MIDDLE EAST

Netanyahu thanks PM Modi for efforts to protect Israeli representatives following blast near embassy

CAA India’s interal matter, says Israel diplomat

11:42 pm January 28, 2020

Coimbatore: With resolutions being moved in the European Parliament against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, a senior Israeli diplomat said on Tuesday that the issue is India’s internal matter. CAA and Article 370 (that was scrapped) are internal matters of India, which has every right to take a decision about its citizens, Consul General of Israel […]

Netanyahu's prospects bolstered amid Israel-Hamas fighting

Netanyahu withdraws immunity from prosecution request

7:35 pm January 28, 2020

Jerusalem: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday announced that he was withdrawing his request for parliamentary immunity in the three graft cases against him to stop the “dirty game” over the issue, paving the way for legal proceedings against him to go forward. The Israeli leader made his decision public through a Facebook Post […]

Plane crashes in eastern Afghanistan: officials

8:09 pm January 27, 2020

Ghazni (Afghanistan): A plane crashed in eastern Afghanistan’s Ghazni province Monday, officials said, but it was not immediately clear how many people were on board, or if it was a passenger or military jet. “At around 1:10 pm (0840 GMT) a plane crashed in Deh Yak district of Ghazni province. The plane is on fire […]

Syria regime forces on edge of key rebel-held town: monitor

7:24 pm January 26, 2020

Beirut: Syrian regime forces have reached the outskirts of a key city on the edge of the country’s last rebel-held stronghold, a monitor and a pro-government newspaper said Sunday. The mainly deserted city of Maaret al-Numan is a strategic prize lying on the M5 linking Damascus to Syria’s second city Aleppo, a main highway coveted […]

German military resumes training troops in northern Iraq

7:21 pm January 26, 2020

Berlin: The German military resumed training Iraqi troops in the country’s Kurdish north on Sunday, about three weeks after it was suspended following the US killing of a top Iranian general in Baghdad. The military said the commander of the international operation fighting the Islamic State group lifted the suspension. Germany resumed training in Irbil […]