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Kochi: US ally Jordan on Wednesday claimed it intercepted 18 Iranian missiles as Iran had targeted U.S. assets in the region in retaliation for American attacks on its oil tankers, media reports said. The U.S. military’s Central Command (CENTCOM) said it had on Tuesday destroyed five Iranian oil tankers in response to recent attempts to attack

Kochi: Closure of trade routes to Pakistan has led to Islamabad losing $1.5 billion annually triggering large scale unemployment in Pakistan. Agriculture, poultry industry and exports are the major sectors affected by Pakistan which has also closed its routes to Kabul who have also hit.Closure of the Torkham and Chaman crossings over the past 10 to

Kochi: Iran attacked US targets in Jordan, Kuwait, Iraq and Bahrain in retaliation to strikes by American forces  against Tehran on Tuesday.Five people, including a child, were killed and over 50 injured in the US missile in Sirik in southern Iran.The US Central Command (Centcom) said US strikes on Iran followed “recent attempted attacks” by

Kochi: The US revived attack in Iran bystriking two Iranian launchers on Iran’s Larak island, perhaps the first since late July.The attack came after US suspected Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) forces preparing to launch rockets with sea mines into the Strait of Hormuz,” the BBC’s US partner CBS News quoted US Central Command (Centcom)

Kochi: The devastating floods has claimed  547 lives in Central Nepal on Friday even as search and rescue operations continue unabated.Rising of water levels at the site of the flood earlier this week increased the risk of another flood in the area, according to the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority (NDRRMA).Reports of a

Kochi: A massive flash flood in Nepal killed eight persons and left several missing including 400 travelers, including foreign nationals.A mudslide hit China’s Gyirong port, where the government has ordered intensive search and rescue, media reports said.Chinese media has warned of major casualties in Tibet.Helicopters, searching the area as part of rescue, are unable to

Kochi: US President Donald Trump changed planes last month as part of a clever plan to pre-empt a possible Iranian threat, BBC quoted US media report.After boarding Air Force One, Trump used a catering truck to board a military aircraft C-32A to give an impression that everything was fine, BBC quoting the Washington Post said.

Kochi: Over 100 people have perished in the devastating earthquake that hit Colombia where a state of emergency has been declared. Many are feared trapped under the debris after the quake measuring magnitude 7.4 struck at a depth of 103km (64 miles) in Chocó province, BBC reported. Many of the deaths have been concentrated in

Kochi: A projectile hit an Indian-flagged vessel sinking it off the coast of Yemen in the Red Sea while all 14 people including 13 Indians on board were rescued.India condemned the attack on MSV ​Faize Noore Oliya which suffered an “unprovoked attack”, BBC reported.India said the attacks on commercial shipping in the region “deeply worrisome”