AFP

The Gulf state told Israel and Hamas last month that it would suspend mediation after nearly a year of failed attempts to broker a ceasefire.

NEW DELHI, Oct 22: India said Monday it had struck an agreement with neighbour China for military patrols in highly contested border zones, aiming to resolve issues that flared when their rival armies clashed in 2020.

The Maldives president has sacked more than 225 political appointees, including ministers, in a bid to reduce the cash-strapped Indian Ocean nation's expenditure, his office said on Tuesday.

GAZA STRIP, Oct 14: Gaza's civil defense agency said Israeli shelling late Sunday had killed at least 15 people at a school serving as a shelter for displaced Palestinians in central Gaza's Nuseirat camp.

BEIRUT, Oct 12: Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati on Friday urged the United Nations to pass a resolution calling for an "immediate" ceasefire between Israel and the Iran-backed Hezbollah group.