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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...

The Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baqaei said Iran has no plans regarding a new round of talks with the US. The US is not learning its lessons from experiences, and this will never...

Tehran- Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said on Friday that the strategic Strait of Hormuz, vital for the global oil trade, will remain "completely open" as long as a ceasefire in the...

Negotiating teams from the U.S. and Iran could return to Islamabad later this week, five sources said on Tuesday, days after the highest-level talks between the two countries in decades ended without...

Islamabad -  Two rounds of talks have taken place between Iranian and US officials in Pakistan, with a third round expected on Saturday evening or Sunday, Iranian state television reported as...

⁠US President Donald Trump ​said ​his deadline for Iran to open the Strait of Hormuz or face ⁠attacks on critical infrastructure ⁠is Tuesday evening, according to an interview he ‌gave to...

Iranian Media has claimed to have shot down a US plane deployed in the mission to locate the missing US pilot. The Fars news agency said the aircraft was destroyed by a police commando unit called...

President Donald Trump asserted the US-Israeli war in Iran was “nearing completion” during a prime-time address Wednesday, even as he offered no clear path out of the war and committed to bombing...

Iran Parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf has accused the United States of speaking about negotiations publicly while secretly preparing for a ground attack. He added said the country’s...

Washington - The Pentagon is preparing plans for weeks of ground operations in Iran - potentially including raids on Kharg Island and coastal sites near the Strait of Hormuz - though President Donald...

Kuwait City - The radar system at Kuwait's international airport was heavily damaged in a drone attack on Saturday, Kuwaiti authorities said. The attack on the Gulf country caused no casualties,...

The pilot and co-pilot of an Air Canada Express regional jet were killed after it collided with a fire truck while landing at New York's LaGuardia airport late on Sunday, in an incident that...