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Mar

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Iran picks new Supreme Leader after Khamenei, name kept under wraps; Israel issues warning

New Delhi: Iran’s clerical body responsible for choosing the country’s Supreme Leader has decided on a successor to Ali Khamenei, but the name of the new leader has not yet been made public. The announcement was made on Sunday by members of the Assembly of Experts, the institution that selects the country’s highest religious and political authority, as per reports.  According to officials, the assembly has reached a majority agreement on who will take over the leadership, though the final announcement is being delayed. Candidate Chosen After Internal Deliberations Senior cleric Mohsen Heidari Alekasir  in a video released by Nournews …

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08

Mar

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Khamenei’s top aide fires ‘Iran won’t leave you alone’ warning to Trump, US president responds

Tehran: Iran’s security chief Ali Larijani has warned that Tehran will avenge the death of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, accusing U.S. President Donald Trump of being responsible for his killing as the Middle East conflict intensifies. Speaking to Iranian state television on Saturday, Larijani vowed that Iran would make Trump “pay the price” for the strike that killed Khamenei on February 28. He said Iran would not stop until it had retaliated, claiming Trump had misjudged Tehran’s response and that the conflict would not end quickly. Larijani also accused Trump of believing Iran would collapse quickly after the attack.…

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08

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Strike on US Navy’s fifth fleet in Bahrain kills 21 soldiers, claims Iran amid raging war

Manama: Iran has unleashed a devastating new assault on the US Navy’s Fifth Fleet headquarters in Bahrain’s Juffair District, Manama, killing 21 American soldiers in a bold escalation of hostilities, according to Tehran Times reports complete with footage of fires raging at the site. This direct missile and drone attack on Naval Support Activity Bahrain marks a perilous intensification of military confrontations, following prior Iranian barrages and US retaliatory actions in the region. Recent strikes and damage assessment The latest onslaught builds on Iran's February 28, 2026, coordinated barrage by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), deploying ballistic missiles and…

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08

Mar

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Two detained in fiery bomb attempt targeting New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s home amid clashing protests

New York: New York City Police detained two suspects after an attempted bomb attack outside Gracie Mansion, the official residence of Mayor Zohran Mamdani, amid violent clashes between rival protest groups. The incident, captured on video unfolded during an anti-Islam demonstration organised by right-wing influencer Jake Lang, which sparked chaos with a larger counter-protest amid Ramadan.  NYPD Commissioner Jessica S Tisch described the recovered devices- jars wrapped in black tape, packed with nuts, bolts, screws, and fuses, about the size of a football- as suspicious items under analysis to confirm if they were viable explosives or hoaxes. Mayor Mamdani and…

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08

Mar

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‘To take a little pressure off’: Trump on US granting 30-day waiver to India to buy Russian oil

Washington: US President Donald Trump said on Saturday (local time) said that the decision to temporarily allow India to purchase Russian oil is intended to reduce pressure on global energy markets as tensions continue to disrupt supply routes across West Asia and the Persian Gulf. His remarks come after Scott Bessent, the US Treasury Secretary, yet again said that the United States has given India the "permission" to accept Russian oil in the wake of the developing security situation in West Asia. The decision comes amid increasing concerns that security tensions near the Strait of Hormuz could disrupt global oil supplies.…

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Loud explosion heard near US embassy in Norway’s Oslo amid Iran conflict | Video

Oslo: The US Embassy in Oslo was rocked by an explosion in the early hours of Sunday, though no injuries were reported, police in Oslo said, according to news agency AFP. Authorities said the blast occurred at around 1 am local time, adding that the cause was not immediately known. Minor damage reported  Norway's public broadcaster NRK quoted police incident commander Michael Dellemyr as saying the explosion struck the entrance to the embassy's consular section. "At around 1:00 am we received several reports of an explosion. We arrived shortly afterwards and confirmed that there had been an explosion that hit the…

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US-Israel-Iran war LIVE: Israeli drones strike oil storage facilities in Tehran, hotel in central Beirut

Tehran: As the conflict between the United States, Israel, and Iran rapidly expands, with missile exchanges and drone strikes pushing the Middle East into one of its most volatile crises in decades, Israeli forces bombed oil storage depots and refining facilities in Tehran for the first time. Huge fires and thick clouds of smoke were reported rising over the Iranian capital following the strikes. Reacting to the attacks, senior Iranian official Ali Larijani warned that the US would "pay" for waging war, claiming Washington was failing to achieve its objectives. Amid the escalating tensions, US President Donald Trump threatened to…

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07

Mar

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WATCH | The moment Iranian drone attacked Dubai International Airport’s runway

Dubai: Even though Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian apologised to the country's neigbhours for attacks on them amid the ongoing war with the United States (US) and Israel, Tehran intensified its attacks in the region on Saturday, with one of its drones targeting the runway of the Dubai International Airport, which is the world's busiest for international travel.  A video has also gone viral on micro-blogging website X (formerly Twitter) that showed the moment when an Iranian drone fell near one of the terminals of the airport. According to OSINT (Open-Source Intelligence) details, the drone barely missed the Concourse A of…

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Did Iran destroy US THAAD Radar System, worth USD 300 million? All you need to know

Tehran: The war in the Middle East has continued to rage on, with neither side refusing to back down. Iran, although it has apologised to its neigbhours for recent attacks on them, has remained firm that it will not surrender. At the same time, US President Donald Trump has warned Iran of a huge attack and even hinted that the war will likely continue for three to four weeks.  Amid all this, reports have emerged that Iran has destroyed the USD 300 million Terminal High Altitude Area Defence (THAAD) radar system of the US. As per OSINT (Open Source Intelligence)…

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Mar

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Nepal elections 2026: RSP’s Balen Shah defeats ex-PM KP Sharma Oli by nearly 50,000 votes

New Delhi: In a major embarrassment to former Nepal Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli, Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) leader Balendra Shah on Saturday defeated Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist) chairperson in the high profile Jhapa-5 constituency by a margin of around 50,000 votes, according to The Kathmandu Post. Shah, the rapper-turned politician and a former Kathmandu mayor, received 68,348 votes, while Oli received only 18,734 votes in a constituency that was once considered his bastion. This helped him defeat the former prime minister by 49,614 votes. 

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