The United States and Iran traded heavy blows on Wednesday, shattering a fragile ceasefire and plunging the Gulf into a dangerous new escalation. US Central Command struck roughly 90 Iranian military…
The United States and Iran exchanged heavy fire near Iran's only civilian nuclear power plant on Wednesday, shattering a fragile ceasefire and escalating hostilities across the Gulf. US Central Comman…
U.S. President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke by phone on Thursday to align their countries' next steps across multiple fronts, including ongoing tensions with Iran.…
Global equities fell sharply and oil prices surged on Wednesday after the United States launched airstrikes on more than 80 targets in Iran and President Donald Trump declared an end to a temporary ce…
U.S. airline shares fell sharply after President Donald Trump declared an end to the ceasefire with Iran and threatened further strikes, sending crude oil prices higher and reviving fears over jet fue…
Millions of mourners gathered in Karbala, Iraq, on Wednesday for the sixth day of funeral rites for Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed in a U.S.-Israeli strike on Feb. 28 after 37 years as Iran's…
Oil prices jumped more than 5% on Wednesday as mutual military strikes between the United States and Iran intensified and Washington moved to choke off Iranian crude exports. Brent futures climbed $3.…
Jordan's military intercepted eight Iranian missiles that penetrated the kingdom's airspace on Thursday, with air raid sirens sounding across Amman and other areas. No casualties or damage were report…
Bangladesh is battling a severe measles outbreak that has killed nearly 750 people, mostly children, and infected more than 120,000 since mid-March 2026, with the country still recording roughly 1,000…
Israel has elevated its armed forces, air force, and air defences to maximum readiness as confrontations between Washington and Tehran intensify across the Middle East. Defence Minister Israel Katz sa…
India and Australia finalized administrative arrangements on July 9 to enable long-term Australian uranium exports to India for exclusively peaceful purposes, removing a key barrier to energy cooperat…
U.S. President Donald Trump declared the ceasefire with Iran "over" on Wednesday, signaling a sharp escalation in hostilities following a night of reciprocal military strikes between the two nations.…
Germany's coalition parties are considering recalling two navy vessels from the Middle East as renewed fighting in the Iran conflict undermines prospects for their deployment. The minesweeper Fulda an…
A man accused of raping and murdering a young girl in West Bengal's Baruipur area was killed in a police encounter early Wednesday after allegedly snatching an officer's service rifle and opening fire…
Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood is preparing to amend the 1971 Immigration Act to enable the deportation of Shabir Ahmed, the ringleader of the Rochdale child sexual abuse gang, after Pakistan refused…
President Donald Trump repeatedly misidentified Iran as the "Islamic Republic of Japan" during a press briefing in Ankara on Wednesday, claiming the country had fired 111 missiles at the USS Abraham L…
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Melbourne on 8 July for the second leg of a three-nation tour, co-chairing the third Australia-India Annual Leaders' Summit with Prime Minister Anthony A…
U.S. President Donald Trump declared a very successful NATO summit on Wednesday, telling reporters that fellow leaders expressed personal affection toward him and that he felt love in the room during…
Lord's Cricket Ground will host its first-ever women's Test match when England face India in a four-day contest starting July 10, 2026 — arriving 142 years after the venue's inaugural men's Test. Over…
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte has endorsed the latest American military strikes on Iran as "absolutely necessary", offering the alliance's strongest public backing for Washington's escalation as a…
Heavy monsoon rains have triggered landslides across refugee camps in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, killing at least nine people — including eight Rohingya refugees and one Bangladeshi citizen — since late…
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said Rome will continue providing military assistance to Ukraine, with Defence Minister Guido Crosetto currently assessing the next steps, she told reporters at a…
Senior U.S. military commanders approved a strike on a school in southern Iran despite warnings that the targeting intelligence was outdated, according to multiple reports published this week. The Feb…
A federal lawsuit filed Tuesday accuses the Trump administration of sharing confidential immigration records of Iranian asylum seekers with the Iranian government, potentially endangering detainees fa…
A Boeing 737 cargo aircraft carrying five crew members went missing off the coast of Karachi on Tuesday evening after reporting a navigation system malfunction. Contact was lost at 21:21 local time ap…
Piramal Pharma reported operating revenue of ₹8,869 crore in fiscal 2026, according to its annual report released on July 8, as the Indian drugmaker leaned on its contract manufacturing arm and regula…
Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said it targeted 85 US military installations in Bahrain and Kuwait, including facilities at Bahrain's Salman Port and Kuwait's Ali Al Salem Air Base. Kuwait r…
The European Union Aviation Safety Agency has advised airlines to avoid the airspace of Iran and Iraq through 31 August, after a fragile ceasefire between the United States and Iran collapsed into ren…
Nearly 100 people have been killed in clashes across Pakistan's Balochistan province over the past four days, as a wave of coordinated militant assaults targeted security forces and civilians alike. T…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi received Indonesia's highest state honour, the Bintang Republik Indonesia Adipurna, from President Prabowo Subianto at the Merdeka Palace, becoming only the second Indian…