Washington: More than 40 US senators have demanded answers from the Pentagon over the bombing of a girls’ school in Iran that reportedly killed at least 168 people, most of them children, during the opening phase of the Trump administration’s war against Iran. In a...
Washington: The United States will release 172 million barrels of oil from its Strategic Petroleum Reserve over the next four months, part of a coordinated international effort by major economies to stabilise energy markets as conflict in the Middle East pushes global prices higher. The...
Washington: President Donald Trump said Wednesday that American forces have inflicted devastating damage on Iran’s military infrastructure, claiming that Tehran has lost much of its naval and air defence capability as US strikes intensified during the ongoing conflict. Speaking to reporters before departing the White...
Islamabad: Pakistan Wednesday said its security forces have killed 641 Afghan Taliban operatives and injured over 855 in the ongoing military operation launched two weeks ago. Pakistan unleashed military action, codenamed Operation Ghazab lil-Haq (righteous fury), February 26 after the Afghan side attacked 53 locations...
Cairo: An explosive-laden drone blamed on Sudanese paramilitaries struck a secondary school and a health care centre in southern Sudan Wednesday, killing at least 17 people, mostly schoolgirls, a hospital official and a medical group said. At least 10 people were wounded in the strike,...
Moscow: Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar held a telephonic conversation Wednesday during which they discussed the situation in West Asia. The two ministers exchanged views on the situation surrounding Iran, calling for its rapid normalisation, the Russian foreign ministry...
New Delhi: Offices and infrastructure of major US technology companies in Israel and some Gulf countries could come under Iranian attack as the conflict in the Middle East intensifies, according to reports. Iran’s Tasnim News Agency, which is affiliated with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps...
Berlin: Germany and Austria say they are releasing parts of their oil reserves following an International Energy Agency (IEA) request for its members to release 400 million barrels to help temper energy price spikes due to the Iran war. The largest-ever previous collective release of...
Bucharest: Romania's top defence body Wednesday approved a request from the United States to increase its troop presence and use of the NATO country's air bases to facilitate its ongoing military operations in Iran and the Middle East. President Nicusor Dan said after a meeting...
Rome: Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni, a close ally of US President Donald Trump, said the US-Israeli attacks violate international law. Meloni, in an address to the Italian Senate Wednesday, described a broader international crisis in which threats are becoming increasingly terrifying and unilateral interventions outside...
In Rajasthan, accountability has recently discovered a rather dramatic sense of urgency. A ten-minute technical glitch at Prime Minister Narendra...
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The energy crisis engulfing the whole world is deepening with no sign of the war between Israel-USA and Iran ending...
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Nepal did what Bangladesh could not. Its Gen Z has transformed its pent-up anger against mainstream political parties and their...
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The insults heaped on India by senior officials of the Trump administration, including the PoTUS himself, that have become all...
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