At least 1,332 Iranian civilians, including women and children, have been killed in US-Israeli airstrikes and thousands more injured, Iran’s UN ambassador Amir Saeid Iravani said. Over 180 children across the country have been killed and more than 20 schools have been damaged, Iravani told reporters at the UN headquarters in New York, quoting the...
External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar on Saturday explained India’s decision to permit an Iranian naval vessel to dock in Kochi amid the escalating conflict in West Asia, saying the ships had been “caught on the wrong side of events”. Speaking at the Raisina Dialogue in New Delhi, EAM Jaishankar described how India had received...
Iran has denied reports that it has closed the Strait of Hormuz, calling the claims “baseless and absurd”, as tensions in West Asia continue to escalate following military confrontations involving the United States and Israel. In a statement posted on the official account of the Permanent Mission of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the...
Updated: Mar 6th, 2026 The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) has released missing Epstein files of FBI interviews with a woman who made claims against US President Donald Trump. In the files, the woman, aged 13-15 at the time of alleged abuse, describes her interaction with Trump in 1980, where the future president allegedly...
Updated: Mar 6th, 2026 The Department of Justice (DOJ) has announced that it will release nearly 50,000 additional Epstein files by the end of this week. Reportedly, these additional files will disclose the documents of unverified allegations of sexual abuse and misconduct against disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, who was found dead in his Manhattan jail...
Updated: Mar 5th, 2026 Voters in Nepal went to the polls on Thursday to elect a new government in the country’s first election since a youth-led uprising forced the fall of the administration of former prime minister KP Sharma Oli in September last year. Among the prominent contenders is Balendra Shah, a 35-year-old rapper-turned-politician widely...
Updated: Mar 5th, 2026 Representative Image Millions of people across Cuba were left without electricity on Wednesday after a major blackout affected large parts of the island. The outage continues as the country faces severe fuel shortages along with economic pressure from the United States. Officials said the blackout began after an unexpected shutdown at...
Islamic Republic of Iran Armed forces has denied reports that it launched any missile toward Turkey. In an official statement, the armed forces said there was no missile activity targeting Turkish territory and no threat to the neighboring country. The statement was released to clarify media reports that suggested possible missile movement in the direction...
Updated: Mar 5th, 2026 Representative Image Hours after a torpedo from a US submarine attacked an Iranian warship in the Indian Ocean, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) on Thursday claimed it struck a US tanker in the Gulf, as per reports. The Iranian state media said the US ship was set on fire. The...
representative image The United States tested a nuclear-capable missile on Tuesday night as the war in the Middle East entered its sixth day. The missile, called Minuteman III, was launched from “Vandenberg Space Force” Base in California. Officials said the test was routine and not directly connected to the current conflict with Iran. The launch...