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New Delhi [India], March 20 (ANI): Congress leader Shashi Tharoor has described India's response to the ongoing West Asia crisis as an exercise in "responsible statecraft," stressing that restraint in such a volatile situation reflects strength rather than weakness. In an interview with ANI, Tharoor said, "Restraint is not surrender. Restraint is strength... it shows

Riyadh [Saudi Arabia], March 20 (ANI): Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan bin Abdullah on Friday slammed Iran for its aggression against the neighbours, calling the actions aimed at destablising the region and in violation with international law and Islamic teachings, as per an official handout of the Saudi press Agency shared by the

Brussels [Belgium], March 20 (ANI): United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has issued a stark warning to both the United States and Israel, urging an immediate end to hostilities in the Middle East that he says are spiralling out of control and causing immense civilian suffering. In a post on X, Guterres wrote, "I have two

An annual threat assessment report by the US Director of National Intelligence has warned that “India–Pakistan relations remain a risk for nuclear conflict given past conflicts where these two nuclear states squared off, creating the danger of escalation”. In a reference to the last year's clash between the two nuclear-armed neighbours, the report said “President

Tehran [Iran], March 20 (ANI): Iran on Thursday claimed to have become the first nation in the world to strike an US F-35 Lightning 2, one of the most valuable US aircraft and the backbone of the US's fifth-generation warfighting capabilities. Over 19 countries have already flown or are preparing to fly the Lightning 2

The lone American who was arrested along with six Ukrainians last week by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) for alleged drone warfare training, illegal border crossings and links to armed groups operating near India's North-Eastern region is Matthew VanDyke. He has worn different hats and, according to his social media profile, calls himself an American

Tel Aviv [Israel], March 20 (ANI): Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday lauded the resilience of the citizens amid the ongoing conflict in West Asia and said that work is underway to gradually reopen schools with "responsibility and sound judgement". He made the remarks in a video message in Hebrew shared on X. The

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh today highlighted a major concern on the use Chinese parts in making drones and said there was an urgent need to establish a drone manufacturing ecosystem in India that renders us completely self-reliant. This self-reliance is essential not merely at the product level, but crucially at the component level as well.

Dubai: Iran intensified its attacks on its Gulf Arab neighbours' energy infrastructure on Thursday, setting Qatari liquefied natural gas facilities and a Kuwaiti oil refinery ablaze as it hit back following an Israeli attack on its main natural gas field, a major escalation in the Mideast war that has sent global fuel prices soaring. A