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U.N. chief Guterres presents options for future Lebanon presence U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has written to U.N. Security Council members stressing the need for a continued uniformed U.N. presence in Lebanon after the mandate of the U.N. Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) expires at the year-end. Mr. Guterres outlined three options to replace the 7,500-strong…
Lindsey Graham. File | Photo Credit: AP Republican Senator Lindsey Graham termed “problematic” the role of Pakistan as a mediator in the United States’ war with Iran. Mr. Graham’s remarks came as Pakistan’s Defence Minister Khwaja Asif said he is not in favour of Islamabad joining the Abraham Accords, which deal with establishing diplomatic, economic…
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Drones launched at U.S. targets at Saudi Arabia’s Al-Kharj base and Kuwait’s Al-Adiri base. | Photo Credit: AFP An Iranian attack on a residential area in northern Kuwait injured six people on Monday (April 6, 2026), the Gulf country’s Health Ministry said. Iran-Israel war LIVE: It followed a post on X by Kuwait’s army earlier…
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Israeli rescue services said Monday (April 6, 2026) that the bodies of four people had been recovered from the rubble of a residential building in the city of Haifa, after it was struck by an Iranian missile the previous day. Iran-Israel war LIVE “All four missing persons have been located… All were found without signs…
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“Iran posed no imminent threat to our nation, and it is clear that we started this war due to pressure from Israel and its powerful American lobby.” With those words, posted on X on March 17, Joe Kent became the highest-ranking official to resign from U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration over the U.S.-Israel war on…
A new investigation by the New York Times has shed more light on events surrounding a reported attack on a school in Iran at the start of the West Asia war. Iran has accused Israel and the United States of conducting a strike on an elementary school in the southern city of Minab, which it…
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Indian passengers reunite with their family members as they arrive safely from a flight via Dubai amid the international tensions in the Gulf region International Airport, in New Delhi on Wednesday | Photo Credit: ANI As tensions escalate following the United States-Israel military strikes on Iran, raising concerns about oil supplies and shipping through the…
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In an interview with The Hindu, Wang Dong, professor at the School of International Studies at Peking University and executive director of the Institute for Global Cooperation and Understanding, who is a leading Chinese expert on global governance and China-U.S. relations, shares a perspective on how the attack on Iran by the U.S. and Israel,…
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A satellite imagery taken on January 30, 2026 shows a new roof over a previously destroyed building at Natanz nuclear site, Iran. Photo: 2026 PLANET LABS PBC/Handout via Reuters The U.N. nuclear watchdog has no indication Israeli and U.S. attacks on Iran have hit any nuclear facilities, its chief Rafael Grossi told the agency’s Board…
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Iran fired missiles at targets in Israel and Gulf Arab states on Sunday (March 1, 2026) after vowing massive retaliation for the killing of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei by the United States and Israel, prompting U.S. President Donald Trump to threaten Tehran against further escalation. Iran acknowledged Khamenei’s death in the joint Israeli-American airstrike…
