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May 5, 2025 2:35 PM

Iran says it will strike back if US or Israel attack

Iran's Defence Minister Aziz Nasirzadeh said on Sunday that Tehran would strike back if the United States or Israel attacked. Nasirzadeh's comments came after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to retaliate against Iran for the Tehran-b...

May 5, 2025 12:48 PM

Yemen’s Houthis announce campaign targeting Israeli airports

Yemen's Houthi rebels said late on Sunday they would impose a "comprehensive" aerial blockade on Israel by repeatedly targeting its airports, in response to Israel expanding its operations in Gaza. The Iran-aligned Houthis claimed responsibility for...

May 5, 2025 11:32 AM

UAE schools to teach AI starting in kindergarten

The United Arab Emirates will introduce artificial intelligence as a mandatory subject across all government schools beginning next academic year, positioning the nation at the forefront of educational innovation in preparation for an increasingly te...

May 5, 2025 4:29 PM

Israeli leadership votes to expand Gaza ground offensive

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's security cabinet voted to scale up the offensive against Palestinian militant group Hamas in Gaza to the point of seizing the entire enclave and holding its territories, an Israeli official said on Monday. A rep...

May 2, 2025 3:40 PM

Iran must ‘walk away’ from all uranium enrichment, Rubio says

Iran has to 'walk away' from uranium enrichment and long-range missile development and it should allow American inspectors of its facilities, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Thursday as a round of nuclear talks was postponed. Rubio's com...

April 29, 2025 12:42 PM

Death toll in Iran’s Bandar Abbas port blast rises to 70

The death toll from a major explosion in Iran’s most important container port of Bandar Abbas rose to at least 70, with over 1,200 injured, state media said on Monday, as firefighters battled a blaze that Iranian officials said was now under contro...

April 28, 2025 1:11 PM

Israel’s Gaza aid blockade contested in World Court hearings

Israel will face accusations of breaking international law by refusing to let aid into the Gaza Strip when dozens of nations present arguments at the International Court of Justice during a week of hearings starting in The Hague on Monday.   Since...

April 23, 2025 10:33 AM

Expert-level Iran-US talks rescheduled for Saturday

Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesperson, Esmaeil Baghaei, announced on Tuesday that expert-level technical talks with U.S. counterparts, initially set for Wednesday in Oman, have been postponed to Saturday. "Following Oman's suggestion and with mutual ...

 

Last updated on: 16th Jul 2025