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Smoke rises following an Israeli airstrike in the Gaza Strip, as seen from southern Israel, Friday, Nov. 10, 2023. (AP/PTI)

Farrukh Dhondy | The mess in Gaza: Will Israel's war create many more...

Hamas knew precisely what the October 7 atrocities would bring about.

10 Nov 2023 6:35 PM

Hamas, which rules the territory, held Ahmad Said Barhoum for several months without trial before handing him over to the family, several of whose members belong to the Islamist movement. (Photo: Representational | AP)

Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | In Hamas, has Bibi found the enemy Israel...

Hamas was not formally outlawed by the Israeli military authorities until 1989

8 Nov 2023 6:30 PM

Palestinians look for survivors under the rubble of a destroyed building following an Israeli airstrike in Khan Younis refugee camp, southern Gaza Strip, Monday, Nov. 6, 2023. AP/PTI

AA Edit | As Israel hits back in Gaza, much grief for Palestinians

As a stung Arab world says stop this madness, and sympathy for the plight of long-suffering Palestinians of the West...

6 Nov 2023 6:46 PM

Palestinians inspect the damage of a house destroyed by an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City, Saturday, Nov. 4, 2023. AP/PTI

Manish Tewari | To foil wider conflict, Israel must stop sacking of...

Is a disproportionately asymmetric conventional response to an outrage perpetrated by semi-state actors warranted?

4 Nov 2023 6:35 PM

Smoke rises following an Israeli airstrike in the Gaza Strip, as seen from southern Israel, Thursday, Nov. 2, 2023. (AP/PTI)

Farrukh Dhondy | Hamas terrorists' or militants': A word storm as Gaza...

The BBC has stubbornly refused to call the Hamas personnel terrorists . The BBC has called them militants .

3 Nov 2023 6:28 PM

Israeli army tanks move towards the Gaza Strip border in southern Israel Wednesday, Nov.1, 2023. Israeli ground forces have been operating in Gaza in recent days as Israel presses ahead with its war against Hamas militants. AP/PT

Abhijit Bhattacharyya | In hate wars' of today, no one can be a winner

The two major conflicts raging today have the distinct flavour of hate war .

1 Nov 2023 6:33 PM

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused Iran of planning attacks against the Jewish state and said everything possible would be done to prevent them. (Photo: File)

AA Edit | A judicial rap for Netanyahu

The Israeli army may have strategically decided to pull some troops from Gaza

2 Jan 2024 6:30 PM

The US ambassador in Tel Aviv is a settler and a son of a dog, Abbas said in comments to Palestinian leaders in Ramallah. (Photo: AP)

Palestinian Prez Abbas calls US envoy to Israel son of a dog'

Relations between Abbas's government and Trump's administration have broken down since the recognition of Jerusalem as...

20 March 2018 8:36 AM

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called Friday for an independent investigation into deadly clashes in Gaza between Palestinians and Israeli troops, while Security Council members urged restraint on both sides. (Photo: File)

Independent, transparent investigation: UN chief on recent clashes in...

15 people were killed and more than 750 wounded by Israeli fire as Palestinian protesters marched to Gaza's border with...

31 March 2018 10:38 AM

In 2017, the United Nations Security Council slapped three sets of sanctions on North Korea, one on August 5, another on September 11 and the most recent on December 22 focused on refined petroleum products. (Photo: File)

Israel condemned over Gaza violence by 120 countries at UN

An amendment presented by the US condemning Hamas for 'inciting violence' did not garner the required two-thirds...

14 Jun 2018 5:18 AM

India has the potential to innovate on the lines of Silicon Valley but it needs to do more for expanding the innovation ecosystem as it aspires to become a middle income country, World Bank India head Junaid Kamal Ahmad said today.

World Bank report warns Gaza Strip economy is in 'free fall'

A combination of war, isolation, and internal rivalries has left Gaza in a crippling economic state.

25 Sept 2018 8:08 AM

Israels top ally the United States said it began air-dropping aid into war-ravaged Gaza, as the Hamas-ruled territorys health ministry reported more than a dozen child malnutrition deaths. (Photo : AFP)

AA Edit | Hopes rise for truce in Gaza

Russian President Vladimir Putin threatens nuclear war if any NATO country deploys troops on Ukrainian soil

3 March 2024 6:30 PM