JAKARTA: A 6.0 magnitude quake struck off Indonesia's remote northern Talaud islands on Saturday, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said, with no immediate reports of casualties or damage. The tremor struck at a depth of 99 kilometres (61 miles), some 90 kilometres southeast of Sarangani province on the Philippine island of Mindanao. Harry Sauro, a …
Islamabad: Pakistan on Saturday rejected media reports that its initiative to facilitate talks between the US and Iran to end the ongoing conflict in West Asia had hit obstacles after initial exchange of peace proposals. Speculation emerged after a senior official of the Foreign Ministry briefed a select group of journalists on Pakistan's efforts to …
Kabul: An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.8 rattled parts of northern and eastern Afghanistan and western Pakistan late Friday. The spokesperson for Kabul's governor said at least eight people are dead. The region is highly seismically active, and quakes have caused thousands of deaths in recent years. Friday's earthquake had an epicentre in …
Washington: Iran downed a US F-15E fighter jet, and a search-and-rescue operation is underway for the two-person crew, according to a US official. The first known combat loss of a US fighter jet would mark a significant escalation in the five-week war. The New York Times, which reported earlier that a fighter jet was downed, …
Singapore: The Singapore Government has allocated a plot of land to build a new Hindu temple in the city-state's Yishun Avenue 3 to meet the growing needs of the Hindu community here. Construction of Sree Guruvayoorappan Ayyappan Temple (SGAT) on a site in the Yishun housing estate is expected to commence in August or September, …
Washington: President Donald Trump used his first major address since launching his war in Iran to assure Americans that all of his military objectives will be completed "shortly” and urge an increasingly skeptical electorate to give him a little bit more time. Trump in his Wednesday evening speech dialed back the bluster that's dominated his …
Brussels: "Paper tiger". "Cowards". As US President Donald Trump grapples with the fallout of his war on Iran, much of his anger has been redirected onto another target: the NATO military alliance. Enraged by European allies who have refused to back his fight, rejected demands to help reopen the Strait of Hormuz, or denied access …
Dubai: Iran Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmail Baghaei on Wednesday called US President Donald Trump's remarks on Tehran allegedly asking for a ceasefire 'false and baseless'. Also, Iran's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard separately issued a statement saying the Strait of Hormuz "is firmly and decisively under the control" of its forces. "This strait will not be opened …
Bologna (Italy) : The Iran war is seeping into the cosmetics supply chain, pushing up the cost of everything from plastic jars and lipstick tubes to transport, and reminding the beauty industry that even a tub of face cream depends on fragile global trade routes. Cost pressures were a recurring theme last week at one …
The Trump administration on Tuesday exempted oil and gas drilling in the Gulf of Mexico from the Endangered Species Act after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said environmentalists' lawsuits threatened to hobble domestic energy supplies as the U.S. wages war against Iran. Critics said the move by the government's Endangered Species Committee could doom a rare …
