Washington: U.S. President Donald Trump has urged both Iran and Israel to immediately stop launching attacks against each other, amid a sharp escalation in hostilities between the two regional rivals. In a statement posted on his social media platform Truth Social, the U.S. president called for an urgent halt to military strikes, emphasizing the need…

Continue Reading

Tehran: Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmail Baghaei has said that contradictory and inconsistent policies of the United States have undermined diplomatic channels and contributed to renewed tensions in the region. Speaking at a press conference in Tehran, Baghaei accused Washington of being directly responsible for recent developments, saying that Israel cannot act in the region…

Continue Reading

GENEVA: Nearly 500 Ebola cases have now been confirmed in the deadly outbreak raging in central Africa, a WHO overview showed on Saturday, amid mounting concern over the swelling scale of the epidemic. In its daily update on the situation, the World Health Organisation tallied 452 confirmed cases, including 82 deaths, in the Democratic Republic…

Continue Reading

SAINT PETERSBURG/BRUSSELS: Ukraine fired hundreds of drones at Russia early on Saturday, leaving one person dead and setting an oil depot ablaze on the final day of the country’s flagship economic forum in Saint Petersburg, officials said. Many of the drones targeted Saint Petersburg itself, the second Ukrainian attack on the city in less than…

Continue Reading

BEIRUT: An Israeli strike on a military vehicle in southern Lebanon killed three soldiers, the Lebanese military said on Saturday, laying bare Israel’s continued aggression just days after the countries discussed a conditional truce during talks in the United States. Israel has launched an invasion into Lebanon, claiming it seeks to root out Hezbollah, which engaged in…

Continue Reading

• IRNA says ‘important message’ meant for Iran’s supreme leader• Interior minister receives instructions from PM before departure ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Saturday stepped up efforts to break the impasse in the US-Iran dialogue, with Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi arriving in Tehran carrying a message from Chief of Defence Forces Field Marshal Asim Munir for Iranian Supreme Leader…

Continue Reading

• Iran launches fresh missile, drone attacks on Kuwait, Bahrain• Kuwait says new attack ‘dangerous escalation’; Bahrain denounces ‘blatant aggression’• Falling debris causes ‘material damage’ in Kuwait• Centcom says four attack drones downed near Hormuz; Iranian coastal radar sites also hit• Trump says Iran has ‘22pc’ of missiles left• US okays sale of $2bn in…

Continue Reading

WASHINGTON: The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organisation in the United States, has filed a federal lawsuit against one of America’s largest public school systems, alleging that four Muslim students were unlawfully disciplined because of their religion and ethnic background. The lawsuit accuses Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS),…

Continue Reading

Ahmedabad: A controversial bill of approximately ₹16.74 lakh (around PKR 4.9 million) spent on tea, snacks, and refreshments for rescue and relief teams at the site of last year’s Air India plane crash has triggered widespread anger among social media users in India. According to reports, the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation approved the expenditure for emergency…

Continue Reading

Tel Aviv: The head of Israel’s intelligence agency Mossad has reportedly dismissed his deputy director following an alleged failure to achieve objectives related to efforts aimed at destabilizing or overthrowing the Iranian government. According to reports, Mossad’s newly appointed chief Roman Gofman, who assumed office only recently, took immediate internal action within the agency. Shortly…

Continue Reading