In a major initiative, Quad leaders launched an ''Indo-Pacific Logistics Network'' pilot project to pursue shared airlift capacity among the four member nations and leverage their collective logistics strengths, to support civilian response to natural disasters more rapidly and efficiently across the Indo-Pacific region.
Israel launched a series of airstrikes on towns and villages in southern and eastern Lebanon on Saturday afternoon, prompting Hezbollah's retaliatory bombing at northern Israel, according to Lebanese military sources.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other Quad leaders expressed serious concern over the situation in the East and South China Seas and reaffirmed that maritime disputes must be resolved peacefully and in accordance with international law, as reflected in the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS).
The two leaders voiced their view that a closer US-India partnership is vital to the success of efforts to build a cleaner, inclusive, more secure, and more prosperous future for the planet.
A displaced Syrian was killed on Saturday in an Israeli airstrike targeting a motorcycle in southern Lebanon, according to Lebanese military sources.
In the past 24 hours, the number of COVID-19 patients requiring intensive care increased by around 140 and climbed to almost 4,000, according to the online registry of the German Interdisciplinary Association for Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine (DIVI)
With over 1,000 new cases registered in the last 24 hours, the country's infection tally now stands at 200,651, reports Xinhua news agency.
Saeed Khatibzadeh, spokesman for the ministry, said at weekly press conference that the UN nuclear watchdog should "not allow some countries to advance their political leanings and intentions in the name of the agency",
Spending on catering and accommodation services declined the most, down by 35 per cent compared to the previous year. The second highest decline was recorded in education where Germans spent 29 per cent less.
The collaboration was made possible thanks to the normalization agreement between Israel and the UAE, signed in September 2020, the Israeli ministry concluded.
