India abstains on UN Gaza ceasefire resolution; backs Palestinians' rights

India on Friday abstained in the UN Human Rights Council on a resolution that called for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and also demanded that Israel immediately lift its illegal blockade on the......

'Are you alive? Please tell me you are alive'

'There is no safe spot in Gaza.''Israeli airstrikes are targeting everything, everywhere.''Hospitals, mosques, churches, schools have been bombed. These are places where people were taking......

'Israelis are committing genocide'

'What's happening in Gaza is another ethnic cleansing, a repeat of what happened in 1948.''That is why people do not want to evacuate. Either you evacuate or you die.' IMAGE: Houses destroyed in......

In UNGA, India votes against Israeli settlements in Palestine

India voted in favour of five resolutions relating to the situation in the Middle East, including one that condemned Israeli settlement activities in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, and......

Football Briefs: Italian club AS Roma to auction shirts for Kerala flood relief

News of all that's transpired on and off the football field IMAGE: AS Roma players celebrate a goal (Image used for representational purposes). Photograph: Alessandro Bianchi/Reuters In......

Messi in middle of political drama for playing in Jerusalem

Argentina will play at Jerusalem's Teddy Kollek Stadium on Saturday night in a World Cup warm-up match that has attracted huge interest among the Israeli fans, mainly because of Messi's planned......

Sports Shorts: Semenya athletics drama angers South Africa

A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Friday IMAGE: Caster Semenya. Photograph: Athit Perawongmetha/Reuters South Africa will challenge athletics' new rules on hyperandrogenism......

Queen Elizabeth to skip Delhi Commonwealth Games

For the first time in 44 years, Queen Elizabeth II will miss the Commonwealth Games owing to "heavy workload", leaving it to Prince Charles to represent the British Royal family in Delhi this......

Gunners use football for peace

Arsenal will start next week with the twin aims of building momentum in the Champions League and building bridges between young Jews and Arabs in Israel.While the spotlight will be on their Group B......