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Angelina Jolie's allegations that Israel has committed war crimes against Palestine. As reported by Sky News, Isaac Herzog said, “I totally reject her claims. I think she’s never been in Gaza….

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equities by foreign portfolio investors intensified in October as a sharp spike in the US bond yields amid concerns that interest will stay higher for longer triggered a risk-off mood on Dalal Street. Data shared by the National Securities Depository Ltd (NSDL), showed that eight major sectors saw high selling by FPIs, with financial services bearing most of the brunt of it. FPIs net sold shares worth Rs 28,933 crore or $3.5 billion across eight sectors, namely financial services, information technology, oil & gas, power, fast moving consumer goods, construction, consumer durables, and healthcare.

Investing.com-- Oil prices fell in Asian trade on Tuesday as a rebound in the dollar weighed, while weaker-than-expected trade data from China also raised concerns over sluggish demand in the world's largest oil importer. 

Gold inched lower in early Asian hours on Tuesday as the dollar staged a rebound, although bullion prices were stuck in a tight range with investors staying on the sidelines ahead of comments from Federal Reserve officials including Chair Jerome Powell. FUNDAMENTALS * Spot gold was down 0.1% at $1,975.35 per ounce by 0116 GMT and U.S. gold futures fell 0.3% to $1,982.10. * The dollar rose 0.1% after hitting a six-week low in the previous session, making gold more expensive for other currency holders.

Gaza Strip for an indefinite period after its war with Hamas, AFP reported. Here are the top ten updates about the situation. 1.

Oil held a modest advance after Saudi Arabia and Russia’s announcements that they would prolong supply cuts through the end of the year were balanced by a worsening demand outlook. Also Read: OMCs to Absorb Crude Oil Shocks West Texas Intermediate (WTI) was steady near $81 a barrel after closing 0.4 percent higher on Monday, November 6, while global benchmark Brent traded close to $85.

«Good exchange of perspectives with President @raisi_com of Iran on the difficult situation in West Asia and the Israel-Hamas conflict. Terrorist incidents, violence and loss of civilian lives are serious concerns.

The Florida Legislature will return to the Capitol for a special session that will allow lawmakers to express their support for Israel and give Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis more talking points as he campaigns for president

Ukraine's newly appointed head of defense industry says he wants to turn the country into a weapons hub for the West

Tether, which issues the world’s largest stablecoin of the same name, says it has frozen 32 crypto wallets, containing $873,118.34 (€828,632.96), that were found to be linked to illicit activity in Israel and Ukraine. 

Oil prices soared on Monday after Saudi Arabia and Russia said they would continue their extra voluntary supply cuts until the end of the year. Brent crude futures rose $1.25, or 1.47%, to $86.14 a barrel by 1145 GMT. US West Texas Intermediate crude was up $1.29, or 1.6%, at $81.80.

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step back from immediate escalation. Yet amid the bloody struggle in Gaza between Israel and Hamas, a broader and potentially more dangerous rivalry with Iran is growing. Having abandoned the Trump-era approach of “maximum pressure" on Iran, in recent months the Biden administration had sought quietly to reduce tensions.

WhatsApp, the popular messaging platform owned by Meta, is under fire for its new AI-powered stickers, which have ignited a massive controversy. The upgrade, designed to transform text prompts into stickers, has drawn outrage for generating images of children holding guns when prompted with words like 'Palestinian,' 'Palestine,' or 'Muslim boy Palestinian,' as per a report in the Guardian. In contrast, prompts related to Israel, such as 'Israeli boy,' resulted in innocent imagery of children playing and dancing, devoid of any violence. The issue came to light when users noticed the stark contrast in the generated stickers, prompting widespread condemnation on social media.

Air India has suspended its scheduled flights to Tel Aviv till November 30 amid the tensions between Israel and Hamas militant group in Gaza. Since October 7, the day Hamas militants stormed into Israeli territory and killed hundreds, Air India has not operated a scheduled flight to and from Tel Aviv, reported PTI. ‘Flights to Tel Aviv have been suspended till November 30,’ said an airline spokesperson on November 5.

Israel on Monday pounded Gaza with «significant» strikes as soldiers battled Hamas forces in the besieged territory, ignoring ceasefire calls by UN aid agencies who condemned surging civilian deaths in the month-long conflict. Israeli troops and Hamas fighters engaged in house-to-house combat in densely populated Gaza, where the war has sent 1.5 million people fleeing to other parts of the territory in a desperate search for cover. «We will take the fight to Hamas wherever they are, underground, above ground», Israeli army spokesman Jonathan Conricus said at a briefing Monday, repeating calls for civilians to leave the urban war zone in the north of the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip. «We will be able to dismantle Hamas, stronghold after stronghold, battalion after battalion, until we achieve the ultimate goal, which is to rid the Gaza Strip — the entire Gaza Strip — of Hamas.» Conricus again accused Hamas of building tunnels underneath hospitals, schools and places of worship in Gaza to hide fighters, plan attacks and store ammunition — a charge the militant group has repeatedly denied. «This strike is like an earthquake,» Gaza City resident Alaa Abu Hasera said, in a devastated area where entire blocks were reduced to rubble. Israel launched a massive bombing campaign after the Palestinian militants staged the worst attack in the country's history. In their October 7 attack, Hamas gunmen killed more than 1,400 people, mostly civilians, and took more than 240 others hostage. The health ministry in Gaza, which is run by Hamas, says more than 9,770 people, many of them women and children, have been killed in Israeli strikes and the intensifying ground campaign since the war began. Israel has resisted calls for a halt in

Investing.com-- Gold prices fell in Asian trade on Monday, as any relief over a potential pause in the Federal Reserve’s rate hikes was largely offset by traders selling the yellow metal in favor of more risk-driven assets. 

Reuters. At the same conference, Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry said, "The international community's responsibility always is to seek the cessation of hostilities, not promote the continuance of violence." "I think we need to get our priorities straight," Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi said. "Right now we have to make sure that this war stops," he added.

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