Kabul: At least 19 people were killed and 26 others injured in the eastern provinces of Khost and Paktika in Afghanistan following border clashes with Pakistan, Hamdullah Fitrat, deputy spokesman for the Afghan government, said.…
Washington: The United States (US) has backed Pakistan’s right to defend itself against Taliban attacks, even as border fighting escalated between Islamabad and the Afghan Taliban, with President Donald Trump praising Pakistan’s leadership and a…
Washington: US President Donald Trump has signalled that the objective of the ongoing American strikes in Iran is to bring down the ruling regime, calling on the Iranian people to seize what he described as…
Tehran: Iran on Saturday declared that it would respond to the United States and Israel with “authority and strength,” asserting its right to defend itself against what it described as a military assault on its…
New Delhi: Air travel across parts of the Middle East faced major disruption on Saturday after Israel, Iran, Dubai and Iraq shut their airspace following Israeli airstrikes on Tehran. Airports in most of the gulf…
Tehran: Israel launched “preventive” strikes against Iran on Saturday, targeting multiple sites in Tehran, including areas near the offices of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, according to media reports. The Israeli Defence Ministry said the…
Abu Dhabi:The United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Saturday announced that it has successfully intercepted several Iranian missiles targetting the country. In a statement released Saturday afternoon, UAE’s Ministry of Defence stated that the country was…
Doha: Terming it as an “unacceptable escalation”, Qatar on Saturday strongly condemned the targetting of its territories and those of “sister States’ by Iranian ballistic missiles, asserting that Doha reserves its full right to respond.…
Kuwait City: Kuwait on Saturday strongly condemned the “heinous Iranian attack” that targetted the Kuwaiti territory, calling it a “flagrant violation” of the country’s sovereignty and airspace. In a statement, Kuwait’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs…
New Delhi: Claiming that hundreds of innocent Iranian citizens have been killed during the large-scale attacks launched by the United States and Israel on Saturday, Iran’s Ambassador to India, Mohammad Fathali confirmed that the country’s…
