International

Dubai: President Donald Trump said his administration was considering ‘winding down’ military operations in the Middle East even as the United States announced it was sending more warships and Marines to the region and Iran threatened to attack tourist sites worldwide. The mixed US messages...

Tehran: Iran's Supreme Leader, Mojtaba Khamenei has stressed that the recent attacks on parts of Turkey and Oman were not carried out by the Iranian armed forces or its allies. He made the remarks in a message to extend congratulations on the arrival of Eid-ul-Fitr...

London: The United Kingdom has agreed to allow the United States to use British bases to carry out "operations to degrade the missile sites and capabilities being used to attack ships in the Strait of Hormuz," according to a Downing Street statement. Britain is working...

Seoul: South Korean rescue workers Saturday recovered the remains of 10 people from the charred wreckage of an auto parts factory in the central city of Daejeon, where a blaze likely triggered by an explosion injured at least 59 others and left four missing. The...

Washington: The United States has announced the temporary lifting of sanctions on the sale of Iranian oil stranded at sea in an effort to cool down soaring global crude prices. US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the temporary measure will make available 140 million barrels...

Washington: US President Donald Trump asserted that Iran’s military had been “finished,” even as fighting continued and global concerns mounted over oil routes and regional stability. Speaking to reporters on the South Lawn and in a detailed statement, Trump said the United States was close...

Washington: The Trump administration sued Harvard University over alleged antisemitism, marking an escalation from the federal government after months of stalled negotiations between the two sides. The complaint, filed in the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts, accused the Ivy League university...

Washington: President Donald Trump said Friday that Iran’s navy was now “at the bottom of the sea” as he opened a White House event honouring the Navy Midshipmen with an extended defence of US military action against Tehran. Speaking at the Commander-in-Chief’s Trophy presentation in...

Dubai: Iran's supreme leader has issued another defiant written statement praising the Iranians' steadfastness three weeks into the war launched by the United States and Israel. Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei said Friday that US and Israeli attacks were based on an illusion that by killing top...

New York: The rift between US President Donald Trump and NATO deepened Friday as he called members of the pact “cowards” and warned that he would “remember” their refusal to help open the Strait of Hormuz. “Without the USA, NATO IS A PAPER TIGER,” he...