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Israel Bombards Beirut: How Long Will The Proxy War Continue? | NewsX Exclusive

07 Oct 2024

In a significant escalation, the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) conducted intense strikes in Beirut, Lebanon, killing 27 people and wounding 93 in a midnight assault that marked a heightened phase in the regional conflict. For the first time, Israel also struck Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon's northern regions, targeting both...

Israel Launches Fresh Attacks On Southern Beirut, Evacuations Ordered

06 Oct 2024

At least five Israeli airstrikes struck southern Beirut late Saturday night, according to Lebanon's National News Agency (NNA). Four of the strikes struck Dahiya, while the fifth targeted Choueifat Al-Amrousieh. Israel has targeted Hezbollah sites in southern Lebanon and near Beirut, also expanding its target zone by attacking Tripoli in...

Ahead Of US Elections, ‘Asylum Restriction’ Toughen By Biden Adm

01 Oct 2024

In a major development ahead of the upcoming US presidential elections, the Joe Biden administration is hardening the asylum restrictions along the US-Mexico border, by reducing the number of asylum seekers entering the country while also ensuring strict regulations to monitor it, Al Jazeera reported. Notably, Donald Trump, the challenger...

Violence Escalating In Ecuador: Seven killed In Latest Massacre

01 Oct 2024

Ecuador has been experiencing gang-related crimes, violence and massacres in last five years. As it continues to escalates, another grim episode occurred in the western Samborondón municipality of Guayas province on Sunday. A latest massacre, part of a larger trend of escalating violence, has claimed the lives of seven people....

Who is Shigeru Ishiba? Japan’s Newly Appointed Prime Minister

27 Sep 2024

All eyes are on Shigeru Ishiba, 67, who has chosen to be Japan‘s next prime minister after winning the Liberal Democratic Party’s (LDP) leadership vote. Ishiba is set to succeed outgoing Prime Minister Fumio Kishida. Let’s delve into the profile and background of Ex-Defence Minister. He was born on February...

EAM S. Jaishankar : India Has “Difficult” History with China

25 Sep 2024

On Tuesday, September 24, Indian External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar was in New York to attend an event titled ‘India, Asia and the World’ hosted by the Asia Society and Asia Society Policy Institute. The event came just days ahead of S. Jaishankar's address to the United Nations General Assembly,...

Suicide Pod: ‘Does Not Comply’ with Swiss Law, Says Interior Minister

25 Sep 2024

A 64-year-old American women, suffering from a severe autoimmune condition, died in a controversial ‘suicide pod’ in Switzerland. Commenting on this, Switzerland’s interior minister, Élisabeth Baume-Schneider, stated that the suicide capsule does not meet product safety requirements as it uses nitrogen which is not compliant with Swiss law. Switzerland has...

Garba has been added to UNESCO’s list of Intangible Cultural Heritage

08 Dec 2023

The Indian-American community in New York is pleased that Garba has been added to UNESCO's list of Intangible Cultural Heritage. Times Square [New York], December 8: The Federation of Indian Associations (FIA) NY-NJ-CT-NE along with support from a host of community organisations and the Consulate General of India NY, held...

Need to address growing debt distress across the globe: FM Sitharaman in US

13 Apr 2023

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Wednesday that in order to address the world's mounting debt crisis, current global initiatives, particularly those of the G20, must be supplemented. On the sidelines of the Spring Meetings 2023 in Washington, Sitharaman made the remarks alongside International Monetary Fund (IMF) managing director...

24/7 gas supply to masses not possible: Pakistan minister

07 Apr 2023

Pakistan's Minister of State for Petroleum Musadik Malik stated that the country's gas supply cannot be guaranteed 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Pakistan is heavily reliant on natural gas for electricity, and with increased demand and insufficient supply, load-shedding has become a daily occurrence in the country,...