Gaza death toll rises to 34,356 amid Israel’s Rafah operation concerns
Gaza, April 27 (IANS) The Palestinian death toll in the Gaza Strip from ongoing Israeli attacks has risen to 34,356, the Hamas-run Health Ministry has said. The ministry said on Friday that the Israeli army killed 51 Palestinians and wounded 75 others during the past 24 hours, bringing the total death toll to 34,356 and […]
Israeli minister injured in car crash
Jerusalem, April 27 (IANS) Israel’s National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir was lightly injured after his car ran a red light on Friday afternoon in the county’s central city of Ramla. Ben-Gvir’s black vehicle flipped over in an intersection while another car was smashed in front, Xinhua news agency reported, citing Israeli media and a video […]
Explosions heard across Ukraine amid missile attacks
Kiev, April 27 (IANS) Explosions were heard in several Ukrainian regions late on Friday amid Russian missile attacks, local media outlets reported. In particular, blasts have rocked Ukraine’s central Vinnytsia region and the western Ivano-Frankivsk region, the government-run Ukrinform news agency said. Several explosions also rattled Ukraine’s eastern city of Kharkiv, Xinhua news agency reported, […]
Mexican President urges US to stop issuing human rights report
Mexico City, April 27 (IANS) Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has reiterated his request that the US government stop issuing the report evaluating the human rights situation in several countries, considering it a violation of sovereignty. “It violates the sovereignty of any people, of any country, we are independent,” Lopez Obrador told his daily […]
Israel demands release of at least 33 hostages to prevent Rafah attack (Ld)
Tel Aviv, April 27 (IANS) Israel has demanded the release of at least 33 hostages by Hamas to prevent the planned attack on the city of Rafah in the south of the Gaza Strip. Sources in the Israeli Defence Ministry told IANS that the demand was put forward by Mossad chief David Barnea before the […]
Hamas announces openness to any proposals for a permanent ceasefire
Gaza, April 27 (IANS) Hamas has reportedly announced its openness to any ideas or proposals for a permanent ceasefire in the Gaza Strip. The group said in a statement on Friday that Hamas is “open to any ideas or proposals that take into account the needs and rights of our people”, Xinhua news agency reported. […]
Israel gives hostage deal ‘last chance’ before Rafah attack: Reports
Tel Aviv, April 27 (IANS/DPA) Israel sees the latest efforts to achieve a ceasefire and a hostage deal in the Gaza war as a “last chance” before the planned attack on the city of Rafah in the south of the Gaza Strip, according to media reports. According to a senior Israeli official, the talks between […]
South Korean PM again appeals medical professors to stay with patients
Seoul, April 27 (IANS) In another conciliatory gesture, South Korean Prime Minister Han Duck-soo pleaded with medical professors on Friday to remain at their workplaces and with their patients, as they are considering taking weekly breaks in support of the ongoing walkout by junior doctors. The country’s 13,000 trainee doctors have been on strike through […]
Charges dropped against 57 arrested amid pro-Palestinian student protests
Houston, April 27 (IANS) All charges have been dropped against the 57 people who were arrested during a pro-Palestinian protest on the campus of the University of Texas, Austin, the Travis County attorney’s office confirmed. All charges were about criminal trespassing, and lacked probable cause, said the office on Friday, Xinhua news agency reported. County […]
Four killed in drone attack on gas field in Iraq
Baghdad, April 27 (IANS) Four people were killed in a drone attack on a gas field in Iraq’s Kurdistan region, prompting condemnation from both regional and federal authorities. Peshawa Hawramani, the spokesperson for the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG), said in a statement that the strike killed four Yemeni nationals working in the field and inflicted […]
