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Israel's leaders over post-war Gaza's governance, with an unexpected Hamas fightback in parts of the Palestinian territory piling pressure on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The Israeli army has been battling Hamas militants across Gaza for more than seven months while also exchanging near-daily fire with Iran-backed Hezbollah forces along the northern border with Lebanon. But after Hamas fighters regrouped in northern Gaza, where Israel previously said the group had been neutralised, broad splits emerged in the Israeli war cabinet in recent days.

Why are the May 9 protests, which occurred in 2023, an important event with implications for civil-military relations in Pakistan? Even though the military remains the final arbiter in Pakistan to determine the course of politics, the May 9 protests have made it more difficult and challenging than ever for it to manage the guided democracy. The anguish and sentiment of people against the instrumental role of the military have raised questions about its legitimacy. The recent conference held by DG-ISPR included the agenda of reiterating the fact to PTI to apologise to primarily military and the nation for a comeback in the politics of Pakistan. Among a list of agendas, the prime was the PTI challenge in the conference to construct a narrative of PTI as an anarchical, foreign sources driven and anti-national force in Pakistan. In response, the PTI spokesperson Raoof Hassan has called it “full of contradictions, devoid of rationale”. These efforts to reestablish the military image go back to the power tussle between PTI chief Imran Khan and the military leadership in Pakistan.

Amma’, as she was popularly known, hadn’t actually uttered the words. She couldn’t have, given that she had passed away in December 2016. The clip had been created by cloning her voice.

France imposed an emergency Wednesday in the French Pacific territory of New Caledonia for at least 12 days, boosting security forces' powers to quell deadly unrest in the archipelago where indigenous people have long sought independence. Armed clashes and other violence that erupted Monday following protests over voting reforms have left four people dead, including a gendarme, and injured more than 300, French authorities said.

Robert Fico was shot multiple times after a political event Wednesday afternoon, an episode of violence that punctuated his decades-long career in politics. His deputy prime minister Tomas Taraba later told the BBC he believed Fico would survive the attack, saying «he's not in a life threatening situation at this moment.»

Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday arrested Jharkhand Minister and Congress leader Alamgir Alam in connection with a huge cash recovery from the household help of his personal secretary and state administrative service officer Sanjeev Kumar Lal. The Congress leader on Tuesday grilled by ED officials for over nine hours in connection with a money laundering case. Alam, the state's Rural Development minister, arrived at the ED office around 11 am and came out of the office around 8.30 pm. The probe agency had last week arrested Alam's personal secretary and state administrative service officer Sanjeev Kumar Lal (52) and the latter's domestic help Jahangir Alam (42), following the seizure of more than Rs 32 crore cash from a flat linked to them.

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader was 72. Prime Minister Narendra Modi was among the first politicians to express condolences on Sushil Modi’s demise, hailing him for playing ‘an invaluable role in the rise and success of BJP in Bihar.’ Sushil Modi is often credited for the saffron party's ascendance in Bihar, becoming the state's tallest leader of the BJP after Kailashpati Mishra, the former Finance Minister of Bihar. Also Read: Sushil Kumar Modi dies: PM Modi condoles 'untimely demise'; Amit Shah says void in Bihar politics cannot be filled The BJP’s rise in Bihar began when it emerged as the principal Opposition party in 1995.

A tiny, low-priced electric car called the Seagull has American automakers and politicians trembling

There is a lot of uncertainty for the average Canadian these days, including trying to navigate a complex macro-economic environment that is already starting to have a material impact on their overall financial well-being.

Congress on Monday accused the Narendra Modi-led central government of being "anti-MSME" and alleged that thousands of small businesses have shut down in the past 10 years. Congress leader Jairam Ramesh claimed that the vital MSME sector accounts for 30 per cent of GDP, 40 per cent of exports and employs 12 crore people.

Kolkata, Days after his removal as the party's West Bengal unit general secretary, TMC leader Kunal Ghosh was back as its star campaigner for the seventh phase of Lok Sabha elections. The TMC on Monday submitted its list of star campaigners to the Election Commission and Ghosh's name was figured on the list.

special court for people's representatives in Bengaluru on Monday granted bail to senior JDS MLA HD Revanna after concluding a hearing on his bail petition.

‘Can change friends, not...’: Omar on Shankar Aiyar's ‘respect Pak’ remark "An effort to bring down LoC tensions with Pakistan so that more attention could be focused on the LAC (and China challenges beyond)," the expert said. He called the routine bashing of Pakistan performative.

Congress from BJP on LS poll eve, prominent politician Chaudhury Birender Singh and his then MP son Brijendra Singh found themselves in limbo. After winning his Hissar seat on BJP symbol, ex-IAS babu Brijendra was supposed to receive a Congress ticket, but AICC Congress gave it to Hooda loyalist Jai Prakash. A little bird said neither AICC nor Haryana party brass supported Brinjendra when Congress CEC chose Haryana candidates. All eyes on Ajay Maken’s move AAP and Congress supporters in Delhi are asking when Ajay Maken, a prominent Delhi Congress leader, will launch a full campaign for the seven LS candidates. Since Maken, a former Delhi CM and now a Karnataka Rajya Sabha MP, was a staunch critic of AAP and CM Kejriwal and had commented on the 'Sheesh Mahal scam' on renovating CM Kejriwal's official residence, they are waiting to see how much the AAP-Congress deal has'reformed' him and how much his much-laboured Rajya Sabha entry has'mellowed' him.

Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from the Srinagar Lok Sabha seat in the general elections scheduled in fourth phase on May 13. Ruhullah said that his concern in the elections is the return of dignity and rights of the people of Jammu and Kashmir that, he alleged, was snatched by the abrogation of Article 370 in August 2019. “I have been expressing my views for a while without the consideration of any election.

South Korea has vowed to protect its companies operating in other markets after Japanese regulators told LY Corp., which runs the popular chat app Line, to reduce its dependence on Naver, the Korean partner in the venture

Live Law, quoting apex court. The apex court has asked Delhi CM to surrender and go back to jail on June 2. The Enforcement Directorate (ED) opposed the bail on ground of electioneering, and said that no such precedents available.

Supreme Court is poised to deliver an order today on Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's interim bail in a money laundering case filed against him by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) regarding the Delhi excise policy case. A bench led by Justice Sanjiv Khanna hinted on Wednesday that it might decide on the interim relief for Kejriwal on Friday, informing the Enforcement Directorate counsel, Additional Solicitor General SV Raju, of this possibility. Kejriwal was arrested by the ED on March 21 in connection with a money laundering probe linked to alleged irregularities in the now-defunct Delhi excise policy 2021-22.

Panamanian lawyer Ramon Fonseca, co-founder of the now-defunct law firm at the center of the "Panama Papers" scandal, died while awaiting sentencing in his money-laundering trial, his lawyer said Thursday. Fonseca died during the night while hospitalized in Panama City, a member of his legal team said, adding that health issues were «why he did not attend the trial» that opened on April 8.

Enforcement Directorate (ED) is expected to soon file a fresh charge sheet in the Delhi excise policy-linked money laundering case and it may name Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, BRS leader K Kavitha and some others as accused, official sources said on Thursday. The federal agency had arrested Kejriwal from his official residence here on March 21 under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) while Kavitha, the MLC daughter of former Telangana chief minister K Chandrashekar Rao, was taken into custody from Hyderabad on March 15. Official sources said a prosecution complaint against half-a-dozen entities, including the two politicians, some linked individuals and companies, has been readied and the agency may file it before a special PMLA court here within the next 4-5 days. The accused will be charged with money laundering and the prosecution complaint will be filed under sections 45 and 44(1) of the PMLA, the sources said.

Also Read: Excise Policy case: ED, CBI get four days time to file reply on Manish Sisodia's bail plea "Grant of interim bail merely for political campaigning would militate against and will be discriminatory to the rule of equality as work/business/profession or activity of every citizen is equally important to him or her," reported ANI quoting ED's affidavit. On May 7, the Supreme Court said that it did not want Delhi Chief Minister to perform official duties if he was granted interim bail in the case.