Sydney: Nowruz (meaning “new day” in the Persian language) is the Iranian, or Persian, festival celebrating the coming of spring – and the regeneration it brings. It is the first day of the year in the Iranian solar calendar (which began in 1079), marking the exact moment of the spring equinox. The date varies, between…
Jerusalem: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has claimed that Iran can no longer enrich uranium or produce ballistic missiles. Speaking at a press conference on Thursday evening, Netanyahu said, “(Ayatollah Ali) Khamenei ordered the renewal of missile and nuclear programmes and to bury them deep underground. We are acting not only to destroy the remaining…
Tehran: Iran suffered a fresh blow Wednesday with the killing of its intelligence minister as the new supreme leader, yet to be seen since replacing his slain father, vowed to avenge the death of the country’s security chief. Israel’s latest high-profile scalp was intelligence minister Esmail Khatib, with Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian branding his death a…
Washington: India and Pakistan relations remain at risk for nuclear conflict, according to the Annual Threat Assessment of the US Intelligence Community presented to the US Senate on Wednesday. According to the 34-page report, though India and Pakistan do not seek to open conflict, conditions exist for terrorist actors to continue to create catalysts for…
Washington: United States’ intelligence chief Tulsi Gabbard on Wednesday told lawmakers that Pakistan’s long-range ballistic missile development could include missiles capable of targeting the US. In a testimony before the Senate Intelligence Committee, Gabbard, the Director of National Intelligence, also said that the threats to the US were set to expand collectively from more than…
Kathmandu: Nepal’s outgoing Prime Minister Sushila Karki called on non-resident Nepalis worldwide to strengthen unity and actively contribute to Nepal’s economic prosperity and development. The government alone cannot achieve the country’s development goals, she said on Monday while addressing the 12th Global Conference and International General Assembly of the Non-Resident Nepali Association (NRNA), which concluded…
United Nations/New Delhi: India called out Pakistan for its habit of “fabricating imaginative” tales of Islamophobia in neighbouring countries, questioning how Islamabad’s own brutal repression of Ahmadiyyas or air-bombing campaigns during Ramzan against Afghanistan can be characterised as. “India’s western neighbour is an excellent example of fabricating imaginative tales of Islamophobia in their neighbourhood,” India’s…
Washington: US Federal Communications Commission chairman Brendan Carr has warned American news television networks of revocation of broadcast licenses over their coverage of the Iran war, remarks that drew sharp political backlash. After US President Donald Trump lashed out at the media coverage of the Iran war, Carr asked news broadcasters to “correct course” and…
Jerusalem: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday mocked at the widespread news on social media about his death as he released a video showing him ordering a coffee at what seems to be a roadside mini market. Speculations have been rife on social media for about a week questioning his absence from the public…
Beijing: China on Friday said it will provide USD 200,000 in emergency humanitarian assistance to the students killed in an airstrike on an elementary school in Iran in the ongoing joint US-Israel attacks on the country. China expresses deep condolences regarding the deaths of students in the recent attack on an Iranian elementary school and…
