Weapons recovered from senior PIJ leader’s house in Gaza: IDF

IANS | November 13, 2023 6:02 PM

Tel Aviv, Nov 13 (IANS) The Israel Defense Forces (IDF ) on Monday said that it has recovered huge cache of weapons -- from the bedroom of a child -- in house of a senior Palestine Islamic Jihad (PIJ) leader, which is an offshoot of Hamas and had participated in October 7 attack on Israel.

Hamas preventing Al-Shifa staff from collecting fuel: Israeli military

IANS | November 13, 2023 10:59 AM

Jerusalem, Nov 13 (IANS) The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) on Monday claimed that the Hamas militant group was preventing the staff at Gaza's Al-Shifa Hospital from collecting fuel as the largest medical facility in the besieged enclave is rapidly running out of electricity, supplies and food.

Over 6,000 Afghan refugees return home from Pakistan in single day

IANS | November 12, 2023 3:56 PM

Kabul, Nov 12 (IANS) Following Islamabad's decision to deport undocumented refugees living in Pakistan, more than 6,000 Afghan refugees returned to their home country from Islamabad in a single day, a statement of the Ministry for Refugees and Repatriation said on Sunday.

NIA chargesheet against Malkit Singh in cross border arms smuggling case

IANS | November 12, 2023 1:40 PM

New Delhi, Nov 12 (IANS) The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Sunday said that it filed a chargesheet against Malkit Singh aka Pistol in connection with cross border Arms smuggling case, alleging that he was in touch in direct communication with Pakistan-based drug smugglers, Rehmat Ali aka Miyan, Pak based ISYF Chief Lakhbir Singh Rode aka Babaji, and Ranjot Singh Rana.