Washington, July 20 (IANS) US President Donald Trump said that American forces had struck Iran again in honour of three US service members believed to have died, while asserting that Tehran had suffered extensive military damage and no longer controlled the Strait of Hormuz.Trump spoke briefly to the White House press pool after stepping off Air Force One and before boarding Marine One.“Well, we feel very badly, but you know those great people, those great patriots, were out there fighting tha…
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Washington, July 12 (IANS) US President Donald Trump launched a fresh broadside against major US news organisations and New York Times reporters, defending his record while accusing the media of “Fake News”, as the White House Correspondents’ Association condemned what it described as intimidation of journalists.In a series of lengthy posts on his Truth Social platform, Trump singled out New York Times White House correspondent Maggie Haberman and journalist Jonathan Swan, while urging supporter…
Washington, July 8 (IANS) US forces launched strikes against Iran on Tuesday after three commercial ships transiting the Strait of Hormuz were attacked, the US Central Command said.US forces “have begun launching a series of powerful strikes against Iran to impose heavy costs for targeting and attacking commercial shipping crewed by innocent civilians in an international waterway,” the command said in a post on X.”The US strikes are in response to Iranian attacks on three commercial vessels that…
London, July 7 (IANS) The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) on Tuesday reported three separate attacks involving tankers transiting the Strait of Hormuz, with no casualties reported in any of the incidents.In the first incident, reported to UKMTO at 2119 UTC on Monday, a tanker was hit by an unidentified projectile on the port side, causing a fire, about 8 nautical miles east of Limah, Oman, while travelling southbound, Xinhua news agency reported.In the second incident, reported …
Caracas, June 27 (IANS) Technical and humanitarian assistance from more than a dozen countries has begun arriving in Venezuela to help victims and support early recovery efforts after Wednesday’s devastating earthquakes. Rescue teams and specialised equipment have arrived in Venezuela since Thursday from countries including India, the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Colombia, Mexico, Chile, Ecuador, Spain, Germany, Switzerland and Qatar, as well as from the UN system.Spain’s solidarity delegati…