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Tehran: Hours after US President Donald Trump warned Tehran against attacking vessels in the Strait of Hormuz, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) escalated its rhetoric, threatening to carry out operations that it said would lead to “national mourning in America.” According to Iran’s state-linked Tasnim News Agency, the IRGC said that if the conflict continued, it would launch “regret-inducing operations” that would result in national mourning in the United States. The statement appeared to allude to the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. The warning came amid growing tensions between Washington and Tehran following Trump’s threat to target Iranian infrastructure…

New Delhi: In a significant move, the Nepali government has approved a redesign of its one-rupee coin, removing the country's controversial map that included disputed territories Limpiyadhura, Lipulek and Kalapani. The Council of Ministers approved the minting of new designs on the one-rupee and two-rupee coins by the Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB), sources said as quoted by news agency PTI.  What is the redesign? While the two-rupee coin still has the previously approved map, the one-rupee will shrug off the controversial map and instead replace it with the image of the Lo Ghyakar Monastery, which is considered to be one…

New Delhi: US President Donald Trump issued a new warning to Iran, stating that the US will "destroy" a power plant or a bridge in or next to Tehran for every strike it makes on the ships in the Strait of Hormuz. The warning came as the US and Iran continued their hostilities, with the Pentagon carrying out another wave of strikes on Tehran. Iran also hit a Jordanian city near Israel through a missile strike. Trump sent a fresh warning to Tehran through a social media post. "From this point forward, any time the Islamic Republic of Iran shoots…

New Delhi: Nepal Prime Minister Balen Shah, who has maintained a strict protocol of meeting only his counterparts with foreign envoys, is set to break his self-imposed rule and meet the envoys from India and China this week.  While the exact dates have yet to be announced, the meetings are being coordinated by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and are expected to take place this week, according to a report by The Kathmandu Post. The move comes as Nepal tries to balance its relations with India and China while rebuilding itself after the recent student-led revolution. The report also noted…