International

24-06-2025 TEHRAN: The clock’s ticking for senior clerics seeking a successor to Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. A three-man committee from a top clerical body, appointed by Khamenei himself two years ago to identify his replacement, has accelerated its planning in recent days since Israel attacked Iran and threatened …

24-06-2025 WASHINGTON/ BEIJING: US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has called on China to prevent Iran from closing the Strait of Hormuz, one of the world’s most important shipping routes. His comments came after Iran’s state-run Press TV reported that parliament had approved a plan to close the Strait but …

Washington:  U.S. President Donald Trump announced that Iranian missile attacks in Qatar were successfully neutralized. He stated that Iran launched 14 ballistic missiles, 13 of which were intercepted by the defense system, ensuring no harm to any American personnel. Following attacks in Syria, Iran targeted U.S. military bases in Doha, …

23-06-2025 TEHRAN: Iran’s Supreme National Security Council must make the final decision on whether to close the Strait of Hormuz following US bombing raids, Iran’s Press TV said on Sunday, after parliament was reported to have backed the measure. Iran has long used the threat of closing the Strait, through …

23-06-2025 DAMASCUS: Dozens people have been killed and 63 others wounded in a suicide bomb attack at a church in Damascus, Syria’s health ministry has said. A man opened fire with a weapon at the Greek Orthodox Church of the Prophet Elias in the Dweila neighborhood during a service on …

23-06-2025 BANGKOK: Thailand’s embattled Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra will not resign or dissolve parliament, a senior official from the ruling Pheu Thai party said on Saturday, risking a prolonged political crisis in Southeast Asia’s second largest economy. Sorawong Thienthong, who also serves as Thailand’s tourism minister, said in a Facebook …

23-06-2025 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI/ BENGALURU: State-run Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd, opens new tab has won a bid to commercially make India’s small satellite launch rockets, in the government’s biggest move yet to open its fast-growing space industry to private players. Fighter jet maker HAL won with a bid …

23-06-2025 UNITED NATIONS: The United States has bombed three nuclear sites in Iran, further escalating the war between Israel and Iran. President Donald Trump late on Saturday said the US attacks “obliterated” the Iranian facilities in Fordow, Isfahan and Natanz as he threatened more strikes to eliminate the country’s nuclear …

23-06-2025 TEHRAN: Iranian authorities executed on Sunday a man convicted of being an agent for Israel’s Mossad spy service, the judiciary said, as fighting raged between the two foes for a tenth day. “Majid Mosayebi… was hanged this morning after going through the full process of criminal procedure and after …

23-06-2025 The US Department of Commerce is considering revoking authorizations granted in recent years to global chipmakers Samsung, opens new tab, SK Hynix, opens new tab and TSMC, opens new tab, making it more difficult for them to receive US goods and technology at their plants in China, according to …