New Delhi, March 6 Two days after a US submarine torpedoed and sank an Iranian warship off Sri Lanka’s coast, Iran on Friday warned that the attack on an “unarmed ship cannot go with impunity.” The Iranian frigate, IRIS Dena, was returning home after participating in the Milan multilateral naval exercise hosted by India. At […]
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Colombo, March 6 The Sri Lankan Navy on Friday said 204 of the 208 Iranian personnel on board IRINS Bushehr have been “safely” transferred to the port of Colombo, two days after another Iranian frigate was sunk near the island nation. Four sailors are remaining on the ship which had developed trouble in one of […]
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Chandigarh, March 5 A 45-year-old social media influencer of Punjabi origin, Nancy Grewal, was stabbed to death in Canada with her mother in Jalandhar on Thursday claiming that she used to receive threats to her life. Nancy was murdered in LaSalle in Ontario on March 3. On social media, Nancy used to express her opinions […]
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By Shirish B Pradhan Kathmandu, March 6 The newly formed Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP), led by former rapper Balendra Shah, was leading in the early counting of votes on Friday in Nepal’s first general elections since the violent Gen Z protests led to the downfall of the K P Sharma Oli-led coalition government. The RSP […]
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By By JON GAMBRELL, DAVID RISING RUSS BYNUM and SALLY Dubai, March 6 Intense Israeli airstrikes pounded the capitals of Iran and Lebanon early Friday as the US apparently struck an Iranian drone carrier at sea in its unrelenting campaign against the Islamic Republic’s fleet of warships. Iran launched new retaliatory attacks in the Middle […]
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By Yoshita Singh New York/Washington, March 6 Amid the escalating conflict with Iran, the US said it is issuing a temporary 30-day waiver to allow Indian refiners to purchase Russian oil. “President Trump’s energy agenda has resulted in oil and gas production reaching the highest levels ever recorded. To enable oil to keep flowing into […]
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Dubai, March 5 The death toll in Iran from the ongoing war with the United States and Israel has reached at least 1,230 people, an Iranian government agency said Thursday. The Iranian Foundation of Martyrs and Veterans Affairs offered the toll.Meanwhile, Iran also launched more missiles at Israel and US bases as the war in […]
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New Delhi, March 5 India on Thursday condoled the death of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei with Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri conveying to the Iranian ambassador New Delhi’s message of sympathy. Misri visited the Iranian embassy and signed the condolence book on behalf of the government of India. The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) […]
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By K J M Varma Beijing, March 5 China on Thursday lowered its GDP target to 4.5 to 5 per cent for this year in the face of Trump’s trade tariff war, the worsening global crisis following the US-Iran war and headwinds in the domestic economy, owing to property market slump and unemployment crisis. The […]
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By ILLIA NOVIKOV Kyiv, March 5 A new round of US-brokered talks between Russia and Ukraine planned for this week has been postponed because of war in the Middle East, according to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Meanwhile, the United States and its allies in the Middle East are seeking Kyiv’s expertise in countering Iran’s Shahed […]
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