04-03-2026 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI/ PTTAWA: India and Canada will aim to conclude a free trade ⁠pact by ⁠the end of this year, says Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, as the ⁠two countries seek to boost economic ties after two years of a strained relationship. Speaking after talks …

04-03-2026 DUBAI/ DOHA/ MANAMA: Loud explosions were heard in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates and the Qatari capital ‌of Doha for a third consecutive day of ⁠Iranian retaliatory strikes on neighboring Gulf states in response to ongoing attacks by the United States and ⁠Israel on Iran. Loud bangs and …

04-03-2026 NICOSIA/ LONDON: The United Kingdom’s Royal Air Force base ⁠of Akrotiri in Cyprus has witnessed a suspected Iranian drone attack overnight, the island’s president and the British Ministry of Defence said, after Prime Minister Keir Starmer said the UK would allow the United States to use its bases to …

04-03-2026 VIENNA/ DUBAI: Oil prices have risen sharply, and stocks have slid as United States and Israeli attacks on Iran and retaliatory strikes against Israeli and US military installations in the Middle East have disrupted the global energy supply chain. West Texas intermediate, the light, sweet crude oil produced in …

04-03-2026 BEIRUT: The Lebanese armed group Hezbollah has pledged to fulfil its duty in “confronting aggression” after attacks by Israel and the United States killed Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. In a statement on Sunday, the Iran-aligned group offered condolences for Khamenei, who was killed along with other Iranian …

Tum kitne Hussaini maaroge, har ghar se Hussaini niklega : MBT Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei aur deegar ki shadath per izhar-e-ta’ziyat Hyderabad, March 2 (ALI Abbas-PMI): A series of protest rallies continued in the city against the alleged brutality of the United States and Israel following the reported martyrdom of …

03-03-2026 JERUSALEM/ CAIRO: Israel has closed Gaza’s Rafah border crossing with Egypt amid the joint Israeli-United States attacks on Iran. “Several necessary security adjustments have been implemented, including the closure of the crossings into the Gaza Strip, among them the Rafah Crossing, until further notice,” Israel’s Coordinator of Government Activities …

03-03-2026 WASHINGTON: Former US president Bill Clinton has released a video statement on his deposition over his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein. The 42nd president became the first sitting or former president to testify before members of Congress in more than 40 years, as he faced the House Oversight Committee in …

03-03-2026 DUBAI: A luxury hotel in Dubai was hit as Iran launched strikes across the region in retaliation for a “massive” and ongoing attack against it by the US and Israel. Video verified by media shows a fire raging at Fairmont The Palm Hotel on Saturday in the United Arab …

03-03-2026 OTTAWA: Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney arrives in Mumbai on Friday on his first official visit to India, hoping to reset the sometimes fractious relationship with the world’s most populous country as he seeks new global alliances. Carney will meet business leaders in Mumbai and start talks on a …