International

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 …

10-03-2026 WASHINGTON/ LONDON: United States President Donald Trump has posted on social media that he does not need the United Kingdom to deploy aircraft carriers to the Middle East, amid the ongoing war with Iran. Saturday’s post on Truth Social follows a statement from the UK’s Ministry of Defence that …

09-03-2026 TEHRAN: The martyred Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s hardline son, Mojtaba Khamenei, is Iran’s new supreme leader. It’s a choice which could lead to an escalation with Washington. The Iran war drives oil prices above $100 a barrel. Gas prices soar too, after Qatar stops LNG exports. Republican voters say they …

09-03-2026 BEIRUT: Beside Israel’s northern border fence, the bursts of machine-gun fire from inside Lebanon are loud and long, as new Israeli forces push in to take strategic positions near the border. The regular rumble of air strikes echoes over the shattered remains of Shia villages, destroyed during Israel’s last …

09-03-2026 WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump, in a post on social networking site Truth Social on Saturday (March 7, 2026), promised to attack Iran very hard today, saying, “Today Iran will be hit very hard! Under serious consideration for complete destruction and certain death, because of Iran’s bad behavior, are …

09-03-2026 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: India has allowed an Iranian warship to dock as a humanitarian gesture, Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar said on Saturday, after the US sank another Iranian navy vessel off neighboring Sri Lanka. The Lavan docked ‌at India’s southern port of Kochi on Wednesday, the same day …

09-03-2026 ABUJA: A Nigerian senator has told the BBC that “massive” numbers of civilians were killed by armed men who attacked their village in Borno state on Wednesday, although he did not have the precise figure. “The number of people killed actually is very massive but we don’t know the …