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Iranian report claims energy infrastructure damage in strikes
Dubai: A semiofficial Iranian news agency close to Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard reported early Tuesday that two energy sites had been struck by airstrikes. The report by the Fars news agency appeared…
- Middle East
Iran War: As missiles and drones rule skies, Gulf countries prepare for Eid
Amid intermittent missile and drone attacks, sirens, and a palpable sense of uncertainty, citizens and residents across the Gulf region are preparing for an unprecedented Eid on Friday, marking the end of…
- Middle East
Supreme Leader vows retaliation as Iran orders Gulf oilfields to evacuate
The war in West Asia lurched into dangerous new territory on Wednesday, March 18, as Iran threatened to strike oil and gas facilities across the Gulf in Saudi Arabia, the United Arab…
- Middle East
Iran targets Fujairah oil facility, Trump says will bomb ‘hell out of’ Hormuz
Iran on Saturday, March 14, threatened for the first time to attack infrastructure of a neighbouring country, urging people to evacuate three major ports in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) it claimed…
- Middle East
Missiles fired from Bahrain towards Iran, first from a Gulf country
Ballistic missiles were launched from Bahrain in Iran’s direction, according to a video verified by the New York Times. This appears to be the first attack originating from a Gulf country on…
- World
Iran targets busiest international airports of Gulf neighbours
Iran targeted the world’s busiest international airport Wednesday and attacked commercial ships as US and Israeli strikes rocked Tehran, while the United Nations’ most powerful body demanded a halt to the Islamic…
- Middle East
Over 52,000 Indians flown home from Gulf since outbreak of war: MEA
New Delhi: The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said on Saturday that more than 52,000 Indian nationals have been safely brought back from the Gulf region to India between March 1 and…
- India
Kerala CM urges PM Modi to evacuate Indians stranded in Gulf
Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has sought urgent intervention of Prime Minister Narendra Modi for bringing back Indians stranded in Gulf nations amid the ongoing conflict in West Asia. In a…
- Telangana
US-Israel-Iran war: Telangana assures support to citizens in West Asia
Hyderabad: With tensions escalating in West Asia amid the ongoing Israel–Iran confrontation and the involvement of the United States, the Telangana government has assured full support to citizens from the state stranded…
- India
India’s silence on US-Israel strike on Iran incomprehensible: Mehbooba Mufti
Srinagar: PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Wednesday, March 4, said India’s silence on the US-Israel aggression against Iran was incomprehensible for her, as only Tehran had stood by New Delhi when sanctions were…
- India
CBSE postpones board exams in Gulf nations amid Middle East conflict
New Delhi: The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) on Tuesday, March 3, announced that the Class 10 and Class 12 board examinations scheduled for March 5 and 6 have been postponed…
- World
Iran halting Strait of Hormuz traffic might trigger global oil market turmoil
Amid the military strike launched by the United States and Israel on Iran on Saturday, February 28, an official from the European Union’s naval mission Aspides said that vessels received VHF transmission…
- Top Stories
Asaduddin Owaisi slams PM Modi’s Israel visit amid escalating tension in Iran
Hyderabad: All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) leader Asaduddin Owaisi, on Saturday, February 28, denounced Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Israel, calling it untimely and a “betrayal of India’s long-standing foreign policy”…
- Middle East
Iran’s Khamenei threatens to sink US warships in Gulf
Tehran: Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei warned on Tuesday, February 17, that United States (US) warships deployed to Gulf “could be sunk to the bottom of the sea”, as tensions mounted alongside…
- Kerala
Centre rejects Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan permit to visit gulf nations: Report
The Union government has reportedly rejected permission for Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan’s proposed visit to Gulf countries. According to a report by Mathrabhumi.com, the decision was communicated to the state through…
