Flaring – the burning of waste gas during oil drilling – is taking place across the Gulf, including by COP28 hosts the United Arab Emirates. New research suggests pollution is spreading hundreds of miles, worsening air quality across the entire region. It comes as the UAE hosts the UN’s COP28 climate summit on Thursday. The...
The US embassy has implemented modifications to the visa application process for Indian students. These changes came into effect on Monday (November 27), according to information shared by the embassy on X (formerly Twitter). These changes apply to all embassies in Indian cities. Prospective students seeking to study in the US under the F, M,...
President Joe Biden’s approval rating has declined to the lowest level of his presidency — 40% — as strong majorities of all voters disapprove of his handling of foreign policy and the Israel-Hamas war, according to the latest national NBC News poll. What’s more, the poll finds Biden behind former President Donald Trump for the first...
Amid the reported outbreak of H9N2 cases and clusters of respiratory illness in children in northern China, Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital Director Dr Ajay Shukla advised people to be careful, follow routine practices of cleanness and if there’s someone who has got this respiratory illness or infection they should try to maintain distance from other...
The release of the first group of Israeli women and children taken hostage by Hamas is – at least in part – the result of an intense campaign waged by their families. On the night of the Oct. 7 assault, during which Hamas militants killed 1,200 Israelis and kidnapped 240 others, the government of Israeli...
South Africa’s ex-Olympic runner Oscar Pistorius on Friday sought an early release from prison, a decade after killing his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, despite her mother telling his parole hearing that he had “not been rehabilitated”. Steenkamp’s mother is not opposing parole. But in a statement to the board assessing whether Pistorius should be released, June...
A four-day truce in the Israel-Hamas war has taken effect and exchange of hostages is expected to take place later today, mediator Qatar said. The four-day pause in fighting comes after nearly seven weeks of intense fighting. The ceasefire began at 10.30 am IST, while the first group of hostages will be released by Hamas...
A Qatar court has accepted India’s appeal against the death penalty to eight former Indian Navy personnel, who were handed the sentence last month in an alleged case of espionage. Sources said that the Qatari court will set a hearing date after examining the appeal. According to reports, the eight men were arrested in August 2022...
Israeli forces and Palestine’s Hamas militants began a four-day ceasefire amid the ongoing war on Friday morning, as 13 Israeli women and children hostages are expected to be released during the day. Hours before the ceasefire, officials told news agency Reuters that a hospital in Gaza was one of the targets that was bombed. Both sides have...
Qatar’s prime minister has thanked the US and Egypt for helping Qatar broker the pause in Gaza. Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani said he hoped the agreement would establish a “comprehensive and sustainable agreement” that would “put an end to the war and the bloodshed”. The prime minister also said he hoped the...