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Beirut: Iran said it fully reopened the Strait of Hormuz to commercial vessels, but questions lingered Saturday about how much freedom ships actually had to transit the waterway as Tehran maintained its grip on who got through and threatened to close it again if the...

New Delhi: India Friday said that the Bangladesh government's request for extraditing former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is being examined as part of ongoing judicial and legal processes. Hasina, 78, has been living in India after she fled Dhaka following the collapse of her government...

Tehran/Islamabad: Iran Friday said that the Strait of Hormuz is "completely open" for all commercial vessels, a move welcomed by US President Donald Trump. "In line with the ceasefire in Lebanon, the passage for all commercial vessels through the Strait of Hormuz is declared completely...

Islamabad: Pakistan has started preparing to host the second round of high-stakes talks between the US and Iran during the next week for a landmark peace deal to end the war in West Asia that has crippled global energy supplies, officials said Friday. The US...

Jakarta (Indonesia): A helicopter flying between palm oil plantations on Borneo Island crashed, killing the eight people on board, Indonesian officials said Friday. The Airbus H130 owned by PT Matthew Air Nusantara lost contact Thursday, five minutes after it took off from Melawi district in...

United Nations: While expressing concern over the attacks on commercial shipping in the Hormuz Strait, India has taken a neutral stance on the veto by Russia and China of a Security Council resolution demanding that Iran stop attacks. Speaking Thursday at a General Assembly meeting...

Paris: The leaders of France and the UK will gather dozens of countries - but not the United States -Friday to push forward plans to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, a key oil route choked off by the US-Israeli war on Iran. The Paris meeting...

Cairo: Israel and Lebanon have agreed to a 10-day ceasefire starting later Thursday, President Donald Trump said. The truce is scheduled to begin at 5 pm Eastern, Trump said. The president announced the pause in fighting on social media, saying it followed "excellent" conversations with...

Beirut: Lebanon's Health Ministry Thursday said death toll of Lebanese killed in Israeli strikes has increased to 2,196. The Health Ministry said that among the killed are 260 women and 172 children since the latest war between Israel and Hezbollah began March 2. Another 7,185...

Washington: US President Donald Trump has said that Israel-Lebanon talks will take place Thursday. "Trying to get a little breathing room between Israel and Lebanon. It has been a long time since the two leaders have spoken, like 34 years. It will happen tomorrow," Trump...