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Wednesday, September 3, 2025
TopicUS in Middle East

Topic: US in Middle East

US retaliates with airstrikes on 85+ Iran-linked targets in Iraq & Syria after deadly drone attack

The strike targeted sites associated with Iran's Revolutionary Guard and the militias it backs, in response to the attack in Jordan last weekend that killed three US troops

Iraq’s Iran-backed Kataib Hezbollah militant group suspends attacks against US after drone strike

The Iraqi armed group has announced its decision to halt all military operations against the US in the region, in a decision aimed at preventing 'embarrassment of the Iraqi govt'.

US to take action to defend its troops after drone attack, Qatar fears impact on Gaza hostage talks

Iran has denied any role. US President Biden has previously ordered retaliatory attacks on Iran-backed groups but has so far stopped short of hitting Iran directly.

On Camera

On Arundhati Roy, mother-daughter conflicts, and the burden of being a ‘good mother’

When reading the book, one can see Roy’s mother as a 'fascist government' unto herself, the centre of her own cult. In Arundhati’s words, Mary Roy was ‘mother guru’.

A Rs 33,000 cr ‘banking fraud’: ED’s case against Arvind Dham, Amtek’s web of ‘500 shell companies’

ED has accused Amtek promoter Arvind Dham of controlling web of nearly 500 shell companies operating as a layered structure, with up to 15 levels of indirect ownership, to divert funds.

Loyal wingman’ to full ICBM triad & air defence, China’s show of power at Victory Day parade

China flaunted military might & modernisation as it displayed stealth drones, anti-satellite system & cyber warfare contingent during parade to mark victory over Japan in WWII.

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.