Rescuers have pulled out all 41 construction workers, trapped in a collapsed mountain tunnel in northern India on Tuesday. The collapsed tunnel had trapped the workers in the last 17 days. The successful operation bring an end to a drawn-out rescue mission that had grabbed the country’s attention for days. A crowd of local residents […]
Israel and Hamas have agreed to extend their cease-fire for two more days past Monday, raising the prospect of further exchanges of Hamas hostages for Palestinians imprisoned by Israel. Eleven Israeli women and children freed, entered Israel on Monday night after more than seven weeks in captivity in Gaza in the fourth swap. This is […]
A 9-year-old girl, initially thought to have died, is among 17 hostages freed by Hamas as part of a temporary cease-fire on Saturday. Hamad reportedly held Irish Israeli citizen, Emily Hand, hostage for seven weeks after the Oct. 7 attack on Kibbutz Be’eri in southern Israel. “After weeks of trauma, this is a precious and […]
Hamas group, the Military wing of the Palestinian enclave, said released a new set of 20 Israeli captives to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) on Saturday night. The Israel Defence Forces (IDF) confirmed Hamas transferred the hostages back to Israel through the Palestinian enclave’s border with Egypt. IDF has acknowledged the exchange, […]
Qatari and Egyptian mediators say Hamas agreed to release 13 Israelis and seven foreigners on Saturday in exchange for 39 Palestinians imprisoned by Israel. The announcement came after Hamas delayed the releases for several hours, saying Israel violated the terms of a truce deal. The deal had set the stage for such swaps. Saturday marked […]
By Abdulfatah Babatunde A Nigerian, Dr Ikpeme Neto and two other African entrepreneurs, have emerged winners of the 2023 African Business Heroes (ABH) prize competition, receiving combined grants of $700,000. TheNewsZenith reports that the other winners are Thomas Njeru from Kenya and Ayman Bazaraa from Egypt. In a statement e-mailed to TheNewsZenith on Saturday, organisers […]
The Health Ministry in Hamas-ruled Gaza has resumed its detailed count of Palestinian casualties from the war, saying over 13,300 have died. The figures do not include updated numbers from hospitals in the north, where services and communication largely broke down earlier this month. The ministry says some 6,000 people are reportedly missing and are feared […]
The Israeli cabinet approved a deal for Hamas to release at least 50 women and children held hostage in the Gaza Strip during a four-day pause in fighting, the Israeli prime minister’s office announced. “The government of Israel is obligated to return home all of the hostages,” the Israeli statement said. “The release of every additional […]
Israel and Hamas, on Tuesday, appeared close to a deal to temporarily halt their devastating six-week war for exchange of dozens of hostages on either side. But as Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu convened his cabinet for a vote, he vowed to resume the Israeli offensive against Hamas as soon as the truce ends. “We are […]
Medics, on Monday, evacuated 28 prematurely born babies from Gaza’s biggest hospital and took them to Egypt for urgent treatment. Palestinian authorities and the World Health Organisation (WHO) said 12 people died in another Gaza hospital encircled by Israeli tanks. The newborns had been in north Gaza’s Al Shifa hospital, where several others died. They […]