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- Middle East
Two Israeli troops killed in first post-truce Lebanon clash
Beirut: The Israeli military said Thursday that two of its soldiers were killed in combat in southern Lebanon in the first Israeli deaths since the implementation of a shaky truce between Israel…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad Airport joins Emirates SkyCargo freighter network
Hyderabad: GMR Hyderabad International Airport on Tuesday, August 4, welcomed the successful commencement of Emirates SkyCargo’s Boeing 777 Freighter service connecting Taipei–Hyderabad–Dubai. The new service will enhance trade connectivity between East Asia,…
- Middle East
Iran talks ‘last chance’ to avert US strike escalation: Trump
Washington: US President Donald Trump has played this hand before during the five-month-old Iran war, but this time, he insists it is different. The President on Monday said that new talks between…
- Middle East
Trump says Iran ‘begged’ for talks, warns of ‘total surrender’
US President Donald Trump on Monday, August 3, claimed Iran had privately sought negotiations with Washington while publicly denying any contact, warning that US pressure would continue until Tehran agreed to a…
- Telangana
Revanth flags Middle East job scams targeting Telangana workers
Hyderabad: Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy on Friday, July 31, expressed concern that a large number of workers from North Telangana who seek employment in the Middle Eastern countries are often…
- Middle East
Hyderabad widow seeks son’s return from Saudi after months of silence
Hyderabad: An elderly widow from Hyderabad has appealed to the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) to facilitate the return of her 33-year-old son from Saudi Arabia, saying she has been unable to…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad woman seeks son’s return, husband’s release from UAE
Hyderabad: A woman from Hyderabad’s Edi Bazar has written to External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar seeking urgent intervention to secure the release and repatriation of her husband, who is lodged in Ajman…
- World
Trump and Netanyahu meet for the first time since Iran war
Washington: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Donald Trump met at the White House on Tuesday, July 28, for the first time since they launched a joint war against Iran, offering…
- Middle East
Mosques in West Bank set on fire during settler violence
Tel Aviv: Two mosques in the Israeli-occupied West Bank were set on fire overnight in an apparent Israeli settler attack, officials said Sunday, July 26, after a spate of deadly violence that…
- Middle East
Diplomacy only path to Middle East stability, says Saudi FM
Riyadh: Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan has said diplomacy is the only way to achieve lasting stability in the Middle East, stressing that military force alone cannot resolve the region’s…
- Middle East
Inside Iran’s Pickaxe Mountain as Trump warns of strike
Tehran: US President Donald Trump has repeatedly issued threats to bomb an under-construction Iranian nuclear site buried deep under a mountain as the two nations exchange blows over the Strait of Hormuz.…
- Telangana
Telangana’s Srikar Reddy tipped to be India’s Ambassador to Qatar
Hyderabad: Senior diplomat Dr K Srikar Reddy, currently India’s Consul General in San Francisco and the man who negotiated New Delhi’s trade pacts with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Mauritius, is likely…
- Middle East
Dubai flights cancelled after attack on Saudi Arabia’s Abha airport
United Arab Emirates (UAE) passengers faced disruptions on Tuesday, July 14, after many flights were cancelled due to Houthis targeting the Abha International Airport in Saudi Arabia with missiles and drones. Two…
- World
Oil prices rise following the latest fighting in the Middle East
New York: Oil prices are climbing Monday, July 13, following a weekend of attacks in the Middle East, while more losses for computer chipmakers and other winners of the artificial-intelligence boom weigh…
- Middle East
Oil prices jump as US-Iran truce falters over Hormuz strikes
New York: The potential unravelling of a fragile truce between Iran and the United States renewed anxiety Wednesday over whether fuel prices would go back up if sustained fighting kept oil tankers…