BAGHDAD: Baghdad has asked Tehran not to target US interests on Iraqi soil, a senior security official said Saturday, as Washington’s ally Israel and Iran traded blows, heightening tensions across the region. The government in Baghdad is a close ally of Tehran but also a strategic partner of Iran’s arch-foe the United States, which has…
AHMEDABAD: India’s aviation regulator has ordered all Boeing 787s being operated by local carriers to be inspected after an Air India crash killed 270 people this week, the aviation minister said on Saturday, adding the authorities were investigating all possible causes. The aviation regulator had on Friday ordered Air India to conduct additional maintenance checks…
JERUSALEM: The Israeli military said Saturday that its campaign in Iran had secured control of the airspace from the country’s west to Tehran, where 70 fighter jets carried out strikes overnight. “We have created aerial freedom of action from west Iran all the way to Tehran”, said military spokesman Brigadier General Effie Defrin. The Iranian…
BANGKOK: The second black box from the Air India Boeing 787-8 plane has been found at the plane crash site, reported Sputnik/RIA Novosti quoting the NDTV broadcaster on Saturday. The information stored on the device will reportedly help investigators determine the cause of the crash, which claimed 274 lives. The first black box was recovered…
DENPASAR: An Australian man was shot dead and another one was wounded in a shooting at their villa on the popular Indonesian resort island of Bali early Saturday, according to police who were hunting for two suspects. Local police chief Arif Batubara said in a statement that two men came to the victims’ villa in…
LONDON: Former England soccer captain David Beckham and actor Gary Oldman were knighted in King Charles’ annual birthday honours list on Saturday, while sculptor Antony Gormley was made a Companion of Honour. Beckham, 50, joined Manchester United as a trainee in 1993, going on to make almost 400 appearances for the club where he won…
KYIV: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Saturday urged the US to “shift tone” in its dialogue with Russia as he warned that appeasing President Vladimir Putin would not help to end the war. “Right now, the tone of the US-Russia dialogue feels too warm,“ Zelensky wrote on X, formerly Twitter, adding, “let’s be honest: that…
PARIS: France is boosting security, including around Jewish and US sites on its territory, because of the conflict between Israel and Iran, the interior minister said in a domestic order sent on Saturday. “Special vigilance” must be given “to all sites that could be targeted by terrorist or malicious acts by a foreign power,“ Interior…
LONDON: Britain’s King Charles and other senior royals wore black armbands at the “Trooping the Colour” military parade on Saturday as a mark of respect for the victims of the Air India plane crash. The Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner bound for London crashed shortly after takeoff from Ahmedabad, India, on Thursday, killing at least 270 people…
VATICAN CITY: Pope Leo XIV on Saturday called on Israel and Iran to show responsiblity and reason, as the two arch-foes clashed in their largest conflict. “The situation in Iran and Israel has seriously deteriorated at such a delicate moment. I wish to forcefully renew an appeal for responsibility and reason,“ the pope said in…
