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Government and military representatives have been holding indirect talks, as the government publicly rejects the ICC investigation into alleged war crimes in the Palestinian territories

Get email notification for articles from Yaniv Kubovich Follow Apr. 25, 2021 12:20 PM Army Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Aviv Kochavi has decided to cancel his trip to the United States to discuss Iran and the ongoing nuclear talks with world powers following the escalating tensions with Gaza over the weekend, the IDF spokesperson unit said Sunday. Military intelligence chief Maj. Gen. Tamir Heyman and the head of the armys Iran-focused Strategic and Third Ring Directorate, Maj. Gen. Tal Ka...

11 UDF MPs write to CJI, seeking intervention for urgent hearing in Kappan case By Mansoor|   Published: 25th April 2021 8:14 pm IST Courtesy "Muslim Mirror" Kochi Eleven MPs of the opposition UDF on Sunday sought the intervention of Supreme Court Chief Justice N V Ramana for an urgent hearing of the case of journalist Siddique Kappan, arrested while on his way to Hathras, where a young Dalit woman died after being allegedly gang raped. In a letter to the CJI, the MPs of the Congress led U...

Department of Defence For over a century, on Anzac Day, Australians around the nation and the world have paused to remember and commemorate those who have served past and present. Today’s Australian Defence Force (ADF) continues to answer the call to serve the nation whether that is on operations abroad or closer to home. Chief of the Defence Force, General Angus Campbell, AO, DSC, said the sailors, soldiers and aviators of the ADF have much to be proud of. “Every day I see our people humbl...

India close to building worlds biggest nuclear plant: EDF AFP/Paris AFP photo used for illustrative purpose French energy group to help build the plant in Maharashtra. French energy group EDF took Friday a key step towards helping to build the worlds biggest nuclear power plant in India, a project blocked for years by nuclear events and local opposition. The company said it had filed a binding offer to supply engineering studies and equipment to build six, third-generation EPR reactors in Jaita...

Get email notification for articles from Amos Harel Follow Apr. 23, 2021 6:05 AM The IDF this week set up a tank park in the northern Golan Heights, near Birkat Ram lake. This is routine activity as part of the army’s ties with the Israeli public, augmented in connection with Memorial Day and Independence Day. This time, however, the experience of climbing on tanks is meant to attract a different crowd: the Druze of the Golan Heights. Relations between the Golan Druze and the state are becom...

Get email notification for articles from Josh Breiner Follow Apr. 22, 2021 8:51 PM It was one of the thorniest investigations carried out in recent years – motivated by a suspicion that Shin Bet security service agents and Israel Defense Forces officers had had two female soldiers perform an invasive search of a Palestinian woman’s most sensitive body parts. So delicate was the case that the attorney general convened a special meeting to discuss it. “If we don’t investigate this, the I...

Message : Required fields PARIS (Reuters) - French state-controlled power group EDF has made a binding offer to build six third-generation EPR nuclear reactors at the Jaitapur site in Indias Maharashtra region, EDF said on Friday. EDF said the project would have an installed capacity of 9.6 gigawatts (GW), and would generate up to 75 terawatt hours (TWh) per year and cover the annual consumption of 70 million Indian households, while avoiding the emission of 80 million tons of CO2 per year...

Play audio 1XChange playback rate from 1 to 1 Mute audio The missile triggered sirens in the town Abu Qrenat near the Dimona reactor. Abu Qrenat is deeper within Israeli territory than the usual range of the rockets of Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip. A Reuters reporter about 90 km (56 miles) away from Abu Qrenat heard the sound of an explosion minutes before the militarys text message. Israeli media have said for weeks that air defences in the area of Dimona and the Red Sea port Eilat...

Get email notification for articles from Almog Ben Zikri Follow Apr. 22, 2021 2:42 PM A suspected smuggler near the border with Egypt was killed early Thursday after an IDF soldier shot at the wheels of his vehicle. A military statement said that the soldiers were on an ambush near the border fence, when they identified three vehicles approaching it from the Israeli side. The soldiers fired at the vehicles after they failed to response to calls to halt, the statement read. The military believe...