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Jama Masjid Shahi Imam on Israel-Palestine conflict, says ‘Muslim world not…’ While the long trail of death and devastation in the sleepy kibbutzes of southern Israel sent shockwaves across the globe, among the unarmed civilians who were mercilessly slaughtered by the masked gunmen were children. At least 33 children, including some barely months old, lay dead in their cots in the wake of the October 7 attacks, with their throats slashed or bodies carved open. And, as if that wasn't enough, an estimated 40 children were taken as hostages by Hamas terrorists.

Earthquake of magnitude 6.2 jolts Indonesia's Irian Jaya An earthquake of magnitude 6.7 killed at least 15 people, and damaged houses and buildings in the coastal Guayas region. A strong earthquake struck Morocco in September 2023. The Al Haouz earthquake, named after the Moroccan province most impacted by the shaking, occurred on September 8 with violent tremors near its epicentre and very strong ones in the city of Marrakesh.

PTI. "The Muslim world has not lived up to its responsibilities in this regard and is not doing what it should and this is very unfortunate. In the end I hope that the prime minister of my country shall, by virtue of his personal relations with the prime minister of Israel, exert diplomatic pressure to put an end to the war and resolve issues," he said as quoted by PTI.

Congress formed its first government in Telangana in 2023, humbling the mighty BRS but Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy has his task cut out to ensure the momentum continues in 2024 to see the party emerges victorious in the Lok Sabha polls. Hailed as the architect of the grand old party's southern success amid an unimpressive electoral show in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Chattisgarh, the energetic Reddy needs to ensure Congress pockets as many Lok Sabha seats as possible out of the 17 segments up for grabs, to consolidate his position.

Quentin Tarantino's next movie "The Movie Critic" has generated a lot of curiosity. While the acclaimed director has kept relatively quiet about the project, Paul Schrader, renowned for writing Martin Scorsese's "Taxi Driver", appears to have dropped a significant hint about the upcoming film. Schrader, a collaborator with Scorsese, has suggested new information regarding Tarantino's last movie, indicating that it draws substantial inspiration from the 1976 classic «Taxi Driver».

Las Vegas suburb of Summerlin. 52-year-old «2 Guns» actor revealed that the significant relocation to Las Vegas was for his kids to 'thrive', as per a report in Fox News Digital.

Gaza on Saturday, as the Biden administration approved a new emergency weapons sale to Israel despite persistent international cease-fire calls over mounting civilian deaths, hunger and mass displacement in the enclave. Even a brief halt in fighting seems out of reach. A senior Hamas official told The Associated Press in Beirut on Saturday that the group has not budged from its position that a permanent cease-fire has to be the starting point for any further releases of Israeli and foreign hostages the group holds, which runs counter to a recent proposal by Egypt for a staged end to the war. It's a demand Israel is bound to reject. Israel has said it will pursue its unprecedented air and ground offensive until it has dismantled Hamas, a goal viewed by some as unattainable because of the militant group's deep roots in Palestinian society. The United States has shielded Israel diplomatically and has continued to supply weapons.

Gaza Strip's Hamas rulers on Saturday condemned the US approval of a $147.5 million sale of high-explosive artillery munitions and related equipment to Israel. The United States announced the sale of the 155mm artillery munitions on Friday under an emergency provision that waives the normal requirement for a congressional review.

Eurostar services to and from London were cancelled Saturday after a tunnel under the River Thames became flooded due to heavy rain, disrupting festive travel plans. Hundreds of travelers trying to get across the English Channel were stranded at London's St. Pancras International station and the Gare du Nord station in Paris. Eurostar, which runs services from London to Paris, Brussels and Amsterdam, said it would be running no high-speed train services throughout Saturday because of the flooding.

Vande Bharat Express trains between Mangaluru and Madgaon and Coimbatore Junction-Bengaluru Cantonment in the south were among those that were flagged off by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday. The prime minister inaugurated the Maharshi Valmiki airport and the redeveloped Ayodhya railway station from where he flagged off two Amrit Bharat and six Vande Bharat trains, some virtually. The occasion also marked the launch of the fourth and fifth platforms at the central railway station in Mangaluru.

By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Arafat Barbakh

A judge in New York has ruled that Alibaba must face a lawsuit by a U.S. toymaker alleging that the Chinese ecommerce giant's online platforms were used to sell counterfeit Squishmallows

As casinos start to pop up on Virginia’s southern border, some lawmakers are ready to explore whether wealthy northern Virginia should get in on the action

Gaza Strip, with nearly 200 people reported killed in the past 24 hours of air strikes and artillery barrages on the shattered enclave. Israeli warplanes attacking the south of Gaza flattened homes and buried families as they slept, residents said.

snow in the forecast. The weather system responsible for unleashing near hurricane-force winds and nearly a foot of snow, causing blizzard conditions in the Plains, is now moving southward and eastward, according to reports. Northern California faces a marginal risk of excessive rainfall from Friday to Saturday morning, heightening the potential for flash flooding in areas susceptible to rapid runoff during heavy rain.

BERLIN (Reuters) -Hapag-Lloyd has decided to continue diverting its vessels around the Suez Canal for security reasons, a spokesperson for the German container shipper told Reuters on Friday, adding a next assessment would be made on Jan. 2.

Lok Sabha elections. The year saw the Congress gaining ground in the South with a victory in Karnataka, while in the North, the political landscape was ceded to the BJP, who rode again on the popularity of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, resulting in a hat-trick of victories in the recent state elections. However, not all political figures had a smooth sail. Congress leader Rahul Gandhi faced a setback as he was deemed ineligible for the Lok Sabha, leading to a legal battle in the Supreme Court to salvage his political standing. Here are the top 10 incidents that have left an indelible mark on India's political canvas in 2023:

Gaza on Dec. 15 when it mistook their cries for help as a ruse by Hamas militants to draw them into an ambush, the military said on Thursday, concluding that the soldiers acted rightly to the best of their understanding. On Dec.

US District Judge Jed Saul Rakoff said on Thursday, Terraform Labs CEO and founder Do Kwon violated the US securities law by failing to register UST and LUNA as securities.

A Palestinian journalist posted pictures of Israeli tanks near a mosque in a built-up area of Bureij which had apparently advanced from orchards on the eastern outskirts. Further south, Israeli forces struck the area around a hospital in the heart of Khan Younis, the Gaza Strip's main southern city, where residents feared a new ground push into territory crowded with families made homeless in 12 weeks of war. Palestinian health authorities said 210 people were confirmed killed in Israeli strikes in the past 24 hours, raising the toll of the war to 21,320 dead — nearly 1 percent of the enclave's population. Thousands more dead are feared to be buried or lost in the ruins. Israel has escalated its ground war in Gaza sharply since just before Christmas despite public pleas from its closest ally the United States to scale the campaign down in the closing weeks of the year. It launched the war to destroy the Hamas movement that runs Gaza after fighters rampaged through Israeli towns on Oct.

New York court issued a pivotal directive against Alibaba, compelling the Chinese ecommerce giant to confront a lawsuit initiated by a U.S. toymaker. The lawsuit alleges that Alibaba's digital platforms played a role in facilitating the trade of counterfeit Squishmallows, the cherished plush toys manufactured by Kelly Toys Holdings. Judge Jesse Furman, overseeing proceedings at the Southern District Court of New York, rejected Alibaba's motion to dismiss the lawsuit filed by Kelly Toys Holdings, an affiliate of Jazwares, operating under the umbrella of Alleghany Corp., a part of Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway conglomerate.