World12 May 2026 | 3:57 PMTehran, May 12 (UNI) A senior official in Iran's Revolutionary Guards navy said Strait of Hormuz has been “significantly expanded” into a broader strategic and operational maritime zone, and Tehran would not allow any violation of its waters or interests, state media reported on Tuesday.
see more.. 12 May 2026 | 3:14 PMAbu Dhabi, May 12 (UNI) The United Arab Emirates' main gas-processing complex, one of the world's largest, will not resume full capacity production until next year following damage caused by Iranian attacks during the recent war.
see more.. 12 May 2026 | 2:41 PMBeirut, May 12 (UNI) The Lebanese group Hezbollah said it carried out 20 military operations against Israeli forces in southern Lebanon over the past day, according to a statement issued on Monday.
see more.. 12 May 2026 | 2:37 PMWashington/Beijing, May 12 (UNI) US President Donald Trump departed for Beijing and is scheduled to have a high-stakes meeting with China’s leader Xi Jinping, carrying a packed agenda of trade, war diplomacy, and Taiwan, for his first visit to the East Asian country since 2017 and the most consequential US-China summit in decades.
see more.. 12 May 2026 | 2:37 PMWashington/Islamabad, May 12 (UNI) While Pakistan was diplomatically shaking hands with Washington as a peacemaker, Iranian military jets were quietly touching down on its soil, thus shielded from American airstrikes, a report that has now blown up Islamabad's carefully crafted image of neutrality.
see more.. 12 May 2026 | 2:36 PMWashington, May 12 (UNI) The United States Central Command (CENTCOM) has announced plans to conduct large-scale military exercises in June involving participants from nearly a dozen Central and South Asian countries.
see more.. 11 May 2026 | 10:59 PMIslamabad/Washinton, May 11 (UNI) Pakistan’s Chief of Army Staff - Chief of Defence Forces Field Marshal Asim Munir has given some tall tales, and fantastical narratives of a fictional victory against India, at the one-year anniversary of India’s Operation Sindoor. The claims were however, debunked following recent disclosures from the US, which majorly contradict Islamabad’s claims of how the hostilities were ended.
see more.. 11 May 2026 | 9:57 PMKathmandu, May 11 (UNI) A Turkish Airlines aircraft caught fire while landing at Nepal’s Tribhuvan International Airport on Monday, prompting an emergency evacuation of passengers and crew.
see more.. 11 May 2026 | 9:39 PMWashington, May 11 (UNI) US President Donald Trump on Monday morning, speaking to CBS News via phone call said that he is aiming to suspend the federal gas tax "for a period of time." .
see more.. 11 May 2026 | 9:23 PMRiyadh, May 11 (UNI) The CEO of Saudi Arabia's state-owned energy giant Saudi Aramco, Amin al-Nasser, today issued a stark warning, stating that the ongoing disruptions in shipping through the Strait of Hormuz caused by the US-Israel war with Iran have triggered some of the biggest and worst shocks to hit the global energy markets, further cautioning that this hit on the energy sector was only likely to worsen.
see more.. 11 May 2026 | 8:01 PMJerusalem, May 11 (UNI) Foreign Ministers from all the 27 nations of the European union have greenlit sanctions against violent Israeli settlers and organisations supporting them, said EU Foreign Policy chief Kaja Kallas today, along with new sanctions against leaders of the Hamas terror group in the West Bank.
see more.. 11 May 2026 | 7:32 PMBrussels, May 11 (UNI) Vice-President of the European Commission Kaja Kallas on Monday criticised Russian President Vladimir Putin over what she described as "very cynical" ceasefire calls related to the war in Ukraine.
see more.. 11 May 2026 | 7:07 PMWashington, May 11 (UNI) As US President Donald Trump visits China this week, three major issues are set to collide -- the unresolved war in Iran, the uncertain future of US-China relations, and the growing global race to control artificial intelligence, in what could become one of the most consequential stretches of Trump's presidency, reports Axios.
see more.. 11 May 2026 | 6:51 PMBeirut, May 11 (UNI) Israel’s parallel war with the Hezbollah militants in southern Lebanon continued well into the weekend, with the IDF warning more civilians to evacuate their villages as the death toll in the country almost totalled 3,000.
see more.. 11 May 2026 | 6:37 PMLondon, May 11 (UNI) British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Monday vowed to “prove doubters wrong” and fight any leadership challenge as he unveiled a major political reset following Labour’s heavy local election setbacks, warning that Britain faced “very dangerous opponents” and risked going “down a very dark path” if his party failed to respond decisively.
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