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Topic: Iran

‘Avoid war which risks irreparable abyss’, says Pope Leo in view of US strikes on Iran

Pope urged diplomatic route & added that each member of International community has a moral responsibility to 'stop the tragedy'.

Bahrain & Kuwait, home to US bases, brace for possible spread of Iran conflict

Bahrain headquarters the US Navy's 5th Fleet & several US bases are located in Kuwait. Tehran warned that a strike by US could lead to targeted attacks on American assets in the region.

‘Trump started a new war for US’, says Russia Security Council deputy-chair after attack on Iran

Taking a jibe at Trump's 'Nobel peace prize' comment, deputy chairman Dmitry Medvedev added that Trump wont win the Noble 'with this kind of success'.

US informed UK ahead of strikes on Iranian nuclear sites, didn’t ask for use of Diego Garcia base

Senior Minister Jonathan Reynolds clarified US did not ask for use of UK's Diego Garcia base for the strikes.

US strikes on Iranian nuclear sites draw Israel’s praise, China calls it ‘repeat of Iraq mistake’

UK & Canada PMs acknowledge Trump’s action to ‘alleviate threat posed by Iran’s nuclear programme to international security’, while several other nations and UN expressed concern over the act.

Iran’s atomic agency says won’t let US strikes stop nuclear enrichment

The statement comes in the midst of US's attack on 3 nuclear cites in Iran to deter nuclear development in early hours of Sunday.

Bodyguard to slain Hezbollah chief Nasrallah killed in Israeli strike on Tehran

Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah was killed in an Israeli aerial attack on Beirut’s southern suburbs in September 2024.

Airlines continue to avoid the Middle East airspace after US strikes Iran

According to flight tracking website Flight Radar24, airlines were not flying in the airspace over Iran, Iraq, Syria & Israel amidst escalating airstrikes in the region & official airspace restrictions.

Sri Lanka says India’s assistance in evacuating its citizens sign of ‘strong, enduring partnership’

Sri Lanka extended gratitude towards Indian govt for evacuation of Indian, Sri Lankan citizens stranded in Iran amidst escalating tensions with Israel & US.

‘She’s wrong’: Trump on intel chief Tulsi Gabbard’s claim of no evidence Iran is developing nukes

In March, Gabbard testified to Congress that the US intelligence community ‘continues to assess that Iran is not building a nuclear weapon’.

On Camera

India’s aviation crisis is all about too big to tame

Nobody is safe in a market where competition is stunted and choice limited. For the industry, meaningful reform will have to start with the government itself.

South rising, west slipping: India’s export map is being redrawn, shows RBI data

Data shows re-alignment in India’s exports, with Tamil Nadu & Telangana posting strong growth in 2024-25 as traditional heavyweights Gujarat & Maharashtra see declines. Gujarat still leads, though.

US clears $686-mn package to breathe fresh life into Pakistani F-16s

Of the total package, $649 million will be utilised for additional hardware, software, and support services, and the remaining for Major Defence Equipment (MDE).

India’s top airline just handed sarkar the keys. That’s IndiGo’s real ‘crime’

Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.