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21-09-2026 TEHRAN/ WASHINGTON: Iran and the United States exchanged new threats on Sunday, with President Donald Trump warning Iran would fail ‌economically or face its leadership being wiped out if it didn’t make a deal, and the Iranian military saying it would retaliate harshly to any fresh attack. The conflict …

21-09-2026 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report ISLAMABAD: The sister of Pakistan’s imprisoned former Prime Minister, Imran Khan, has been arrested ahead of next week’s protests held in his support, his Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party has said. Aleema Khanum was detained in the eastern city of Lahore on Sunday afternoon, …

21-09-2026 KYIV/ MASCOW: Ukraine has fired its largest drone attack on the Moscow region, the mayor has said, hitting the city’s main oil refinery and a residential building. Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said 450 drones heading for the capital had been shot down in what he called “the most massive” attack. …

20-09-2026 SANA’A/ RIYADH: Iran-backed Houthi militants in Yemen say they carried out drone and ballistic missile attacks on the Saudi capital Riyadh, as well as energy sites on the country’s Red Sea coast. Saudi authorities said they intercepted and destroyed a ballistic missile fired at Riyadh on Saturday, without confirming …

20-09-2026 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is caught in an energy policy bind with no easy exit. Cutting Russian oil imports to avoid potential new US tariffs could increase fuel prices ahead of key regional elections, or stress government finances. Maintaining such purchases could cripple Indian …

20-09-2026 WASHINGTON: Politico, CNN and MS NOW journalists have been denied access to the White House after US President Donald Trump announced he was banning the outlets. An MS NOW reporter and a photographer tried entering the White House grounds on Saturday morning, but their badges would not scan and …

19-09-2026 RIYADH: A large plume of smoke was visible near Riyadh’s main airport on Saturday after booms were heard and Saudi Arabia sent alerts overnight warning of potential danger around the capital, amid an escalation in attacks by Yemen’s Houthi group. Reuters video and photographs showed a huge pillar of …

19-09-2026 Bureau Report NEW DELHI/ MUMBAI: Canada is optimistic about concluding negotiations on a comprehensive economic partnership agreement (CEPA) with India by year-end, the country’s minister for international trade said on Saturday. Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney had ‌previously said during a trip to New Delhi in March that the …

19-09-2026 NEW YORK: Google’s AI model Gemini autonomously hacked into three companies during a test of its cyber-security capabilities, the company has said, in what is thought to be the first known case of it carrying out such an act. Gemini found “public information online and guessed credentials to access …

19-09-2026 WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump has announced that he is “immediately” banning CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House, the latest twist in his fraught relationship with media outlets. In a post on Truth Social on Friday, Trump said that the outlets “constantly write or report fiction …