Last Updated:March 16, 2026, 14:35 IST Trump has also called on nations, including China, to send warships to escort vessels in Strait of Hormuz. The Strait of Hormuz has been virtually shut due to the West Asia conflict. (Representational image: AFP) Hours after US President Donald Trump urged countries including China to help the United…
The war between the US, Israel and Iran is intensifying as the days go by. On Sunday, Iran launched one of its most threatening weapons on the ground – the Sejjil missile. This is the first time that Iran has used this advanced missile since the war started on February 28. Iran uses Sejjil ballistic…
As the war between US-Israel and Iran continues to rage, several reports have now emerged that US President Donald Trump and Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu aren’t on the same page about the conflict. But Trump dismissed claims that he had a fight with ‘Bibi’, as Netanyahu is popularly known, and asserted that the relationship between…
The US attack on Iran’s Kharg Island, a key hub for 90 per cent of its oil exports, has put China in a panic mode, with the country’s fuel prices skyrocketing to their highest in three years. LIVE UPDATES The island, described as a ‘crown jewel’ for Iran by US President Donald Trump, was bombed…
The US has released the identities of six crew members killed during the crash of a refuelling aircraft in Iraq this week. The Pentagon said the six members killed in the accident on Thursday were: John “Alex” Klinner, 33, of Auburn, Alabama; Ariana Savino, 31, of Covington, Washington; Ashley Pruitt, 34, of Bardstown, Kentucky; Seth…
Iran on Sunday vowed to “pursue and kill” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as it continued strikes on Israel on the 16th day of the war in the Middle East. “If this child-killing criminal is alive, we will continue to pursue and kill him with full force,” the Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said in a statement amid…
US Federal Reserve policymakers are expected to leave interest rates unchanged at their meeting next week, as the US-Israel war on Iran sends shock waves through markets and recent economic data has begun to show weakness. The Fed will start its two-day meeting on Tuesday, with an announcement of the benchmark lending rate in the…
China’s embassy in Washington briefly posted an AI-generated video mocking a security summit hosted by US President Donald Trump, days after the POTUS took the stage, warning about “hostile foreign influence”. The short animation appeared on Wednesday on the embassy’s X account before being removed early Friday. Produced by Xinhua News Agency, the video carried…
President Donald Trump said Friday that the United States had heavily bombed military targets on Iran’s oil hub Kharg Island and the US Navy would soon begin escorting tankers through the Strait of Hormuz. In a post on Truth Social, Trump said military targets on Kharg Island, which handles almost all of Iran’s crude exports,…
Russia on Thursday (Mar 12) accused the United States and its Western allies of whipping up “hysteria” about Iran’s nuclear ambitions, as tensions flared at the United Nations over Washington’s military campaign Operation Epic Fury against Tehran. China also slammed the US, calling it the “instigator” of the Iranian nuclear crisis. US envoy to the…