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India’s Garuda Aerospace Receives Export License, Expands into U.S., Australia, and Middle East
India’s MS Dhoni-backed drone company aims for global growth with agriculture and defense solutions Garuda Aerospace Takes a Major Step Toward Global Reach Chennai-based drone manufacturer Garuda Aerospace has received an export license, clearing...

Afghans Show Solidarity As Migrant Returns From Iran Surge
At the border with Iran, Fatima Rezaei distributes food and hygiene products to Afghans forced to return, unable to passively stand by as the deportation crisis grows. The 22-year-old is one of many Afghan volunteers rallying to help their...

Greens call on the Albanese Government for comprehensive Russian-style sanctions on Israel
Australian Greens The Greens are calling on the Albanese Government to implement a sanctions regime against Israel based on Russian sanctions to force Israel to let aid into Gaza, stop the occupation of the West Bank and end the genocide. The...

world 2 rights groups are first Israeli voices to accuse Israel of genocide
JERUSALEM —Two Israeli human rights organisations said on Monday (July 28) Israel was committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza, the first major voices in Israeli society to level the strongest possible accusation against the state, which...

Pro-Palestine protest group says ‘we will see them in court’ after police block Sydney Harbour Bridge march
Organisers of a pro-Palestine protest have vowed to fight the New South Wales police in court after police decided to not facilitate a march across the Sydney Harbour Bridge this weekend. On Tuesday afternoon, deputy police commissioner Peter...

Iraqi businessman granted asylum in UK ‘led billion-dollar oil smuggling plot to help fund Iran’s terror state’
AN IRAQI businessman granted asylum in the UK has been accused of running a billion dollar oil smuggling plot to finance global terrorism and domestic tyranny by Iran. The Trump administration claims Salim Ahmed Said, 47, has been running a...
Gaza genocide? Israeli rights groups level charge…
Two Israeli rights groups accuse Israel of genocide. The office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu strongly denies the allegations. Human Right report accuses Israel of displacement, bombing, starvation. Gaza humanitarian crisis has...

Price of Gobindobhog rice doubles amid low supply & rising demand from South India, Middle East
The price of Geographical Indication tagged Gobindobhog rice has doubled at the retail end in the last seven months as there has been a demand-supply mismatch. Demand has shot up from southern parts of the country and the Middle East, while there...

Syrian official: Hikmat al-Hijri calls for autonomous zone in Sweida
A Syrian government official said on Sunday that Hikmat al-Hijri, a leading Druze religious figure in the southern province of Sweida, is calling for the establishment of an “autonomous zone”. The remarks came during a closed discussion between...

Israel ‘collapsing,’ Netanyahu’s government must be replaced: Ex-premier
Former Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett on Sunday said Israel is facing a “collapse,” urging a swift replacement of Benjamin Netanyahu’s government, Anadolu reports. “From Washington, D.C., I report that Israel is collapsing,” Bennett said...

Iraq vows action after drone attacks on Kurdistan
2025-07-28T14:28:09+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News – Erbil On Monday, Iraq’s National Security Adviser Qassem al-Araji emphasized that the security of the Kurdistan Region is essential to the country’s overall stability, citing...

Government to cut budgets of so-called ‘drop-out yeshivas’ whose students don’t enlist
The government announced Monday that, starting in 2026, it will no longer finance the education of ultra-Orthodox youths who are studying at so-called “drop-out yeshivas” and decline to enlist in the IDF for their mandatory service. Drop-out...

India News | PM's 'shameful Silence' on Israel's Assault on People of Gaza Height of 'moral Cowardice': Sonia
New Delhi, Jul 29 (PTI) Asserting that Israel's military campaign in Gaza amounts to "genocide", Congress parliamentary party chairperson Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday slammed the Modi government for being a "mute spectator to this affront to humanity",...

Aid deliveries a ‘drop in the ocean’ amid Gaza’s desperate hunger, UN says, as Israel resumes military pause – as it happened
Sunday's aid deliveries only a 'drop in the ocean' of what is needed in Gaza, UN warnsThe UN’s aid chief, Tom Fletcher, has been interviewed by the BBC’s Today programme. Here are the main takeaways from what he said: Sunday’s aid deliveries were...

Anthony Albanese slams Israel's denial of starvation reports in Gaza 'beyond comprehension'
By AAP Published: 23:56 EDT, 28 July 2025 | Updated: 00:26 EDT, 29 July 2025 Anthony Albanese has strongly rejected Israel's claims that there's no starvation in Gaza as 'beyond comprehension'. The Prime Minister was responding to statements made...

Saudi FM: Israeli policies undermine peace and fuel extremism
Saudi Gazette report NEW YORK — Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan warned on Monday that peace and security cannot be achieved through the denial of rights or by imposing a reality through force, stressing that Israel’s current...

Saudi Arabia, France Sign Executive Document on Security Cooperation
Saudi Minister of Interior Prince Abdulaziz bin Saud bin Naif bin Abdulaziz held talks with his French counterpart Bruno Retailleau in Paris on Monday on several issues related to security affairs between their countries. Prince Abdulaziz...

EDENA-BEK Group Launches Middle East's First 24/7 Digital Securities Exchange
(MENAFN- PR Newswire) Strategic Alliance with Egypt's Power Players BEK Group, founded in 1949 and guided by former PM Mahlab as Managing Director, brings unmatched market expertise. Mahlab, who previously led the Suez Canal expansion as CEO of...
Government Media in Gaza reveals Israeli enemy's double massacre
[Mon, 28 Jul 2025 23:59:05 +0300] Gaza - Saba: The Government Media Office in the Gaza Strip revealed on Monday evening an "extremely dangerous development," stating that the Israeli enemy committed a "double massacre." First, it prevented the...

Israel allows Gaza aid delivery under international pressure
On Sunday, Israel announced a halt in military operations for 10 hours a day in parts of Gaza and the creation of new aid corridors, as Jordan and the United Arab Emirates airdropped supplies into the enclave. The images of starving Palestinians...