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Iran Asks Houthis to Prepare Bab el-Mandeb Blockade
TEHRAN: Iran asked Yemen’s Houthi movement to prepare to block the Bab el-Mandeb Strait if the United States attacks Iranian…
Kudankulam Nuclear Plant Leak Exposes 19,000 Files
BENGALURU: A leak from the Kudankulam nuclear plant exposed nearly 19,000 files after a ransomware group, World Leaks, posted contractor…
More Than 500 Feared Dead in Two Myanmar Shipwrecks
More than 500 people may have died in two shipwrecks off Myanmar, United Nations agencies said on Thursday. The boats…
US Approves $1.96bn Saudi Air Defence Weapons Sale
The United States approved a possible USD 1.96 billion Saudi weapons sale to strengthen the kingdom’s air defences as regional…
Economist/YouGov Poll Shows Americans Oppose Iran War
WASHINGTON: Most Americans oppose the Iran war, with 57% calling the decision to enter the conflict wrong and 27% describing…
US Strikes Iran Again in Two Waves as Hormuz Crisis Deepens
The US struck Iran again in two waves on Wednesday, targeting coastal defences, missile sites and command facilities. Meanwhile, Tehran…
ICE Traffic Stops Resume After Trump Reverses Pause
WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump restored ICE traffic stops on Wednesday, overturning a suspension imposed one day earlier after immigration agents…
US Senate Defence Bill Stalls in 50-46 Vote
WASHINGTON: The US Senate defence bill authorising about USD1.15 trillion in military spending stalled on Tuesday. A 50-46 procedural vote…
US Strikes Iran Coastal Sites as Hormuz Crisis Escalates
The United States struck Iranian coastal-defence systems and cruise-missile sites on Wednesday as the US-Iran conflict intensified around the Strait…