Iran hits Kuwaiti oil refinery and explosions boom over Tehran from Israeli attack
By JON GAMBRELL and DAVID RISING Dubai, March 20 A Kuwaiti oil refinery came under attack early Friday from Iranian drones and sirens sounded in…
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Kuwait says drone attack targeting oil refinery sparked fire
Dubai, March 19 Kuwait said Thursday a drone attack sparked a fire at an oil refinery in the small, oil-rich nation. The state-run KUNA news…
Social media highlights concern about iconic Indian restaurant’s closure in Singapore
By Gurdip Singh Singapore, March 18 Singapore’s iconic Indian vegetarian restaurant, where Prime Minister Narendra Modi was hosted to a meal by then-Singapore Prime Minister…
What to know about Iran’s Bushehr nuclear power plant after report of projectile hitting its complex
By JON GAMBRELL Dubai, March 18 Iran and Russia both allege a projectile struck the grounds of the Bushehr nuclear power plant in the Islamic…
Top US intelligence officials set to testify about Iran war, threats confronting homeland
By Eric Tucker, David Klepper and Stephen Groves Washington, March 18 Top Trump administration national security officials facing back-to-back congressional hearings starting Wednesday are expected…
US offers USD 2,600 exit bonus to illegal immigrants for self-deportation
By Sagar Kulkarni Washington, March 18 The US Department of Homeland Security has released posters offering to fly illegal immigrants, including from India, to their…
China ignores Trump’s Hormuz request as Iran war deepens, his Beijing trip slips
Washington, March 18 China won’t help the United States reopen the Strait of Hormuz as requested by President Donald Trump, but it is probably welcoming…
China to provide humanitarian aid to Iran, Lebanon, other West Asian nations
By K J M Varma Beijing, March 17 China on Tuesday said it will provide emergency humanitarian assistance to Iran, Lebanon and two other West…
Israel says Ali Larijani, top Iranian security official, killed by Israel in strike
Jerusalem, March 17 The Israeli defence minister said on Tuesday that the Israeli military killed top Iranian security official Ali Larijani in an overnight strike….
Israel launches new strikes on Tehran, Lebanon as Iran hits back and fires on Gulf neighbours
By By JON GAMBRELL, DAVID RISING and BASSEM MROUE Dubai, March 17 Residents of Dubai and Doha, Qatar, awoke to the sound of explosions Tuesday…