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Australia blames Iran for two antisemitic arson attacks, expels envoy

Since October 2023, Australian homes, schools, synagogues, and vehicles have been targeted in antisemitic vandalism and arson, while Islamophobic incidents have also surged.

Iran’s supreme leader calls US issue ‘unsolvable’ amid nuclear standoff

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's comments come after Iran and European powers agreed Friday to resume talks to try to restart full negotiations on curbing Tehran's nuclear enrichment work.

US issues sanctions on 13 networks, 8 vessels for dealing in Iran oil

The measures cover Greek national Antonios Margaritis and his network of companies and vessels that Treasury said was involved in transporting Iranian oil exports in violation of sanctions.

UK targets Iranian oil magnate, four companies with asset freeze

The sanctions include an asset freeze on Iranian oil magnate Hossein Shamkhani, and on four companies operating in the shipping, petrochemical and financial sectors, according to a government notice published online.

A month after passing resolution to suspend cooperation with IAEA, Iran takes a U-turn

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi, Wednesday, said Tehran "cannot completely cut our cooperation with the agency...Therefore, inspectors must be there to get this work done".

Iran vows to block US-brokered Caucasus corridor, calls it ‘political treachery’

The corridor, named the Trump Route for International Peace and Prosperity (TRIPP), would operate under Armenian law and pass close to Iran's border, raising Tehran's concerns.

Iran sets up new defence council in wake of war with Israel

'The new defence body will review defence plans and enhance the capabilities of Iran's armed forces in a centralised manner,' the Supreme National Security Council said to state media.

Iran’s President warns of water crisis, says Tehran may face severe shortages by September

Amid resource mismanagement and over-consumption, Iran has faced recurring electricity, gas, and water shortages during peak demand months with drought conditions for the last five years.

Iran, EU begin nuclear talks on ratifying 2015 UN sanctions

Delegations from Iran, the European Union and the so-called E3 group of France, Britain and Germany, arrived for talks at the Iranian consulate in Istanbul.

FBI seeks arrest of Iran Ambassador in Pakistan for role in ex-agent’s abduction, move sparks diplomatic unease

Retired FBI agent ‘Bob’ Levinson had disappeared in March 2007, while on a ‘freelance assignment’ for CIA, from Kish Island—free trade zone in Iran with no visa requirement for Americans.

On Camera

From Vedanta, India turned to Nehruvian socialism and buried its liberal roots: Sharad Joshi

An Indian Hitler will have to be exceptionally lucky to survive for any length of time. This much hope ought to be enough for seekers of liberty and equality, wrote Sharad Anantrao Joshi, president of Swatantra Bharat Paksh party, in 1995.

Easy loans, uneasy ‘debt traps’. Women harassed by private lenders ask ‘who will restore lost dignity?’

A public meeting, where the women voiced their protest, took place this month in Delhi, grounded on the findings of an AIDWA survey, covering 9,000 women borrowers.

Ahead of SCO meet, Russia & China stage maiden joint submarine patrol in Sea of Japan, East China Sea

Joint submarine patrol ‘covered more than 2,000 nautical miles’ and was joined by Russian support vessels. Beijing maintains exercise ‘not directed against any third party’.

For Indian Mercedes, Asim Munir’s dumper truck in mirror is closer than it appears

From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.