Kuwait has accused Iran and its proxies of launching drone attacks targeting it on Thursday despite the two-week ceasefire in the Iran war, as Saudi Arabia said recent attacks damaged a key pipeline in the kingdom. The statement from Kuwait’s foreign ministry, carried by the state-run KUNA news agency, put...
Russian President Vladimir Putin has announced a ceasefire for Orthodox Easter, with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy expressing Kyiv’s willingness to abide by it. The Russian news agency reported that the ceasefire will remain in effect from 11th to 12th April of this month. Russian soldiers have been ordered to cease...
Former Iranian foreign minister Kamal Kharazi died last night after being injured in a US – Israeli airstrike last week. Kharazi had served as a foreign minister for Iran’s reformist President Mohammad Khatami and later worked as a foreign affairs adviser to the late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
US President Donald Trump is sending a delegation led by Vice-President JD Vance and other top officials to Islamabad for direct talks with Iran aimed at ending weeks of conflict in the West Asia region. White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said that the negotiating team will include Middle...
  A ceasefire deal to pause the war in Iran appeared to hang by a thread on Wednesday after the Islamic Republic closed the Strait of Hormuz again in response to Israeli attacks in Lebanon. The White House demanded that the channel be reopened and sought to keep peace talks on...
 The UK says the British and Norwegian militaries led a military operation to deter Russian submarines suspected of “malign activity” in the north Atlantic. Defense Secretary John Healey said a frigate, planes and hundreds of personnel monitored a Russian attack sub and two spy submarines near undersea cables and pipelines...
United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres welcomed the announcement of a two-week ceasefire by the United States and Iran and urged all the parties involved in the ongoing conflict in West Asia to comply with their obligations under international law and abide by the terms of the ceasefire. In a...
Russia and China have vetoed a UN Security Council resolution on reopening the Strait of Hormuz, a vital maritime chokepoint through which a fifth of the global oil passes. The 15-nation UN Security Council voted on the resolution proposed by Bahrain, which got 11 votes in favour, two against...
NASA’s Artemis II mission made history again when the crew, traveling on their Orion spacecraft, completed the first-ever ship to ship call between a human moon mission and the International Space Station. This was the first time people traveling near the Moon communicated directly with people in a spacecraft orbiting...
Russia will start building its national orbital station ahead of the scheduled deorbiting of the International Space Station (ISS) in 2030, a top Russian space official said on Monday. The first module of the Russian Orbital Station (ROS) will be deployed in 2028, CEO of Russia’s Roscosmos State Space Corporation...