World,WAR
Tehran has rejected a 45-day ceasefire proposal, stating it seeks a permanent end to the war, as U.S. President Donald Trump’s ultimatum for a deal approached, accompanied by an expanded threat of strikes on all power plants and bridges in the Islamic Republic.Trump said Monday he is “no...
A draft proposal calling for a 45-day ceasefire and the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz has been sent to Iran and the United States, according to two Middle Eastern officials who spoke anonymously to The Associated Press.The initiative, put forward by mediators from Egypt, Pakistan, and Turkey, ai...
At least eight people were killed and 55 others injured in Israeli attacks on Beirut’s Jnah and Ain Saadeh areas, according to reports by Al Jazeera Arabic.Five people, including a 15-year-old girl, were killed in the strike on Jnah, while 52 others were injured, among them eight children.In a...
Iran’s parliamentary speaker, Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf, issued a veiled threat late Friday to disrupt traffic through a second strategic waterway in the region, the Bab el-Mandeb.The strait, 32 kilometers (20 miles) wide, links the Red Sea with the Gulf of Aden and the Indian Ocean. More than a...
The United States said Sunday it rescued a service member missing behind enemy lines since Iran downed a fighter jet, as President Donald Trump escalated pressure on Tehran with renewed threats to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.Trump wrote in a social media post that the aviator is injured but “w...
At least 30 universities in Iran have been affected by US and Israeli strikes since the start of the war, authorities said, as attacks increasingly hit infrastructure linked to research, health and industry.Iran’s Minister of Science, Research and Technology Hossein Simaei Saraf said parts of ...
Iran has warned it will target US and Israeli infrastructure if attacks against it intensify, amid growing regional tensions following fresh threats and military actions.Gen. Ali Abdollahi Aliabadi, commander of Iran’s joint military command, said Saturday that Iran would strike all infrastruc...
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has denied any involvement in a reported drone attack on the US embassy in Riyadh on March 3, instead blaming Israel for the incident.The statement came after The Wall Street Journal reported that the attack caused more extensive damage than Saud...
World,Power, Energy, Oil, Gas
Vietnam’s economic growth slowed in the first quarter of the year, reflecting mounting pressure from higher fuel prices.The country’s gross domestic product (GDP) expanded by 7.83 percent in the January–March period, down from 8.46 percent growth recorded in the previous quarter, a...
World,Power, Energy, Oil, Gas,Transportation & Aviation
Pakistan’s Punjab province has introduced free public transport services. The decision was announced by Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz after the federal government revealed a similar plan for Islamabad.“I encourage everyone to make full use of these facilities and choose public transport fo...
Iran shot down two US military planes in separate attacks Friday, with one service member rescued and at least one missing, in a dramatic escalation nearly five weeks after the war began.It was the first time US aircraft have been downed in the conflict and came just two days after President Donald ...
Gen. Randy George, the U.S. Army's top uniformed officer, was asked to step down Thursday by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. Pentagon officials have not given a reason for the departure, which comes during the Iran war and is the latest of more than a dozen firings of top generals and admirals.I...
The U.N. Security Council is scheduled to vote Friday on a proposal to secure the Strait of Hormuz after it was significantly watered down in the face of opposition from China and Russia about allowing force to reopen the critical waterway that Iran has largely cut off to global shipping.The final d...
World,Power, Energy, Oil, Gas,WAR
The conflict is driving up prices for oil and natural gas, roiling stock markets, pushing up the cost of gasoline and threatening to make a range of goods, including food, more expensive.On Thursday, Brent crude, the international standard, rose again and was at $108 in spot trading, up about 50% fr...
World,Science & Technology
Four astronauts blasted off on a high-stakes journey around the moon on Wednesday, marking humanity’s first lunar mission in more than 50 years and a major step in NASA’s plan to land humans on the moon again within two years.The 32-storey Space Launch System rocket lifted off from NASA&...
World,Accident, Fire, Disaster
A powerful undersea earthquake with a magnitude of 7.4 struck northern Indonesia on Thursday, toppling buildings, forcing residents to flee, killing at least one person and generating a small tsunami.Waves of up to 75 centimeters (30 inches) above normal tides were recorded at several monitoring sta...
US President Donald Trump claimed that Iran’s president is seeking a ceasefire in the ongoing conflict, but the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) denied the assertion, as airstrikes and regional attacks continued on Wednesday.Trump said on social media that Iran’s “new regim...
U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced that Britain will host an international diplomatic conference this week focused on exploring ways to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.Starmer says 35 countries have signed a statement committing to work together on restoring maritime security to the key oil tran...
A Russian military transport aircraft crashed in annexed Crimea, killing 29 people on board, including crew members and passengers, according to Russian media reports citing the Defense Ministry early Wednesday.The An-26 aircraft was on a routine flight over the Crimean Peninsula, which Russia annex...
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