Several Nato members and other US allied nations pledged on Thursday to join “appropriate efforts to ensure safe passage” through the strait of Hormuz. But the joint statement from the leaders of more than a dozen nations – including the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Canada, South Korea, Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Bahrain – did not provide details on how they...
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“Enemy Defeated”: Iran Supreme Leader’s Defiant Message On Persian New Year
Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei on Friday said Iran was defeating the enemies of the Islamic republic and had struck a “dizzying blow” in the war against the US and Israel, in a defiant written message to the nation for the Persian New Year, Nowruz. The long statement, published on his Telegram channel and official Iranian media, was the...
LNG facilities ‘extensively damaged’ after fresh missile attacks: Qatar Energy
US President Donald Trump on Thursday said US was unaware of Israel’s plan to strike Iran’s South Pars Gas Field, following which Iran ramped up its offensive in Qatar, attacking the country’s main gas facility — Ras Laffan Industrial City. He added that Iran did not know this and “unfairly attacked” Qatar’s LNG facility. Trump assured that Israel will not...
India terms Pakistan’s bombing of drug rehab centre in Kabul a ‘barbaric’ act
India on Tuesday (March 17, 2026) “unequivocally” condemned Pakistan’s bombing of Omid Drug Addiction Treatment Hospital in Afghanistan capital Kabul on the night of March 16 terming it “barbaric” and “unconscionable”. The remarks from the official spokesperson of the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) came hours after the bombing that marked an escalation in the ongoing conflict between Pakistan and the Taliban-ruled...
Trump calls NATO refusal to send forces to Hormuz Strait ‘a foolish mistake’
United States President Donald Trump vented his frustration over the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) countries’ refusal to take part in the ongoing Middle East tension. Speaking from the White House, he said NATO is making a foolish mistake. “They don’t want to help us, which is amazing, amazing. We don’t need any help,” he said of asking countries to...
EAM Dr. Jaishankar holds talks with EU counterparts in Brussels, discusses Iran conflict
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar met with his counterparts from the 27 member states ofthe European Union (EU) in Brussels focusing on global flashpoints in Ukraine and West Asia as well as ways to deepen India’s relations with Europe Jaishankar is on a two-day visit to the Belgian capital at the invitation of EU Foreign and Security Policy Chief Kaja...
Iran hits key UAE oil port and Dubai airport
The United Arab Emirates’ (UAE) biggest port and oil storage facility, Fujairah, and Dubai’s international airport have come under further drone attacks as Iran continues to target Gulf transport and oil infrastructure. Flights were temporarily suspended on Monday after a fire broke out near the airport after a “drone-related incident”. A fire also raged after a drone attack on the...
Chinese military flights resume near Taiwan after rare two-week lull
Since the 27th of February, Chinese military flights near Taiwan’s air defence identification zone (ADIZ) has been unusually low. The activity may be starting to pick back up now, although the trend is still emerging. Yesterday saw an uptick in Chinese PLA activity with the Associated Press reporting, “Taiwan saw a surge of Chinese military planes near the island, its defence ministry said...
Mojtaba Khamenei To Succeed His Father As Iran’s supreme leader
Bahrain is reporting the highest number of casualties in a single strike on the Gulf states since the war began. Its Health Ministry says the drone attack injured 32 civilians, including four children, the youngest of whom is two months old At least 10 people have been killed across the Gulf so far, most of them security personnel or foreign...
More blasts rock Dubai, Doha and Manama as Iran targets US assets in Gulf
More explosions have been heard across the Gulf states, and at least three people have been killed in the United Arab Emirates as Iran carries out attacks in retaliation for strikes by the United States and Israel that killed its supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and other top officials. The explosions were heard for a second day on Sunday in Dubai,...
Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khameni, it’s Defence minister and Chief of army staff killed in US-Israel air strikes
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed in US-Israel airstrikes, Iranian state media confirmed earlier today. His death occurred after a joint US and Israeli aerial bombardment that targeted Iranian military and government sites. A 40-day state mourning has been declared in Iran. Iran’s chief of army staff and defense minister also killed in an airstrike targeting a meeting...
‘India stands in solidarity’: PM Modi speaks to UAE president
Amid tension in West Asia, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday spoke to UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, condemning the attacks on the UAE and condoling the loss of lives due to them. “Spoke with President of the UAE, my brother Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan. Strongly condemned the attacks on the UAE and condoled the...