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Dubai: Authorities say a fire has broken out at a petrochemicals plant in the United Arab Emirates following an attack Sunday. Abu Dhabi authorities responded to multiple fires at the Borouge petrochemicals plant. They say the fires were caused by falling debris following successful interceptions...

Damascus: Syrian authorities announced that a key border crossing with Lebanon will be temporarily closed due to security concerns following Israeli warnings of possible strikes on the area. The General Authority for Land and Sea Borders and Crossings Saturday (local time) said the Jdeidet Yabous...

Washington: A US service member who had been missing since Iran shot down a fighter jet has been rescued, President Donald Trump wrote in a social media post early Sunday. The crew member had been missing since Friday, when Iran downed a US F-15E Strike...

Tel Aviv: US President Donald Trump warned Iran to open the crucial Strait of Hormuz by his Monday deadline and Tehran called his threat "unbalanced and foolish". The search for a missing US military pilot continued Saturday in a remote part of the Islamic Republic....

Lahore: Pakistan's Defence Minister Khawaja Asif Saturday warned India that it would respond with a strike in Kolkata to any "future misadventures." "If India tries to stage any false flag operation this time, then God-willingly, we will take it to Kolkata," Asif said while talking...

Dubai: US President Saturday re-upped a previous April 6 deadline for Iran to open up the Strait Hormuz or face devastating consequences. "Remember when I gave Iran ten days to MAKE A DEAL or OPEN UP THE HORMUZ STRAIT," Trump wrote on his social media...

Kabul: Widespread flooding, landslides and lightning strikes triggered by heavy rain and storms across Afghanistan have left 77 people dead and 137 injured over the past 10 days, the country's Disaster Management Authority said Saturday. More rain has been forecast for the coming days throughout...

Cairo: The US military pressed ahead Saturday in a frantic search for a missing pilot after Iran shot down an American warplane, as Iran called on people to turn the pilot in, promising a reward. The plane, identified by Iran as a US F-15E Strike...

Ulan Bator: Mongolia's new coalition government, led by newly-appointed Prime Minister Nyam-Osor Uchral, who is the Chairman of the ruling Mongolian People's Party (MPP), was sworn in Saturday at the State Palace in the capital Ulan Bator. The coalition government, formed by the MPP, the...

Islamabad: A sharp hike in fuel prices by the Pakistan government has triggered strong backlash from opposition parties and civil society groups, with calls for mass protests and demands for the removal of the coalition government led by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, according to local...