The Press Editor

Washington: President Donald Trump on Wednesday (local time) warned Iran and said the United States (US) was all set conduct its "biggest attack of since World War II" but decided to halt it following a request by Tehran, reiterating that the Middle East nation must make a deal to end the over five-month long conflict between the two countries. He was speaking at an event in Las Vegas. The 80-year-old Republican leader claimed Iran has once again urged for talks, adding that Tehran respects it. Restating that the Islamic Republic cannot have a nuclear weapon, he said Iran has weakened…

Tehran: Amid reports of tensions within Iran's leadership, President Masoud Pezeshkian has said that communicating with Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei has become "very difficult at the moment." Khamenei, 56, has not appeared in public since succeeding his father, former Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed in a US-Israeli strike that also reportedly wounded Mojtaba Khamenei. Despite his absence from public view, Pezeshkian insisted that Khamenei continues to play a key role in directing Iran's response to the conflict. Pezeshkian on Khamenei "It is very difficult to communicate with him at the moment, but in any case, his presence…

Dubai: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), with support from the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) and the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), has secured the deportation of wanted fugitive Vishakha Rathod from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to India, officials said. Rathod, who was the subject of an Interpol Red Notice, was deported to India on August 3, 2026, in connection with an alleged multi-crore financial fraud case. She landed in Pune, where a Maharashtra Police team took her into custody. Vishakha is the wife of Avinash Rathod, the mastermind of the Rs 88 crore fraud in which several…

Washington: An investigation has been launched by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) over an operational lapse that a helicopter carrying US President Donald Trump came 'too close' to a passenger aircraft over Washington earlier this week, according to various reports by America media outlets. The incident likely happened on Tuesday afternoon when the Marine One, the helicopter carrying Trump, came within less than a mile of a passenger plane, which was in the air around the same following a delay. However, officials have cited that there was no immediate threat of a direct collision. White House spokesperson Kush Desai has…

Tehran: Iran and Oman have agreed to a deal for transiting of ships through the Strait of Hormuz, but Tehran has reiterated that the reopening would depend on "certain parties", apparently referring to the United States (US) which maintains that the strategic waterway must remain open for all merchant vessels. Hormuz remains under Iran's de facto control since the conflict in the Middle East began on February 28, but its foreign ministry spokesperson, Esmail Baghaei, has said a draft deal is all set to be signed with Oman, even as the US maintains that an agreement to reopen the Strait…