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Kolkata: Opener Finn Allen struck a stunning unbeaten 100 off just 33 balls to lead New Zealand into the T20 World Cup summit clash as they thrashed South Africa by nine wickets in the first semifina Wednesday. Allen struck 10 fours and eight sixes in...

London: The UK Wednesday imposed a study visa ban on four countries accused of using the route as a backdoor entry to seek permanent refuge in the country, as part of a wider clampdown on the soaring rates of asylum applications. The so-called emergency brake...

Dubai: Israel's defence minister Wednesday threatened whoever Iran picks to be the country's next supreme leader, saying he will be "a target for elimination." Israel Katz made the statement on X. "Every leader appointed by the Iranian terror regime to continue and lead the plan...

Dubai: Israel stepped up airstrikes against Iranian missile launchers and factories Tuesday, and Iran retaliated across the Gulf region, disrupting energy supplies and travel. As explosions rang out in Tehran and in Lebanon - where Israel said it struck Hezbollah militants - the American embassy...

Dubai: Iran expanded its targets Tuesday, striking the US Embassy in Saudi Arabia as Washington began to pull many staff out of the Middle East. The US and Israel battered Iran with airstrikes in what President Donald Trump suggested was just the start of a...

Tehran: Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi Tuesday responded sharply to remarks made by US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, asserting that there was never any "Iranian threat" and blaming what he termed "Israel Firsters" for the bloodshed of both Americans and Iranians. Rubio had said...

Washington: US President Donald Trump says Iran operations are likely to last 4 to 5 weeks but that he's prepared "to go far longer than that." Trump spoke Monday at a White House ceremony. The war in the Middle East spiralled further Monday as Israel...

Washington: Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth Monday spoke to widening concerns that the US-Israeli strikes in Iran could spiral into a protracted regional conflict by declaring, "This is not Iraq. This is not endless." Hegseth, along with Air Force Gen Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint...

Dubai: Iran's ambassador to the U.N. nuclear agency alleged Monday that US-Israeli airstrikes have targeted Iran's Natanz nuclear enrichment site. Israel and the US have not acknowledged strikes at the site, which America bombed back in the 12-day war between Iran and Israel in June....

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...