Updated: Mar 2nd, 2026 The US Embassy in Islamabad on Monday announced that visa appointments, as well as American Citizens Services, have been cancelled for the day following the violent protests that unfolded the previous day. In a post on X, the US Embassy said, “All appointments for US visas and American Citizen Services are...
Updated: Mar 2nd, 2026 Ali Larijani, Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, on Monday dismissed reports that Tehran is seeking dialogue with the United States as tensions continue to escalate in the Middle East. Taking to X, Larijani made his position clear, stating, “We will not negotiate with the United States.” This remark comes...
President Donald Trump has said the US military could press its assault on Iran for “four to five weeks” if needed and suggested that a “Venezuela” model — removing only the top leader while keeping much of the state intact — could shape a post-conflict transition in Tehran. In a brief telephone interview with The...
Updated: Mar 2nd, 2026 Israeli warplanes carried out intensive airstrikes at Monday dawn in Beirut’s southern suburbs, hours after rockets were fired from Lebanese territory toward Israel, local television channel al-Jadeed reported. The Israeli strikes targeted Dahieh, a Hezbollah stronghold in the southern suburbs of the Lebanese capital, prompting residents to flee their homes amid...
Updated: Mar 1st, 2026 Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday offered condolences to his Iranian counterpart Masoud Pezeshkian over the killing of Iran Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and members of his family. He expressed sympathy with the family and friends of Khamenei and the leadership and people of Iran. In a statement issued by...
US President Donald Trump’s decision to launch a sweeping military strike against Iran, which resulted in the death of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, followed weeks of sustained diplomatic pressure from Israel and Saudi Arabia, according to The Washington Post. Citing officials familiar with internal deliberations, the newspaper reportedly said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu...
Updated: Mar 1st, 2026 The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) on Sunday said Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed inside his leadership compound in central Tehran, asserting that the operation marked the end of what it described as a decades-long chapter of terror directed against Israel. Khamenei was killed in an epochal attack by...
Updated: Mar 1st, 2026 Hours after long-time Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei was killed in a US-Israeli airstrike, Iran on Sunday named Ayatollah Alireza Arafi as his interim successor. Ayatollah Khamenei, whose death in an attack on his residential compound in Tehran was announced by Iran, had been the Supreme Leader since 1989 after the passing...
Amid ongoing tensions in the Middle Eastern region, the Indian Embassy in Lebanon has advised all Indian nationals to avoid unnecessary travel, remain vigilant and observe locally advised safety and emergency procedures. The embassy asked Indian nationals in Lebanon to contact it on its mobile number or through email in case of any emergency. In...
Updated: Mar 1st, 2026 Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) on Sunday allegedly claimed it had struck an American vessel in the Indian Ocean as part of the fifth wave of its ‘Operation True Promise 4’, targeting US assets in the region, as per reports. In a statement issued on March 1, the IRGC said...