Kuwait City, June 8 (IANS) The Indian Ambassador to Kuwait on Monday visited the Indian nationals at the hospital who were injured during the attack on Kuwait International Airport. “Ambassador Paramita Tripathi visited the Indian nationals, who were injured during the attack on Kuwait International Airport on 3 June 2026, at Jaber Hospital today,” the Indian Embassy in Kuwait wrote on X.According to the embassy, out of the 13 Indian nationals admitted to various hospitals, all have been dis…
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Tel Aviv, June 8 (IANS) Israel on Monday afternoon released footage of its attack on an Iranian facility in Maheshwar in southwestern region of the country which the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) claimed stored missiles intended to hit aircraft. “The IDF is now publishing colour documentation of the destruction of one of the systems, which stored missiles intended to hit aircraft. After the attack, secondary explosions were detected indicating that the missiles were in the launcher,” read a statem…
Washington, June 8 (IANS) US President Donald Trump urged Iran to stop launching missiles at Israel and return to negotiations after Tehran fired a fresh barrage of ballistic missiles.”What I would suggest to Iran: You’ve shot your missiles, that’s enough,” Trump told Fox News. “Get back to the table and make a deal.”Trump also claimed that Washington and Tehran had been close to reaching an agreement before Iran launched the missiles earlier in the day, Xinhua news agency reported.”We’re very c…
Kuwait City/Manama June 6 (IANS) Both Kuwait and Bahrain on Saturday condemned the renewed Iranian attacks on their countries, calling them a flagrant violation of sovereignty and a dangerous escalation threatening regional stability.Kuwait’s Foreign Ministry said on X that the attacks were a “flagrant violation” of Kuwait’s sovereignty, security and territorial integrity, as well as a breach of international law, the UN Charter, and Security Council Resolution 2817.It said the continued attacks…
Tehran, June 6 (IANS) Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said Saturday that it attacked US military bases in Kuwait and Bahrain earlier in the day in retaliation for US attacks on Qeshm Island and Sirik County in southern Iran. In a statement on its official news outlet Sepah News, the IRGC identified the targeted US bases as the Ali Al Salem Air Base in Kuwait and the US Fifth Fleet headquarters in Bahrain.At 1:30 a.m. local time on Saturday (2200 GMT Friday), four oil tankers, gui…
Seoul, May 27 (IANS) North Korea has tested a newly developed lightweight multipurpose missile launching system and multiple tactical cruise missiles, state media said Wednesday, with leader Kim Jong-un overseeing the test as part of Pyongyang’s ongoing weapons modernisation drive. The Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) published the report a day after South Korea’s military detected the launch of multiple close-range ballistic missiles (CRBMs) and artillery rockets toward the Yellow Sea from the…
Abu Dhabi, May 17 (IANS) A fire was reported in the premises of the Barakah Nuclear Power Plant in the Al Dhafra Region of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) after a drone strike, local media reported on Sunday.”Authorities in Abu Dhabi responded to a fire incident that broke out in an electrical generator outside the inner perimeter of the Barakah Nuclear Power Plant in the Al Dhafra Region, caused by a drone strike,” the Abu Dhabi media office said on X.No injuries were reported, and there was no …
Abu Dhabi, May 5 (IANS) The United Arab Emirates (UAE)’s Defence Ministry has reported that it detected four cruise missiles launched from Iran towards various areas across the country.The Ministry reported on Monday that the sounds heard in scattered areas of the country are the result of successful interception of the aerial threats.UAE’s National Emergency Crisis and Disaster Management Authority (NCEMA) on social media platform X said that “Air defence systems are currently responding to a m…
Riyadh, April 29 (IANS) Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Secretary General Jasem Mohamed Albudaiwi said on Tuesday that GCC states have rejected Iran’s illegal measures to close the Strait of Hormuz and obstruct navigation through the waterway. The statement was made at the 19th Consultative Meeting of GCC leaders held in Saudi Arabia’s port city of Jeddah on Tuesday.Albudaiwi said the leaders also rejected any measures that would negatively affect navigation through the strait, including the impo…
Washington, April 8 (IANS) The United States struck more than 13,000 targets during Operation Epic Fury, in a massive military campaign that also left 13 American service members dead, the Pentagon said on Wednesday. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Air Force General Dan Caine said the scale of operations reflected the intensity and reach of the campaign.“Since the beginning of major combat operations, the United States joint forces struck more than 13,000 targets,” he said.Of …