Bahrain postpones vote on UN resolution aimed at ending Iran’s stranglehold on Strait of...
Dubai, Apr 04: The Gulf nation of Bahrain, which holds the presidency of the UN Security Council this month, postponed the vote on...
One crew member rescued after US fighter jet shot down in Iran
Dubai, Apr 03: One crew member was rescued Friday after an American aircraft was shot down in Iran, according to one US and...
US launches rescue operation after Iranian state TV says fighter jet shot down
Dubai, Apr 03: The US military launched a rescue operation Friday after local Iranian state media said an American fighter jet went down...
Iran fires on targets across Mideast while Israel, US hit Tehran as war shows...
Dubai, Apr 03: Iran fired on targets across the Middle East, sparking multiple blazes at a Kuwaiti oil refinery, while American and Israeli...
Iran claims to be drafting proposal with Oman to ‘monitor’ Strait of Hormuz
Dubai, Apr 03: Iran on Thursday claimed its drafting a proposal with Oman to ‘monitor’ Strait of Hormuz. The comments by Kazem Gharibabadi,...
No sign of war winding down in Middle East as Friday dawns with attacks...
Dubai, Apr 03: There was little sign Friday of the war in the Middle East winding down as Israel said it faced incoming...
Artemis II astronauts reach orbit on historic mission to moon and back
Cape Canaveral, Apr 02: The four astronauts aboard the Artemis II have reached orbit. They will circle the Earth for about 25 hours...
UK gathers more than 30 countries to plot ways of reopening Strait of Hormuz
London, Apr 02: Almost three dozen countries will meet Thursday in an effort to exert diplomatic and political pressure to reopen the Strait...
Earthquake off Indonesia topples buildings, kills 1, sets off small tsunami
Indonesia, Apr 02: An undersea earthquake of 7.4 magnitude toppled buildings in parts of northern Indonesia, sent people fleeing from their homes, killed...
Trump says it’s on other nations to open Strait of Hormuz
Dubai, Apr 01: US President Donald Trump told reporters Tuesday that the responsibility for keeping the Strait of Hormuz open should belong with...
Trump says US negotiating with Iran’s parliamentary speaker, who denies talks
Dubai, Mar 31: US President Donald Trump on Monday threatened widespread destruction of Iran’s energy resources and other vital infrastructure, including desalination plants,...
Trump threatens to destroy Iran’s desalination plants, here’s what that could mean for Mideast
Washington, Mar 31: US President Donald Trump on Monday threatened to target Iran’s energy infrastructure, including the country’s desalination plants.
Such a move, and...
Trump willing to end war without reopening Hormuz: WSJ
Washington, Mar 31: US President Donald Trump has told his aides that he’s willing to end the military operation against Iran even if...
China resumes direct flights to North Korea after 6 years
Beijing, Mar 30: China’s flag carrier resumed direct flights between Beijing and North Korea’s capital of Pyongyang on Monday not long after the...
Indian national killed in Iranian strikes in Kuwait
Dubai, Mar 30: An Indian national has been killed in Kuwait in Iranian strikes on a power and water desalination plant, the country’s...
Iran dismisses talks in Pakistan as ‘cover’, warns US ground troops would be ‘set...
Islamabad, Mar 30: Pakistan announced Sunday that it will soon host talks between the US and Iran, though there was no immediate word...
North Korea conducts engine test for missile capable of targeting US mainland
Seoul, Mar 29: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un observed a test of an upgraded, high-thrust, solid-fuel engine for weapons and hailed it...
Iran-backed Houthis enter month-old war, could further threaten global shipping
Dubai, Mar 29: Iranian-backed Houthi rebels entered the month-old war in the Middle East on Saturday, claiming two missile launches at Israel.
About 2,500...
Israeli airstrike in southern Lebanon kills 3 journalists covering the war
Beirut, Mar 28: An Israeli airstrike on southern Lebanon on Saturday killed three journalists who were covering the latest Israel-Hezbollah war, their TV...
Israel says it faces first incoming missile from Yemen as war in Middle East...
Dubai, Mar 28: Israel’s military said Yemen had launched a missile toward Israel early Saturday morning, the first time it had faced fire...
10 US soldiers injured in Iranian strike on Saudi airbase
New Delhi, Mar 28: Ten American soldiers have been injured in an Iranian strike on Saudi Arabia’s Prince Sultan Airbase, according to sources...
Former Nepal PM KP Sharma Oli, Home Minister arrested over Gen Z protest crackdown
New Delhi, Mar 28: Police in Nepal have arrested former Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli and former Home Minister Ramesh Lekhak in connection...
Rapper-turned-politician ‘Balen’ sworn in as Nepal’s 47th PM
Kathmandu, Mar 27: Rapper-turned-politician Balendra Shah ‘Balen,’ took oath as Nepal’s democratically elected prime minister on Friday, around six months after the K...
Russian Prez Putin says consequences of Gulf conflict unpredictable for world
Moscow, Mar 26: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday said no one, including the perpetrators of the Gulf conflict, can foresee its grave...
Gulf of Mexico oil spill spread hundreds of miles; wildlife killed, Mexican reserves polluted
Mexico City, Mar 27: An oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico in early March spread more than 600 kilometres, including to seven...
War in Iran sparks global fertiliser shortage, threatens food prices
Hanoi, Mar 27: Farmers around the world are feeling the squeeze of the Iran war. Gas prices have shot up and fertiliser supplies...
24 killed as bus plunges into river in B’desh, search on for missing
Dhaka, Mar 26: At least 24 people were killed and several others remain missing after a bus plunged into a river in Bangladesh...
German defence minister on US-Iran conflict
Canberra, Mar 26: German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius on Thursday described the Iran war as an economic “catastrophe” and said Germany did not...
Iran dismisses US ceasefire plan, issues own counterproposal
Dubai, Mar 26: Iran on Wednesday dismissed an American plan to pause the war in the Middle East, issuing its own counterproposal instead,...
US sends 15-point plan to Iran to end war: reports
Washington, Mar 25: The US has sent Iran a 15-point plan and ceasefire proposal to end the war in the Middle East, multiple...
Iran fires dozen missile salvos at Israel as Trump insists talks are progressing
Dubai, Mar 25: President Donald Trump says the United States is in talks with Tehran to end the war, even as both sides...
Preliminary magnitude 7.6 earthquake strikes near Tonga in South Pacific Ocean
Neiafu, Mar 24: A strong preliminary magnitude 7.6 earthquake struck near Tonga in the South Pacific Ocean on Tuesday.
The United States Geological Survey...
Iranian report claims energy infrastructure damage in strikes
Dubai, Mar 24: A semiofficial Iranian news agency close to Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard reported early Tuesday that two energy sites had been...
Military plane with 121 aboard crashes in Colombia, dozens killed
Bogota, Mar 24: A military transport plane with 121 people on board, mostly soldiers, crashed shortly after taking off Monday in Puerto Leguizamo,...
Jewish ambulance service vehicles set on fire in London
London, Mar 23: Four ambulances belonging to a Jewish charity in London were set on fire early Monday morning in London, in what...
US will hold off on power plant strikes for 5 days, extending Trump deadline...
Dubai, Mar 23: President Donald Trump has extended his deadline for Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, saying the US will hold...
Pilot, copilot killed as Air Canada flight hits fire truck at New York’s LaGuardia
New York, Mar 23: Two pilots were killed after an Air Canada regional jet collided with a fire truck on a runway during...
Iran missile strikes near Israel’s nuclear site injure 180
Jerusalem, Mar 21: At least 180 people were injured after Iran launched missile strikes targeting southern Israeli towns near a key nuclear facility,...
Trump says US will ‘obliterate’ Iran’s power plants if it doesn’t open Strait of...
Cairo, Mar 22: President Donald Trump warned the U.S. will “obliterate” Iran’s power plants if it doesn’t fully open the Strait of Hormuz...
Iran strikes near Israeli nuclear research center as Trump threatens attacks on Iranian power...
Cairo, Mar 22: Iranian missiles struck two communities in southern Israel late Saturday, leaving buildings shattered and dozens injured in dual attacks not...
Iran targets British-US base and its main nuclear enrichment site is struck again
Cairo, Mar 21 (AP) Iran targeted a joint UK-US base in the Indian Ocean, and Iran’s main nuclear enrichment site was struck again,...
Omar Abdullah extends Eid greetings, says illegal war imposed on world by US-Israel must...
Srinagar, Mar 21: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Saturday said the “illegal” war imposed by the United States and Israel...
Israel says it will hold off striking key Iranian natural gas field as war...
Dubai, Mar 20: Israel pledged to refrain from more strikes on a key Iranian gas field after Iran intensified attacks on oil and...
Israeli minister says electricity grid in north was damaged as media show fire near...
Dubai, Mar 19: Israeli Energy Minister Eli Cohen said after the latest Iranian missile barrage that the electricity grid in northern Israel sustained...
Iran hits back at multiple Gulf refineries after Israeli strike on its offshore gas...
Dubai, Mar 19: Iran intensified its attacks on its Gulf Arab neighbours’ energy sites Thursday, hitting a Saudi refinery on the Red Sea...
Strikes hit world’s largest natural gas field in Iran, and Tehran retaliates with more...
Dubai, Mar 19: Qatar said Thursday that Iranian missile attacks damaged more liquefied natural gas sites in the energy-rich nation, “causing sizable fires...
Pakistan, Afghanistan announce ‘temporary pause’ in fighting
Islamabad, Mar 19: Pakistan and Afghanistan on Wednesday announced a “temporary pause” in fighting in view of Eid-ul-Fitr and at the request of...
Eid-ul-Fitr in Saudi Arabia on Friday
Riyadh, Mar 18: Eid-ul-Fitr in Saudi Arabia would be celebrated on Friday as the Shawwal crescent moon was not sighted anywhere in the...
Shawwal moon not sighted; Saudi Arabia to observe Eid-ul-Fitr on Friday
Srinagar, Mar 18: The Shawwal crescent moon was not sighted anywhere in Saudi Arabia on Thursday, authorities announced, confirming that Eid-ul-Fitr will be...
About 90 ships cross Strait of Hormuz as Iran exports millions of barrels of...
Hong Kong, Mar 18: About 90 ships including oil tankers have crossed the Strait of Hormuz since the outset of the war with...
