The Hindu Morning Digest, February 9, 2025

Prime Minister Narendra Modi greets to supporters during his arrival at the party headquarters, as celebrates over the party’s victory in the Delhi Assembly elections, in New Delhi on Saturday. | Photo Credit: Shiv Kumar Pushpakar Delhi Assembly results: BJP sweeps AAP out of power in Delhi The Bharatiya Janata Party, with its win of … Read more

7.6 magnitude earthquake shakes Caribbean, some islands urge residents to leave coastlines

The quake struck at 6:23 pm local time in the middle of the sea and had a depth of 10 kilometers. Photo: earthquake.usgs.gov A magnitude-7.6 earthquake shook the Caribbean Sea southwest of the Cayman Islands Saturday (February 8, 2025), according to the US Geological Survey, and some islands and countries urged people near the coastline … Read more

Released Thai hostages return to Bangkok after being held for over a year in Gaza

Thai Foreign Minister Maris Sangyampong walks with released Thai hostages, who were kidnapped during the deadly October 7, 2023 attack by Hamas and held in Gaza, as they arrive in Thailand after being released, at Bangkok Suvarnabhumi Airport, in Samut Prakan, Thailand, on February 9, 2025. | Photo Credit: Reuters Five Thai workers released after … Read more

Army should return to its constitutional limits: Imran Khan

Jailed former Pakistan premier Imran Khan on Sunday (February 9, 2025) penned an open letter to Army chief Gen Asim Munir in which he criticised the military’s unlawful actions and its engagement in politics and urged it “to return to its constitutional limits”. Also Read | The military’s continuing hold over Pakistan In the letter posted … Read more

Israeli military says it is expanding West Bank operation

Residents of the Al-Far’a Camp, West Bank, evacuate their homes as the Israeli military continues its operation in the area, on February 8, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP Israeli security forces have expanded a military operation to Nur Shams in the West Bank, a military spokesperson said on Sunday (February 9, 2025), announcing the expansion … Read more

Kremlin says cannot ‘confirm or deny’ Trump-Putin call

A file image of U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin | Photo Credit: Reuters The Kremlin on Sunday (February 9, 2025) declined to confirm or deny a U.S. report of a phone call between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin. Washington and Moscow have not officially confirmed any communication … Read more

Israeli forces begin to withdraw from a key Gaza corridor, part of the ceasefire deal with Hamas

Palestinians wait to cross through a checkpoint run by U.S. and Egyptian security contractors after Israeli forces withdrew from the Netzarim Corridor, allowing people to travel in both directions between southern and northern Gaza, amid a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, near Gaza City, on February 9, 2025. | Photo Credit: Reuters Israeli forces began … Read more