International

New York/Washington: US said it has given "permission" to India to buy Russian oil that is on ships already floating on waterways with a view to easing supplies around the world amid the West Asia conflict. "The world is very well supplied in oil. Yesterday,...

Washington: The US State Department said that it has approved a possible Foreign Military Sale to Israel of munitions and related support services, including 12,000 aerial bombs. The deal is worth about 151.8 million US dollars, the department said in a statement. Israel has requested...

Dubai:  Iran's president said Saturday that a demand by the United States for an unconditional surrender is a dream that they should take to their grave. President Masoud Pezeshkian made the statement in a prerecorded address aired by state television. He also apologised for Iran's...

New Delhi: Emirates Saturday announced that it has temporarily suspended all flights to and from Dubai until further notice, advising passengers not to travel to the airport while operations remain halted. In a statement posted on X, the airline said it will provide further updates...

Riyadh: Saudi Arabia Saturday cautioned Iran against engaging in what it described as "misguided calculations" as tensions across the West Asia region continue to intensify amid an expanding conflict. Iran has directed retaliatory missile and drone strikes toward Israel and US military positions, while also...

United Nations: At least 1,332 Iranian civilians, including women and children, have been killed in US-Israeli airstrikes and thousands more injured, Iran's UN ambassador Amir Saeid Iravani said. Over 180 children across the country have been killed and more than 20 schools have been damaged,...

Dubai: Explosions sent up clouds of dark smoke in the Iranian capital city early Saturday, and Tehran retaliated by firing missiles at Israel as the United States warned of a forthcoming bombing campaign that officials said would be the most intense yet in the weeklong...

Moscow: Russia will not disclose the data on crude oil export to India and keep it secret from "too many ill-wishers", the Kremlin said Friday. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov's comments came hours after US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said that Washington has issued a temporary...

New Delhi: India has allowed the urgent docking of an Iranian ship in Kochi and provided accommodation to its 183 crew members, government sources said Friday. The ship, IRIS Lavan, developed urgent technical issues and was granted emergency docking approval on March 1, following a...

New Delhi: Domestic airlines are scheduled to operate 96 flights to and from the Middle East Friday while the carriers have cancelled 278 international services for the day, the government said Friday amid the conflict in the region. The situation in the Middle East has...