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Hegseth said he had visited troops in the West Asia on March 28 to witness the military operation against Iran.
The United States and Israel have been striking a wide variety of targets, including leadership figures in Iran, military bases, missile and air defense sites and positions of the paramilitary Revolutionary Guard and its volunteer force, the Basij; Iran has responded with drone and missile fire targeting Israel and nearby Gulf Arab nations.
One of the desalination plants on Qeshm Island was targeted... and is now completely out of service, as it is not possible to repair it in the short term, the ISNA news agency reported, quoting Health Ministry official Mohsen Farhadi
Russia had supplied over a third of Germanys crude oil imports and more than half of its natural gas needs, until Moscows invasion of Ukraine in 2022 and the abrupt shutdown of the Nord Stream pipeline left Berlin scrambling to find alternative suppliers
The men were found guilty of attempting rebellion through involvement in multiple terrorist acts
Mr. Uchral is a former Minister of Digital Development and Communications, where he promoted transparency reforms and digital governance initiatives. Before entering politics, Mr. Uchral got public attention as a hip-hop artist under the stage name Timon.
Investigations showed that Wang Jianjun, previously vice chairman of the China Securities Regulatory Commission, illegally took the funds and property, while helping to benefit others by abusing his position, prosecutors added in a statement
Preliminary findings suggests the explosion may have been triggered by flammable gas
The announcement marks the governments first public assessment of compliance with the law that is being studied by policymakers globally
The Mahan Air plane was expected to arrive in New Delhi on April 1
Iran says its nuclear programme is for peaceful purposes and that as a signatory of the NPT it has the right to peaceful nuclear enrichment
Sharma Oli and former Home Minister Ramesh Lekhak were arrested in pre-dawn raids on March 28
War and heavy Iranian security along the Iran-Iraq Kurdish border are cutting families off and crushing daily life, according to people reached by The Associated Press
Beijing will bar Mr. Furuya's entry into China and freeze his property and other assets in the country effective immediately, China's Foreign Ministry said
Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa and Friar Francesco Ielpo were stopped by police while walking to the church, built on the site where Christians believe Jesus was crucified and rose from the dead, the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem said
Iran Guards said, We advise all employees, professors, and students of American universities in the region and residents of their surrounding areas stay a kilometre away from campuses.
Minnesota took centre stage, in what organisers expected to be mass demonstrations involving millions of people
Russia has announced a temporary ban on gasoline exports from April 1 to July 31, 2026, to stabilise domestic fuel supply and control prices amid volatility caused by the West Asia crisis.
More than a decade after the 2015 Constitution created seven provinces following a tumultuous struggle for state restructuring, Nepals federalism remains an area of political contest. Provinces are starved of fiscal autonomy, bypassed by Kathmandu and now it is up to the triumphant RSP, a party that once refused to even contest provincial elections, to resuscitate it.
Nepals history since 1950 has seen feudal rule, absolute monarchy, civil war, and a republic each transition promising transformation but leaving most fundamental constraints untouched. The RSPs 2026 landslide win after a massive but violent Gen Z movement faces the same test
Nepals traditional political parties, both the Nepali Congress and the many communist parties, came to life during the Cold War era and were structured around feudal-style vertical hierarchies. Today, after the March elections, they have been swept aside by a generation that has organised horizontally, communicating through popular rap songs and social media and which views politics through the lens of individual aspiration rather than collective ideology. This mobilisation helped a relatively n
A digitally sparked demonstration overthrew an elected government and upended Nepali politics. Six months on, the country now looks for real change with Himalayan expectations.
The RSPs stunning victory in the wake of the Gen Z protests revealed a yearning for change across Nepal and even beyond
Iran has kept up retaliatory attacks on Gulf nations it accuses of serving as a launchpad for U.S. strikes on the country, which began in a joint operation with Israel on February 28.
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