Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks during a meeting with a group of teachers in Tehran, Iran, May 17, 2025. — Reuters Iran bans cell phones for top officials to prevent surveillance. Formal succession plan drawn, naming 3 possible replacements. His son Mojtaba was notably excluded from the list of successors. As tensions with Israel reach dangerous new heights, …
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Passengers disembark from a Saudi Arabian Airlines plane parked at the tarmac of Ninoy Aquino International airport in Pasay city, Metro Manila, Philippines September 20, 2016. — Reuters JAKARTA: A plane carrying hundreds of Hajj pilgrims back to Indonesia from the Middle East was diverted on Saturday after a bomb threat, the transport ministry and police said, the second such …
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Israel claimed on Saturday it has already set back Iran’s presumed nuclear programme by at least two years, a day after US President Donald Trump warned that Tehran has a “maximum” of two weeks to avoid possible American air strikes. Trump has been mulling whether to involve the United States in Israel’s bombing campaign, indicating in his latest comments that …
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An Air India Airbus A320-200 aircraft takes off from the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport in Ahmedabad, India, July 7, 2017. — Reuters Three executives to be removed for lapses linked to Bengaluru-London flights. June 20 order cites “systemic failures in scheduling protocol and oversights”. Air India says it has implemented orders issued by civil aviation DG. India’s aviation watchdog has …
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A new surface-to-surface ballistic missile called Khaibar with a range of 2,000 km, unveiled by Iran, is seen in Tehran, Iran, May 25, 2023. — Reuters Israeli FM vows to do “everything we can” to “remove this threat”. European FMs urge Iranian counterpart to resume nuclear talks with US. No negotiation with US while Israeli aggression continues, says Iran’s FM. …
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Masked law enforcement officers, including HSI and ICE agents, walk into an immigration court in Phoenix, Arizona, US, May 21, 2025. — Reuters Americans hold noisy bedtime protest outside ICE agents’ hotel. “No Sleep For ICE” protest aims to disrupt ICE agents’ sleep. Critics denounce federal immigration agents for wearing face masks. After night fell on the outskirts of Los …
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Donald Trump added European powers would not be able to help end the Iran-Israel war, after British, German, French and EU top diplomats met an Iranian official in Geneva. “Iran doesn’t want to speak to Europe. They want to speak to us. Europe is not going to be able to help in this,” Trump told reporters as he arrived in …
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A view of Harvard campus on John F. Kennedy Street at Harvard University is pictured in Cambridge, Massachusetts, US, December 7, 2023. — Reuters BOSTON: US President Donald Trump has said that his administration may reach a “historic” deal with Harvard University within the next week to resolve the White House’s campaign against the country’s oldest and wealthiest university. The …
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US President Donald Trump talks to reporters upon his arrival at Morristown Municipal Airport in Morristown, New Jersey, US, June 20, 2025. — Reuters Trump dismisses European mediation efforts as unhelpful. Israel is ‘winning,’ so halting strikes is difficult: US president. ‘Two-week window for Iran to avoid US response.’ President Donald Trump said Friday that Iran had a “maximum” of …
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Women carrying earthen pitchers on their heads shout slogans during a protest against the shortage of drinking water outside the municipal corporation office in Ahmedabad, India, May 16, 2019. — Reuters Indian govt says 193 million rural homes to get clean water. Discrepancies found with government claims in six villages. Villagers point to defunct taps, broken motors, empty wells. When …
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