Sohini Sarkar

Explaining why it took “so long” to get foreign nationals out, the US official said Hamas conditioned the release of foreigners on wounded Palestinians being able to exit as well

The Marcus National Blood Services Center in Ramla, had been scheduled to open within days, but with more than 1,400 people in Israel killed since the Hamas raids, most killed during the initial attack, the timeline changed. The facility is protected from rockets, missiles, chemical attacks

Blinken is due to hold talks with foreign ministers of Qatar, Jordan, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, and the chair of the PLO executive committee. All parties have denounced Israel’s tactics against Hamas, which they say constitutes unlawful collective punishment of Palestinians

The conversations with Ukraine come amid concerns among US and European officials that the war has reached a stalemate and also about the West's ability to continue providing aid to Ukraine. Russia currently controls about 17.5% of Ukraine's internationally recognised territory

Such talks take years before countries meet extensive legal and economic criteria to join, and the bloc is not willing to take in a country at war. But advancing Western integration is a top priority for Ukraine, where troops face battle fatigue and concerns arise over the future of US military aid

The measure is aimed at fundamentally easing the tilted playing field between institutional and retail investors. Short-selling involves selling borrowed shares to buy back at a lower price and pocketing the difference

A suffocating blanket of toxic smog continued to cloak Delhi today, prompting doctors to raise concerns about the growing number of respiratory and eye ailments among children and the elderly

China’s statement comes as Israel increases its military offensive against the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas. China took over the rotating presidency of the UNSC last week

Ukraine's air force said on Tuesday that it had destroyed a major Russia landing ship stationed in the Crimean waters, after the Russian-installed

Founder president of YSR Telangana Occasion and sister of Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Jagan Mohan Reddy, YS Sharmila, can be becoming a member of the Congress this week. File Picture.