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Israel government concurred on November 22 to back a deal for Palestinian Hamas militants to release 50 women and children held as hostages in Gaza in exchange for a four-day pause in fighting, the office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said, as reported by Reuters. Approximately 20 more hostages will be released by Hamas if the first phase goes according to plan, according to a report by CBS News. Hamas was to prioritise releasing captive children, of whom around 40 are believed to be in Gaza.

India dished out a gritty display but suffered a 0-3 drubbing against dominant Asian champions Qatar in their second match of the 2026 FIFA World Cup second round qualifiers here on Tuesday. Qatar would have won by a bigger margin had they not missed several chances while dominating throughout the 90 minutes at the Kalinga Stadium. The visiting side scored through Moustafa Tarek Mashal (4th minute), Almeoz Ali (47th) and Yusuf Adurisag (86th).

What is the Hamas-Israel deal about? Here's are key conditions that the truce might include: 1. Freeing hostages: Negotiations to free hostages seized in Hamas’s October 7 attack on Israel are at their “closest point" to a deal and have reached the “final stage," mediator Qatar was quoted by AFP as saying. Between 50 and 100 Israeli civilian and foreign hostages would be released, but no military personnel, sources were quoted by the report as saying.

Hamas said on Tuesday that the Palestinian militant group was near a truce agreement with Israel, even as the deadly assault on Gaza continued and rockets were being fired into Israel. Hamas officials were «close to reaching a truce agreement» with Israel and the group has delivered its response to Qatari mediators, Ismail Haniyeh said in a statement sent to Reuters by his aide. A source briefed on the negotiations told Reuters the agreement was in its «final stages» and «closer than it has ever been». The deal envisages the release of around 50 civilian hostages by Hamas and of female and minor-aged Palestinian detainees from Israeli custody, as well as a multi-day pause in fighting, according to the source. A Hamas official told Al Jazeera TV that negotiations were centred on how long the truce would last, arrangements for delivery of aid into Gaza and details of the exchange of captives. Both sides would free women and children and details would be announced by Qatar, which is mediating in the negotiations, said the official, Issat el Reshiq. Israel has generally avoided giving commentary on the status of the Qatar-led talks, but Israel's Channel 12 and Channel 13 TV stations both quoted unidentified officials as saying terms of a deal could be reached «within hours», giving no details. Hamas took about 240 hostages during its Oct.

News18. ALSO READ: India hopeful of ‘positive outcome’: MEA on appeal to free ex-navy men in Qatar The report added that the missile may have a range of 500 kilometres which is greater than the range of 350-400 kilometres offered by the supersonic Indo-Russian cruise missile BrahMos.

US President Joe Biden Monday said he believes that a deal to free some of the hostages held by Hamas in Gaza in exchange for a ceasefire is close, reported Reuters. "I believe so," the US President said when he was asked whether a deal was near during a Thanksgiving ceremony at the White House.

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Arsene Wenger says «it's possible» to develop Indian football «in the very short time» and he cannot imagine the sport evolving without the involvement of the Asian country. The encouraging words from the former Arsenal manager came ahead of the Indian team's World Cup Qualifier against Qatar on Tuesday. Wenger, who is currently the chief of global football development, FIFA, visited the All India Football Federation (AIFF) headquarters on Monday and had an interaction with the heads of a select group of academies from across the country.

Exide Industries: Exide Industries Ltd has settled its trademark dispute with the UK’s Vertiv Company Group Ltd. and India's Vertiv Energy Pvt. VCGL and VEPL have agreed that the trademark Chloride and its variants in India are registered by Exide, according to an exchange filing issued on Friday.

Sheikh Mohammed Bin Abdulrahman al-Thani said on Sunday he had growing confidence that a hostage deal between Israel and Hamas would be reached, adding challenges that remained were «very minor». «The challenges facing the agreement are just practical and logistical,» Sheikh Mohammed said at a joint press conference with European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell in Doha. The Washington Post, citing people familiar with the deal, reported that Israel, the United States and Hamas militants had reached a tentative agreement to free dozens of women and children held hostage in Gaza in exchange for a five-day pause in fighting. However, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and U.S. officials said no deal had been reached yet. Reuters said on Nov.

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Israel and Hamas that would potentially free dozens of women and children held hostage in Gaza in exchange for a five-day pause in fighting. “We have not reached a deal yet, but we continue to work hard to get to a deal," the White House National Security Council spokesperson said.

Gaza Strip on Saturday, ending a telecommunications blackout that forced the United Nations to shut down critical humanitarian aid deliveries because it was unable to coordinate its convoys. Meantime, an Israeli airstrike hit a residential building on the outskirts of the town of Khan Younis, killing at least 26 Palestinians, according to a doctor at the hospital where the bodies were taken. Early in the war, the Israeli military told civilians to flee northern Gaza, the target of its ground offensive, but also kept up its bombardment in the southern evacuation zone where Khan Younis is located. Israel has signalled plans to expand its offensive south while continuing operations in the north, including Gaza City, where troops were still searching the territory's biggest hospital, Shifa, for traces of a Hamas command centre that Israel alleges was located under the building — a claim Hamas and the hospital staff deny. In Khan Younis, the attack early Saturday hit Hamad City, a middle-class housing development built in recent years with funding from Qatar. In addition to the 26 people killed, another 20 were wounded, said Dr.

₹111.31 crore and ₹127.64 crore by Qatar's income tax authorities for a total tax penalty of ₹239 crore. According to a regulatory filing by the infrastructure major to the stock exchanges, Qatar Tax Authority has charged the tax penalty over variation in the income declared by L&T against the authority's assessment.

Also Read: India hopeful of ‘positive outcome’: MEA on appeal to free ex-navy men in Qatar Her last hope is her mother, who is trying hard to seek approval to travel to Yemen and negotiate with the victim's family members by paying blood money. Also read: India granted second consular access to former Navy officers sentenced to death in Qatar While hearing the writ petition filed by Nimisha's mother seeking permission to travel to Yemen, the Delhi High Court was told by the centre that the Supreme Court in Yemen, on November 13, had dismissed the appeal of a Malayali nurse against the death sentence. Nimisha's mother is fighting hard to save her daughter and bring her back to India.

NEW DELHI : Legends League Cricket (LLC), a global T20 cricket league with recently retired international cricketers, is looking to raise $10 million to develop the league further, Raman Raheja, a director of Absolute Legends Sports Pvt Ltd and chief executive of LLC, told Mint. Some of the big names in the league are Harbhajan Singh, Gautam Gambhir, and Chris Gayle. The league, which has two formats and runs at two different times of the year, has raised a total of $7 million since its inception in 2022, when the first season of the league was played.

Arindam Bagchi said the Indian government is engaged with the Qatari authorities over the matter and is providing all legal and consular assistance to the Indian nationals. The eight Indian nationals, including decorated officers who commanded frontline warships in the Indian Navy, were on October 26 given death sentence by Qatar’s Court of First Instance. The Indian government described the ruling as “deeply" shocking and vowed to explore all legal options in the case.

Elon Musk has denied a report that his rocket company was discussing an initial public offering (IPO) for its satellite internet business, Starlink, as soon as 2024. Musk called the report 'false' on the social media platform X, saying SpaceX had been moving the unit's assets to a wholly owned unit that would ultimately be spun off. Elon Musk's SpaceX will be worth half-a-trillion dollars by 2030: Billionaire investor explains why SpaceX has an estimated value of $150 billion and was the first private company to send humans into orbit.

Here are the latest updates on the Israel-Hamas warUS President Joe Biden said that Israel war in Gaza to stop 'when Hamas no longer maintains the capacity' to murder. Biden added he made it clear to Israelis it would be a mistake to occupy Gaza.In a video by the Israeli Air Force, the military launched a strike on a Hezbollah post in Lebanon.

Transport minister Catherine King is dubbed within the travel industry as the “minister for higher airfares”, Flight Centre chief executive Graham Turner has told investors.