WASHINGTON: The aircraft carrier USS Nimitz was leaving Southeast Asia on Monday after cancelling plans to dock in Vietnam, amid reports it is headed to West Asia to boost the US presence as Israel and Iran do battle. At 13.45 GMT, the carrier was travelling through the Malacca Strait toward the Indian Ocean, according to…
Overwhelmed and understaffed Louvre shuts its doors to tourists (Picture credit: AP) PARIS: The Louvre, the world’s most-visited museum and a global symbol of art, beauty and endurance, remained shuttered Monday – not by war, not by terror, but by its own exhausted staff, who say the institution is crumbling from within.It was an almost…
Representative image (AP) MINNEAPOLIS: The man accused of killing a Minnesota lawmaker and wounding another went to the homes of two other legislators on the night of the shootings, a federal prosecutor said Monday. But one of the other lawmakers was on vacation and the suspect left the other house after police arrived early Saturday,…
File photo: US President Donald Trump (Photo: PTI) KANANASKIS(ALBERTA): G7 leaders met on Monday seeking a common approach on wars in Ukraine and West Asia but before their summit formally began, US President Trump said removing Russia from the former G8 over a decade ago had been a mistake. Leaders from Britain, Canada, France, Germany,…
QUETTA: Pakistan has closed all its border crossings with neighbouring Iran for an indefinite period, provincial officials said on Monday as Israel and Iran trade intense strikes and threaten further attacks.“Border facilities in all five districts – Chaghi, Washuk, Panjgur, Kech and Gwadar – have been suspended,” said Qadir Bakhsh Pirkani, a senior official in…
KARACHI: A railway employee was injured and traffic was suspended at one of the most important links following a bomb blast in Pakistan’s restive Balochistan province on Monday, an official said.The explosion targeted the track linking Mach and Ab-e-Gum area in the northwestern province, disrupting traffic, the official said.A spokesperson for the Pakistan Railways said…
The Israel-Iran conflict has led to a fuel crisis in Pakistan’s Balochistan province, which shares borders with Iran and Afghanistan. Iranian Missiles CRUSH Iron Dome, THAAD ADs; INFLICT 700+ Casualties On Israel | Watch Since Sunday, a large number of fuel stations, heavily dependent on petrol and diesel smuggled from Iran, started closing across Balochistan….
Leaders of Group of Seven (G7) nations meeting in Canada on Monday issued a joint statement declaring that “Iran can never have a nuclear weapon,” while calling for immediate de-escalation across the Middle East.The statement comes days after Israel conducted its Operation Rising Lion to hit Iran’s nuclear facilities.In the joint statement, the G7 reaffirmed…
US President Donald Trump hit back at political commentator Tucker Carlson on Monday, following the ex-Fox News journalist’s sharp critique of the administration’s stance on Iran.In a post on Truth Social, Trump wrote, “Somebody please explain to kooky Tucker Carlson that Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon!” . Earlier, asked about Carlson by a reporter…
As tensions flare between Israel and Iran, a 2011 post from US president Donald Trump has resurfaced, where he accused then-President Barack Obama of planning to start a war with Iran to win re-election. “In order to get elected, @BarackObama will start a war with Iran,” Trump wrote in the 2011 post.Between 2011 and 2012,…
