International

Dubai: Residents of Dubai and Doha, Qatar, awoke to the sound of explosions Tuesday as air defences worked to intercept new waves of incoming Iranian fire, and Israel launched new strikes on Iran and Lebanon, as the war in the Middle East showed no signs...

United Nations: India has exposed Pakistan’s own Islamophobia, manifest in the deadly persecution of Ahmadiyyas, and Islamabad’s representative virtually admitted it was happening. Referring to Pakistan only as “our western neighbour”, India’s Permanent Representative P. Harish asked rhetorically Monday (local time), “One wonders what would...

Kabul: Pakistani airstrike on a major addiction treatment hospital in Kabul killed more than 400 people and injured at least 250 others, Taliban officials and local media reported, in what could become one of the deadliest incidents in the Afghan capital. According to officials of...

Tel Aviv/Dubai: Israel said Monday it has detailed plans for at least three more weeks of war as its military pounded sites across Iran overnight, while Iranian drone attacks temporarily shut Dubai airport and hit a key oil facility in the United Arab Emirates. The...

Athens: Greece has no plans to participate in any military operation in the Strait of Hormuz, government spokesman Pavlos Marinakis said Monday, stressing that the country has no intention of becoming involved in war. Speaking at a regular briefing, Marinakis said Greece's current involvement in...

Beijing: China Monday called on all countries to immediately stop military operations in West Asia in response to US President Donald Trump's appeal to help keep the Strait of Hormuz open for international transport, ruling out Beijing joining any international naval force risking its close...

Colombo: Sri Lanka Monday announced a four-day working week with every Wednesday a public holiday as a contingency measure for possible fuel shortages in view of the war in West Asia. Currently, the island nation follows a five-day work week. "It was decided to declare...

London: Prime Minister Keir Starmer Monday said that he will not allow the UK to be drawn into a "wider war" in the Middle East, asserting that he is working with European allies to develop a "viable plan" to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. Addressing...

Dubai: India Monday asked its citizens currently in Iran not to approach or attempt to cross any land border for onward travel without prior and explicit coordination with the Indian Embassy in Tehran. In an advisory, the Indian Embassy further said that Indian nationals who...

Dubai: US President Donald Trump said that he has demanded that about seven countries send warships to keep the Strait of Hormuz open, as Iranian strikes continued to rain down on Gulf countries early Monday. Dubai International Airport - the world's busiest - suspended operations...