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Israel has said it intends to destroy Hamas in Gaza and demilitarise and deradicalise the territory. Jerusalem: The border zone between the Gaza Strip and Egypt should be under Israel's control, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Saturday as he predicted the war in the Palestinian enclave and on other regional fronts would last many more months. Netanyahu held a news conference as Israel entered the 13th week of its war against Gaza's ruling Hamas Islamists, which has stoked violence in the occupied West Bank and touched off attacks by Iran-backed groups in Lebanon, Syria, Iraq and Yemen. "The Philadelphi Corridor - or to put it more correctly, the southern stoppage point (of Gaza) - must be in our hands. It must be shut. It is clear that any other arrangement would not ensure the demilitarisation that we seek," he said. Israel has said it intends to destroy Hamas in Gaza and demilitarise and deradicalise the territory in order to prevent any re

Douglas Luiz's late penalty took Aston Villa joint top of the Premier League with a 3-2 win over 10-man Burnley on Saturday as Manchester City closed on the leaders by sweeping aside Sheffield United 2-0. It looked like a festive season to forget for Villa was set to continue after dropping points at home for the first time this season to Sheffield United and blowing a 2-0 lead to lose 3-2 at Manchester United on Boxing Day. But Luiz's spot-kick, that crept in off the underside of the bar, sent Unai Emery's men level on points with Liverpool at the top of the table. Leon Bailey's opener for the home side was quickly cancelled out by Zeki Amdouni for Burnley. Moussa Diaby restored Villa's lead before half-time and they had a man advantage for the final 35 minutes after Sander Berge saw a second yellow card. But Villa's high line is begging to be picked off by opponents and Lyle Foster timed his run to blast past Emi Martinez 19 minutes from time. There was a

The NCP chief made the comments in the presence of other leaders, including Uddhav Thackeray. Pune: Nationalist Congress Party president Sharad Pawar on Saturday said former prime minister Manmohan Singh was sensitive towards farmers and had visited Amravati in Maharashtra after learning about some deaths by suicide, but nobody is bothered about their issues now. He was addressing a gathering on the occasion of the culmination of Shetkari Aakrosh Morcha in Pune. The foot march set out from the foothills of Shivneri Fort in Pune district on Thursday was led by NCP (Sharad Pawar faction) MP Amol Kolhe. Several leaders of the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA), including Uddhav Thackeray and Sanjay Raut of Shiv Sena (UBT), Balasaheb Thorat of Congress, and NCP leaders Kolhe and Supriya Sule were present. "I remember the then prime minister Manmohan Singh visited Amravati after some farmers had died by suicide. He was sensitive towards the people as well as farmers. Mr Singh also waived

Israel rejected South Africa's charges "with disgust". Hague: South Africa launched a case on Friday at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) against Israel for what it said were "genocidal" acts in Gaza, with Israel rejecting the case "with disgust". According to a statement, the ICJ application related to alleged violations by Israel of its obligations under the Genocide Convention, and said that "Israel has engaged in, is engaging in and risks further engaging in genocidal acts against the Palestinian people in Gaza". In The Hague application, South Africa also says that Israel has been acting "with the requisite specific intent...to destroy Palestinians in Gaza as part of the broader Palestinian national, racial and ethnical group." Israel rejected the charge, with Israeli foreign ministry spokesman Lior Haiat writing on X, formerly Twitter: "Israel rejects with disgust the blood libel spread by South Africa and

The lawsuit claimed Google's practices had infringed on users' privacy (Representational) San Francisco, United States: Google has agreed to settle a consumer privacy lawsuit seeking at least $5 billion in damages over allegations it tracked the data of users who thought they were browsing the internet privately. The object of the lawsuit was the "incognito" mode on Google's Chrome browser that the plaintiffs said gave users a false sense that what they were surfing online was not being tracked by the Silicon Valley tech firm. But internal Google emails brought forward in the lawsuit demonstrated that users using incognito mode were being followed by the search and advertising behemoth for measuring web traffic and selling ads. In a court filing, the judge confirmed that lawyers for Google reached a preliminary agreement to settle the class action lawsuit -- originally filed in 2020 -- which claimed that "millions of individuals" had likely been

Union Minister Smriti Irani took a jibe at Rahul Gandhi's Nyay Yatra that will begin on January 14. Amethi, UP: Union minister Smriti Irani on Thursday termed as sham Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's 'Bharat Nyay Yatra', saying people known for injustice are pretending to do justice. Ms Irani, the Union Women and Child Development Minister was responding to a question on Mr Gandhi's proposed yatra on the sidelines of an event here. "Those who are known for injustice are doing 'dhong' (sham) for justice," Ms Irani, who had defeated Gandhi in Amethi in the last Parliamentary election, said. As part of preparations for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, the Congress will take out the yatra from Manipur to Mumbai from January 14 under the leadership of Gandhi. The 67-day journey from east to west will pass through 85 districts of 14 states and cover 6,200 km. Earlier, Gandhi had taken out the 'Bharat Jodo Yatra' from Kanyakumari to Kashm

Australia vs Pakistan 2nd Test Day 4 Live: Australia aim to maintain dominance © AFP Australia vs Pakistan 2nd Test Day 4 Live Updates: Resuming at 187/6 on Friday, Australia will aim to extend their lead over Pakistan in the ongoing second Test on Day 4 at Melbourne Cricket Ground. The side that leads by lead by 241 runs will be banking on set batter Alex Carey to take the innings forward. After scoring 318 in their first innings, Australia had bundled out Pakistan for 264, taking a lead of 54 runs. (Live Scorecard) Topics mentioned in this article Adblock test (Why?) from NDTV News- Special https://ift.tt/Ng674Me https://ift.tt/yLTXV5e via IFTTT

WHO also cited acute hunger and desperation throughout the war-torn Gaza. Geneva: The population of Gaza is in "grave peril", the head of the World Health Organization warned Wednesday, citing acute hunger and desperation throughout the war-torn Palestinian territory. The WHO said it delivered supplies to two hospitals on Tuesday, with only 15 out of 36 hospitals in the Gaza Strip functioning with any capacity at all. WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus called on the international community to take "urgent steps to alleviate the grave peril facing the population of Gaza and jeopardising the ability of humanitarian workers to help people with terrible injuries, acute hunger, and at severe risk of disease". In a statement, the WHO said its staff reported that "hungry people again stopped our convoys today in the hope of finding food". "WHO's ability to supply medicines, medical supplies, and fuel to hospitals is being increasingly constrai

US Secretary of State Blinken arrived in Mexico on Wednesday in hopes of tackling surging migration. Washington: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Mexico on Wednesday in hopes of tackling surging migration, which has become a major political headache for President Joe Biden as he enters an election year. The unusual Christmas week trip by the top American diplomat was abruptly scheduled as the rival Republican Party presses Biden to crack down on migration as a condition for providing the votes in Congress for one of his key priorities -- support for Ukraine. Around 10,000 people without authorization are trying to cross the southern US border each day, nearly double the number before the pandemic, with a new caravan of hundreds if not thousands of people leaving by foot from southern Mexico on Sunday. US border authorities have been so overwhelmed that they have suspended several legal crossings to focus on processing migrants. Mexican President Andres Manuel Lo

More than 20,000 people have been killed in Israeli bombardments in Gaza since war began. Paris: France is "gravely concerned" by Israel's announcement that it will intensify and prolong fighting against Palestinian Hamas militants in Gaza, the foreign ministry said on Tuesday. Paris "strongly reiterates its call for an immediate truce leading to a ceasefire", the ministry said, condemning "systematic bombing that has again left many civilian victims in recent days". (Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.) Adblock test (Why?) from NDTV News- Special https://ift.tt/MlAH6kv https://ift.tt/weKVStu via IFTTT

The artist sparked outrage last year after he made a series of antisemitic social media posts. Washington:  The rapper Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, issued an apology in Hebrew to the Jewish community on Tuesday for his past antisemitic remarks, saying he sought forgiveness and regretted any pain that his words had caused. Ye's apology, posted to X and Instagram, follows reports that the release of his new album, "Vultures," has been delayed until January. The release has been pushed back several times from its original date in October. The artist sparked outrage last year after he made a series of antisemitic social media posts, including one that appeared to accuse musician Sean "Diddy" Combs of being controlled by "the Jewish people" and another that appeared to show a swastika symbol inside a Star of David. The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) advocacy group, which documents antisemitism, had described the musician's remarks as inflamma

Rahul Gandhi said that government has destroyed the dreams of youths by introducing Agnipath New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi Tuesday said the government has destroyed the dreams of countless youths by introducing the Agnipath recruitment scheme, and voiced his support for those raising the issue of unemployment "from the streets to Parliament". In a post on Instagram, the Congress leader shared a photograph with a group of youngsters, saying they are from Bihar's Champaran. "The government has destroyed the dreams of countless youths by cancelling the permanent recruitment process of the Army and the Indian Air Force under the guise of the Agniveer scheme, which was brought in to provide 'temporary recruitment'," Mr Gandhi said in the post in Hindi. "It is sad that the struggle of youths, who walked around 1,100 kilometres from the 'land of Satyagraha' Champaran to reach Delhi, has not been shown by the media," he said.

WHO staff visited Monday a Gaza hospital receiving casualties from deadly strikes on a refugee camp. Geneva: World Health Organization staff visited Monday a Gaza hospital receiving casualties from deadly strikes on a refugee camp, hearing distressing stories of entire families killed and seeing dying children. "WHO's team heard harrowing accounts shared by health workers and victims of the suffering caused by the explosions," the UN health agency chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on X, formerly Twitter. "One child had lost their whole family in the strike on the camp. A nurse at the hospital suffered the same loss," he said. The health ministry in Hamas-run Gaza says that at least 70 people were killed in Israeli strikes late Sunday on three houses in the Al-Maghazi refugee camp. AFP was unable to independently verify the toll. The Israeli military said it was "reviewing the incident" and "committed to international law including ta

Russia says Alexei Navalny is a convicted criminal. Washington: The United States welcomed reports on Monday that jailed Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny had been located but remained "deeply concerned" about his well-being, the U.S. State Department said, calling for his immediate release. The Take Navalny has been tracked down to a penal colony north of the Arctic Circle, his spokeswoman said on Monday, after supporters lost touch with him for more than two weeks. Navalny's allies had been preparing for his expected transfer to a "special regime" colony, the harshest grade in Russia's prison system, and had said earlier he had not been seen by his lawyers since Dec. 6, raising alarm about his fate. Key Quotes "We welcome reports that Mr. Navalny has been located. However, we remain deeply concerned for Mr. Navalny's well-being and the conditions of his unjust detention," a U.S. State Department spokesperson said on Monda

The actor exchanged warm greetings with Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy. Hyderabad: South superstar Chiranjeevi on Monday met Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy at his residence in Hyderabad. The actor exchanged warm greetings with the CM. Several pictures from the meeting are currently surfacing on social media. In the pictures, the actor could be seen donning a white shirt paired with blue jeans. However CM Reddy wore a white shirt which he paired with black pants. He completed his look with brown shawl. Meanwhile, on the film front, Chiranjeevi will be seen in a fantasy entertainer titled 'Mega 156'. The fantasy flick, which is the first of its kind signed by the megastar after a long while, will be directed by Vassishta, who made his directorial debut with 'Bimbisara'. 'Mega 156' is to be shot on a massive scale by V Vamsi Krishna Reddy, Pramod Uppalapati, and Vikram Reddy under the banner of UV Creations. (Except for the headline, this

PM Modi interacted with the Christian community on the occasion of Christmas on Monday. New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that the government is following the mantra of Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas, Sabka Vishwas and Sabka Prayas saying that his government is ensuring that the benefits of development reach everyone. PM Modi interacted with the Christian community on the occasion of Christmas at the official residence in the national capital. The Prime Minister interacted with the Christian community on the occasion of Christmas at 7, Lok Kalyan Marg, New Delhi, the official residence of the Prime Minister of India, on Monday. He also addressed the programme marking Christmas celebrations. School children also presented a chair performance. Wishing everyone, especially people of the Christian community. "Our government is ensuring that the benefits of development reach everyone and no one is left untouched," said the Prime Minister, informing that many people o

Hamas has previously said some hostages died in Israel's shelling of Gaza (File) Gaza Strip: Five Israeli hostages killed in Hamas captivity were recovered from an underground tunnel network in the northern Gaza Strip, the military said on Sunday, showing footage of a white-tiled bathroom and work room linked by dark concrete-lined passages. The publication left open the question of how they had died, with chief military spokesperson Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari saying post-mortems were pending. "We will brief the families and then, depending on what they approve, the public," he said. The three soldiers and two civilians were among 240 people dragged back to the Gaza Strip by Hamas gunmen during the cross-border rampage of October 7 that sparked the war. The military announced the repatriation of their bodies earlier this month. Hamas last week published a video showing three of the hostages alive in what appeared to be a narrow, white-tiled and windowless bedroom

Olympic medalist Indian wrestler Bajrang Punia had recently returned his Padma Shri award Olympic medalist Indian wrestler Bajrang Punia on Sunday said that he will not take back his Padma Shri award that he returned to the government until justice is given to his "sisters and daughters" fighting against sexual harassment and their perpetrators. Bajrang's tweet comes after a major decision in light of fresh protests by star wrestlers Sakshi Malik and Punia over the election of an aide of deposed Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) former president Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh as the new president of the wrestling federation. However, the Union Sports Ministry on Sunday suspended the sport's premier governing body in the country along with all its office-bearers. "We trust only in God I returned my Padma Shri award for my sisters and daughters; I returned it for their honor and I do not want any honour until they get justice. Jai Hind," tweeted Bajrang.

UKMTO said vessels were being advised to transit with caution (Representational) Cairo, Egypt: An Uncrewed Aerial System (UAS) exploded near a vessel in the Bab al-Mandab Strait, 45 nautical miles southwest of Saleef, Yemen, the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) agency reported on Saturday. "Vessel reports no damage, all crew reported safe. Authorities are investigating," UKMTO said in an advisory note. Earlier in the day, UKMTO said vessels were being advised to transit with caution, the statement said. (Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.) Adblock test (Why?) from NDTV News- Special https://ift.tt/McbBW8x https://ift.tt/ZMtdWmF via IFTTT

Alfredo Cristiani has denied all charges (File) San Salvador, El Salvador: A court in El Salvador has ordered the arrest of former president Alfredo Cristiani for an alleged cover-up related to a civil war-era massacre of about 1,000 people, a source linked to the case said Saturday. The "provisional detention" of Cristiani, whose whereabouts are unknown, stems from an amnesty he declared after the 1981 killings as part of a "personal cover-up," according to a court resolution confirmed to AFP by Alejandro Diaz, a lawyer for victims' relatives. The order, which also calls for the arrest of four Cristiani deputies, was issued by a court in the city of San Francisco Gotera, which is prosecuting several members of the Salvadoran military for the massacre.  Considered the largest in Latin America, the Mozote slaughter was perpetrated during the country's 1980-1992 civil war.  "We are interested in seeing that all those responsible be prosecuted,&qu

Around 70 people were on the bus at the time of the accident (Representational) Managua, Nicaragua: At least 16 people including several children were killed Saturday when a crowded bus overturned on a bridge in a town north of Nicaragua's capital Managua, Vice President Rosario Murillo announced. More than 25 others were injured, Murillo said on state-run Channel 4, adding that around 70 people were on the bus at the time.  Murillo, wife of President Daniel Ortega, said the accident occurred in Rancho Grande, apparently when the bus driver lost control on a bridge and the vehicle overturned.   "We are deeply moved by this misfortune," she said. Nine of the victims have been identified so far, Murillo said, without giving their names. Images in the local press showed the yellow bus impaled by the bridge's metal railing, while several apparent victims lay on the road nearby.   (This story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is auto-generated from a syndic

Russian forces also shelled a power station closer to the front lines in east Ukraine (File/AFP) Kyiv, Ukraine: Waves of Russian shelling and drone attacks struck the southern Ukrainian region of Kherson on Saturday, killing one person and injuring seven, officials in the region said. Russian forces also shelled a power station closer to the front lines in eastern Ukraine, injuring five workers and knocking out electricity to the town of Kurakhovo. Russian forces a year ago abandoned positions on the western bank of the Dnipro River in Kherson region but constantly shell areas there from new positions on the eastern bank. Ukrainian troops have established beachheads on the eastern bank. Kherson Governor Oleksandr Prokudin said a drone attack killed a man in the town of Stanislav, southeast of the city of Kherson, which for the past year, has been under Ukrainian control but subject to constant Russian shelling. The city came under several Russian attacks throughout the day, in

India U19 cricket team © BCCI The Indian U19 team will take on hosts South Africa and Afghanistan in a tri-series in Johannesburg ahead of the ICC Men's U19 World Cup in the Rainbow Nation next year. The tri-series will be played at the Old Edwardians Cricket Club in Johannesburg and will witness each team playing each other twice, a BCCi statement read. India U19 will kick-start their campaign against Afghanistan U19 on December 29 before taking on South Africa U19 on January 2. The final is scheduled to be played on January 10. The U19 World Cup is scheduled to begin on January 19 in Bloemfontein. India is in Group A along with Bangladesh, Ireland and the USA. They are set to open their campaign against Bangladesh on January 20. (This story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.) Advertisement Topics mentioned in this article Adblock test (Why?) from NDTV News- Special https://ift.tt/4kfT6lj https://ift.tt/xWMJCeV vi

Trump's lawyers have repeatedly sought to delay the historic trial until after November 2024 election. Washington: The US Supreme Court declined on Friday to immediately hear former president Donald Trump's claim that he is immune from prosecution, potentially delaying his 2020 election interference trial. Special Counsel Jack Smith had asked the Supreme Court, which has a 6-3 conservative majority, to take up the immunity case on an expedited basis, bypassing the federal court of appeals. The nation's highest court denied the request, however, in a one-line order that did not provide any reason for the decision. US District Judge Tanya Chutkan, who is to preside over Trump's March trial for conspiring to overturn the 2020 election, rejected the immunity claim on December 1. Trump's lawyers appealed the decision to the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit and Smith, the special counsel, asked the Supreme Court to step in and hear the case itself. With th

Sanjay Raut did not say anything about the number of seats the Congress and NCP will contest. Mumbai:  Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut on Friday said his party will contest 23 of the 48 Lok Sabha seats in Maharashtra, but the ally Congress said even preliminary seat-sharing talks had not yet started between the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) partners. Talking to reporters, Mr Raut said he, along with Sena (UBT) leaders Uddhav Thackeray and Aaditya Thackeray, held talks with Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, senior leaders Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi as well as AICC general secretary K C Venugopal before the meeting of the Opposition bloc INDIA in the national capital earlier this week. "We will contest 23 seats because we have always been contesting the same number of seats," Mr Raut said. In 2019, the undivided Shiv Sena was part of the BJP-led NDA alliance. The Uddhav Thackeray-led party is now part of the MVA which includes the Congress and Sharad Pawar-led Nati

Funds will be transferred to beneficiaries' accounts on the due date, Mohan Yadav said. Bhopal:  Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav on Thursday said the BJP 's manifesto was like the Ramayan and Gita and assured that all welfare schemes of the previous government will continue in the state. Mr Yadav's statement came a day after women-centric 'Ladli Behna' programme did not find mention in the governor's address to the newly constituted assembly. The four-day-long first session of MP's 16th assembly concluded on Thursday and it was adjourned sine die (indefinitely). "All schemes from 'Ladli Laxmi' to others being run by the previous government will continue and funds will be transferred to beneficiaries' accounts on the due date," Mohan Yadav said in reply to the thanksgiving motion moved by senior BJP MLA Kailash Vijayvargiya after Governor Mangubhai Patel's address to the house on Wednesday. However, when leader of

So far more than 20,000 people have been killed in Gaza since war began. Washington: An Israeli army spokesman said Thursday that the military had killed more than 2,000 Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip since a one-week truce in war with Hamas collapsed on December 1. "Since the end of the truce, our forces have eliminated more than 2,000 terrorists by air, land and sea," military spokesman Daniel Hagari said. (Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.) Adblock test (Why?) from NDTV News- Special https://ift.tt/K6uJxIf https://ift.tt/MT3UfZ2 via IFTTT

BJP leader lashed out at Rahul Gandhi for filming Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankhar's mimicry. Indore: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) general secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya on Thursday lashed out at Rahul Gandhi for filming Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankhar's mimicry by an MP in Parliament complex and said the Congress leader was not fit to be a Member of Parliament. A major row erupted after a video clip of suspended Trinamool Congress MP Kalyan Banerjee mimicking Dhankhar's mannerisms was circulated on social media and also aired on TV news channels. Gandhi was seen recording Banerjee's mimicry of the the Rajya Sabha chairman on his mobile phone. "A person holding a constitutional post was being mimicked in the Parliament complex and Gandhi, instead of stopping the act, was making a video of it and promoting it. It is very shameful," Mr Vijayvargiya told reporters in Indore. The newly-elected MLA said the Congress Lok Sabha MP from Wayanad was not fit to b

Taapsee Pannu, Sunny Kaushal and others at Dunki screening. New Delhi: Ahead of the release of the much-awaited film Dunki , its makers hosted a special screening for celebrities at Yash Raj Film (YRF) in Mumbai. On Wednesday night, a screening of Dunki, starring Shah Rukh Khan in the lead, was held in the city and was attended by many Bollywood celebs. Taapsee Pannu, who plays a key role and Shah Rukh Khan's love interest in the film was seen arriving for the screening in style. She was pictured from inside her car as she smiled for the paparazzi.   See how the Badla actor arrived for the screening: Besides Taapsee Pannu, her Dunki co-star Vicky Kaushal's brother Sunny and dad Sham Kaushal were also spotted arriving for the screening in their car. See some more pictures from the night: Dunki marks the first-ever collaboration between SRK and Rajkumar Hirani, and the excitement surrounding the film is evident on social media. The film, which will hit the th

File photo of Dave Houghton © X (formerly Twitter) Zimbabwe coach Dave Houghton has resigned after the country's failure to reach next year's T20 World Cup, the national board said Wednesday. "The Zimbabwe Cricket Board has accepted Dave Houghton's resignation from his position as head coach of the Zimbabwe senior men's national team with immediate effect," the board said in a statement. "Houghton said he had 'lost the change room' after 18 months in charge and felt that a 'new voice' was needed to take the team forward," the statement added. His resignation letter was sent just ahead of a board meeting Wednesday to look into the World Cup campaign. Zimbabwe lost to Namibia and Uganda at a recent qualifying tournament. Zimbabwe have also just been beaten in a limited overs series against Ireland. Houghton, 66, replaced Lalchand Rajput as Zimbabwe coach in June last year after six one-day and Twenty20 losses at home to Afghanist

The United States and Israel oppose a ceasefire because they believe it would only benefit Hamas. United Nations: A United Nations Security Council vote on a bid to boost aid deliveries to the Gaza Strip has been delayed by another day as talks continue to try and avoid a third U.S. veto of action over the two-month long Israel-Hamas war, diplomats said on Tuesday. The 15-member council was initially going to vote on a resolution - drafted by the United Arab Emirates - on Monday. But it has repeatedly been delayed as diplomats say the UAE and the U.S. struggle to agree language citing a cessation of hostilities and a proposal to set up U.N. aid monitoring. When asked if they were getting close to an agreement, U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Linda Thomas-Greenfield told reporters on Tuesday: "We're trying, we really are." The draft resolution would demand Israel and Hamas allow and facilitate land, sea and air deliveries of aid to and throughout the Gaza Strip and ask