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The director of the New York office of the UN high commissioner for human rights has left his post, protesting that the UN is “failing” in its duty to prevent what he categorizes as genocide of Palestinian civilians in Gaza under Israeli bombardment and citing the US, UK and much of Europe as “wholly complicit in the horrific assault”. Craig Mokhiber wrote on 28 October to the UN high commissioner

At least 400 Palestinians, mostly women and children, have been killed and injured after Israeli airstrikes hit the Jabaliya refugee camp in the Gaza Strip, amid the regime’s ongoing bombing campaign against the besieged territory. Gaza’s health ministry announced the death toll on Tuesday. The Palestinian interior ministry also said the strikes had left 400 dead or wounded in total. Iyad al-Bazum

The Israeli military says it attacked about 300 targets in the Gaza Strip over the past 24 hours, as the regime’s brutal aggression against the besieged enclave rages on. In a statement released on Tuesday, October 31, the Israeli army claimed that the targets included anti-tank guided missile and rocket launch positions, as well as tunnel entrances and military compounds belonging to the

Bengaluru: The chief minister Siddaramaiah-led Karnataka government has announced the list of Kannada Rajyotsava Award winners for the year 2023. Former journalist Dinesh Amin Mattu and philanthropist Charmadi Hasanabba are among the 68 personalities who will be awarded Rajyotsava Award on November 1 as the state is celebrating 50 years of its naming. Muslim Educational Institutions Federation

Mangaluru: Highland Islamic Forum (HIF India) on Friday 27th October, honoured motivational speaker Munawar Zama with the HIF Global Youth Icon Award here at the TMA Pai Hall in the city. Munawar Zama was in the city to deliver a talk for youths and parents organised by HIF India. The recognition was presented by UT Khader, Speaker of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly, after Zama’s address to

At least seven Opposition Members of Parliament said on October 31, 2023, that they received a warning from Apple that “State-sponsored attackers may be targeting” their iPhones. Shiv Sena (Uddhav faction) MP Priyanka Chaturvedi, Trinamool Congress’ Mahua Moitra, Congress’ Pawan Khera and Shashi Tharoor, CPI(M) Sitaram Yechury, AAP’s Raghav Chadda and AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi are among those

The Palestinian resistance group Hamas has released a video that shows three hostages held in the besieged Gaza Strip, drawing condemnation from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The video was released on Monday by the armed wing of Hamas, the Qassam Brigades. The women who appear in the video are likely to have done so under duress. In the video clip, three women are sitting side by side

Israeli troops and tanks pushed deeper into Gaza on Monday advancing on two sides of the territory’s main city as one of its soldiers held captive by Hamas fighters, was released. The UN and medical staff warned that airstrikes have hit closer to hospitals where tens of thousands of Palestinians have sought shelter alongside thousands of wounded. The military said a female soldier captured during

India's External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar on Monday (Oct 30) met with families of 8 Indian expatriates who have been sentenced to death in Qatar on charges of spying for Israel. In the meeting with the family members, Jaishankar said that all efforts will be made by the government to secure the release of the detained Indians. After meeting the family members of those detained in Qatar

Israeli warplanes have conducted airstrikes on areas close to the largest hospital in the Gaza Strip, as the regime’s genocidal war on the besieged enclave enters its 23rd day. Citing eyewitnesses, the Associated Press reported on Sunday that the aerial assaults hit areas near Shifa Hospital, which is filled with patients and tens of thousands of people seeking shelter. The strikes, the report