Oslo: Norwegian police are investigating an explosion outside the US Embassy in Oslo early Sunday, officials said. No injuries were reported. Police received reports of a "loud bang" or explosion around 1 am, Oslo police said in a news release. The explosion was caused by some sort of incendiary device, Oslo police representative Frode Larsen …
ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE: US President Donald Trump evoked Saturday the idea of sending ground troops into Iran to secure the country's stockpiles of enriched uranium, as part of efforts to dismantle Tehran's nuclear program. "At some point maybe we will. That would be a great thing," he told reporters during a briefing aboard Air …
New Delhi: The Ministry of External Affairs on Saturday said the Indian government is continuously monitoring the evolving situation in West Asia and the Gulf region, especially with regard to the welfare of Indian nationals who have been stranded there during transit or on short duration visits. It has advised all Indian nationals in the …
Dubai: Authorities in the United Arab Emirates said debris from a successfully intercepted projectile caused a minor incident on the facade of a tower in Dubai Marina, but officials contained the situation and reported no injuries, according to the Dubai media office. US President Donald Trump said America will consider striking areas and groups of …
Doral (US) : US President Donald Trump warned in a social media post on Saturday that more Iranian officials would become targets in the war, writing: "Today Iran will be hit very hard!" Trump made the comments on his Truth Social website, noting an apology by Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian earlier in the day to …
Taslima Nasreen was in Kerala recently to participate in the Kozhikode Literary Festival. (Photo: PTI)New Delhi : The Bangladesh Nationalist Party's huge mandate in the recent elections is more a reflection of the people's determination to keep Islamist radicals out of power than of the party's popularity, said Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasrin. She said that …
DOHA: Iran targeted Qatar with 10 drones on Friday, Doha's defence ministry said in a statement as the Islamic republic pressed its air campaign against Gulf states. "Qatar was subjected to waves of attacks from the Islamic Republic of Iran involving 10 drones, starting from dawn on Friday," it said, adding that the military "successfully …
New Delhi: Government sources said on Friday that the Iranian naval ship IRIS Lavan docked at Kochi on March 4 after developing technical issues. According to officials, Iran had requested permission for the ship to dock on February 28, and India granted approval on March 1. A total of 183 Iranian sailors from the vessel …
Seoul : South Korea's foreign minister said Friday that Seoul and Washington are in talks on possibly relocating weapons, as the war in Iran intensifies. The war in the Middle East has dragged in global powers and upended the world's energy and transport sectors. South Korea, a US security ally, hosts around 28,500 American troops …
Recently, amidst the ongoing West Asian conflict, the US Navy torpedoed an Iranian warship, IRIS Dena, near Sri Lanka in the Indian Ocean, sparking an intense debate over India's role and responsibility in the strategic waters. Does the Indian Ocean mean India's ocean? What about India's maritime jurisdiction and its role as the guardian of …
