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Iran has vowed to block all oil exports via the Gulf while the war lasts, while Mr. Trump has threatened death, fire, and fury if Tehran interferes with crude exports
Train journeys between the two countries were halted in 2020 as they imposed strict border closures to prevent the coronavirus from spreading
The U.S. President told House Republicans during their annual retreat at his golf club in Florida that he doesn't think they will win elections unless voting laws are toughened up to prevent fraud
The South Sudanese Army ordered U.N. peacekeepers, as well as NGOs and civilians, to vacate the town ahead of a planned assault
On March 6, President Donald Trump demanded the unconditional surrender, Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) issued a statement that Iran was fully prepared for a prolonged war.
Russia is ready to assist to the best of its ability and will be happy to do so, but you know that this requires multiple understandings and multiple agreements, so well have to be a little patient, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov told reporters.
Expressing his solidarity with the people of Iran, Farooq Abdullah said it is not only the region that is suffering, but the entire world has also been engulfed in an unwanted crisis
Hotel associations and several hoteliers have warned that non-availability of cooking gas would force many units to shut their shops With the ongoing conflict in West Asia disrupting the global energy supply chain, India is facing a supply issue with cooking gas
U.S. President Donald Trump has blamed Iran, while the Pentagon has said it is investigating the incident
Iranian fired drones towards Saudi Arabia and Kuwait early on March 10, as the war in the West Asia shows no sign of abating
Iran has also been targeting energy infrastructure which, combined with its stranglehold on the Strait of Hormuz, has sent oil prices soaring
The counting of votes under the Proportional Representation system is still under way and is expected to conclude by the night of March 10, Nepal EC said
Australia has granted visas to five members of Irans womens national football team after they sought asylum during the AFC Womens Asian Cup
The price revision comes as global crude oil prices crossed $100 per barrel for the first time in four years
Three months after Australia launched a landmark ban on teen social media accounts, regulators across Europe, in Brazil and in a handful of U.S. states are moving to emulate it
The war has choked off major supplies of oil and gas to world markets and sent fuel prices rising across the U.S.
OpenAI has said it considered but did not alert police about the activities of the person who months later committed one of Canada's worst school shootings in Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia, on February 10.
Iran was given an identical designation, one day before the U.S. and Israel launched strikes against the Islamic Republic
Donald Trump said that the war against Iran may be short-lived despite the country's selection of a new hard-line supreme leader to oversee the fight for the Islamic theocracy's survival
The U.S. President played down the scale of the conflict, which has not been approved by the U.S. Congress, repeatedly calling it an excursion rather than a war
The incident occurred during work on a sewage treatment plant at a society
One week into the escalating war between Iran, the United States, and Israel, Tehran has intensified its response through missile strikes, regional alliances, and strategic pressure across the West Asia. With tensions rising and no immediate ceasefire in sight, the first week of fighting has already reshaped security calculations across the West Asia, raising fears that the conflict could expand into a wider regional war.
On Irans new Supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei, the U.S. President told CBS News: I have no message for him
History demonstrates that democracy, human rights and the rule of law have not yet been introduced into a region by the business end of a cruise missile
The PM congratulated the Rastriya Swatantra Party leaders on their election victory and conveyed India's commitment to work with them for mutual prosperity, progress and well-being of the two countries
Associations of denotified, nomadic, and semi-nomadic tribes in north India form a central action committee; community leaders demand meeting with Census officers
It comes as mounting evidence points to U.S. culpability for the Feb. 28 strike, which hit a school adjacent to a Revolutionary Guard base in Minab, Iran
Chancellor Friedrich Merzs party has made a disappointing start to a year packed with German state elections, suffering a narrow defeat in an important industrial region after a prominent candidate powered the environmentalist Greens to a come-from-behind victory
It did not provide further details about the circumstances of the attack and said the service member's identity was being withheld until 24 hours after notification of the person's family
The minimum gap for booking a domestic LPG refill has been increased to 25 days from the current 21 days, a move aimed at preventing hoarding and ensuring equitable distribution of cylinders
Anthropic said it sought to restrict its technology from being used for two high-level usages: mass surveillance of Americans and fully autonomous weapons
Police are working with federal prosecutors and the FBI, which has assigned agents with the bureaus Joint Terrorism Task Force to the investigation
Donald Trump took to social media to dismiss Starmers plan to send aircraft carriers to the region as an attempt to join wars already won
Lebanon was drawn into the Middle East war last week when Hezbollah attacked Israel in response to the killing of Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei during U.S.-Israeli strikes
Ukraine touts itself as having world-class drone defence capabilities, built up through fending off nightly barrages of Iran-style attack drones launched by Russia, an ally of Tehran
Oil prices soared on March 9, peaking just short of $120 a barrel as the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran continued into a second week, with Tehran launching fresh retaliatory strikes in the Gulf
A distinguished historian of modern India and a prominent defender of secular and critical historiography, K.N. Panikkar leaves behind a legacy that shaped generations of students, scholars and public discourse on history, culture and politics
The system is expected to help withdraw such medicines from market before they reach a larger patient population, as per Telangana DCA
Mojtaba Khamenei has been named Irans new Supreme Leader following the death of his father, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in a reported U.S.Israeli airstrike
Vietnams Ministry of Finance said it had drafted a decree that would slash import tax rates to zero on some petroleum products
As the Iran-U.S. war extended past its first week, Brent crude oil reached a two-year high of $114 per barrel on the Chicago mercantile exchange. How can oil production and exports be affected in the war? Here are graphics to explain.
The state-run Bahrain News Agency carried the announcement of the force majeure, a legal manoeuvre that releases a company from its contractual obligations because of extraordinary circumstances
The report comes as oil prices surged more than 25% on Monday (March 9) to their highest levels since mid-2022
They were trying to take shelter in the border area of Bongaon with the intention of crossing back into Bangladesh when the opportunity arises, the statement said
Israel should immediately halt this practice and states providing Israel with weapons, including white phosphorus munitions, should immediately suspend military assistance and arms sales and push Israel to stop firing such munitions in residential areas, Lebanon researcher at HRW said

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