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Earthquake of 6.1 magnitude strikes off Indonesia’s Sumatra island, tremors felt across the country

Jakarta: A massive earthquake pof 6.1 magnitude struck off Indonesia’s Sumatra island on Tuesday, according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS). The tremor has hit in waters near Sumatra, a region that frequently experiences seismic activity due to its location along the Pacific “Ring of Fire,” where several tectonic plates converge. However, there were no immediate reports of casualties or damage. It should be noted that Indonesia is part of the Pacific “Ring of Fire,” a region known for frequent earthquakes and volcanic eruptions, making it particularly vulnerable to seismic events. Moreover, Indonesia’s Sumatra region lies along a major…

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Iranian drone hits Dubai building housing US troops, impact caught on camera | Video

Dubai: An Iranian kamikaze drone slammed into a building in Dubai housing US military personnel, marking a sharp escalation in the widening Middle East conflict. Iran's state broadcaster Press TV reported that a Shahed-136 suicide drone struck the facility, causing what it described as a "significant impact." Raw footage shared online captures the exact moment the drone struck the building, triggering flames and thick smoke that billowed from the site moments later. Here's the video While there was no immediate official confirmation from United States authorities on casualties or damage, but targeting locations linked to US forces signals Tehran's readiness…

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United Airlines flight makes emergency landing in Los Angeles due to engine fire, passengers evacuated | Video

Los Angeles: A United Airlines flight was forced to make an emergency return shortly after takeoff from Los Angeles International Airport on Monday after an engine fire warning, reported CNN. United Flight 2127, bound for Newark Liberty International Airport, turned back and landed safely at LAX around 11:20 am local time after pilots shut down one of the aircraft's two engines following a fire alarm.  "We're getting fire indications still, so we are going to need to evacuate," one pilot told airport firefighters in radio signals captured by the website LiveATC.net.  According to Fox News, the airline said none of…

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Iran claims attack on US forces in Dubai, drone attack on Arifjan airbase in Kuwait | What we know so far

Tehran: The Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps on Tuesday claimed its naval forces carried out a “complex attack with drones and missiles” targeting American forces in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates The IRGC also claimed a drone attack on the Arifjan Base in Kuwait. In the meanwhile, local reports claimed that two new blasts in Riyadh’s diplomatic quarter after Saudi authorities confirmed a strike on the US embassy in the city. Check latest developments of the US-Israel-Ran conflict in the Middle East US embassy in Saudi issues shelter in place notice The US authorities urged Americans in several cities in…

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Who could succeed Ali Khamenei? Key contenders for Iran’s supreme leader post

Tehran: Iran is bracing for an unprecedented political transition following the death of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, triggering intense manoeuvring within the country and among regional and global stakeholders. Khamenei, who ruled Iran from 1989, was the Middle East's longest-serving head of state, and his death marks only the second leadership change since the 1979 Islamic Revolution. The supreme leader wields ultimate authority over Iran's key decisions, including war, peace and the country's controversial nuclear programme. Potential candidates range from hard-liners committed to confrontation with the West to reformists who seek diplomatic engagement. Until a successor is chosen, a provisional governing…

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US urges Americans to ‘immediately leave’ over a dozen Middle Eastern countries, including Israel

Washington: The conflict in West Asia has intensified, with Iran and the combined forces of Israel and the US launching fresh waves of missile and drone attacks. In response to the escalating situation, the US Department of State has urged American citizens to immediately leave more than a dozen Middle Eastern countries, including Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE),  due to safety risks with the ongoing escalations that have plunged the region into significant chaos. US Assistant Secretary of State for Consular Affairs Mora Namdar posted on the social media site X that Americans in countries should "depart now"…

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Mar

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Israel US Iran War Live Updates: Series of loud explosions rock Qatar’s capital as Iran ramps up strikes

Tehran: Following the killing of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in Israeli strikes, the conflict has rapidly spread across the Middle East, triggering one of the most intense military escalations in recent history. US President Donald Trump said the United States and its allies have launched Operation Epic Fury, describing it as the "largest, most complex and most powerful military operation ever conducted." He claimed that hundreds of targets inside Iran, including Revolutionary Guard facilities, air defence systems and other strategic installations,  had been struck. Trump added that full-scale combat operations are underway and will continue until all objectives…

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02

Mar

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Iran’s elite force acting independently? Foreign Minister says attack on Oman ‘was not our choice’

Tehran: In what could be a concern and could further escalate the situation in the Middle East, Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has hinted that Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), also known as the Iranian Revolutionary Guards, is acting independently after he said that the recent attack on an Oman port "was not our choice". The Iranian foreign minister made the remarks while speaking to Al Jazeera in an interview. According to Araghchi, Iran's military are now isolated and acting independently after the joint strikes by the United States (US) and Israel that killed most of the country's senior leadership,…

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Khamenei’s wife Mansoureh Khojasteh dies days after being injured in US-Israel strikes

Tehran: The wife of Iran's late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Mansoureh Khojasteh Bagherzadeh, died on Monday, days after she was injured in the joint strike by the United States (US) and Israel in Tehran, according to reports by Iranian media.  The 79-year-old, who was born in Iran's Mashhad and was the sister of former Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB) deputy director Hassan Khojaste Bagherzadeh, was present with Khamenei at his compound in Tehran when the strike was conducted by the US and Israel.  The two got married in 1964. They had six children: four sons (Mostafa, Mojtaba, Masoud,…

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Iran will never have nuclear weapons; hitting them ‘surgically, overwhelmingly and unapologetically’: US

Washington: The United States (US) said on Monday that it would continue its operations against Iran, asserting that it will never allow the Islamic Republic to have nuclear weapons. Further warning Iran, the US said it would hit the Islamic Republic "surgically, overwhelmingly, and unapologetically", making it weaker with each passing day.  Addressing a press conference, US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth said Washington hopes that Iranians would take "advantage" of the current situation and overthrow Khamenei's regime. He further reiterated that Iran, for the past 47 years, has waged a one-sided war against the US by bombing its embassies…

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