WELLINGTON, New Zealand: The head of the International Energy Agency said Monday that the global economy faces a “major, major threat” because of the Iran war. “No country will be immune to the effects of this crisis if it continues to go in this direction,” Fatih Birol told Australia’s National Press Club in Canberra on …
Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, Washington: US President Donald Trump and Iran threatened to escalate their war by attacking energy and desalination facilities in the Gulf. "If Iran doesn't FULLY OPEN, WITHOUT THREAT, the Strait of Hormuz, within 48 HOURS from this exact point in time, the United States of America will hit and obliterate their various …
NEWCASTLE: The Premier League game between Newcastle and Sunderland was stopped on Sunday after there was a report of discriminatory abuse from the crowd, the league said. Sunderland's Lutsharel Geertruida, who is Black, was the target of the abuse that resulted in play being stopped during the second half of the match at St James' …
DIMONA: Galit Amir said she thought the presence of a key Israeli nuclear facility on the edge of her hometown Dimona meant it would be well-protected by air defences during the war with Iran. But that sense of security was torn apart Saturday evening when a direct strike by an Iranian ballistic missile ripped open …
Washington: US Congressman Greg Landsman has introduced a resolution in the US House of Representatives seeking to recognise the atrocities committed by the Pakistani Army and its allies, Jamaat-e-Islami, against Bengali Hindus on March 25, 1971, as "war crimes and genocide". Landsman, a Democrat Congressman from Ohio, moved the resolution in the US House of …
Washington: Robert S Mueller III, the FBI director who transformed the nation's premier law enforcement agency into a terrorism-fighting force after the Sept 11, 2001, attacks and who later became special counsel in charge of investigating ties between Russia and Donald Trump's presidential campaign, has died. He was 81. "With deep sadness, we are sharing …
JERUSALEM: Thousands of Iranians held Eid al-Fitr prayers on Saturday to mark the end of the Ramadan fast, against the backdrop of war with the United States and Israel, which reportedly carried out a strike on Iran's Natanz nuclear site. Iran's supreme leader traditionally leads Eid prayers but Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, who came to power …
Raymond Group Chairman & Managing Director Gautam Hari Singhania has sustained injuries, while two Indian nationals are reported missing after a speedboat capsized near Felidhoo island in the Maldives, according to local media reports.There were seven people on board at the time of the incident near Vaavu atoll early Friday morning. Two women – a …
Dubai: NATO has pulled its security advisory mission out of Iraq and relocated several hundred personnel involved in the effort to Europe. The move came after a series of attacks from Iran on other troops at British, French and Italian bases in northern Iraq. NATO's top commander, Gen Alexus Grynkewich, confirmed that the last troops …
New Delhi: Canada’s top police official has said recent investigations have found no link between the Indian government and criminal activities being probed in the country, signalling a possible shift in bilateral engagement. According to media reports, Royal Canadian Mounted Police Commissioner Mike Duheme stated that ongoing investigations have not established any involvement of Indian …
