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Washington: US President Donald Trump has threatened that the United States would target Iranian power plants if Iran fails to fully reopen the Strait of Hormuz within 48 hours. In a post on Truth Social, Trump said, “If Iran doesn’t FULLY OPEN, WITHOUT THREAT, the...

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...

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...

Washington: The United States has announced the temporary lifting of sanctions on the sale of Iranian oil stranded at sea in an effort to cool down soaring global crude prices. US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the temporary measure will make available 140 million barrels...

New Delhi: The price of premium or higher-grade petrol price Friday was increased by Rs 2 per litre while the rate of bulk diesel sold to industrial users was hiked by about Rs 22 a litre, reflecting the spike in global oil prices amid conflict...

Dubai: Israel's military said Friday it struck sites in Syria in response to attacks against the Druze. The army said it struck infrastructure belonging to Syria in response to attacks on the Druze population in Sweida in southern Syria. Syria's state-run SANA news agency did...

United Nations: India has dismissed a report by the expert on minority issues as “factually incorrect” and displaying “hostility” to the country. Gaurav Kumar Thakur, a counsellor at India’s UN Mission in Geneva, said India rejects the assertions of Nicolas Levrat, the special rapporteur on...

Dubai: Israeli Energy Minister Eli Cohen said after the latest Iranian missile barrage that the electricity grid in northern Israel sustained some damage. He said crews had restored electricity to some areas and were working to restore it to those still without power. Meanwhile, Israeli...

Washington: Saying that Iran's surface fleet is no longer a factor, US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth said that their submarines - they once had 11 - are gone. The crafts Hegseth referenced are midget submarines designed to work in shallow waters in the Persian Gulf...

Mumbai: Indian stock markets witnessed a sharp fall Thursday over rising global tensions and a sudden spike in oil prices, as the ongoing conflict involving the US, Israel and Iran disrupted key energy infrastructure. The benchmark indices, Nifty and Sensex, ended the session with steep...