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New Delhi: In another snub to US President Donald Trump, UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer on Wednesday said Britain would not be drawn into the Iran war, but announced it would host a global summit to explore ways to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, a crucial shipping route blocked by Tehran. Starmer said he would act in the country’s interest, whatever the "noise", when asked about Trump’s remarks that he was strongly considering pulling the United States out of NATO. “Whatever the pressure on me and others, whatever the noise, I’m going to act in the British national interest…

Tehran: As the Iran-US-Israel conflict entered its second month, US President Donald Trump said that the United States will "leave" Iran in "two or three" more weeks. "It's possible that we'll have a deal because they want to make a deal. They want to make a deal more than I want to make a deal. But in a fairly short period of time, we'll be finished," Trump stated on Tuesday (local time). As Iran continues its strike on Gulf nations, the UAE has barred Iranians from entering or transiting the country as the war rages, three major airlines said Wednesday. The long-haul…

Tel Aviv: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday praised the "enormous accomplishments" achieved in the conflict with Iran and said that the combined Israel-US effort was "systematically crushing" the Tehran government while eliminating existential hazards to the Jewish state. Iranian administration will collapse sooner or later: Netanyahu While addressing the public in Hebrew prior to the Passover festival, Netanyahu emphasised that "sooner or later" the Iranian administration will collapse. He also noted that Israel is simultaneously forging "new alliances with important countries in the region" to counter the collective threat posed by Iran. Even as the Prime Minister did…