk food law' which might help tackle lifestyle disease, media reports said.
Riyadh: Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, on Saturday, slammed the United States, asserting that it played a central role as the "primary instigator" and "accomplice" to Israel in the conflict with Hamas.
Three police personnel, including a station house officer (SHO), died in a terrorist attack on police in Paksitan's Kari Shah Noor area on Saturday.
Dhaka/IBNS/UNI: A total of 130 readymade garment (RMG) factories in two major industrial hubs, Savar and Ashulia, on the outskirts of Bangladesh's capital Dhaka, have suspended operations for an indefinite period due to ongoing worker protests for higher wages.
Geneva/IBNS/UNI: The World Health Organisation (WHO) has lost communication with its contacts in the largest hospital in the Gaza Strip, Al-Shifa Hospital, amid reports that the facility was facing attacks by Israel, WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Sunday.
Gaza: The Israeli military has claimed that it killed a top Hamas commander Ahmed Siam, who according to Israel Defence Forces (IDF) held almost 1,000 people and patients as hostages in a Gaza hospital, preventing them from escaping to safety.
Gaza: After the end of Israel's military offensive against Hamas, uncertainty looms over who will govern Gaza.
The European Pakistani Christian Action Committee members recently protested outside the European Parliament in France against the abuse of blasphemy laws and other discrimination against minority communities in Pakistan.
Lahore, a Pakistani city with more than 13 million people, has closed schools and public parks, malls and offices after the air quality index (AQI) this week spiked to more than 400.
Nearly 20 years of development progress could be wiped out in the Occupied Palestine Territories if the conflict between Israel and Hamas continues for a second full month, according to a UN report published on Thursday.
An Indian-origin Sikh man and his 11-year-old son were killed in an incident related to a target shooting in the Canadian city of south Edmonton, police said on Saturday (November 11, 2023).
Paris/UNI: French President Emmanuel Macron said Israel's strikes on the Gaza Strip have no reason or legitimacy and must be stopped.
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