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Washington, April 8 – The United States struck more than 13,000 targets during Operation Epic Fury, a massive military campaign that also resulted in the deaths of 13 American service members, the Pentagon said on Wednesday.Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Air Force General Dan Caine...

Tehran, April 3 Shortly after Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) announced on Friday that a second US F-35 fighter jet had been destroyed in the skies of central Iran by the "new advanced defense system" of its Aerospace Force, the country's semi-official Tasnim News Agency reported...

New York, March 29 – The Pentagon is preparing for weeks of ground operations in Iran, as thousands of US soldiers and Marines arrive in the Middle East for what could become a dangerous new phase of the war, should US President Donald Trump choose to escalate, The Washington Post reported.Any...

Washington, March 27 – President Donald Trump said that US forces have “totally won the war” against Iran, asserting that Tehran’s military capabilities had been largely destroyed, as he granted a 10-day window for negotiations before further action.Speaking in a phone interview on Fox News’...

Colombo, March 19 US Special Representative for South and Central Asia, Sergio Gor, and Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, discussed strengthening bilateral relations and Sri Lanka's position on the West Asia crisis on Thursday.Gor's visit to Sri Lanka comes at a time when Sri...

Seoul, March 17 – South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Hyun dodged questions on Tuesday about whether the United States had formally requested that South Korea deploy warships to the Middle East, as Seoul faces pressure after US President Donald Trump urged allies to send naval vessels to protect...

Jerusalem, March 17 – Israel claimed on Tuesday that it had killed Ali Larijani, Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council.In a statement shared on X, the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) stated that Larijani was considered one of the most senior figures in the Iranian regime leadership...

Colombo, March 13 – The bodies of 84 identified Iranian sailors killed in the March 4 US attack on the warship IRIS Dena off the coast of Sri Lanka were repatriated to Iran, the Sri Lankan Defence Ministry said on Friday.The bodies are being transported to Iran via a special flight that...

Washington, March 13 – The United States is “fully prepared” to deploy naval escorts for commercial vessels through the strategically important Strait of Hormuz as tensions in the Middle East escalate, with major implications for the flow of global energy supplies.“President Trump is fully...

New Delhi, March 12 – The false narrative circulating on social media about the sinking of the Iranian ship IRIS Dena by the US, which participated in the International Fleet Review (IFR) and Milan 2026, hosted by the Indian Navy off Visakhapatnam, underscores the need to monitor online...

Washington, March 10 – The White House stated that the United States is determined to keep the Strait of Hormuz open as the war with Iran intensifies, stressing that President Donald Trump will not allow Tehran to disrupt global energy supplies.White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said...

New Delhi, March 6 Days before the US torpedoed and sank the Iranian frigate IRIS Dena, India approved emergency docking for another Iranian naval vessel in Kochi after it developed a technical problem, government sources said on Friday.The vessel, docked in Kochi on March 4 with its 183 crew...

New Delhi, March 6 Top government sources on Friday described claims that the Indian Navy provided intelligence to the US about an Iranian frigate that was sunk by a US military submarine two days ago off the coast of Sri Lanka as "baseless and preposterous."There is no question of providing...

Hyderabad, March 6 AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi on Friday called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi to "break his silence" on the conflict in West Asia and urged US President Donald Trump to end the war.Addressing a gathering here, he also asked the PM to provide a full account of the sinking...

Tehran, March 5 – Iran’s Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Aragchi strongly condemned the United States for attacking and sinking the Iranian frigate IRIS Dena in the Indian Ocean, describing the incident as an “atrocity at sea” and warning that Washington would “bitterly regret” setting such a...

New Delhi, March 5 Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying the conflict in West Asia has reached India's doorstep, but he has not spoken, and while the country needs a steady hand at the helm, it has a "compromised PM who has surrendered our...

New Delhi, March 4 – In a swift response amid escalating geopolitical tensions in the Middle East, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) categorically denied sensational reports alleging that Indian ports are being used as bases for US Navy operations targeting Iran.The denial came via a...

Colombo, March 4 Sri Lankan authorities said on Wednesday that they had recovered about 80 bodies of Iranian sailors who were killed after a US submarine attack that sank an Iranian naval ship off the island's southern coast.Sri Lanka had earlier said its Navy rescued 32 Iranian sailors from...

Colombo, March 4 Sri Lanka said on Wednesday that its Navy rescued 32 Iranian sailors from a naval ship that sank off the southern coast, while several bodies were recovered from the site.Foreign Minister Vijitha Herath told Parliament that an emergency message was received by the Sri Lanka...

Tehran, March 2 – Explosions were heard in Gulf cities, including Dubai, Abu Dhabi, and Doha, on Monday as Iran continued its attacks on several neighboring countries, targeting both military installations and civilian infrastructure in an unprecedented regional escalation.Israel and Hezbollah...