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A Qatar court has handed the death penalty to eight former Indian Navy personnel, a verdict that was described as "deeply shocking" by India as it vowed to explore all legal options in the case. The eight Indians were arrested in August last year in an alleged case of espionage for Israel and have since been in solitary confinement. India, reacting to the development, said that it is attaching

US forces struck two Iran-backed military facilities in Eastern Syria, the Pentagon said, warning the U.S. will take additional measures if attacks by Iran's proxies continue. The strikes were ordered by President Biden in response to surging attacks on US personnel and bases in Syria and Iraq this week. U.S. forces have been hit more than a dozen times in Iraq and Syria in the past week by what

Palestinian Ambassador to the United Nations Riyad Mansour has told a special session of the UN General Assembly that more than 7,000 civilians have been killed by Israel’s ferocious bombardment since October 7th, with 3,000 children among the casualties. "Seven thousand Palestinians have been killed by Israel in the last almost three weeks. Seventy percent of all those killed are women and

Candidates in Karnataka will be allowed to wear hijabs to competitive and recruitment-related exams, state higher education minister M C Sudhakar has said. Sudhakar's comments came after a meeting held on Sunday to discuss the State Education Policy and the issue of filling vacancies, when he said, "The hijab issue was not part of the discussion." "Some want to raise objections to small things

Israeli warplanes have carried out new strikes against the besieged Gaza Strip, bombarding areas near three hospitals. According to Palestinian media reports, the early Monday attacks struck near Gaza City's Shifa and al-Quds hospitals, and also near the Indonesian Hospital, in the northern part of the territory. It was not immediately clear whether the first two hospitals were damaged in the

The Israeli occupation forces have stepped up strikes on Gaza which is suffering a "catastrophic" humanitarian situation as the Palestinian death toll has neared 5000. Some 400 Palestinians killed by Israeli air attacks on Gaza in the last 24 hours, according to Palestinian health officials. Israel bombarded residential areas in Gaza including the densely populated Jabalia refugee camp and

Pacer Mohammad Shami became the first Indian bowler to pick two five-wicket hauls in ICC ODI World Cups when he removed Daryl Mitchell during Sunday’s match against New Zealand at the Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association (HPCA) Stadium in Dharamsala. He is now the ninth bowler overall to take two fifers in ODI World Cups. This also becomes the seventh instance of an Indian bowler picking a fifer

The brutal war waged by bloodthirsty Israeli occupation force against the defenceless innocent civilians of besieged Gaza strip has claimed lives of at least 1,661 children in last two weeks, according to Defense for Children International – Palestine (DCIP). In a press statement, DCIP pointed out that the number of fatalities, including children, in Gaza is not final, given the fact there are

India on Sunday sent humanitarian aid to strife-torn Palestinians in the Gaza Strip amid the ongoing Israeli aggression against helpless civilians including children and women. Nearly 6.5 tonnes of medical aid and 32 tonnes of disaster relief material have been sent to Palestine, which will reach the country via Egypt. Taking to X (formerly Twitter), External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Arindam

The Palestinian Hamas resistance movement says Israel has refused to receive two more captives the movement had decided to release on solely humanitarian grounds. Speaking on Saturday, Abu Ubaida, the spokesman for Hamas' military wing, al-Qassam Brigades, said in a brief statement that the movement had informed Qatar that it intended to release two more female captives "for compelling