The pilot and co-pilot have died, and more than 70 people are reported injured after an Air Canada plane collided with a fire truck on the runway at New York’s LaGuardia Airport early Monday. The crash occurred as the aircraft was landing, triggering a major emergency response and forcing authorities to shut down operations at the busy airport. The Federal...
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Iran warns of hits on energy sites after Trump threat
Iran says it will attack the energy and water systems of Gulf countries if the US follows through with its threat to hit Iranian power plants if Tehran doesn’t fully open the Strait of Hormuz. Iran’s representative to the International Maritime Organization says foreign vessels can still pass through the key waterway with coordination from the Iranian government for security...
Socialist Emmanuel Grégoire elected Paris mayor, as National Rally fails to take key cities
The Socialist Emmanuel Grégoire has been elected mayor of Paris, beating the former rightwing minister Rachida Dati, with Marine Le Pen’s far-right, anti-immigration National Rally (RN) failing to take key cities targeted in Sunday’s second round of local elections. Grégoire took a victory bike ride with future councillors in Paris on Sunday night to show that the French capital would continue...
president Trump blasts Nato allies amid reports US will send more troops to Middle East
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...
“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...