India, Israel discuss avenues for cooperation in AI
Tel Aviv, June 4 (IANS) India and Israel on Thursday discussed avenues for cooperation in Artificial Intelligence (AI) with a focus on innovation and emerging technologies. The discussions were held during a meeting between India’s Ambassador to Israel, J P Singh, and Israel National AI Directorate Head Erez Askal in Tel Aviv. “Amb JP Singh […]
Italy urges Hezbollah to halt all military operations, respect govt ceasefire with Israel
Rome, June 4 (IANS) Italy’s foreign minister Antonio Tajani on Thursday called on Hezbollah to comply with a US-brokered accord between Lebanon and Israel to renew their fragile ceasefire announced in a joint statement which said the deal was “contingent on complete cessation” of attacks by the Iran-backed Shia Muslim militant group among other conditions. […]
Trump says Iran talks continuing ‘at rapid pace’ after Tehran halted negotiations over Israel’s Lebanon assault
WASHINGTON(RAHNUMA): US President Donald Trump said on Monday that talks with Iran were ongoing, despite a report that Tehran had suspended indirect negotiations with the United States to end hostilities. “Talks are continuing, at a rapid pace, with the Islamic Republic of Iran,” Trump said in a Truth Social post. Iranian state news agency Tasnim […]
Lebanon president says he will do the ‘impossible’ to stop war with Israel
BEIRUT(RAHNUMA): Lebanese President Joseph Aoun said Monday that he would do the “impossible” in order to stop the war with Israel, after a ceasefire and direct talks between the countries failed to end the fighting. Aoun’s comments came as the Israeli army carried out a series of strikes in south Lebanon, while Hezbollah said it […]
Israeli attorney general opposes appointment of next Mossad chief
JERUSALEM(RAHNUMA): Israel’s attorney general on Sunday opposed the appointment of the next head of the Mossad spy agency, due to take office in June, in a letter to the Supreme Court shared with the Israeli media. The court is due to hear multiple petitions against the appointment of Major General Roman Gofman in the coming […]
More than half of Lebanon population depends on aid: EU official
BEIRUT(RRAHNUMA): More than half of Lebanon’s population depends on humanitarian aid, a European Union official said on Friday, as Israel continues its attacks on the country despite a ceasefire in the two-month-long war with militant group Hezbollah. “At present, more than three million people, meaning more than half of the population here in Lebanon, depend […]
Lebanese president meets delegation chief ahead of direct Israel talks
BEIRUT(RAHNUMA): Lebanese President Joseph Aoun on Friday met with veteran diplomat Simon Karam, the head of the delegation headed to Washington for planned talks with Israel next week. Lebanon and Israel’s US ambassadors had previously met twice in Washington over the past weeks, in an attempt to end the war that started when Hezbollah drew […]
Israel hands demolition orders for Palestinian structures north of Jerusalem
LONDON(RAHNUMA): Israeli forces on Monday issued demolition notices for numerous residential and commercial properties during raids in the Palestinian towns of al-Ram and Kafr Aqab and the Qalandiya refugee camp north of occupied East Jerusalem. Except for the refugee camp, the areas are administered by the Israeli municipality of Jerusalem but are situated on the […]
Syria may consider ‘long-term’ talks with Israel on Golan
Antalya, Turkiye(RAHNUMA): Syrian President Ahmed Al-Sharaa on Friday said he could consider “long-term negotiations” with Israel on the disputed Golan Heights if Israel agreed to withdraw from recently occupied Syrian territories. Since the fall in December 2024 of Syrian president Bashar Assad, Israel has sent troops into a buffer zone patrolled by the UN that […]
Trump announces ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon
New York, April 16 (IANS) US President Donald Trump on Thursday announced a ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon aimed at bringing a temporary cooling-off along another front linked to the Iran conflict. He said that after speaking with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Lebanon’s President Joseph Aoun, the two sides agreed to a 10-day […]
