International

11-03-2026 CANBERRA/ SYDNEY: The Federal Government of Australia is considering a request for military assistance from Persian Gulf States targeted by Iranian attacks as the war in the Middle East enters its second week. All six Gulf States including Oman, the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Kuwait and Qatar have been …

11-03-2026 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI: Top Indian refiner, Indian Oil Corp, opens new tab, has booked some oil cargoes for loading from the Red Sea port of Yanbu, ‌a company source said on Saturday. The US-Israel war with Iran has disrupted oil and natural gas exports from the …

11-03-2026 WASHINGTON/ TEHRAN: Ali Larijani, the head of Iran’s National Security Council, claimed that his country has captured United States soldiers since the outbreak of war last week. The comments came in a post on Saturday on the social media, in which Larijani suggested the US was concealing the captures. …

11-03-2026 THERAN/ MANAMA: The US and Israel continue to strike Iran, hitting oil storage depots and refining facilities in Tehran for the first time, and sparking large fires across the capital. An Iranian drone attack caused material damage to a water desalination plant in Bahrain, the country’s interior ministry has …

10-03-2026 KUWAIT CITY: A huge fire engulfs a tower in Kuwait and missile and drone attacks are reported across the Gulf as the war in the Middle East enters a second week. Meanwhile, President Trump accuses Sir Keir Starmer of seeking to “join wars after we’ve already won” and says …

10-03-2026 LANSING: At least six people have died and more than a dozen others injured after tornadoes struck Michigan and Oklahoma, in severe storms that swept across parts of the US. Officials said four people were killed in southern Michigan, including a 12-year-old boy, and two died in Oklahoma on …

10-03-2026 BEIRUT/ JERUSALEM: Israel warned Lebanon of a “disastrous” fallout if it did not rein in Iran-backed Hezbollah on Saturday, as it pounded the group’s strongholds around the country with air strikes and mounted a deadly airborne raid in the east. Lebanon was dragged into the wider ‌Middle East war …

10-03-2026 RIYADH: Saudi Arabia has told Tehran that while it favors a diplomatic settlement to Iran’s conflict with the United States, continued attacks on the kingdom and its energy sector could push Riyadh to respond in kind, four sources familiar with the matter told media. The message was conveyed before …

10-03-2026 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: Domestic LPG prices have been raised by ₹60 per cylinder, as the government moves to cushion oil marketing companies from rising global energy costs triggered by escalating tensions in West Asia. The price increase, which takes effect immediately, comes at a time when crude oil …

10-03-2026 TALLAHASSEE: The Florida Bar, a regulatory body for legal professionals in the state, has walked back a statement indicating there was an investigation into Lindsey Halligan, a former United States attorney under President Donald Trump. On Friday, Jennifer Krell Davis, a spokesperson for the bar association, issued a clarification …