Over 1,000 patients have died awaiting evacuation from Gaza since July 2024: WHO
GENEVA(RAHNUMA): More than 1,000 patients have died while waiting for urgent medical evacuation from war-ravaged Gaza in the last year and a half, the World Health Organization said Friday. WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on X that the UN agency and its partners had “evacuated over 10,600 patients from Gaza with severe health conditions, […]
Hamas official says Miami talks must end Israel’s Gaza truce ‘violations’
GAZA CITY(RAHNUMA): A top Hamas official said that talks in Miami on Friday to advance the next phase of the Gaza ceasefire must aim to end Israeli truce “violations” in the Palestinian territory. US President Donald Trump’s special envoy, Steve Witkoff, is to meet senior officials from Qatar, Egypt and Turkiye in Florida on Friday, […]
Sweden summons Iran envoy after reports of citizen’s death sentence
STOCKHOLM(RAHNUMA): Sweden summoned the Iranian ambassador this week following reports that a Swedish citizen had been sentenced to death in Iran, the country’s foreign minister said on Friday. “Sweden and the EU’s position on the death penalty is very clear. We always oppose it. Everywhere and regardless of circumstances, and this is well known. On […]
Spread of Gaza famine has been averted yet strip still faces starvation, experts say
TEL AVIV(RAHNUMA): The spread of famine has been averted in Gaza yet the situation remains critical with the entire strip still facing starvation, the world’s leading authority on food crises said Friday. The new report by The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification, or IPC, comes months after the group said famine was occurring in Gaza […]
Syria welcomes lifting of US sanctions
DAMASCUS(RAHNUMA): Syria’s foreign ministry on Friday welcomed the permanent ending by the United States of the so-called Caesar sanctions, paving the way for the return of investment to the war-ravaged nation. The US Congress on Wednesday permanently ended the sanctions imposed on Syria under Bashar Assad, who was ousted in December last year. The Caesar […]
Lebanon ties ceasefire talks to return of displaced residents
BEIRUT(RAHNUMA): Lebanon has made the return of displaced residents to their border villages a prerequisite for further discussions in ceasefire mechanism talks with Israel, Arab News has learned. President Joseph Aoun instructed Lebanon’s civilian representative, former ambassador Simon Karam, to raise the return of civilians to their homes and lands in southern Lebanon as a […]
Jerusalem’s Latin Patriarch visits Gaza for Christmas
JERUSALEM(RAHNUMA): Jerusalem’s Latin Patriarch, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, arrived in Gaza Friday for Christmas Mass at the Holy Family Parish in Gaza City, which hosts the Palestinian territory’s only Roman Catholic church. The senior churchman “arrived in Gaza today for a pastoral visit to the Holy Family Parish, on the eve of the Christmas celebrations,” his […]
Rubio says US hopes talks between Lebanon and Israel lead to strong govt, Hezbollah disarmed
WASHINGTON(RAHNUMA): Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Friday the US hoped talks between Lebanese authorities and Israel would lead to a strong Lebanese government and see the Hezbollah militant group disarmed. “We are hopeful that talks between Lebanese authorities and Israelis will create outlines and a way forward that prevents further conflict,” Rubio told […]
UN declares famine over in Gaza, says ‘situation remains critical’
ROME(RAHNUA): A famine declared in Gaza in August is now over thanks to improved access for humanitarian aid, the United Nations said on Friday, but warned the food situation in the Palestinian territory remained dire. More than 70 percent of the population is living in makeshift shelters, it said, with hunger exacerbated by winter floods […]
CIE@IIIT HYD WINTER DEMO DAY SHOWCASES 13 DEEP-TECH STARTUPS
Hyderabad, Dec.19 (RAHNUMA): The Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (CIE) at IIIT Hyderabad hosted its Winter 2025 Demo Day on Thursday, showcasing 13 research-driven startups developing cutting-edge solutions across Artificial Intelligence (AI), intelligent sensing, MedTech devices, robotics, energy storage, language technologies and space systems. The startups, incubated under CIE’s Avishkar (DeepTech) Accelerator, MedTech Incubator, and […]
