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central Jerusalem on Friday, AFP journalists reported. Staff saw two explosions and heard three blasts, as sirens warning of incoming fire blared in the city for the first time since October 30, according to the Israeli military. Paramedics rushed to the scene after the alarm was raised in Jerusalem and nearby Beit Shemesh, the Magen David Adom emergency medical services said. «No reports of injured as of now,» it added. The Israeli military told AFP there were «six launches toward Jerusalem» and three of them were intercepted. The other three were not above populated areas, it said. Israel's assault on Gaza raged on Friday despite mounting international calls for restraint. The war began after Hamas attacked southern Israel on October 7 and killed around 1,200 people, mostly civilians, according to Israeli officials. The Israeli army launched a massive retaliatory offensive that has left much of the besieged territory in ruins.

Russia wants to contain NATO's resurgence which is almost a result of Russia's own aggression," said Dr. Martand Jha, Doctoral Fellow at Russian and Central Asian Studies, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University. At the beginning of the Ukraine war, US President Joe Biden didn't face much struggle in helping the country as both Democrats and Republicans were looking united to weaken Russia.

Vladimir Putin condemned Israel's incessant bombing of Palestine's Gaza Strip, he also promised to intensify the offensive in Ukraine that started over a year ago. Ukraine's increased commination comes at a time when the United States is struggling to send aid ahead of their Presidential Polls in 2024. Meanwhile, despite the United Nations Security Council's resolution demanding an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to continue bombing the densely populated Gaza Strip ‘with or without international support’.

Two months into its military campaign in Gaza, Israel seems to be fighting a losing battle for international support. It has lost key votes at the United Nations and even supportive powers like the United States have voiced their discontent with Israel’s conduct of the war. Mint looks at Israel’s position.

Maersk Tankers is to insist its fleet of fuel carriers have the option to avoid the Red Sea following an escalation in attacks on merchant ships in the area. The decision, set out in a notice seen by Bloomberg, doesn’t mean Copenhagen-based Maersk Tankers ships will dodge the area — and by extension Egypt’s Suez Canal — but it gives the firm discretion to do so. Houthi militants, aligned with Iran, are attacking vessels with ties to Israel when they pass through the Red Sea, causing insurance costs to increase. Maersk’s notice opens the door to a practice — extending voyages by thousands of miles to sail around Africa — that could disrupt energy flows were it to be widely adopted in the market. Ships that detour would burn hundreds of tons more fuel and deliver their cargoes days later. Maersk Tankers is what’s known in the shipping industry as a pool operator, meaning it commercially manages tankers for numerous owners, listing a 131-strong fleet on its website. The firm is separate to A.P.

Hamas attack on Israel on October 7 is never repeated, senior officials said. Sullivan will discuss "ongoing efforts to revamp and revitalize" the Palestinian Authority and reining in "extremist settler violence" against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, said one of the officials, who declined to be named. Here are the top 10 updates on the Israel-Hamas war, 1) The Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammed Shtayyeh, in an interview on Thursday said the Biden administration must now “walk the walk" and take specific steps toward what has been an elusive two-state solution, including by applying pressure on Israel, AP reported.

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overseas job seekers being cheated by unregistered recruitment agents by fake job offers and also overcharging to the tune of ₹2-5 lakh". The ministry mentioned that "many illegal agents operate through Facebook, Whatsapp, text message and other such mediums". It said, "These agencies provide little or no details of their whereabouts and contacts." "They usually communicate only through Whatsapp, making it difficult to ascertain the location and identity of the caller and genuineness of the job offer.

Israel regarding a possible replacement of Palestinian labourers with Indian workers. Minister of State for External Affairs V Muraleedharan said this in a written response to a question in the Rajya Sabha.

The upcoming installment of sovereign gold bonds (SGBs) is set to open for subscription this month. The subscription period for Series III in the 2023–24 cycle is slated for December 18–22, 2023, with Series IV scheduled for February 12–16, 2024, according to an announcement from the Ministry of Finance.

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Circle, a leading issuer of stablecoins, has recently addressed and strongly refuted allegations regarding its involvement in illicit financing and alleged connections with Justin Sun, the founder of Tron. These claims, brought forward by the nonprofit watchdog organization, Campaign for Accountability (CfA), prompted Circle's Chief Strategy Officer and Head of Public Policy, Dante Disparte, to write a formal response to U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren and Sherrod Brown.

A missile fired from Houthi-controlled territory in Yemen missed a container ship traveling through the crucial Bab el-Mandeb Strait

Yemen's Houthi rebels have been attacking ships in the Red Sea, one of the world's major trade arteries

Ethereum developer StarkWare said it will pay 10% of its network fees to builders as part of a new pilot program dubbed the “Devonomics Pilot Program” incentivising the team to make the network “bigger and bolder.”

finance ministry on Tuesday said the Israel-Hamas war has no impact on the Indian economy through the global crude oil prices, which have receded to the pre-conflict levels after a temporary increase in the immediate aftermath of the tension. In a written reply in the Rajya Sabha, minister of state for finance Pankaj Chaudhary also said the government has been successfully adopting measures to mitigate global shocks on the domestic economy over the past three-four years. These steps include diversification of the sources of critical imports, increasing the supply of domestic output to restrain inflation and strengthening domestic growth drivers, he said. “Presently, high public capital expenditure, robust private consumption and expanded digital public infrastructure are some of the strong domestic growth drivers, which have made India the fastest growing economy in 2022 and 2023 as per the estimates of IMF (International Monetary Fund),” he said. As for the Indian basket of crude oil, Chaudhary said, the prices hit a post-conflict peak of $93.9 per barrel on October 20 from $85.7 on October 6, a day before the outbreak of the conflict. However, they were down to $78.4 as of December 5. Global brent crude oil futures had posted their sharpest weekly losses since March in the week through October 6 to $84.60.

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Global Guardian CEO Col. Dale Buckner comments on threats facing the U.S. in China and the Middle East.

Puma SE will end its sponsorship of Israel’s football federation after 2024 as the German company focuses on fewer and higher-profile partnerships. The decision is unrelated to the war in Gaza that began in October and was made late last year as part of Puma’s new “fewer-bigger-better" strategy, the company said in an emailed statement. The brand has faced calls for boycotts in some markets over its support for Israel’s team.

Israel used US-supplied white phosphorus munitions in an attack carried out in southern Lebanon in October, US National Security Council Coordinator for Strategic Communications John Kirby said on Monday (local time). Speaking to reporters while en route to Philadelphia, John Kirby said the US will be asking questions to get more details about it. He stressed that the US provides material like white phosphorus to another military with the full expectation that it will be used for legitimate purposes and in keeping with the law of armed conflict. Asked about reports claiming that Israel used US-supplied white phosphorus munitions in October attack in Lebanon, Kirby said, «We've seen the reports.

Israel's PM Netanyahu. He was speaking at a White House reception for the Jewish Hanukkah festival. Biden noted he inscribed on an old photograph of the two men, using a nickname for the Israeli leader.