TEHRAN: At least six nuclear scientists were killed Friday in Israel’s attacks on Iran, media outlets in the Islamic republic reported. Tasnim news agency named the six scientists including Mohammad Mehdi Tehranchi, who was the president of the Islamic Azad University of Iran. Fereydoun Abbasi, a former head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran,…
BANGKOK: An Air India flight from Thailand’s resort island of Phuket to Delhi requested an emergency landing on Friday due to a bomb threat, Phuket’s airport said, Xinhua reported. Local media reported that Flight AI 379 has later safely landed and the airport has responded with a related plan.
TEHRAN:- Iranian Armed Forces spokesperson, Brigadier General Abolfazl Shekarchi, has confirmed Israeli strikes on Iranian territory, including residential buildings, and says the Islamic Republic’s response to the attacks will be heavy. According to the Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA), Shekarchi said on Friday morning that overnight strikes by the Israeli regime, which he claimed were…
NEW DELHI: Aviation authorities have found one of the two black boxes of the Air India flight that crashed in the western Indian state of Gujarat, killing 241 on board, according to local newspaper Hindustan Times, as reported by Xinhua. The London-bound flight crashed on Thursday afternoon shortly after takeoff from the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel…
HAMILTON: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday expressed sorrow over the deadly Air India plane crash in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad, which claimed more than 200 lives. “The Secretary-General is deeply saddened by the news of the Air India plane crash in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, on 12 June, which claimed the lives of more…
JERUSALEM: Israel’s army chief said the military’s strikes against Iran on Friday may not achieve “absolute success” and warned citizens to brace for likely retaliation from the Islamic republic. “I can’t promise absolute success — the Iranian regime will attempt to attack us in response, the expected toll will be different to what we are…
AHMEDABAD: In an echoing hall in India’s Ahmedabad, mourning families gave DNA samples on Friday to identify relatives missing after a London-bound passenger jet crashed in a residential area. At least 265 people on board and on the ground were killed when the Air India 787-8 Dreamliner smashed into a residential area soon after takeoff…
WASHINGTON: US Secretary of State Marco Rubio warned Iran late Thursday not to respond to Israeli strikes by hitting American bases, saying Washington was not involved. “We are not involved in strikes against Iran and our top priority is protecting American forces in the region,“ Rubio said in a statement. “Let me be clear: Iran…
Los Angeles, United States: A judge has ordered Donald Trump to return control of the California National Guard to the state, saying the president’s decision to deploy them to protest-hit Los Angeles over Governor Gavin Newsom’s objections was “illegal.” “His actions were illegal … He must therefore return control of the California National Guard to…
ISTANBUL: At least 265 people were killed while only one passenger survived when an Air India flight to London crashed moments after take-off from the city of Ahmedabad on Thursday. The Press Trust of India, citing police, reported that as many as 265 bodies were recovered after the Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner, carrying 230 passengers and…
