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As Iran mourns the death of its Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, fresh details have surfaced about Saudi Arabia’s alleged behind-the-scenes role in the US strike on Iran. A report by The Washington Post claims that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman held multiple private calls with US President Donald Trump, urging him to launch…
Chennai: With Metro rail services set to begin soon on the 14.6km Poonamallee–Porur stretch, highways department has cleared a total of 3,214 long-standing encroachments along the busy Mount-Poonamallee High Road to ease traffic congestion and improve road safety. For more than a decade, nearly one-third of the 20ft-wide highway, which connects Poonamallee Bypass to Porur…
Drone Debris Hits Etihad Towers Abu Dhabi as UAE Intercepts Aerial Threat amid Iran-US-Israel clashes In a stark reminder of how the Iran–US–Israel war is spilling over into the United Arab Emirates, drone debris from an intercepted aerial threat struck the Etihad Towers complex in Abu Dhabi, injuring a woman and her child and causing…
Stuck in Dubai or Abu Dhabi? UAE Steps In With All-Expenses-Paid Support In an extraordinary move amid widespread flight disruptions caused by the escalating Iran–US–Israel war, the United Arab Emirates has activated emergency aviation support plans that will cover all accommodation, meal and rebooking costs for passengers stranded due to rescheduled or cancelled flights across…
KANPUR: A man allegedly strangled his wife to death and dumped the body in a drain about 500 metres from their house in Kanpur, placing stones on the body to prevent it from floating, police said.On Saturday morning, passersby spotted a head in the drain and informed police who retrieved the body and sent it…
Iron Beam Hezbollah launched an aggressive wave of strikes across the Middle East late Sunday. In Israel, some of the incoming missiles were intercepted by the country’s powerful defence system known as the Iron Beam. The escalation came a day after a major development in the region, the killing of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali…
Before and after image of US navy fleet Iran launched retaliatory strikes in fury after the killing of its Supreme Leader.After the longest-serving leader in the Middle East was killed in strikes while in office, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran launched strong retaliatory attacks, targeting key cities including Dubai and Sharjah in the United…
Amazon’s Cloud Unit shut down temporarily after ‘Objects Hit’ UAE data centre facility. Amazon Web Service (AWS) confirmed that at approximately 4:30 AM PST on March 1, “objects struck” the facility in availability zone mec1-az2, creating sparks and igniting a fire. The UAE fire department cut power to the building. The zone went dark. In…
NEW DELHI: An Indian national was killed after an oil tanker was attacked off the coast of Oman, triggering an explosion and fire onboard, Omani authorities said on Monday.According to Oman’s maritime security centre, the oil tanker MKD VYOM was targeted 52 nautical miles off the coast of Muscat Governorate amid rising tensions in the…
Iran fired two missiles in the direction of Cyprus, where the United Kingdom maintains military bases, defence secretary John Healey said, warning that the retaliation from Tehran showed signs of being indiscriminate.Speaking to Trevor Phillips on Sky News, Mr Healey said: “We are pretty sure they weren’t targeted at our bases.” However, he added that…
