New Delhi: Israel has agreed to release 50 women prisoners as part of a deal to extend a temporary truce with Hamas in Gaza, The Times of Israel reported. The Israeli government approved the list of these 50 women prisoners on X, hoping to secure the release of about 20 more Israelis who have been … Read more
TEL AVIV: Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said that Israel will resume its campaign in Gaza with full force once a temporary truce comes to an end. Netanyahu met with security forces inside the Gaza Strip on Sunday. Netanyahu spoke with soldiers and commanders and received a security briefing, according to the statement from … Read more
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud reaffirmed their commitment to preventing further spread of the Israel-Palestinian conflict when they spoke on Wednesday, the State Department said, as reported by Reuters. Blinken also welcomed Saudi Arabia’s efforts to secure a durable peace agreement in Yemen, the State … Read more
New DelhiL: As the Israeli military’s deadly assault on Gaza City continued and rockets were being fired into Israel, there were signs of hope for a deal that would secure the release of some of the hostages held by Hamas in the Palestinian territory. U.S. President Joe Biden said on Monday he believed an accord … Read more
“Folks, it’s President Biden,” said his first post on Threads. Washington: US President Joe Biden on Monday joined Threads, Meta’s social media rival to Elon Musk’s X, just days after the White House blasted the tech baron for pushing anti-Semitism. “Folks, it’s President Biden,” said his first post, which he made on his 81st birthday. … Read more
Published on Nov 20, 2023 09:26 PM IST Polls said that many Americans don’t approve of their President’s approach to the Israel-Hamas war. Only 34% Americans approve of Biden’s handling of the war in Gaza, while 56% disapprove. Biden’s handling of the crisis has reportedly come under scrutiny by his own officials. Officials have urged … Read more
WASHINGTON: In an op-ed published on Saturday, US President Joe Biden dismisses increasing ceasefire calls for Gaza, asserting that it won’t bring about peace. “As long as Hamas clings to its ideology of destruction, a cease-fire is not peace. To Hamas’s members, every cease-fire is time they exploit to rebuild their stockpile of rockets, reposition … Read more
WASHINGTON: Eleven members of the US Congress, in a letter to US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, have urged the Biden administration to withhold future US assistance to Pakistan, until the country restores constitutional order and holds free and fair elections, local media reported. The lawmakers requested a legal determination from the Department of State … Read more
US President Joe Biden and his Mexican counterpart Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Friday expressed a shared desire to tackle migration and drug trafficking, finding common ground on issues in the bilateral relationship and the 2024 US presidential election. Biden was concluding a four-day diplomatic push with China and other Pacific nations and was to … Read more
Xi Jinping said China has not “occupied a single inch of foreign land”. San Francisco: Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday claimed that his country has “not provoked a conflict or war, or occupied a single inch of foreign land”. Xi’s remarks came at a dinner on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) … Read more