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Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IGRC) said it has shot down a second MQ-1 drone in airspace east of the Strait of Hormuz, according to the Mehr News Agency. The IRGC said it was the...

Rescue teams in Indonesia were searching Monday for 129 people who were unaccounted for after a passenger ferry sank in the Java Sea, killing at least six people, the authorities said. Another 108...

DUBAI: At least 73 people were injured ​in attacks ​on Saudi Arabia by Yemen's Ansar Allah, the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen said on Tuesday, vowing to respond firmly to the latest outbreak...

The Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmail Baghaei, said that talks with the Sultanate of Oman on a maritime transit route in the Strait of Hormuz are continuing, and describe the process as...

Muscat: Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has said that Tehran is continuing talks with the Sultanate of Oman on shipping routes in the Strait of Hormuz, but warns reopening the waterway will...

Washington: Engine fragments struck a window of a Ryanair plane last month resulting in a man nearly being sucked out of the aircraft mid-flight, according to a preliminary report published Thursday...

Tehran: Iran's foreign ministry on Monday said the United States was not involved in recent talks with the Sultanate of Oman over the administration of the strategic Strait of Hormuz. "These...

Muscat: The death toll has risen to 51 due to the floods and landslides triggered by the heavy rain in Bangladesh. Local officials report that 7 out of the country’s 64 administrative areas have...

Dubai: US military strikes on Iranian targets entered a second day on Monday in a surge of renewed fighting over the status of the Strait of Hormuz that is endangering a fragile interim agreement and...

Oil prices surged more than 3% on Monday after renewed military strikes between the United States and Iran reignited concerns over energy shipments through the Strait of Hormuz. Brent crude...

 Explosions were heard over Qatar's capital on Sunday, AFP journalists reported, after the United States struck Iran over a vessel coming under attack in the Strait of Hormuz.  AFP...

TEHRAN: The United States said it shot down a pair of Iranian drones threatening the Strait of Hormuz, the latest escalation of violence as the war reached its 100th day on Sunday with no end in...

The annual Hajj pilgrimage officially commenced on Monday, corresponding to 8 Dhul Hijjah, 1447 AH, known as the Day of Tarwiyah, marking the beginning of the six-day spiritual journey undertaken by...

Oil prices climbed, and stocks across Asia fell on Friday after the United States said it had struck Iranian military sites in retaliation for Iran firing on U.S. warships in the Strait of Hormuz. ...

The power bank of a passenger onboard a stationary IndiGo aircraft caught fire at the Chandigarh airport on Tuesday, and all passengers and the crew were evacuated, according to a source. IndiGo is...

Frankfurt: A humpback whale that had been struggling to survive after beaching off the German coast was released into the North Sea off Denmark after being transported in a barge, Germany's...

Muscat: The upcoming Hajj season of 1446 AH will mark the final occurrence of the pilgrimage during the summer months, according to Hussein al Qahtani, spokesperson for the KSA's National Center...

Washington- President Donald Trump cancelled ​a trip to Islamabad by ​two U.S. envoys to meet Iran war mediator Pakistan on Saturday after Iran's foreign minister flew out of the Pakistani...

US envoys headed to the Pakistani capital on Saturday to kickstart a new round of peace negotiations with Iran, although Iranian state media said Tehran's envoys had no immediate plans to hold...

Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, following Trump’s announcement that he was extending the ceasefire. He said, "I sincerely thank President Trump for graciously accepting our request to...