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In a move to boost tourism, Thailand is set to waive off visa requirements for travellers coming from India as well as Taiwan from the coming month to May 2024, said a government official in a statement on Tuesday  Arrivals from India and Taiwan can enter Thailand for 30 days,” spokesperson Chai Wacharonke said. Thailand had scrapped visa requirements for...

Israeli ground forces pushed deeper into Gaza on Monday, advancing in tanks and other armored vehicles on the territory’s main city and freeing a soldier held captive by Hamas militants. The Israeli Prime Minister rejected calls for a ceasefire as airstrikes landed near hospitals where thousands of Palestinians are sheltering beside the wounded. The military said a soldier captured during...

In a stern warning to Hamas, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday said that “though Israel did not start this war” but “will finish it”. As part of its retaliation against Hamas, Israel has mobilised 3,00,000 troops. This is the largest mobilisation since the 1973 Yom Kippur War when Israel called up 400,000 reservists, Times of Israel reported. “Israel...

Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin said the strikes were in response to recent attacks on US bases in Iraq and Syria by Iranian-backed militia groups. The US strikes were “separate and distinct from the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas,” he said in a statement. Iran did not immediately comment. The strikes, carried out by a pair of F-16 US...

The Qatar Court on Thursday announced death sentence for eight Indian Navy personnel who had been arrested in August last year on charges of spying on a submarine program on behalf of Israel. The verdict has been termed ‘deeply’ shocking by the Indian government. The Indian nationals, all employees of , were taken into custody in August last year in an alleged case...

The military exercise involved delivering a “response to an enemy nuclear strike”, Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu said. State TV showed him recounting the rehearsal to President Vladimir Putin. It comes as Russia’s parliament backed the withdrawal of Moscow’s ratification of a global treaty that bans all physical testing of nuclear warheads. Russia and the United States conduct regular nuclear readiness...

Donald Trump, the former president, is narrowing the gap between him and incumbent President Joe Biden in the deep-blue state of New York. Recent data from the Siena Research Institute reveals a significant shift in public opinion, indicating a potential crisis of popularity for the Democratic president. The latest poll, conducted among 1,225 registered voters, shows Biden leading Trump by...

Israel stepped up strikes on Gaza which is suffering a “catastrophic” humanitarian situation in the war sparked by Hamas attack, with officials claiming that at least 70 Palestinians died in the overnight bombing. Israeli troops are massed on the border with Gaza ahead of an expected ground invasion that officials have pledged will begin “soon”, as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu convened...

American taxpayers could soon be coughing up over $100 billion to shore up US primacy and security – including that of its allies Israel, Ukraine, and Taiwan – after President Joe Biden maintained that walking back from the three-front challenge would increase the cost and threats to America and to the world.In only his second night-time Oval Office address to the nation, Biden said, soon...

Canada said Thursday it had withdrawn 41 diplomats from India — fallout from a bitter row over the killing of a Khalistani terrorist on Canadian soil. India planned to “unethically” revoke diplomatic immunity for all but 21 of Canada’s diplomats and their families by Friday, forcing Ottawa to pull out the others, Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly said. “We have facilitated...

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak extended support to Israel as he reached capital Tel Aviv on Thursday condeming an “unspeakable, horrific act of terrorism” referring to the October 7 surprise attacks by Hamas. He met with Israeli leaders and is scheduled to hold talks with his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu.  “I’m very much looking forward to my meetings later with...

Egypt has announced the creation of a “sustainable” humanitarian aid corridor into Gaza. The announcement comes as hundreds of trucks, carrying essential supplies, are waiting to enter the besieged Palestinian enclave being bombarded by Israel. UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak arrived in Israel today to meet with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Isaac Herzog before travelling to other capitals...