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News Desk ABU DHABI: Gas facilities in Abu Dhabi have been shut down after missile debris fell during interception attempts, according to the Abu Dhabi Media Office. The incident led to the suspension of operations at the Habshan gas facilities, raising concerns over regional security. Authorities said they are dealing with incidents at both the gas facilities and the Bab oil field, adding that operations were halted as a precaution. Officials confirmed that no casualties have been reported as a result of the incident. Emergency teams are assessing the situation and taking necessary measures to ensure safety and resume operations.…

News Desk BERLIN: German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said that if Germany had been consulted, it would have advised the United States against launching an attack on Iran. Speaking in the lower house of parliament, he said Berlin still has many unanswered questions about the strategy behind the US and Israeli campaign that began on February 28. Merz said there is no convincing plan so far explaining how the operation could succeed, adding that Washington neither consulted Germany nor considered European support necessary. He noted that Germany’s position has become more critical in recent days, although it initially took a cautious…

News Desk ABU DHABI: Gas facilities in Abu Dhabi have been shut down after missile debris fell during interception attempts, according to the Abu Dhabi Media Office. The incident led to the suspension of operations at the Habshan gas facilities, raising concerns over regional security. Authorities said they are dealing with incidents at both the gas facilities and the Bab oil field, adding that operations were halted as a precaution. Officials confirmed that no casualties have been reported as a result of the incident. Emergency teams are assessing the situation and taking necessary measures to ensure safety and resume operations.…

News Desk TEHRAN: Tens of thousands of mourners gathered in Tehran’s Revolution Square on Wednesday for the funeral of Iran’s top security official, Ali Larijani, who was killed in an Israeli airstrike along with his son and the commander of the Basij paramilitary force. The crowds, many chanting “Allahu Akbar,” filled the square for the mass procession for Larijani, secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, and Gholamreza Soleimani, head of the Basij. The ceremony also honoured dozens of navy personnel killed in a separate US torpedo attack on an Iranian ship off the coast of Sri Lanka on 4…

News Desk ABU DHABI: The United Arab Emirates has said it is ready to help secure the Strait of Hormuz under US leadership, as tensions in the region continue to rise. Adviser to the UAE president, Anwar Gargash, said protecting global energy supply routes is a shared international responsibility. Meanwhile, Iran has asked India to return three oil tankers if Indian vessels are to pass through the Strait of Hormuz, after New Delhi reportedly seized the ships before the conflict began. Reports suggest 22 Indian vessels remain stranded in the strategic waterway. In Karachi, the Iranian Consul General said the…

Third senior leader killed in 24 hours as Netanyahu grants military ‘carte blanche’ to hunt officials News Desk TEL AVIV: Israel has claimed to assassinate Iran’s intelligence minister, Esmaeil Khatib, in a precision airstrike deep inside Tehran, the Israel Defense Forces confirmed last night. The killing marks the third high-ranking Iranian official to be eliminated in two days and signals a dramatic escalation in the ongoing conflict. Military fighter jets launched the overnight strike on the Iranian capital, targeting the minister directly. Khatib, a Shiite cleric and former student of the late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, had overseen the…

News Desk TEHRAN: Iran has unleashed a barrage of missiles on Israel in retaliation for the martyrdom of security chief Ali Larijani and all other martyrs, claiming to have killed 200 Israelis in the strikes. According to Iranian media, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) launched intense attacks on Tel Aviv following Larijani’s assassination, asserting that 100 missiles struck their targets, resulting in 200 Israeli casualties including both killed and wounded. Iranian state TV reported that Tel Aviv was targeted with missiles carrying cluster warheads in response to Larijani’s martyrdom, with Israeli military installations also coming under fire. The IRGC…

News Desk TEHRAN: Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has held the United States responsible for attacks near civilian areas in Gulf countries, stating that American forces have begun moving from military bases into civilian neighborhoods and hotels. In an interview with an Arab television network, Araghchi claimed that this relocation by US forces has resulted in locations near populated areas becoming targets. The Iranian foreign minister said that wherever American forces or their installations were present, they were targeted, acknowledging that some of the targeted locations may have been near civilian areas. He expressed concern that these attacks have caused…

News Desk KABUL: The National Mobilization Front (NMF) has announced the formation of a front against the extremism and aggression of the Afghan Taliban regime, with the group comprising youth from Afghanistan’s northern and eastern provinces. According to the NMF, the Afghan people see no alternative but to stand against the Taliban, as a large segment of the population remains distressed by political, economic, cultural and social problems under the current administration. The NMF stated that if jihad against the Soviet Union was once deemed a religious obligation, confronting the Taliban today has become an even greater duty. The group…

News Desk TEHRAN: At least seven people have been martyred and 56 others wounded in US and Israeli strikes on Iran’s Lorestan province, according to Iranian officials. The deputy governor of Lorestan province confirmed that attacks targeted the city of Dorud, with international media reporting that rural areas in Chgeni district were also hit. In the Chgeni rural region alone, four people were killed and eight others wounded as American and Israeli forces expanded their bombing campaign deeper into Iranian territory. The strikes represent an escalation in the ongoing conflict that began on February 28 when the United States and…