Zelensky, US to resume talks over ending Russia war
Kyiv [Ukraine], March 20: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is counting on new talks with the United States starting on Saturday to end Russia's full-scale invasion...
US approves $16.5bn arms deal to Gulf states
Washington [US], March 20: The United States Department of State has approved a $16.5bn deal for arms sales to the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait and...
War enters new phase with energy infra hit
Tehran [Iran], March 20: Iran has ratcheted up the pressure on several Gulf nations by attacking their energy facilities in retaliation for an Israeli strike...
Trump tells Israel not to repeat strikes on Iranian energy as crisis...
Washington [US], March 20: President Donald Trump told Israel not to repeat its attacks on Iranian natural gas infrastructure as tit-for-tat strikes on energy plants...
UK, France, Germany, Netherlands, Italy, Japan condemn Iranian attacks on Gulf infrastructure
London [UK], March 20: The United Kingdom, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Italy and Japan have strongly condemned Iran's attacks on civilian infrastructure, including oil and...
UAE air defences responding to missile, drone threats from Iran
Abu Dhabi [UAE], March 20: The Ministry of Defence announced that the UAE air defences are currently responding to incoming missile and drone threats from...
France, Spain, Bahrain, India condemn Iranian attack on Ras Laffan in Qatar
Doha [Qatar], March 20: H.H. Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, Emir of the State of Qatar, held phone calls today with a number of...
'Mother of the Nation Endowment for Orphans' initiative raises AED3.3bn during Ramadan;...
Abu Dhabi [UAE], March 20: Since its launch under the patronage of President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the Mother of the...
State Security Apparatus dismantles terrorist network linked to Hezbollah, Iran; arrests members
Abu Dhabi [UAE], March 20: The UAE State Security Apparatus (SSA) has announced the dismantling of a terrorist network funded and operated by Lebanon's Hezbollah...
Bahrain intercepts, destroys 139 missiles, 238 drones since start of Iranian attacks
Manama [Bahrain], March 20: The General Command of the Bahrain Defence Force announced that its air defence systems, since the onset of the hostile Iranian...
Japan rejects US intelligence assessment of a 'significant shift' in its Taiwan...
Tokyo [Japan], March 19: Japan has not changed its position on how it determines an existential threat, its top government said on Friday, rejecting an...
Delcy Rodriguez replaces Venezuela's Defence Minister Vladimir Padrino
Caracas [Venezuela], March 19: Venezuela's interim President Delcy Rodriguez has announced that she is replacing the country's longtime defence minister, General Vladimir Padrino, a central...
Ukraine sends 201 military experts to counter Iranian drones in the Gulf
Kiev [Ukraine], March 19: More than 200 Ukrainian military experts are in the Gulf region and wider Middle East helping governments in their defence against...
Iran announces arrests, says US, Israel suffering 'defeats'
Tehran [Iran], March 19: Iranian authorities have announced hundreds more arrests across the country, as well as operations to counter what they describe as "traitors"...
Iran intelligence chief Khatib killed
Tehran [Iran], March 19: Israel has bombed parts of Iran's gas industry in the Gulf, according to media reports on both sides of the war,...
Iran says situation under control after strikes on gas facilities
Tehran [Iran], March 19: The fires caused by airstrikes on Gulf gas facilities have been brought under control, the governor of Iran's Asaluyeh district said...
King Charles welcomes Nigeria's president on historic state visit
London [U], March 19: King Charles on Wednesday welcomed the Nigerian president to Windsor at the start of the first state visit to the United...
Europe should no longer sell itself short to the US: Merz
Berlin [Germany], March 19: German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has called on the European Union to use all available means to assert itself to counter US...
Attacks hit military aircraft factories in Russia; Lithuania bans entry of Russians
Kiev [Ukraine], March 19: The Ukrainian military has hit two aircraft factories in Russia with airstrikes, the General Staff in Kiev announced on Wednesday.
Iran was not rebuilding enrichment prior to war: US intel chief Gabbard
Washington [US], March 19: Tulsi Gabbard, the director of the US National Intelligence, said that the United States intelligence community had assessed that Iran was...
Al-Azhar condemns Iran's 'unjustified attacks' on Gulf states, several Arab and Islamic...
Cairo [Egypt], March 18: Al-Azhar al-Sharif strongly condemns Iran's continued unjustified attacks on its Gulf neighbours-namely the UAE, the Kingdom of Bahrain, the State of...
Abdullah bin Zayed holds phone calls with foreign ministers, officials to discuss...
Abu Dhabi [UAE], March 18: H.H. Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, held calls with a number...
UAE leaders condole with President of Georgia over passing of Catholicos-Patriarch of...
Abu Dhabi [UAE], March 18: President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan has sent a message of condolences to Mikheil Kavelashvili, President of...
In phone call with King of Bahrain, US President emphasises his country's...
Manama [Bahrain], March 18: His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa of Bahrain received a phone call from Donald Trump, President of the United...
Washington targets Iran's fortified missile sites near Hormuz
Washington [US], March 18: The US Central Command (CENTCOM) announced late on Tuesday carrying out strikes at fortified missile sites on the Iranian coast near...
Jordan strongly condemns Iranian attack on UAE killing civilian in Al Bahya
Amman [Jordan], March 17: Jordan today strongly condemned the Iranian attack that resulted in a missile striking a civilian vehicle in the Al Bahya area,...
13 Iranian ballistic missiles, drones destroyed in Qatar
Doha [Qatar], March 17: Qatar's Ministry of Defence announced today that the State of Qatar was targeted by 14 Iranian ballistic missiles and several drones.