India evacuates fresh batch of 292 Indians from Iran

NEW DELHI: India on Tuesday continued evacuation of its citizens from Iran with over 2,200 Indians brought back from the Persian Gulf nation so far, amid escalating tensions following the US bombing of three Iranian nuclear sites. Two-hundred-ninety-two Indian nationals were evacuated from Iran on a special flight that arrived in New Delhi from Mashhad […]

At SCO meet in China, Rajnath Singh to pitch for greater cooperation to counter terrorism

NEW DELHI:In line with India’s diplomatic offensive against Pakistan-backed cross-border terrorism, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh is set to press the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) to ramp up efforts to contain terrorism at a two-day conclave of the bloc in China’s Qingdao that begins on Wednesday. Singh is travelling to Qingdao, a port city in China’s […]

Qatar PM secured Iran’s approval for ceasefire with Israel after Trump call

Doha [Qatar], Qatar’s Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani secured Iran’s approval for a US-proposed ceasefire in the conflict with Israel, Reuters reported, quoting an official briefed on the negotiations. PM Al Thani obtained Tehran’s agreement during a phone call with Iranian officials, Reuters reported. The conversation followed US President Donald Trump’s communication […]

NSA Ajit Doval meets Chinese Foreign Minister, Wang Yi in Beijing

Beijing: National Security Adviser Ajit Doval met with Wang Yi, member of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, and China’s Foreign Minister on Monday in Beijing on the sidelines of the 20th Meeting of the SCO Security Council Secretaries. According to the Ministry of External Affairs, NSA Doval […]

Israeli Air Force hits core of Iranian regime control in Tehran

Tel Aviv [Israel],: Israeli Air Force fighter jets struck command centres and assets in Tehran tasked with holding the Iranian regime’s grip on power, the Israel Defence Forces said on Monday. The targets included various branches of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) and the Internal Security Forces, which were involved in defending homeland security, […]

Israel using electronic warfare to thwart Iranian drone attacks

Tel Aviv [Israel],: Israel is leveraging advanced electronic warfare to intercept Iranian drones, the Israel Defence Forces disclosed on Monday. Soldiers from the Spectrum Warfare 5114th Battalion, operating under the J6 and Cyber Defence Directorate, have thwarted dozens of attempted infiltrations by hostile unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in recent days. “The UAVs arrive from Iranian […]