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Kochi: Donald Trump has cancelled strikes against Iran, provided a deal is struck “rapidly” with Teheran.The US president said he had been asked by Iran and other countries in the Middle East to “hold off” on any attack as the “perimeters” of a deal had been agreed, he said in a post on Truth Social.Reports

Kochi: In a potential escalation of the Middle East conflict, Saudi Arabia joined the US to strike against Iran-backed militias in Iraq.US Central Command (Centcom) said Iraq’s paramilitary Popular Mobilisation Forces (PMF), dominated by Iran-backed Shia militias, said at least 20 of its members were killed in US-Saudi strikes on its bases, BBC reported.Earlier, Iran

Kochi: Forest fire in France and Spain has sent an alarm across the globe over man’s limitations in controlling blaze despite all developments.Strong winds have pushed flames of wildfires south-west France towards the city of Bordeaux, BBC reported.Around 200,000 people have been evacuated in south-western regions of Gironde and Landes regions in France. Over 250,000

Kochi: Recognition of the state of Israel by Saudi Arabia is mandatory for fructification of the deal between the US and Saudi Arabia, President Donald Trump has said.”The Civil Nuclear Deal (There will be no enrichment of material!)… which pertains only to non-military use… will be approved, but is totally subject to Saudi Arabia joining

Kochi: The US is exploring options to enter into a civil nuclear agreement with Saudi Arabia. Critics fear it could weaken global nuclear non-proliferation norms and trigger a regional arms race, Times of India reported. The proposed agreement would reportedly allow Saudi Arabia to enrich uranium and process spent nuclear fuel.It would also make Saudi capable

Kochi: The US has incurred a loss of 37.5 billion dollars in its war with Iran, Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth has said.Hegseth told the Senate Appropriations Committee it was urgent that lawmakers approve another $87bn in congressional funding for the Pentagon, BBC reported.The US carried out an 11th consecutive day of strikes on Tuesday.Hegseth said

Kochi: Canada’s unequal treatment of US cars, dairy and alcohol has forced US President Donald Trump to impose a 50% tariff on different goods imported from Canada.Items like wine and hockey sticks and industrial goods such as cement are among the goods targeted, BBC reported.The duties would take effect in 30 days marking escalation in

Kochi: About 500 people, most of them Rohingyas of Myanmar, were killed when two boats capsized in the bay of Bengal.The Times of India quoting a statement from the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), said the boats had left Myanmar’s Rakhine state towards the end of

Kochi: Balochistan’s announcement of freedom has unnerved China which has invested billions of dollars in the Gwadar Port and major mining ventures part of the CPEC projects.A purported letter issued in the name of the “Republic of Balochistan” has gone viral with global attention shifting to Pakistan’s restive southwestern province.The reports claim that Baloch separatists

Kochi: Iran attacked on Tuesday two tankers in the Strait of Hormuz, killing one Indian mariner and wounding nine others, two of them seriously, media reports quoting United Arab Emirates’ Defence Ministry said.The Ministry of External Affairs summoned the Deputy Chief of Mission, Mohammad Javad Hosseini, of the Embassy of Iran in New Delhi and

Kochi: The US is reinstating its blockade of Iranian ports in the Strait of Hormuz, beginning “immediately”, the US President Donald Trump said.In a post on Truth Social, Trump said the US will impose a 20% charge on all cargo shipped through Hormuz for the cost of “safety and security” , BBC reported.He said the

Kochi: The US launched a fresh attack on Iranian forces hitting a ship passing through the Strait of Hormuz. Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said the waterway was closed until further notice and launched attacks on US bases and allies in the region in response to the American strikes.The IRGC said it had hit

Kochi: The US has intensified strikes against Iran after firing missiles on Oil tankers passing through Hormuz strait.US President Donald Trump said the US-Iran ceasefire is “over”, after both countries exchanged strikes.Speaking at a NATO summit in Turkey, Trump said “They’re sick people, they’re led by sick people… As far as I’m concerned, it’s over”.Trump

Kochi: The US has struck Iran in response to attacks on three commercial vessels in the Strait of Hormuz.BBC quoting Iranian state media US struck Qeshm island, Bandar Abbas and Sirik, while no deaths have been reported.The US Central Command (Centcom) warned consequences to what it has called the “wholly unacceptable” attacks on the tankers.Iran’s

Kochi: The BJP and Congress have been invited by Iran for the funeral of late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on July 4, media reports said.The BJP Chief Nitin Nabin, Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge are among important leaders invited.Names of Congress leaders including Salman Khurshid and Pawan Khera also figure in the list of invitees.Union