US President Joe Biden has held crisis talks on a potential Iranian counterattack on Israel as his administration said it was working around the clock to avoid all-out war in the Middle East.
It was decided by the both sides during the 2nd India Japan Consultations on Middle East/ West Asia region which was held in New Delhi.
India at the United Nations has reiterated its call for an immediate and complete ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and called for the release of the hostages without any conditions.
This will enable UPI payment acceptance in Qatar through the QNB merchant network, benefiting Indian travellers visiting and transiting through the country.
UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Tor Wennesland, has called for the resumption of negotiations between Israel and Hamas.
The UN resolution urging a "immediate, durable and sustained humanitarian truce" between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip was the subject of India's abstention from voting on many weeks prior
The US has said that it is concerned over the escalating attacks on the Americans across the Middle East in wake of ongoing war between Hamas and Israel, media reports said.
US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has also said that additional troops have been put on "prepare to deploy" orders in the region.
The outbreak of hostilities between Israel and Hamas has thrown yet another variable into the complex equation that is the global economy.
Greta Gerwig’s ‘Barbie’ has been a point of contention in the Middle East and a lot of Islamic countries, with certain countries having banned it altogether such as Qatar and Kuwait.
