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USA: Columbia University bans anti-Israeli protest leader over calls for Jewish genocide; 550 arrested across US campuses over support for terror group Hamas
Jewish students have shared that they have been made to feel unsafe due to antisemitic undertones at the demonstrations in support of Hamas.
You will stay here with me, have my children: Israeli teenage hostage reveals Hamas terrorist proposed with a ring, reunited her with kidnapped mother...
Noga was with her parents at home in Kibbutz Be’eri when Hamas terrorists broke through Israel and held people hostage.
“I can’t breathe”: Another George Floyd incident in USA as a black man dies after being pinned to the ground by Ohio Police Officer
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The video showed the officers struggling to arrest Tyson before one of the officers restrained him by placing his knee on the back of Tyson's upper body. Following which, Tyson was heard repeatedly saying, "I can't breathe."
Eviction, suspension, and arrest: Violent pro-Palestine protests cost dearly to ‘woke’ students across several US universities
In the visuals emerging from Emory University, Georgia, security forces are seen tasering the pro-Palestine protestors, launching tear gas, and reportedly firing rounds of rubber bullets at crowds and protesters.
‘India determines its own visa policy, we are not going to opine on it’: US State Dept rejects Pakistani journalist’s question on Avani Dias
Avani Dias, an Australian journalist claimed that she was not allowed to cover the 2024 Lok Sabha polls and was compelled to leave the country. However, later government sources revealed that her claims are "not correct, misleading and mischievous."
“We are judged by what we do at home, not what we say abroad”: MEA on police crackdown on pro-Palestine protests in American universities
MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said democracies should, in particular, display this understanding for other democracies since “we are all judged by what we do at home and not what we say abroad."
Ministerial Round Table Conference at World Energy Congress discusses pathways to manage the evolving trilemma of energy security, access and sustainability
The Ministerial Round Table Conference at the ongoing World Energy Congress in Rotterdam, Netherlands discussed how the COP28 UN Climate Change Conference was a game changer
‘We feel ashamed when we look at them’: Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif laments over Bangladesh’s economic growth before country’s business community
Shehbaz Sharif recounted that Bangladesh which was earlier called "East Pakistan" was termed as a burden on Pakistan when he was boy.
Mass arrests in US after Shaheen Bagh-type encampments in US universities by pro-Palestine protestors: Here’s how US supports the same elements in India
Shaheen Bagh-like encatchments are showing up in the United States with pro-Palestine students protesting in varsities across the country
Bankrupt Pakistan’s business leaders urge PM Shehbaz Sharif to restore trade ties with India to save the economy
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Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif convened with the business community, aiming to rejuvenate the economy through robust exports.
