International

06-03-2026 BEIRUT: Hezbollah’s decision to enter the Middle East war in support of its patron Iran has opened a rift with its main political ally at home in Lebanon, leaving the group deeply ​isolated as the country lurches into another devastating conflict with Israel. The move, which caught even some …

06-03-2026 TEHRAN/JERUSALEM: Mojtaba Khamenei, the powerful son of Iran’s slain Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, is alive and favored to emerge as his father’s successor, two Iranian sources told media on Wednesday. Even as new explosions rang out in Tehran, huge crowds of mourners were expected in the streets later on …

06-03-2026 Bureau Report NEW DELHI/ MUMBAI: The Indian rupee weakened past 92 per dollar for the first time on Wednesday with ‌the central bank likely curbing further losses in Asia’s worst-performing currency, as an escalating Middle East war pummeled global markets. The rupee fell to 92.3025 to the dollar, down …

06-03-2026 DUBAI/ RIYAZ: Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said on Wednesday it has fired 230 drones at several facilities hosting US troops in the Middle East, including a base in Erbil in northern Iraq and the Ali Al Salem Air Base and Camp Arifjan in Kuwait. The IRGC said the …

06-03-2026 Bureau Report + Agencies ISLAMABAD/ TEHRAN: It was the first working day of the week and Muhammad Raza, a 23-year-old Pakistani medical student, was assisting the doctors treating patients at Tehran University of Medical Sciences hospital in the Iranian capital. A loud explosion brought the ward to a halt. …

06-03-2026 JUBA/ RUWENG: At least 173 people have been killed after dozens of armed men attacked a town in South Sudan’s Ruweng Administrative Area, local officials said. A group of unidentified youths from Mayom County in neighboring Unity ‌state stormed Abiemnhom County on Sunday, the area’s information minister, James Monyluak …

05-03-2026 GAZA STRIP: When Hani Abu Issa headed to the Deir el-Balah market on Saturday morning, he was not carrying a long shopping list. He had only intended to buy ingredients for his family’s Ramadan iftar meal, nothing more but the sight of crowds gathered in front of grocery shops …

05-03-2026 MADRID: Spain says the United States is not using and will not be using joint military bases on its territory for operations against Iran, a mission condemned by Madrid. “Based on all the information I have, the bases are not being used for this military operation,” Foreign Minister Jose …

05-03-2026 HOUSTON: Authorities have identified the two people fatally shot outside a bar in Austin, Texas when a gunman opened fire in the early hours of Sunday. Ryder Harrington, 19, and Savitha Shan, 21, died in the shooting outside a beer garden popular with University of Texas students, police said. …

05-03-2026 BEIRUT: Lebanon’s government on Monday banned military activities by Hezbollah after it opened fire on Israel to avenge the killing of Iran’s supreme leader, a move ‌likely to fuel tension with the Tehran-backed group as it faces a new Israeli offensive. The government’s decision, which was rejected by a …