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The visiting leaders will also meet Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, the Foreign Office said. File. | Photo Credit: Reuters Pakistan is set to host the Foreign Ministers of Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Turkiye for discussions on a wide-range of issues, including efforts to de-escalate tensions in West Asia amid the war in Iran, the Foreign…
U.S. President Donald Trump said ‘Cuba is next’ after ‘knocking the hell out of Iran’ | Photo Credit: Reuters U.S. President Donald Trump has said he would love his legacy to be made as a great peacemaker as he claims to have stopped eight wars, including the one between India and Pakistan last year. Addressing…
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Smoke rises from Kuwait International Airport after a drone strike on fuel storage in Kuwait City, Kuwait, on March 25, 2026. | Photo Credit: AP Amid the escalating strikes, counterattacks and rising tensions in West Asia, the United States military is preparing to deploy at least 1,000 troops from the 82nd Airborne Division to the…
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File image of Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a meeting with Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake. Photo: PMO via PTI Photo Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake on Tuesday had a telephone conversation to discuss the war in West Asia, the disruption in global supply chains, and the energy…
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Airstrikes battered Iran’s capital and Iranian missiles and drones targeted Israel’s Tel Aviv and sites across the West Asia on Tuesday (March 24, 2026), even as President Donald Trump said the United States was in talks with the Islamic Republic to end the war. With thousands more U.S. Marines on their way to the Gulf,…
A series of strikes hit Beirut’s southern suburbs yesterday and early today, the first attack on the Hezbollah stronghold in days, as Israel’s military said it captured two members of the Iran-backed group in southern Lebanon. An earlier Israeli strike hit the upscale, predominantly Christian area of Hazmieh near Beirut, with Israel saying it targeted…
An explosion following what the U.S. Central Command says is a strike on an Iranian one-way attack drone at an unknown location, in this screengrab taken from a handout video released on March 22, 2026. Photo: CENTCOM via X/Handout via REUTERS As US President Donald Trump’s deadline on opening the Strait of Hormuz approaches, Iran…
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International Energy Agency (IEA) Executive Director Fatih Birol. File | Photo Credit: Reuters The war in the West Asia could see the world face its worst energy crisis in decades, International Energy Agency chief Fatih Birol warned on Monday (March 23, 2026), describing the situation as “very severe”. Iran-Israel war LIVE updtes “Many of us…
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Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva criticised what he called the return of a colonial approach toward developing nations during a summit in Colombia on Saturday (March 21, 2026), pointing to the disposal of ex-Venezuelan leaderc and the fuel blockade of Cuba. “It’s not possible for someone to think that they own other countries,”…
The Saudi Foreign Ministry said in a statement that continued Iranian attacks would lead to further escalation and have “significant consequences” for current and future relations | Photo Credit: Reuters Saudi Arabia informed Iran’s military attache, his assistant and three members of the embassy staff that they must leave the kingdom within 24 hours after…
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