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conflict with Ukraine, Russia has informed India that it would be able to supply the remaining two squadrons of the S-400 long-range air defence missile system by August 2026. Russia and India had signed a deal to buy five squadrons of the S-400 air defence system, of which three have already been supplied, while the remaining two could not be supplied on time due to developing situations in view of the Russia-Ukraine war, which is still ongoing. «The Russian side has informed that they would now supply the two remaining squadrons of the highly capable air defence systems by August 2026, defence sources told ANI.

Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel on Tuesday brushed aside President Joe Biden's opposition to a planned ground invasion of Rafah, a city in the southern Gaza Strip, saying that his government would press ahead despite pleas for restraint from the United States and key allies. Netanyahu made the remarks to Israeli lawmakers a day after speaking by phone with Biden, who reiterated his stance against an offensive into Rafah, arguing that it could be disastrous for the people there and that Israel had other ways of achieving its objective of defeating Hamas.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday that “no international pressure will stop us from realizing all of the goals of the war: Eliminating Hamas, freeing all of our hostages and ensuring that Gaza never again constitutes a threat to Israel." That this is interpreted as a challenge to President Biden speaks volumes about the shift in U.S. policy toward Israel. The joke around Jerusalem is that while Mr.

United Nations human rights chief Volker Turk denounced the rampant hunger and looming famine in Gaza.

Gaza are starving to death right now. The speed at which this man-made hunger and malnutrition crisis has ripped through Gaza is terrifying," said Cindy McCain, head of the UN's World Food Programme (WFP). The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) partnership on Monday estimated that 1.1 million people -- half the population, according to UN data -- were facing catastrophic conditions.

Gaza City and Khan Younis. In a post on X (formerly Twitter), Biden said he had a telephonic conversation with Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu regarding the latest developments in Israel and Gaza.

request by South Africa for interim orders to prevent starvation in Gaza as part of a case accusing Israel of breaching the Genocide Convention with its military offensive against Hamas. In a written response published Monday by the International Court of Justice, Israel said that claims by South Africa in its request filed earlier this month are “wholly unfounded in fact and law, morally repugnant, and represent an abuse both of the Genocide Convention and of the Court itself." Israel's response was published on the day that the U.N.

Europe isn’t where American investors usually turn for growth, but the defense sector is a somewhat depressing exception these days. After years in relative obscurity, stocks such as Germany’s Rheinmetall and Sweden’s Saab rallied when Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022. There was a lull last summer when Ukraine was making good progress on the battlefield, but this winter they have rocketed again.

Gaza Strip's largest hospital early Monday, saying Hamas militants had regrouped there and had fired on them from inside the compound, where Palestinian officials say tens of thousands of people have been sheltering. In a separate development, the European Union's top diplomat, Josep Borrell, accused Israel of continuing to hinder efforts to deliver aid to Gaza, saying the territory faces an «entirely man-made» famine as «starvation is used as a weapon of war». The army last raided Shifa Hospital in November after claiming that Hamas maintained an elaborate command centre within and beneath the facility. The military revealed a tunnel leading to some underground rooms, as well as weapons it said were found inside the hospital. But the evidence fell short of the earlier claims, and critics accused the army of recklessly endangering the lives of civilians. People sheltering in the hospital said Israeli forces backed by tanks and artillery had surrounded the medical complex and that snipers were shooting at people inside. They said the army raided a number of buildings and detained dozens of people.

Xtrackers MSCI World ex USA UCITS ETF caters to investors seeking global equity exposure, but who would like to separately allocate to the US market. The fund comprises companies from 22 industrialised countries and reflects around 30% of the global market. It also reinvests the income from the companies it contains. DWS slashes fees on two Xtrackers India ETFs to 'simplify access' Countries such as Canada and Israel are not usually covered despite the corresponding portfolio components for these regions, but they are included in the ETF. Simon Klein, global head of Xtrackers sa...

Xtrackers MSCI World ex USA UCITS ETF caters to investors seeking global equity exposure, but who would like to separately allocate to the US market. The fund comprises companies from 22 industrialised countries and reflects around 30% of the global market. It also reinvests the income from the companies it contains. DWS slashes fees on two Xtrackers India ETFs to 'simplify access' Countries such as Canada and Israel are not usually covered despite the corresponding portfolio components for these regions, but they are included in the ETF. Simon Klein, global head of Xtrackers sa...

A suspected attack by Yemen’s Houthi rebels saw an explosion detonated near a ship in the Gulf of Aden, potentially marking their latest assault on shipping through the crucial waterway leading to the Red Sea

By Colleen Howe

government's dividend mopup from non-financial central public sector enterprises (CPSEs) and entities in which it holds minority stakes has touched a record ₹61,149 crore, 22% higher than the revised estimate for 2023-24, with almost a fortnight to go this fiscal, according to the latest finance ministry data. Dividend receipts in the first half of March alone totalled nearly ₹10,000 crore. The revised estimate in the interim budget last month estimated the dividend collection for 2023-24 at ₹50,000 crore, higher than initial target of ₹43,000 crore. «The dividend collection has surpassed all expectations this fiscal. CPSEs across sectors have been performing well, and the strong dividend flow is the clearest sign of that,» said an official, who did not wish to be identified. «Also, global crude oil prices didn't quite surge as was feared after the Israel-Hamas war in October last year. So, the profitability of oil companies didn't quite take a beating, which augurs well for dividend flow. Power sector companies, too, have been doing well.»

AP, in recent days, US Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, the highest-ranking Jewish official in the country and a strong Israel supporter, called on Israel to hold a new election, saying Netanyahu had “lost his way." President Joe Biden expressed support for Schumer’s “good speech," and earlier accused Netanyahu of hurting Israel because of the huge civilian death toll in Gaza. Netanyahu told Fox News that Israel never would have called for a new U.S. election after the Sept.

By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Ari Rabinovitch

By Sarah Marsh

Ursula von der Leyen said on Sunday that Gaza was facing famine and there had to be a rapid ceasefire agreement in the war between Israel and Hamas. «Gaza is facing famine and we cannot accept this,» von der Leyen told reporters, speaking in Cairo after signing a strategic partnership agreement with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi.

Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Sunday, as gains in the Biomed, Banking and Financials sectors led shares higher.

(Reuters) -The U.S. military said it destroyed a drone fired by the Yemeni Houthis on Saturday, with another presumed to have crashed into the Red Sea.

Yemen's Houthi rebels saw an explosive detonate near a ship early Sunday in the Gulf of Aden, potentially marking their latest assault on shipping through the crucial waterway leading to the Red Sea. The British military's United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations center said the vessel's crew saw the blast as it passed off the coast of Aden, the port city in southern Yemen home to the country's exiled government. «No damage to the vessel has been reported and the crew are reported safe,» UKMTO said.