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The Centre informed the Supreme Court on Wednesday that it was ready to bring back Sunali Khatun and her son from Bangladesh on "humanitarian grounds". (Express)

Will bring back Sunali Khatun, son from Bangladesh ‘on humanitarian grounds’, Centre tells SC

December 03, 2025 12:58 pm

In June, Sunali Khatoon and her family were picked up in Delhi, where they were working as daily wage workers, and deported to Bangladesh on the suspicion of being foreign nationals.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

Netanyahu says Israel will control all of Gaza, stop Hamas looting aid

May 19, 2025 5:28 pm

The resumption of aid coincides with Israel’s escalated military operations, including an evacuation order for Khan Younis, Gaza’s second-largest city.

Desperate, Gazans sell clothing salvaged from rubble

November 18, 2024 9:35 pm

Makeshift markets now sell these clothing, including items retrieved from destroyed homes. Traders display worn shoes, shirts, and sweaters on dusty blankets.

First aid ship to Gaza leaves Cyprus port in pilot project

March 12, 2024 1:52 pm

The charity ship Open Arms was seen sailing out of Larnaca port in Cyprus, towing a barge containing flour, rice and protein.

‘Hell on Earth’: What is the humanitarian situation in Gaza?

November 24, 2023 8:23 pm

A temporary pause in hostilities is set to bring much-needed relief to besieged Gazans. But the humanitarian situation in the battered enclave remains dired.

As Israel bombards Gaza, bakeries run out of bread, water runs low

October 14, 2023 6:49 pm

The flood of people arriving in south Gaza after Israel told them on Friday to leave an area in the north has stretched resources that were already strained to breaking point.

Earthquake strikes Syrian region already mired in humanitarian crisis

February 07, 2023 12:20 pm

All most Syrians knew was that the shortages had made even the most basic activities a nightmare, even before the earthquake struck.

Ukrainian medic’s months in Russian cell: Cold, dirty and used as a Prop

July 12, 2022 10:44 am

Paievska, 53, was already well known in Ukraine as Taira, a nickname she first used in the video game World of Warcraft. Her all-female volunteer medic group, called Taira’s Angels, had become famous in Ukraine during the earlier war in the eastern Donbas region.

Germany mulls imposing Russian oil embargo

March 18, 2022 5:58 pm

Germany receives about a third of its oil from Russia and half of its coal and natural gas.

Saudi-led coalition strikes Yemen's rebel-held capital

March 07, 2021 8:51 pm

While the Houthi attacks rarely cause damage or casualties, strikes on major oil facilities in Saudi Arabia, the world's largest oil exporter, have shaken energy markets and the world economy.