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US, Iran both claim control of Strait of Hormuz
Tehran: The United States and Iran each asserted Monday, July 13, they controlled the Strait of Hormuz after a weekend of attacks stretching across the wider Middle East, further threatening any diplomacy…
- Middle East
Kuwait, Bahrain under Iran fire as US strikes Islamic Republic
Kuwait said Monday morning, July 13, its air defences were firing as Iran retaliated over US airstrikes targeting it. Monday marked the 26th day since Washington and Tehran signed their memorandum of…
- Middle East
One-sided deals are OVER: Iran’s warning to US amid escalating conflict
Dubai: Iran on Sunday, July 12, claimed to have hit the command-and-control centre and hangars housing MQ-9 drones of Jordan’s Prince Hassan Air Base. The damage was limited to minor property losses,…
- World
United States Republican Senator Lindsey Graham dies at 71
Washington: US Republican Senator Lindsey Graham has died after a “brief and sudden” illness, according to his office. He was 71. Graham, a senator from South Carolina, died on Saturday, July 11,…
- Middle East
Hormuz threat remains severe as Iran widens Gulf attacks
Military tensions between the United States and Iran intensified on Sunday, July 12, as the conflict spread across the Gulf after fresh US strikes on Iranian military targets. The latest escalation comes…
- Middle East
US military says it is striking Iran over Hormuz attack
Dubai: Iran said the Strait of Hormuz was closed once again after a warning shot fired by its military struck a vessel using an unauthorised route in the critical waterway, further jeopardising…
- India
Did you have any deal to drop bribery case, US court asks Adani
New York: A US court has directed Gautam Adani to disclose whether anything was promised, offered, exchanged or accepted by anyone in connection with the US government’s request to dismiss the criminal indictment…
- Middle East
Mojtaba Khamenei pledges to ‘avenge the blood’ of his father
Dubai: Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, in his first public message since his father’s funeral ceremonies, threatened vengeance for the death of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. A statement read on state television…
- India
ED probes Shekhar Suman’s associate over foreign assets
Mumbai: In an operation linked to a reported associate of actor and television host Shekhar Suman, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) conducted searches at the premises of Kalanee Impex run by Dharmesh Sangani…
- Middle East
Araghchi discusses region with foreign counterparts amid strikes
Tehran: Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi discussed the latest regional developments with his Omani and Turkish counterparts as well as Pakistan’s army chief in separate phone calls following renewed US strikes…
- Middle East
Explosions reported across southern Iran
Tehran: Several explosions were heard across southern Iran early on Friday, including in Bushehr, where Iran’s only civilian nuclear power plant is located, as well as Bandar Abbas, Konarak and Choghadak, according…
- 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…
- News
Trump flies home on old Air Force One, skips Qatari jet
Washington: President Donald Trump flew home from a NATO summit in Turkey on an old baby blue Air Force One plane instead of the new Qatari-gifted and retrofitted red, white and navy…
- Middle East
Fourteen killed, 78 injured in two days of US strikes: Iran
Tehran: Two days of US strikes on Iran have killed 14 people and injured 78 others, according to Iran’s Health Ministry, as fresh explosions were reported early on Thursday, July 9, across…
- World
US charges Lawrence Bishnoi, Goldy Brar for Nijjar’s killing
Washington: The US has charged Lawrence Bishnoi, a gangster imprisoned in India, and his aide Satinderjeet Singh alias Goldy Brar for ordering the assassination of Khalistan separatist Hardeep Singh Nijjar in Canada.…