05-03-2026 WASHINGTON: US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has suggested that a planned Israeli attack on Iran determined the timing of Washington’s assault on the government in Tehran. The top diplomat told reporters on Monday that Washington was aware Israel was going to attack Iran, and that Tehran would retaliate …
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04-03-2026 By SJA Jafri + Agencies ISLAMABAD/ KABUL: Residents of Kabul’s District 6 were awakened abruptly on Thursday night by the sound of an explosion that shook their homes. They rushed out in the street and heard jets flying overhead. It was a night that saw a serious escalation in …
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04-03-2026 TEHRAN: The secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, Ali Larijani, has refuted media reports in the United States claiming he had made a new push to resume nuclear talks with Washington, as Israel and the US have continued attacks on Tehran. “We will not negotiate with the United …
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04-03-2026 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI/ PTTAWA: India and Canada will aim to conclude a free trade pact by the end of this year, says Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, as the two countries seek to boost economic ties after two years of a strained relationship. Speaking after talks …
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04-03-2026 DUBAI/ DOHA/ MANAMA: Loud explosions were heard in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates and the Qatari capital of Doha for a third consecutive day of Iranian retaliatory strikes on neighboring Gulf states in response to ongoing attacks by the United States and Israel on Iran. Loud bangs and …
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04-03-2026 NICOSIA/ LONDON: The United Kingdom’s Royal Air Force base of Akrotiri in Cyprus has witnessed a suspected Iranian drone attack overnight, the island’s president and the British Ministry of Defence said, after Prime Minister Keir Starmer said the UK would allow the United States to use its bases to …
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04-03-2026 VIENNA/ DUBAI: Oil prices have risen sharply, and stocks have slid as United States and Israeli attacks on Iran and retaliatory strikes against Israeli and US military installations in the Middle East have disrupted the global energy supply chain. West Texas intermediate, the light, sweet crude oil produced in …
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04-03-2026 BEIRUT: The Lebanese armed group Hezbollah has pledged to fulfil its duty in “confronting aggression” after attacks by Israel and the United States killed Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. In a statement on Sunday, the Iran-aligned group offered condolences for Khamenei, who was killed along with other Iranian …
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03-03-2026 JERUSALEM/ CAIRO: Israel has closed Gaza’s Rafah border crossing with Egypt amid the joint Israeli-United States attacks on Iran. “Several necessary security adjustments have been implemented, including the closure of the crossings into the Gaza Strip, among them the Rafah Crossing, until further notice,” Israel’s Coordinator of Government Activities …
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03-03-2026 WASHINGTON: Former US president Bill Clinton has released a video statement on his deposition over his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein. The 42nd president became the first sitting or former president to testify before members of Congress in more than 40 years, as he faced the House Oversight Committee in …
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