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Dubai: Kuwait said Friday that an Iranian attack damaged a desalination plant. The attack came after an oil refinery was hit by drones Friday morning. Kuwait said without elaborating that the attack on the desalination plant caused "material damage to some of the plant's components....

Dubai: Iran fired on targets across the Middle East, sparking multiple blazes at a Kuwaiti oil refinery, while American and Israeli airstrikes hit the Islamic Republic early Friday as the war neared the end of its fifth week unabated and the UN Security Council prepared...

Washington: The Chief of Staff of the US Army, General Randy George, has stepped down and retired with immediate effect after being asked to do so by Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth, in a sudden move that underscores a widening shake-up at the Pentagon. “General...

Dubai: Iranian drones struck Kuwait's Mina al-Ahmadi oil refinery Friday, sparking fires at the facility. The state-run Kuwait Petroleum Corp. issued a statement on the attack and said firefighters were working to control the blazes. There were no injuries reported, the company said. Kuwait operates...

New Delhi: Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri Thursday called for a return to diplomacy to resolve the crisis in West Asia as he represented India at a UK-hosted meeting of over 60 nations that focused on securing global shipping routes through the volatile Strait of Hormuz....

Colombo: Sri Lanka has met all targets set under the IMF's Extended Fund Facility programme, President Anura Kumara Dissanayake said Thursday. He made the remarks during a meeting with an International Monetary Fund (IMF) delegation, which is visiting the island nation for a combined fifth...

Karachi: At least 12 people died over 24 hours after heavy rains, thunderstorms and flash floods gripped different provinces of Pakistan as an average of 30 to 45 mm of precipitation for four hours threw life out of gear in Karachi Thursday. Authorities declared an...

Dubai: Iran fired more missiles at Israel and Gulf Arab states Thursday, demonstrating Tehran's continued ability to strike its neighbours even as US President Donald Trump claimed the threat from the country was nearly eliminated. Iran's attacks on Gulf states, along with its chokehold on...

New Delhi: The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Thursday said that six Indian ships carrying products like LPG, LNG, have safely crossed the Strait of Hormuz so far as New Delhi remains in touch with Iran and other countries for safe transit of Indian ships...

Hong Kong: Oil rose more than 7% and world shares fell after President Donald Trump said in his first national address since the Iran war began that the US will continue to hit Iran very hard. Trump also said in his Wednesday night speech that...