International

Kathmandu: The government of Nepal has decided to stop providing visa-on-arrival facilities to Iranian citizens visiting the country amid the ongoing US–Iran conflict in West Asia, the country's Department of Immigration said Friday. “The move is aimed at preventing an influx of Iranian citizens into...

Washington: U.S. Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth said Friday that Iran’s newly installed supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, had been wounded and forced into hiding as the country’s military leadership struggled amid intense American strikes. Speaking at a Pentagon briefing, Hegseth said Iran’s leadership was under growing...

Kabul: Afghanistan's Taliban government accused Pakistan's military Friday of targeting homes in overnight airstrikes in Kabul and other areas of the country, saying at least six civilians were killed and more than a dozen injured, as fighting between the neighbours entered its third week. Afghan...

Dubai: Four of the six crew members aboard a US military KC-135 refuelling aircraft that crashed in western Iraq have been found dead, the American military said. The US military's Central Command made the announcement in a statement. "Four of six crew members on board...

New Delhi: The US waiver for buying seaborne Russian crude has immediately freed another 20-odd million barrels of oil on board ships, which is expected to cool runaway prices that have crossed the $100 per barrel mark in the global market amid the Iran war....

Dubai: Iran launched multiple attacks early Friday on Gulf Arab states, including dozens of drones at Saudi Arabia, following warnings from its new supreme leader about hosting American bases, and US President Donald Trump threatened major new retaliation. "Watch what happens to these deranged scumbags...

Colombo: Sri Lanka Friday handed over the bodies of 45 sailors killed in an attack on an Iranian warship off the island nation's coast to Iran's embassy, the officials said. The Chief Magistrate, Sameera Dodangoda, gave the order March 11 to the Director of the...

Dubai: US President Donald Trump issued a new threat online to Iran, writing: "Watch what happens to these deranged scumbags today." Trump made the post Friday on his Truth Social website, saying that "Iran's Navy is gone, their Air Force is no longer, missiles, drones...

Washington: The United States has launched investigations into 60 economies, including the European Union, India, Japan, and China, to determine whether their failure to ban imports made with forced labour unfairly harms American workers and businesses. The sweeping probe was initiated by the Office of...

Washington: Amid rising oil prices, the Trump administration has announced a temporary authorisation to other countries to purchase Russian oil currently stranded at sea, as there were no immediate signs of an early end to the US war on Iran. The US had granted a...