However, Israel is yet to comment on the strike that has killed the senior Hamas leader.

Herzog further claimed that Iran is supporting the "terror machine" by providing billions of dollars aiming to undermine the regional situation.

More than 100,000 Palestinians have fled south over the past two days, according to Israel, but they still face bombardment and dire conditions.

'The purported claim that Israel can defeat Hamas and everything 'would go back to normal' is completely absurd.'

Glimpses from Gaza, Israel and Lebanon as the war provoked by Hamas' horrific attack escalates.

'The Israeli government is saying, "OK, leave northern Gaza, because we're going to fight Hamas there".' 'But Hamas is not stupid. They are going to put militants in southern Gaza too. And then what's Israel going to do?' 'At some point are they going to say, 'Leave southern Gaza too because we want to fight Hamas there? Go across the border to Egypt"'? 'That's what people are worried about. Because they fear that once they cross the border into Egypt there will be no coming back.'

Upon his arrival in Beirut on Thursday, the Iranian minister said, "Some European officials asked me if there were any chances that new fronts might open up against the Zionist regime?"

Pro-Palestinian protests were registered in Tokyo, Japan; Beirut, Lebanon; Dublin, Ireland; Amman, Jordan on October 11, 2023.

Ehud Barak was once the man most feared by terrorists in the Arab world.

Glimpses of protests against Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

A photo symbolising "love and compassion" of an 85-year-old Brazilian woman getting her first embrace in five months from a nurse through a transparent "hug curtain" has been named the World Press Photo of the Year. This year, according to organisers, 74,470 images were submitted for judging, made by 4,315 photographers from 130 different countries. World Press Photo has been kind enough to allow to share some of this year's winning photos here with you.

Army helicopters were taking part in efforts to extinguish the fire, the agency said in its report.

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In a televised address, Diab said endemic corruption was behind the deadly blast which devastated the Lebanese capital last week. "One of the examples of corruption has exploded in the port of Beirut," Diab said, adding that state was incapable of taking on the confessional system because the two were deeply intertwined.

The chemical worth Rs 1.80 crore was seized from a Tamil Nadu-based importer in 2015, who had allegedly declared it as fertiliser grade although it was an explosive grade.

Lebanese Prime Minister Hassan Diab in a televised address to the county warned that those who were responsible for the devastating catastrophe will be held accountable and not go unpunished.

'The future does not look very promising for peace in Kashmir,' warns Colonel Anil A Athale (retd).

How many of the 319 films Aseem Chhabra watched in 2018 have you seen?

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Presenting Part 1 of our series.

Apple has teamed up with the Malala Fund to support girls' education.

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Have Muslim women taken to the BJP under Modi even while their menfolk cling to 'secular' politics, asks Syed Firdaus Ashraf.

It's time to tour Lebanon with Lisa Ray, who had gone on vacation with husband Jason Dehni.

The top posts on social media from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.

'India is no longer the India of the '70s and the '80s.' 'It's a large country with the fastest growing economy.' 'In working with India, you just can't go and humiliate the nation publicly.' USIBC President Mukesh Aghi tells Aziz Haniffa/Rediff.com about how he advises American companies to do business with India, what he thinks of Modi's government and the way forward for the India-US relationship.

Here's this week of photos that prove we live in a mad world.

Saudi Arabia on Sunday came under attack globally a day after it carried out mass execution of 47 people, including Shia cleric Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr who was a vocal critic of the government and the Saudi monarchy.

Rediff.com presents a selection of the year's most enduring moments year from around the world

Here's this week of photos that prove we live in a mad world.

In 11 countries with significant Muslim population people hold overwhelmingly negative views about the Islamic State with the exception of Pakistan where most people have no definite opinion on the terror group, according to a new research.

Here's a glimpse of all that happened around the world last week, in 13 images.

What's worse than watching someone take a million selfies?

A photo of a distraught-looking Syrian refugee selling pens on the street while carrying his sleeping daughter triggered an online campaign that raised nearly $108,551 (about Rs 71 lakh) in 24 hours.

A round-up of our favourite photographs from the week gone by.

These images from across the globe tell us that it is a bizarre world out there!

It's a truly mad world we live in!

We take a look at Time magazines top world leaders.