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Dubai: A likely strike by the United States hit the central Iranian city of Isfahan early Tuesday, sending a massive fireball into the sky, and Tehran struck a fully loaded Kuwaiti oil tanker in the Persian Gulf. The attacks were testament to the intensity of...

Bangkok: Asian nations are increasingly competing for Russian crude oil as an energy crisis mounts amid the month-old war by the US and Israel against Iran, which has choked off roughly a fifth of the world's oil supply. Much of the oil from the mostly...

Washington: US President Donald Trump Sunday issued a fresh threat to Iran, saying the US will destroy Iran's electricity plants, oil wells and Kharg Island unless there is a peace deal. The US president said on social media that his administration "is in serious discussions"...

Dubai: An Indian national has been killed in Kuwait in Iranian strikes on a power and water desalination plant, taking the total number of Indian fatalities from the ongoing conflict in West Asia to eight since it began a month back. Kuwait's Ministry of Electricity,...

Dubai: Iranian forces are waiting for the arrival of American troops on the ground to set them on fire and punish their regional partners forever, the country's parliament speaker, Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf, said Sunday. Our firing continues. Our missiles are in place. Our determination and...

Tehran: Iran Sunday accused the United States and Israel of deliberately targeting its academic institutions, alleging that strikes on universities such as Isfahan University of Technology and Tehran University of Science and Technology were part of a broader attempt to weaken the country's scientific and...

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Saturday spoke to Crown Prince and PM of Saudi Arabia, Prince Mohammed bin Salman, discussed with him the ongoing conflict in West Asia and agreed on the need to ensure freedom of navigation. In his telephonic conversation with the...

New Delhi: The Centre Saturday clarified that the recent telephone conversation held March 24 was exclusively between US President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, dismissing reports that billionaire Elon Musk was also part of the discussion. The call, which took place Tuesday, marked...

Dubai: Iran-backed Houthi rebels have claimed responsibility for a missile attack on Israel. Brig Gen Yahya Saree, a military spokesman for the Houthis, issued a statement Saturday on the rebel group's Al-Masirah satellite television network. Israel's military had earlier said it had intercepted a missile....

Dubai: Five Indians were injured in the UAE by the fall of debris in the vicinity of the Khalifa Economic Zones Abu Dhabi (KEZAD) following interception of a ballistic missile by the country's air defence system, local media reported Saturday. The Abu Dhabi Media Office...