Cargo ship reports being struck in Strait of Hormuz as US, Iran claims about talks diverge
Cairo, Aug 4: A British maritime monitoring agency said a cargo ship reported being hit by a projectile overnight off the coast of Oman...
Millions join Arbaeen pilgrimage in Iraq amid regional tensions and fears of US-Iran escalation
Baghdad, Aug 4: Millions of Shiite Muslims observed the annual Arbaeen pilgrimage Tuesday in the Iraqi holy city of Karbala, under the shadow of...
Trump claims Iran talks will start Monday
Cairo, Aug 3: US President Donald Trump said new talks to wind down the war in Iran will start Monday, after announcing he is...
Death toll from suicide attack rises to 17 in northwest Pakistan
Peshawar, Aug 3: The death toll in a suicide attack on a police station during a peace rally in northwest Pakistan rose to 17...
Nauru, the world’s 3rd-smallest country, changes its name to Naoero
Wellington, Aug 3: The Pacific Island country of Nauru has changed its name to the Republic of Naoero, its president said, matching the spelling...
Russian planes fire a salvo of glide bombs at a southern Ukraine city, killing 1 and wounding dozens
Kyiv, Aug 3: Russian planes dropped eight powerful glide bombs in a span of 90 minutes on residential districts of the southern Ukrainian city...
BNP authorises PM Rahman to finalise nominee for Bangladesh’s presidential elections
Dhaka, Aug 2: The ruling Bangladesh Nationalist Party(BNP) has authorised Prime Minister Tarique Rahman to select the party's candidate for the country's presidential elections,...
Pak Hindu rights body demands implementation of constitutional guarantees for minorities
Peshawar, Aug 2: A Hindu rights organisation in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has announced to launch an outreach campaign to urge the provincial government to...
Blaze on Indonesian passenger ferry leaves at least 5 dead, dozens missing
Surabaya (Indonesia), Aug 2: An Indonesian ferry carrying 271 people caught fire in waters off the main island of Java on Sunday, leaving at...
Trump says he will order halt to Iran strikes after parameters reached for deal to end war
Washington, Aug 2: US President Donald Trump says he will order American forces to hold off on new strikes against Iran, claiming Mideast allies...
Idaho fast food restaurant shooting leaves 3 dead, 7 injured: city spokesman
Boise (US), Aug 2: Three people were killed and seven more were injured, some critically, in a shooting at an In-N-Out Burger restaurant in...
Trump says Mideast allies have reached outlines of deal to end Iran war, US to stop new strikes
Washington, Aug 2: President Donald Trump in a Saturday evening social media post claimed that Mideast allies have reached the parameters of a deal...
