International

Cairo: Iranian missiles struck two communities in southern Israel late Saturday, leaving buildings shattered and dozens injured in dual attacks not far from Israel's main nuclear research centre. At the same time, President Donald Trump warned the US will "obliterate" Iranian power plants if it...

Dubai: Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz said attacks against Iran will "increase significantly" in the coming week. Katz spoke Saturday, hours after US President Donald Trump said he was considering "winding down" military operations in the Mideast even as the United States announced it was...

Kyiv: A Russian drone attack on the Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia Saturday killed at least two people, an official said, ahead of expected US-Ukraine talks. A man and a woman were killed and six people wounded, including two children, when a Russian drone hit a...

Dubai: Iran's Natanz nuclear enrichment facility was hit in an airstrike Saturday, the official Iranian news agency Mizan reported. There was no radiation leakage, it said, as the war in the Middle East entered its fourth week. Natanz, Iran's main enrichment site, was hit in...

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Saturday conveyed Eid and Nowruz greetings to the President of Iran, Masoud Pezeshkian, expressing hope that this festive season brings peace, stability and prosperity to West Asia. In his telephonic conversation with the Iranian leader, Prime Minister Modi condemned...

Dubai: Britain has condemned 'Iran's reckless attacks' after its military fired missiles at the UK-US air base on the island of Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean. UK officials have not given details of the attempted strike, which was unsuccessful. It's unclear how close the...

Dubai: President Donald Trump said his administration was considering ‘winding down’ military operations in the Middle East even as the United States announced it was sending more warships and Marines to the region and Iran threatened to attack tourist sites worldwide. The mixed US messages...

Tehran: Iran's Supreme Leader, Mojtaba Khamenei has stressed that the recent attacks on parts of Turkey and Oman were not carried out by the Iranian armed forces or its allies. He made the remarks in a message to extend congratulations on the arrival of Eid-ul-Fitr...

London: The United Kingdom has agreed to allow the United States to use British bases to carry out "operations to degrade the missile sites and capabilities being used to attack ships in the Strait of Hormuz," according to a Downing Street statement. Britain is working...

Seoul: South Korean rescue workers Saturday recovered the remains of 10 people from the charred wreckage of an auto parts factory in the central city of Daejeon, where a blaze likely triggered by an explosion injured at least 59 others and left four missing. The...