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Foreigners in India get 30-day visa extension, overstay penalty waived amid Middle East tensions

Dubai: India will grant one-month visa extensions and waive overstay penalties for foreign nationals stranded in the country due to travel disruptions caused by the ongoing conflict in the Middle East. In a post on X, the Consulate General of India in Dubai said the relief measures are aimed at helping travellers who are unable to leave India as flights and routes across parts of the Gulf region remain affected. "Extension of regular Indian visa or e visa and waiver of overstay penalty to foreigners stuck in India due to the ongoing developments in West Asia," the consulate said while announcing…

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Taliban claims drone strike on military facility in Islamabad; Pakistan scrambles fighter jets

Islamabad: Afghan forces carried out a drone strike on Friday targeting a military facility known as the “Hamza” base in the Faizabad area of Islamabad, Pakistan. According to security sources, the strike specifically targeted the military installation within the Pakistani capital, TOLO News reports. However, authorities have not yet released details about the extent of the damage or any potential casualties resulting from the incident. The Taliban have claimed responsibility for the operation, stating that the drone strike caused both material damage and casualties at the Hamza military base in central Islamabad. Independent verification of these claims has not yet…

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US claims Iran’s new Supreme Leader severely injured, vows unprecedented strikes

Washington: The new Supreme Leader of Iran, Mojtaba Khamenei, is reportedly wounded and likely disfigured, US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth said Friday. This came a day after Khamenei released his first statement since assuming Iran’s top office following the death of his father in a joint strike by Iran and US.  “We know the new so-called, not-so-supreme leader is wounded and likely disfigured. He put out a statement yesterday, but there was no voice and no video. It was only a written statement. Iran has plenty of cameras and plenty of voice recorders — so why only a written…

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WATCH: US Treasury Secretary summoned by Trump mid interview, he returns two hours later visibly shaken

Washington: US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent was caught in a rather intense moment as he had to pause a live TV interview in middle after getting called by President Donald Trump for an immediate meeting. Bessent, 63, was speaking to Sky News' Wilfred Frost at the White House when, suddenly, his assistant told him "the President wants you right away". Bessent ended up being away for around 2 hours before joining back the interview.  The incident occurred at 10.22 am, after which the interview was paused for nearly two hours before the US Treasury Secretary returned to continue speaking with the…

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Four of six crew members aboard US KC-135 military plane killed that crashed in Iraq

Washington: Four of the six crew members on board a US Air Force Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker that crashed in western Iraq have died, United States Central Command said in a post on X on Friday afternoon. Efforts are ongoing to rescue the remaining two crew members. CENTCOM, the military command coordinating US and Israeli operations related to the conflict with Iran, said the cause of the crash is still under investigation. However, it ruled out both hostile fire and friendly fire as possible reasons. The identities of the four personnel who died will be withheld for 24 hours until their…

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Trump tells G7 Iran ‘close to surrender,’ hails ‘Operation Epic Fury’ as major success

Washington: US President Donald Trump told leaders of the G7 during a virtual meeting on Wednesday that Iran was “about to surrender”, according to three officials from G7 nations who were briefed on the discussion. The remarks were made during a call with leaders of the major industrialised countries, where Trump spoke about the outcome of the recent military action known as "Operation Epic Fury”. Officials familiar with the conversation said he presented the operation as a major success. During the call, Trump reportedly told the leaders that he had “got rid of a cancer that was threatening us all”,…

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Iran claims it struck US aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln, forcing it to retreat from regional waters

Tehran: Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) on Friday claimed that it carried out a missile and drone strike against the US aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln, damaging the vessel and forcing it to retreat from regional waters. Howebver, the US has not confirmed the claim and added that its naval forces instead responded to a threatening approach by an Iranian vessel, according to a CBS News report. As per the Iranian state media outlet Press TV, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy launched a "precision operation" targeting the carrier while it was operating in waters near the Sea of Oman. In the…

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Mojtaba Khamenei ‘damaged’ but probably alive: Trump on Iran’s new Supreme Leader

Washington: US President Donald Trump on Friday said that he thinks new Iranian Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei is alive but "damaged." The remarks from the US President come as speculation over the health of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei grows after the son of Iran's President mentioned hearing news about him "being injured". Notably, Khamenei has not been seen ⁠by Iranians since his selection on Sunday by a clerical ​assembly, and his first comments were read out by a television ​presenter on Thursday. Iran says Mojtaba Khamenei was lightly injured One Iranian official stated that the newly appointed supreme leader…

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What is Iran’s NOPO force? Know about the elite unit deployed to protect new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei

New Delhi: Amid the ongoing war in the Middle East, Iran has reportedly deployed its elite counterterrorism force to protect newly-appointed Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei following the assassination of his father Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. The 86-year-old leader was killed in a strike attributed to the United States and Israel during the ongoing conflict. As per a report on Fox News, Iran's elite force is known as NOPO (Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat) -- the black-clad special unit has now been tasked with shielding Mojtaba Khamenei after the attack on a compound in Tehran on February 28. Ali Safavi, a representative of…

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Iran targets Turkey’s Incirlik air base housing US nuclear bombs; sirens trigger panic

Tehran: Amid intensified war in the Middle East, sirens were heard early on Friday at Turkey's Incirlik airbase, a key NATO facility where US troops are stationed near the southeastern city of Adana, state news agency Anadolu reported. However, there was no immediate official comment on the incident, which took place four days after NATO air defences shot down a ballistic missile in Turkish airspace that was fired from Iran, the second in five days.  Sirens trigger panic in Adana Residents of Adana, which lies 10 kilometres (six miles) away from the base, were woken at around 3:25 am (0025 GMT) by…

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