Blinken said he would tell Israeli officials that it is imperative they do more to prevent civilian casualties in Gaza and that Palestinian civilians must be allowed to return home.
By reigniting Middle East just when we had begun to believe it had gone into deep sleep, Hamas has also underlined the many contradictions within, and questions about, Islamic world.
This is an edited transcript of ThePrint Cut The Clutter Episode 1343, published on 8 November 2023, on the origins of US-Israel ties & why Israel is vital to Western interests.
Foreign policy experts say US and Russia are vying for influence and leverage in the region and employing various tactics — from human rights criticism to efforts to normalise ties.
Brent crude futures & US West Texas Intermediate crude futures both rose 0.6% a barrel. Both benchmarks fell more than 2% Monday as diplomatic efforts in Middle East intensified.
OIC blames Israel for Gaza hospital blast. Experts say demonstrations in solidarity with Palestinians in Egypt, Jordan, Morocco, UAE 'reflect heightened tension in the region'.
Five nation-states' absence from the meeting might not seem a lot. But with China supporting it, Pakistan may resume nurturing jihadists, even risk war.
It is necessary to break the spell of socialist dogma on the imagination of those attracted by its Utopia as the only scientific way of progress, wrote MA Venkatarao in 1963.
While bond yields tend to fall amid low inflation & interest rate cuts, market experts say they’ve been rising due to concerns over tax collections, fiscal deficit & potential impact of US tariffs.
It is one of the most advanced long-range air defence and anti-missile radars. It has been acquired under an about USD 145-million deal signed in 2020.
To be truly functional and durable, even eternal, a state doesn’t just need a leader, a party or an ideology. It needs functional and robust institutions.
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