UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has stated that Britain will not join a war against Iran, despite what he described as “pressure” from US President Donald Trump, the BBC reports. Speaking at a press conference on Wednesday, Starmer said he had faced “a good deal of pressure” to reconsider his stance but remained firm. “Whatever More
At least 29 people on board have killed after a Russian military transport aircraft crashed into a cliff in Crimea, the Russian defence ministry said on Wednesday. According to the TASS news agency, which cited the ministry, contact with the aircraft was lost at around 6 p.m. local time (1500 GMT) on Tuesday during a More
US President Donald Trump has said the war with Iran could end within two to three weeks, adding that issues related to the Strait of Hormuz would be left to other countries, Bloomberg reported on Wednesday. “I would say that within two weeks, maybe two weeks, maybe three,” Trump told reporters at the White House More
Iran’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has stated that Tehran did not participate in the recent Islamabad meeting attended by the foreign ministers of Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Egypt and has not engaged in direct negotiations with the United States. The foreign ministers of Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Egypt convened in Islamabad on Sunday to More
Large demonstrations against US President Donald Trump were held in dozens of American cities on Saturday under the banner “No Kings,” a media report said. Organisers had planned more than 3,200 events in all 50 states following two earlier nationwide protests that drew millions of participants, Reuters reported. Significant gatherings took place in major cities More
Three journalists have been killed in an Israeli airstrike in Lebanon, a media report said on Sunday. The strike targeted a vehicle carrying reporters in southern Lebanon on Saturday, Reuters reported. Lebanese television channel Al-Manar said its reporter Ali Shaib and Fatima Ftouni, a journalist with pan-Arab broadcaster Al-Mayadeen, were killed when their vehicle was More
President Volodymyr Zelensky has said that Ukraine has signed a defence agreement with Saudi Arabia to share its expertise and technology in drone defence, the BBC reports. “We are ready to share our expertise and systems with Saudi Arabia and to work together to strengthen the protection of lives,” Zelensky said in a post on More
At least 12 US troops were injured in an Iranian strike on Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia, according to media reports. A report by The New York Times, citing two US officials who were not authorized to speak publicly, said the attack left 12 American service members wounded, including two in serious condition. More
Pakistan will host a meeting of foreign ministers from Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Egypt in Islamabad on March 29-30 to discuss efforts to ease regional tensions. In a statement, the Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry said the visits would take place on Sunday and Monday at the invitation of Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammad Ishaq More
More than 1,900 people have been killed in Iran since the start of the United States and Israeli attacks on the country, says the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC). Reuters reported the figure was provided by Maria Martinez, an IFRC official, based on data from the Iranian Red Crescent. According More
