International

Dubai: Israel said it killed the intelligence chief of Iran's Revolutionary Guard Monday. Defence Minister Israel Katz made the announcement. Iranian state media also reported the death of the head of intelligence. "The Revolutionary Guard are shooting at civilians and we are eliminating the leaders...

Cairo: Iran and the United States received a draft proposal late Sunday calling for a 45-day ceasefire and the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, two Mideast officials speaking on condition of anonymity told The Associated Press. The proposal comes from Egyptian, Pakistani and Turkish...

Dhaka/New Delhi:  Indian envoy Pranay Verma Monday met Bangladesh Prime Minister Tarique Rahman and conveyed New Delhi's intent to pursue positive, constructive, and people-centric ties with Dhaka based on mutual interest. The meeting came as India and Bangladesh are making efforts to rebuild bilateral ties...

New Delhi: India has said it dispatched a fresh consignment of relief materials to Afghanistan to support those affected by the recent floods and an earthquake. External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal Sunday said India is committed to extending humanitarian assistance to the Afghan people...

Tehran: India has stressed the importance of restoring stability and security in West Asia, and expressed support for ongoing efforts aimed at stopping the war, the Iranian Foreign Ministry has said. External Affairs Minister (EAM) S. Jaishankar held a phone conversation with his Iranian counterpart,...

Dubai: An airstrike early Monday struck a residential building in a city southwest of Iran's capital, Tehran, killing at least 13 people, Iranian media reported. The semiofficial Fars news agency and Nour News reported the strike near Eslamshar. It wasn't clear why the building had...

Dubai: Iran's culture minister Sunday dismissed President Donald Trump's latest threats, calling the US leader an "unstable, delusional figure." "Iranian society generally does not pay attention to his statements, as it believes he lacks personal, behavioral and verbal balance, and constantly shifts between contradictory positions,"...

Washington: The US government has asked top providers of satellite imagery to stop publishing photos from parts of the Middle East because of the Iran war, the company Planet Labs has said. Planet Labs and companies like it provide near-daily imagery crucial to reporting on...

Islamabad: Pakistan Sunday said nearly 800 Afghan Taliban terrorists have been killed in the ongoing operation launched by the security forces in Afghanistan. Information Minister Attaullah Tarar shared the latest update on operation Ghazab lil-Haq, giving a summary of the losses suffered by the Tehreek-e-Taliban...

New York: A US Air Force officer whose jet was shot down in Iran hid in a mountain crevice and hiked up to 7,000 feet to evade the enemy before he was rescued by the American forces after a two-day life-or-death mission, the New York...