Whoever said history repeats itself was not talking about Trump 2.0 and Iran. In 2018, during his previous term, Donald Trump unilaterally withdrew from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) meant to restrain Iran from developing atomic weapons, calling it “the worst possible deal”. He further imposed a “maximum pressure” policy that led to … Read more
A New York City doctor has been fired after posting “Long Live Hamas & Hezbollah” online and making statements denying atrocities by the militant groups. Lila Abassi, an assistant professor of medicine at Mount Sinai’s Upper East Side hospital, was let go earlier this month after a probe into her controversial social media activity, a hospital … Read more
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that Israel’s intensified military pressure on Hamas in Gaza has been effective, stressing the Palestinian group must lay down its arms. “We are negotiating under fire… We can see cracks beginning to appear” in what the group demanded in its negotiations, Netanyahu told a cabinet meeting. Netanyahu’s remarks … Read more
Jerusalem: Hamas’s armed wing has released a video showing an Israeli hostage, Elkana Bohbot, pleading for his release. Bohbot, who was abducted from a music festival in southern Israel during Hamas’s October 7, 2023, attack, appears in the footage calling on the Israeli government to secure his freedom. The footage, approved for publication by his … Read more
New Delhi: Ranjini Srinivasan, the 37-year-old Indian PhD student in the US who self-deported to Canada after her student visa was revoked for allegedly being a “terror sympathizer”, opened up about her ordeal today. She even said that she feels ‘betrayed’ by her alma mater – the renowned Columbia University. Ms Srinivasan has been accused … Read more
Gaza City: Hamas said an Israeli air strike killed one of its official spokesmen in Gaza on Thursday, the latest high-ranking operative targeted since Israel resumed its bombardment. The group said in a statement it mourned the loss of Abdul Latif al-Qanou who was killed in what it called a “direct” strike on a tent … Read more
Gaza: Hundreds of Palestinians took to the streets in northern Gaza to take part in the largest anti-Hamas protest since the war with Israel began, calling for an end to the ongoing conflict and demanding that the group step down from power. The demonstrations took place in Beit Lahia in the northern part of the … Read more
Jerusalem: Hamas’s armed wing released a video on Monday showing two Israeli hostages held in Gaza since the Palestinian militants’ attack on Israel on October 7, 2023. The roughly three-minute video, whose exact recording date could not be verified, shows the two men sitting on the floor speaking in Hebrew to the camera, addressing a … Read more
While major powers of the world are either engaged in or worried about the two ongoing wars between Russia and Ukraine and Israel and Hamas, there are other theatres in the equally important geographies of Central Asia and the Caucasus that deserve attention and even kudos for progressing with peace. These regions have been facing … Read more
Unlike many families who blame Israel’s government for not getting their loved ones released from captivity in Gaza, Adi Alexander is hesitant to point fingers. Pragmatic and measured, the father of the last living American being held hostage by Hamas just wants his son to come home. “I don’t want to get into who came … Read more
Israeli military said on Friday it killed the head of Hamas’ military intelligence in southern Gaza. Jerusalem: The Israeli military said on Friday it killed the head of Hamas’ military intelligence in southern Gaza on Thursday. In a statement, the military named the Hamas leader as Osama Tabash. It said he was also the head … Read more
Gaza City: Hamas on Thursday called on Arab and Muslim nations to take urgent action to halt Israel’s renewed offensive on Gaza, saying they had a “direct moral and political responsibility” to “end the genocide”. Israel resumed its air campaign early Tuesday with a wave of deadly strikes, shattering a relative calm that had pervaded … Read more