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US-Iran War News Live Update: Iran fired on at least three ships in the Strait of Hormuz and has seized two of them, intensifying its assault on the trade done through the key waterway. The attacks came just hours after US President Donald Trump extended a ceasefire in Iran while also maintaining an American blockade…
Last Updated:April 24, 2026, 12:13 AM IST From the Iranian perspective, General Asim Munir’s involvement is viewed with deep suspicion, with officials in Tehran characterising his efforts as a ‘one-sided game’ The failure to convince Iran to commit to a second round of the Islamabad Talks without significant and immediate US concessions underscores the reality…
Last Updated:April 23, 2026, 11:17 PM IST Mojtaba Khamenei remains hidden after US-Israeli strikes. He is reportedly ruling Iran while recovering from severe injuries as doctors and couriers manage access and decisions. Iran’s Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei. (Image Courtesy: Rouzbeh Fouladi/ZUMA Wire) Since the day Mojtaba Khamenei took charge of Iran as its new Supreme…
Last Updated:April 23, 2026, 9:36 PM IST The community numbers around 10,000 people, with nearly half already having migrated to Israel since the 1990s. The B’nei Menashe community is concentrated largely in Manipur and Mizoram in India’s northeast. Israel is set to airlift around 250 members of the B’nei Menashe community from India to Tel…
Cyber criminals hacked into the Sri Lankan finance ministry’s computer system and siphoned off $2.5 million, the government said Thursday, the most amount of cash ever stolen by hackers from a state institution in the debt-saddled country. The cyber attack is a major blow to Sri Lanka, which is recovering from a crippling economic crisis…
Last Updated:April 23, 2026, 8:13 PM IST In a major policy shift, the US government has moved certain cannabis products out of its most restrictive drug category and into a far less severe one. Cannabis has moved from a category that includes heroin to one closer to medicines like Tylenol with codeine. For decades, marijuana…
Last Updated:April 23, 2026, 6:55 PM IST Trump Hell-Hole Remark Row: The clarification came after Trump reposted a transcript of a conservative political talk show hosted by American radio host Michael Savage. US President Donald Trump (Image Credit: Reuters) Trump Hell-Hole Remark Row: US President Donald Trump issued a clarification over remarks that referred to…
Last Updated:April 23, 2026, 6:00 PM IST North Korea Escape: The family, identified as the Kims, crossed the Yellow Sea in May 2023 in a two-hour night journey that relied on years of planning. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. (Image: Reuters) North Korea Escape: Eight members of a North Korean family fled the isolated…
Last Updated:April 23, 2026, 5:07 pm IST Indian travellers transiting via France will no longer need an airport transit visa if they remain within the transit zone. A passenger takes a picture of a departure board in the Paris CDG Terminal 2F at the Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport, in Roissy-en-France, near Paris. (IMAGE: REUTERS) France…
Last Updated:April 23, 2026, 4:09 PM IST Iran says it has received its first Hormuz transit toll revenues but has not disclosed the amount. A boat sails in the waters of the Strait of Hormuz off Khasab in Oman’s northern Musandam peninsula. (IMAGE: AFP) Iranian Parliament Deputy Speaker Hamidreza Haji Babaei on Thursday said the…