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New Zealand election: Voting under way amid economic, cost of living crisis

Oct 14, 2023

After former Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern suddenly resigned in January, New Zealand is holding polls on Saturday in a general election, reported CNN noting that there will be a tight race between the two major parties.

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Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe speaks at launch of ferry service (Image Credit: Ministry of External Affairs)

Launch of ferry service important step in increasing connectivity between India, Sri Lanka: Wickremesinghe

Oct 14, 2023

Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe on Saturday called the launch of a ferry service between Tamil Nadu's Nagapattinam and Sri Lanka's Kankesanthurai an "important step" in increasing the connectivity between the two nations.

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar speaking at flag off ceremony of ferry service between Nagapattinam in Tamil Nadu and Kankesanthurai in Sri Lanka (Image Credit: X/@DrSJaishankar)

Ferry service launch marks big step for India-Sri Lanka people-to-people contacts: Jaishankar

Oct 14, 2023
Israeli Defence Forces spokesperson Lieutenant Colonel Jonathan Conricus (Image Credit: X/@IDF)

Israeli Defence Forces say Palestinian civilians have started to leave Gaza

Oct 14, 2023

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Hamas releases footage of Israeli children held captive in Israel (Photo Credits: Reuters)

Hamas releases footage of Israeli children held hostage during attack on Israel

Oct 14, 2023

The Hamas group shared the video on their telegram channel, with the caption, "Hamas fighters, showing compassion for...
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres (File Photo)

UN Chief urges Israel to "reconsider" warning to evacuate Gaza, calls it "dangerous"

Oct 14, 2023

Guterres in an opinion article in The New York Times emphasized that such demand for a mass evacuation...
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken (Image Credit: X/@MofaQatar_EN)

"Efforts to bring humanitarian aid to Gaza are complicated by....," says Antony Blinken in Qatar

Oct 14, 2023

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said that efforts to bring humanitarian aid to Gaza have been "complicated"...
Ralf Heckner, the Ambassador of Switzerland to India (Photo/ANI)

Switzerland only country to celebrate 75 years of friendship with India: Swiss envoy

Oct 14, 2023
Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (Screengrab of video posted by Israel Prime Minister's Office on X)

Will never forget horrific acts perpetrated by enemies, we will never forgive: Israeli PM

Oct 14, 2023
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General (Photo Credit: X/@WHO)

WHO pleads for immediate reversal of Gaza evacuation order to protect health, reduce suffering

Oct 14, 2023
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Punjabi Cinema: A global sensation fuelled by diaspora's enthusiasm

Oct 14, 2023
Union Minister of State for External Affairs Rajkumar Ranjan Singh welcomes Indian nationals at Delhi airport (Photo/ANI)

Operation Ajay: Second flight carrying 235 Indian nationals from Israel lands in Delhi

Oct 14, 2023
Kalba to host 3rd edition of Wadi Al Helo Trail Run (Photo/WAM)

Kalba to host 3rd edition of Wadi Al Helo Trail Run

Oct 14, 2023
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Smart and Autonomous Vehicles Industries cluster launches at Masdar City

Oct 14, 2023
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UAE Barakah Exercise 2023 successfully concludes in Abu Dhabi

Oct 14, 2023
US President Joe Biden and Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu (Photo: Reuters)

Days before Hamas attack, US intelligence warned of increased risk for Palestinian-Israeli conflict

Oct 13, 2023
Russian President Vladimir Putin (File Photo: Reuters)

Putin stresses Israel's right to defend itself but calls for independent Palestine state

Oct 13, 2023
Israelis run out of their residences as siren blared in Tel Aviv (Photo/ANI)

Rocket sirens sound in Tel Aviv, Ashdod amid escalating Israel-Hamas war

Oct 13, 2023
French President Emmanuel Macron (File Photo)

"France has been hit by barbarity of Islamist terrorism": Macron after stab attack at high school

Oct 13, 2023