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Iran fires 40 ballistic missiles at Israel, deploys Khaybar Shekan for first time
Tehran Iran launched 40 solid- and liquid-fuel ballistic missiles at Israel on Sunday, June 22, in its first response since the United States (US) targeted Iranian nuclear facilities in overnight airstrikes. The…
- Middle East
US begins repatriation flights from Israel
Tel Aviv: The US ambassador to Israel says the United States has begun “assisted departure flights” from Israel, the first time such flights have been offered there since the Hamas-led attack on…
- World
Trump rues over Nobel honor, Pakistan backs him for peace prize
Islamabad: The Pakistan government on Saturday said it has decided to formally recommend US President Donald Trump for the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize for his “decisive diplomatic intervention” during the recent India-Pakistan…
- Pakistan
Pakistan PM Sharif reaffirms his willingness to talk with India on all issues
Islamabad: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif Friday reaffirmed Pakistan’s willingness to talk with India on all outstanding issues, including Jammu and Kashmir, the Indus Water Treaty, trade and counter-terrorism. He conveyed this during…
- India
Declined Trump’s invite to US for coming to land of Lord Jagannath: PM Modi
Bhubaneswar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said he declined an invitation from US President Donald Trump to visit Washington, and instead chose to come to Odisha, the sacred land of Lord…
- India
I love Pakistan, I stopped war with India: Trump repeats claim after Modi’s call
New York: Hours after holding a phone conversation with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, US President Donald Trump on Wednesday repeated his claim that he stopped a war between India and Pakistan. In…
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US knows Khamenei’s location, but won’t kill him yet: Trump
Washington: President Donald Trump said Tuesday the US knows where Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is hiding during the Israel-Iran conflict but doesn’t want him killed “for now.” Trump urged, in…
- Middle East
What to know about bunker-buster bombs and Iran’s Fordo nuclear facility
Bangkok: If the US decides to support Israel more directly in its attack on Iran, one option for Washington would be to provide the “bunker-buster” bombs believed necessary to significantly damage the…
- World
US shifts military resources in Middle East amid Israel-Iran tensions
Washington: The United States is shifting military resources, including ships, in the Middle East in response to Israel’s strikes on Iran and a possible retaliatory attack by Tehran, according to two US…
- Middle East
Israel attacks Iran, tests Trump’s foreign policy pledge
Washington: Just hours before Israel launched strikes on Iran early Friday, President Donald Trump was still holding onto tattered threads of hope that a long-simmering dispute over Tehran’s nuclear programme could be…
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Air India plane crash ‘one of the worst in aviation history’, says Trump
Washington: US President Donald Trump on Thursday expressed deep sorrow over the Air India plane crash in Ahmedabad, describing it as “one of the worst in aviation history”. “The plane crash was…
- World
Trump admin use of troops to help with immigration raids faces test in court
Los Angeles: President Donald Trump’s use of troops to help carry out intensified immigration raids faces its biggest challenge yet on Thursday, when a federal judge is set to weigh a request…
- World
US imposes sanctions on alleged sham Palestinian charities
Washington: The US Treasury Department on Tuesday imposed sanctions on five people and five entities across the Middle East, Africa and Europe, accusing them of being prominent financial supporters of Hamas’ military…
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Six killed by Israeli gunfire near Gaza aid site, Hamas officials
Khan Younis: Palestinians say Israeli forces and allied local gunmen fired toward a crowd heading to an Israeli- and US-supported food distribution centre in the Gaza Strip early Monday. Gaza’s Health Ministry…
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We stopped India, Pakistan from fighting: US President Trump
New York: US President Donald Trump on Friday repeated his claim that he stopped India and Pakistan from fighting and told the two nations that his administration cannot trade with people that…
