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Iran retaliates after US strikes children’s cancer hospital
Iran has struck United States bases in Gulf nations, including Kuwait and Bahrain, in retaliation for the attack on a children’s cancer hospital in Khuzestan province on Thursday, July 16. According to…
- Middle East
United States strikes northern Iran, halts blockade ship
Dubai: The United States intensified its strikes targeting Iran early Thursday, July 16, hitting targets further north as American forces also fired into a ship it accused of trying to break its…
- World
US: Indian Muslim man stabbed 15 times by racist over faith
A Utah man told police he repeatedly stabbed a Muslim man because of the man’s faith and intended to kill him, according to court records filed Monday. The Muslim man survived the…
- Middle East
US launches fresh Iran strikes as Hormuz tensions deepen
The United States launched a fresh wave of strikes against Iran on Wednesday, July 15, saying the operation targeted military capabilities Tehran has used to attack commercial shipping in the Strait of…
- Telangana
14-year-old held for killing Telangana man delivering pizza in US
Hyderabad: The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in the US arrested a 14-year-old boy on July 10 in connection with the murder of Telangana international student Kuncha Anshul in North Philadelphia on…
- Middle East
Iran says US strikes kill over 30 civilians, blockade returns
Iran said on Wednesday, July 15, that more than 30 civilians had been killed in US strikes targeting the country’s south over recent days, as the United States reimposed a naval blockade…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad software engineer dies in US skydiving accident
Hyderabad: A 28-year-old software engineer from Hyderabad lost his life in a skydiving accident in the United States (US) just days after receiving his parachuting licence. The deceased has been identified as…
- World
FBI adds gangster Nitish Kaushal to its most wanted list
Washington: The FBI has added gangster Nitish Kaushal, allegedly involved in murder, kidnapping and drug trafficking in the US, to its list of most wanted criminals, as it closes in on the…
- World
US Senators unveil bill for 100 pc tariffs on India, four others
Washington: A bipartisan group of US Senators unveiled a bill that seeks to impose 100 per cent tariffs on five countries, including India and China, for purchasing oil from Russia. The bill,…
- World
US troops to leave Iraq, says Trump
Washington: President Donald Trump on Tuesday, July 14, said the United States no longer needed a military presence in Iraq, describing a shift towards an economic partnership as American energy companies prepare…
- Middle East
Trump says Hormuz open to all except Iran, takes back 20 pc toll
US President Donald Trump took a day to reverse his plans to charge a 20 per cent toll on cargo going through the Strait of Hormuz, saying that Middle Eastern countries will…
- 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
Indian national killed as UAE tankers hit in Hormuz
The conflict between the United States and Iran escalated on Tuesday, July 14, after the UAE accused Iran of attacking two of its national oil tankers in the Strait of Hormuz, killing…
- Middle East
Trump says Strait of Hormuz ‘open’, declares US its ‘guardian’
US President Donald Trump on Monday, July 13, declared that the Strait of Hormuz is “open” and announced that the United States would become the “Guardian of the Hormuz Strait”, despite Iran…
- Middle East
Iran says Strait of Hormuz remains closed after US actions
The Strait of Hormuz remains closed, Iranian media reported on Monday, July 13, claiming the United States violated a memorandum of understanding and saying the closure is intended to assert Iran’s sovereignty…