ON Aug 1, 1990, when much of Iraq was observing Ashura, the 10th of Muharram, to mark the martyrdom of Imam Husain in Karbala in 680 AD, Saddam Hussein was massing his troops along the border with Kuwait. On Aug 2, Iraq invaded the tiny emirate over a festering oil resource-sharing dispute. Sadda...
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ON Aug 1, 1990, when much of Iraq was observing Ashura, the 10th of Muharram, to mark the martyrd...
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has ordered the start of nuclear talks with the United States...
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ISLAMABAD: While maintaining the price of petrol for the next fortnight, the government has increased the price of high-speed diesel (HSD) by Rs11.30 per litre. The announcement by the Petroleum Di...
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An explosion took place on Saturday at a building in the Iranian city of Bandar Abbas on the Gulf coast, state media reported, though the cause of the blast was as yet unknown. State television sai...
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Iranian army chief Amir Hatami on Saturday warned the United States and Israel against an attack, saying his country’s forces were on high alert following Washington’s heavy military deployments in...
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The United States on Friday approved multibillion-dollar weapons sales to both Saudi Arabia and Israel, at a point of high tensions with Iran. The State Department said it green-lighted a $3.8-bill...
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