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Tehran: Iran's state-run IRNA news agency said Tehran has rejected the latest ceasefire proposal and wants a permanent end to the war. The report comes shortly before US President Donald Trump's deadline for Tehran to open the Strait of Hormuz or see its power plants...

Cairo: Iran and the United States received a draft proposal late Sunday calling for a 45-day ceasefire and the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, two Mideast officials speaking on condition of anonymity told The Associated Press. The proposal comes from Egyptian, Pakistani and Turkish...

Dubai: An airstrike early Monday struck a residential building in a city southwest of Iran's capital, Tehran, killing at least 13 people, Iranian media reported. The semiofficial Fars news agency and Nour News reported the strike near Eslamshar. It wasn't clear why the building had...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has enhanced the quotas for Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe students and introduced reservation for the Socially and Economically Backward Classes (SEBC) in medical and technical education. The decision was taken at the cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Mohan Charan...

Tel Aviv: US President Donald Trump warned Iran to open the crucial Strait of Hormuz by his Monday deadline and Tehran called his threat "unbalanced and foolish". The search for a missing US military pilot continued Saturday in a remote part of the Islamic Republic....

Dubai: US President Saturday re-upped a previous April 6 deadline for Iran to open up the Strait Hormuz or face devastating consequences. "Remember when I gave Iran ten days to MAKE A DEAL or OPEN UP THE HORMUZ STRAIT," Trump wrote on his social media...

New Delhi: I go to Parliament to create impact, not ruckus, said Rajya Sabha MP Raghav Chadha Saturday as he rejected allegations levelled against him by the Aam Aadmi Party, calling them false and part of a coordinated campaign. In a video, Chadha dismissed claims...

Washington: Iran shot down two US military planes in separate attacks Friday, with one service member rescued and at least one missing, in a dramatic escalation since the war began nearly five weeks ago. It was the first time US aircraft had been downed in...

New Delhi: Earthquake tremors were felt in several parts of north India on Friday night, including Delhi, Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab and Haryana, officials said. The tremors, which lasted a few seconds, occurred around 9:45 pm. There were no immediate reports of any damage. An...

Dubai: Iran fired on targets across the Middle East, sparking multiple blazes at a Kuwaiti oil refinery, while American and Israeli airstrikes hit the Islamic Republic early Friday as the war neared the end of its fifth week unabated and the UN Security Council prepared...