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Iran war rages, oil prices skyrocket, govts across world scramble to limit fallout

A mourner throws flowers during a funeral ceremony for victims of Israeli and U.S. strikes, amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, in Tehran, Iran,...

Putin congratulates new Iranian Supreme Leader

Offers Russia’s ‘unwavering’ support to Tehran in war against US, Israel MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Zelensky on Monday extended his country’s ‘unwavering’ support to Iran...

US employee groups representing 700,000 workers from Amazon, Google, Microsoft demand tech giants reject Pentagon’s military AI contracts

Workers call for transparency, resilience against military use of AI Urge companies to uphold ethical standards, ban repressive govt partnerships NEW DELHI: A number of letters...

China blasts Middle East war, urges US to manage ties

BEIJING: China’s top diplomat condemned on Sunday the war in the Middle East and urged the United States to iron out its differences with...

Israel bombs Iran’s fuel storage complexes in Tehran

IRGC escalates missile, drone attacks TEL AVIV: The Israeli military today announced that its air force carried out targeted strikes on several Iranian military-linked facilities...

Pope Leo calls for dialogue amid Iran, Middle East violence

VATICAN CITY: Pope Leo said on Sunday that deeply troubling news continued to arrive from Iran and across the Middle East, urging an end...

US-Israel attacks on Iran breach int’l law: Swiss defense min

ZURICH/FRANKFURT: The United States and ‌Israel have broken international law with their attacks on Iran, Swiss Defense Minister Martin Pfister said in an interview...

Sri Lanka hospital releases 22 rescued Iranian sailors

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka discharged from hospital 22 Iranian sailors who were plucked from life rafts after their warship was sunk by a US submarine,...

Nearly 2 million people cross Makkah miqats during Ramadan

RIYADH: Nearly two million people have so far passed through the miqats of Makkah — the points past which all must enter the state...

Webb confirms asteroid 2024 YR4 will not crash on Moon

NEW DELHI: Nasa's James Webb Space Telescope has confirmed that asteroid 2024 YR4 poses no threat to the Moon, putting to rest months of...

Iran promises to stop attacks on neighbours, tells US to take ‘surrender dream to grave’

TEHRAN: Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Saturday that the country’s temporary leadership council had approved the suspension of attacks against neighbouring countries unless...

Iran threatens US: ‘Before escorting ships through Hormuz, remember 1987 Bridgeton’

TEHRAN: Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has issued a warning to the United States amid rising tensions, invoking the 1987 mining of the...

Trump: ‘Iran will be hit very hard!’

DORAL (FLORIDA): US President Donald Trump has warned in a social media post that more Iran officials will be targets in war, saying: ‘Today...

Putin calls for immediate halt to Iran conflict

MOSCOW: Russian ‌President Vladimir Putin expressed his condolences to Iran’s president over the numerous civilian casualties resulting from “the armed Israeli-American aggression against Iran”...

‘US not expanding military objectives in Iran’

TAMPA (FLORIDA): US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Thursday the United States was not expanding its military objectives in Iran, after President Donald...

Khamenei killing decision taken last year: Israel minister

TEL AVIV: Israel had decided months in advance to eliminate Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, with the plan first approved during a closed...

Trump says regime change in Cuba is ‘question of time’ after Iran

WASHINGTON: United States President Donald Trump has renewed his threats to topple the government of Cuba, stating that US action there could come after...

NATO to focus on modern warfare tech at July summit in Turkey

Alliance plans to prioritize investments in drones, AI, advanced systems, amid member spending pressures&shifting security threats NEW DELHI: The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) is...

Iran has not yet elected new supreme leader: Top Iranian cleric in India

NEW DELHI: Iran has not yet elected the successor of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Syed Ali Khamenei, who was assassinated in a joint US-Israeli airstrike...

Iran guns for total chaos, hits Azerbaijan that has no US troops, base

DUBAI: Is Iran going for scorched earth? Is Tehran moving towards a policy of regional saturation, from targeted military strikes on US-Israel bases and...

Israel says it launched ‘broad wave’ of strikes on Iran; Tehran widens its response across region

JERUSALEM/DUBAI/TEHRAN: The Israeli military said Wednesday it detected missiles launched from Iran, on the fifth day of the US-Israeli military campaign against the Islamic...

Pentagon identifies four US troops killed in Iran war

WASHINGTON: The Pentagon on Tuesday identified four of six US troops killed in the Iran war after they were struck in a drone attack...

UK imposes study visa bans on Afghanistan, Cameroon, Myanmar, Sudan

LONDON: The UK on Wednesday imposed a study visa ban on four countries accused of using the route as a backdoor entry to seek...

Trump says Iran war could last weeks as Netanyahu defends decision to attack

WASHINGTON: As the war in the Middle East intensifies, US President Donald Trump said that the US has “the capability to go far longer"...

India advises nationals in Iran to stay indoors

NEW DELHI: India on Tuesday urged its nationals in Iran to exercise extreme caution and remain indoors as the security situation in the country...

‘Jeffrey Epstein Walk of Shame’ stickers appear near White House

WASHINGTON: A “Jeffrey Epstein Walk of Shame” installation has appeared near the White House in Washington, D.C., with stickers naming prominent public figures reportedly...

Iran rejects talks with US following Khamenei’s death

Larijani blames Trump for regional turmoil TEHRAN: Amid rising regional tensions in West Asia after the killing of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in...

Iranian missiles, drones target Kuwait; fresh explosions rock Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Doha

DUBAI: Tensions across West Asia escalated further on Monday as fresh explosions were reported in the Gulf region. Reportedly, there were fresh explosions in...

‘Eliminated Iran’s Dy Min of Intel, head of Espionage Div,’ claims Israel

TEL AVIV: The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) on Monday announced that several senior members of Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence have been eliminated under the...

3 American F-15 fighter jets shot down by Kuwait in ‘friendly fire’: US

WASHINGTON: The United States Central Command on Monday confirmed that three of its F-15 fighter jets were shot down over Kuwait in a “friendly...

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