International

Paris: French President Emmanuel Macron is delivering a keynote speech Monday France's nuclear deterrence policy, as his European allies express growing concerns over possible US disengagement and Russian threats. France is the European Union's only nuclear power and its deterrence doctrine relies on a strictly...

Kabul: Afghanistan's Ministry of Defence announced Monday that its Air Force had conducted what it described as precise and coordinated aerial operations against multiple Pakistani military installations, signalling a sharp escalation in the already worsening security situation between the two neighbouring countries. In a statement...

Beirut: Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam Monday said that those launching rockets from the southern part of the nation are endangering the security and safety of the citizens and giving Israel reasons to continue with its attack. This came as militant organisation Hezbollah launched a...

Dubai: The US and Israel pounded targets across Iran Sunday, dropping massive bombs on the country's ballistic missile sites and wiping out warships as part of an intensifying military campaign following the killing of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Blasts rattled windows across the country...

Dubai: US President Donald Trump says 9 ships in the Iranian navy have been sunk. Trump said on social media Sunday that the ships had been "destroyed" and sunk, "some of them relatively large and important." Trump said the rest of Iran's fleet of military...

Dubai: A senior White House official says that "new potential leadership" in Iran has suggested they are open for talks with the United States. That comes after US and Israeli forces launched a major attack on Iran, killing its supreme leader and other high-ranking officials....

New Delhi: A Palau-flagged oil tanker with 15 Indian crew members came under attack from the Iranian military off Oman's Musandam peninsula and four people were injured in the strike, Omani authorities said Sunday. Iran has carried out a wave of attacks mainly targeting Israel...

Dubai: Iran vowed revenge Sunday after the killing of its supreme leader and traded strikes with Israel as part of a widening war prompted by a surprise US and Israeli bombardment a day earlier. Blasts in Tehran sent a huge plume of smoke into the...

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Canadian counterpart Mark Carney are set to roll out a broad framework on Monday to deepen India-Canada ties in areas of trade, energy and critical technology in the face of increasing geopolitical upheavals. The two prime ministers...

Jerusalem: At least eight people were killed in a direct missile strike on a residential building in Israel's Beit Shemesh, about 35 kilometres from Jerusalem, rescue services said Sunday. This brings the overall toll of people killed in Israel under Iranian fire since Saturday to...