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Riyadh: A CIA station inside the US Embassy compound in Riyadh was hit in a drone attack, Fox News reported, citing a source. Two drones caused structural damage and smoke inside the compound, officials said. There were no immediate reports of injuries, said the news report. Earlier, amid escalating tensions in the Middle East following military strikes on Iran, a fire that broke out near the premises of the US Consulate General in Dubai late Tuesday night, following a suspected drone strike, has been fully extinguished, with authorities confirming that no injuries were reported. Dubai authorities have confirmed that a fire resulting from a drone-related incident near the US…

Beirut: Lebanon’s NNA state news agency on Wednesday reported that several people were killed and many feared trapped in an Israeli air strike on a residential building in the city of Baalbek in eastern Lebanon. The NNA reported that rescue workers are trying to help families trapped beneath the rubble. Footage from the scene, verified by Al Jazeera, showed the debris of a collapsed multi-storey building as rescue workers begin to look through rubble there. Fouad Khreiss, who posted the video, stated that a large number of people are trapped under the rubble and that cries for help can be…

Tehran: As the violent escalation refuses to die down, senior US administration officials claimed on Wednesday that after three rounds of negotiations with Iran over its nuclear programme collapsed, Washington concluded that Tehran was “never serious about giving up its enrichment ambitions,” and launched Operation Epic Fury within days of the final meeting. American diplomats sat with Iran officials to reach a deal for weeks  For weeks, American diplomats sat across the table with officials from Iran and tried to reach a deal. They travelled to Oman and went to Switzerland. They offered incentives, laid out red lines, and kept coming back.…

Tehran: Mojtaba Khamenei, the son of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has been appointed as Iran's new Supreme Leader by the country's Assembly of Experts, ending days of intense speculation over the succession. The decision follows the killing of his father, Khamenei, in US-Israeli strikes on February 28, marking a rare and historic leadership transition in the Islamic Republic. "The Assembly of Experts elected Ali Khamenei’s son Mojtaba as the next Supreme Leader," Iran International reported, citing informed sources. The report, citing sources, also said that Mojtaba was elected under pressure from the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).  Khamenei, who ruled Iran from…

Dubai: A suspected Iranian drone strike sparked a fire near the US Consulate in Dubai late Tuesday, as Tehran intensified its targeting of American diplomatic sites across the Gulf. Residents told news agency AFP they heard a loud bang before seeing flames, while police cordoned off nearby roads and dispersed onlookers. The incident comes amid heightened tensions in the Middle East, with air defence systems across the Gulf region on high alert. The conflict in the Middle East has entered its fifth day following the US and Israeli strikes on Iran that killed Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei, along with other…

Tehran: The conflict between Iran and the joint front of Israel and the United States widened further on Wednesday, showing no signs of an immediate pause. Israel carried out fresh airstrikes on Iranian missile launchers and a nuclear research facility, while Tehran retaliated with attacks on Israeli targets and across the Gulf region. Iranian strikes hit US-linked sites, including a drone attack that slammed into a parking area outside the US consulate in Dubai, causing a small fire, while ballistic missiles struck Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar, which hosts American forces. The escalation has also disrupted energy supplies and…