Top Iranian security official threatens Trump Moscow/Dubai, March 10 US President Donald Trump dialled his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin late Monday night amid global energy disruption caused by American-Israeli strikes on Iran, leading to the virtual closure of the Strait of Hormuz. According to Kremlin foreign policy aide Yuri Ushakov, the two leaders discussed the […]
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By Harinder Mishra Jerusalem, March 10 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said Israel can help enable Iranians to “cast off the yoke of tyranny”, but any political change in the country would ultimately be up to its people. Speaking during a visit to the National Health Command Centre on Monday as the regional conflict entered […]
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Kathmandu, March 10 RSP Chairman Rabi Lamichhane has said he looked forward to strengthening Nepal-India ties through “development diplomacy” as he thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for wishing him on the party’s electoral success. Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) has won 125 of the 165 seats under direct voting in Nepal’s parliamentary polls as vote counting […]
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New York, March 10 The Federal Aviation Administration has grounded all JetBlue flights due to a request from the airline, the agency said on Tuesday. The ground stop impacts flights to all destinations, according to the advisory. It was not immediately clear why JetBlue requested the ground stop or how long it would last. The […]
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By JON GAMBRELL, WILL WEISSERT and SAMY MAGDY Dubai, March 10 Iran launched new attacks on Tuesday at Gulf Arab countries as it keeps up pressure on the region, while five pro-Iranian militants were killed by an airstrike in northern Iraq.Incoming missile sirens sounded early in the morning in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates […]
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By Jon Gambrell, Will Weissert and Samy Magdy Dubai, March10 US President Donald Trump said on Monday that the war against Iran could be short-lived, but he left open the possibility of an escalation in fighting if global oil supplies are disrupted by the Islamic Republic, which chose a new hard-line supreme leader. Oil prices […]
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By Vinay Shukla Moscow, March 9 Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday congratulated Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, the newly elected Supreme Leader of Iran, and reaffirmed Moscow’s unwavering support and solidarity with Tehran, the Kremlin said. Mojtaba, the son of Iran’s late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was appointed as his successor by the 88-member Assembly […]
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Jerusalem, March 9 he investigative group Bellingcat says newly released video “appears to contradict” US President Donald Trump’s claim that Iran was responsible for an explosion at an Iranian school that killed over 165 people at the start of the war raging in the Mideast. It comes as mounting evidence points to US culpability for […]
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Jerusalem, March 9 An Indian national in Israel was injured after shrapnel from an Iranian missile struck him in the neck, officials said on Monday. The man, who was injured on Sunday, underwent surgery at Ichilov Hospital in Tel Aviv and is now in stable condition. “He arrived yesterday in critical condition with a neck […]
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Dubai, March 9 There was no Indian fatality in the projectile incident that struck a residential compound in Saudi Arabia, the Indian Embassy in Riyadh said on Monday. It added that an Indian national injured in the incident on Sunday is undergoing treatment at a government hospital. “It is a matter of relief that there […]
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