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TEHRAN: Iran said on Sunday that Europe was not in a position to criticise Tehran for its military capabilities, and called on European leaders to normalise economic ties with the Islamic Republic despite US sanctions or face consequences. President Donald Trump last year withdrew the United States from a nuclear …

SANA’A: Yemen’s Houthis launched multiple drone attacks targeting Jizan airport in Saudi Arabia near the border with Yemen, the group’s Al-Masirah tweeted on Sunday. The attacks targeted Saudi drone bunkers and stations in the airport, it added. There was no Saudi confirmation of the attacks.

  HK: Hong Kong witnessed the largest protest since its 1997 handover to China on Sunday as huge crowds massed against plans to allow extraditions to the mainland, a proposal that has plunged the city’s pro-Beijing leaders into a crisis. Organisers said more than a million people marched in blazing …

Tel Aviv – Iran will suffer dire consequences if it threatens Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu warned as he ordered illustrative air raids in Syria, reminding voters in the looming snap elections of his firm stance on the occupied Golan Heights. In a rare public acknowledgement of Israeli cross-border operations, Netanyahu on …

Washington DC – Multiple US Air Force aircraft, including a B-52 strategic bomber, have joined USS Abraham Lincoln carrier in the Arabian Sea for a complex ‘simulated strike operations’ exercise to get ready to take on Iran on first notice. The drills witnessed F/A-18 Super Hornets, MH-60 Sea Hawk helicopters …

Three explosions struck the Afghan capital on Sunday, killing at least two people and injuring 24 others, officials said. At least two Afghan journalists were also injured in the blasts, according to a local non-governmental media organisation. The first bomb was attached to a bus carrying university students. It was …

The Proteas, chasing a target of 331, managed to score 309 runs in their allotted 50 overs at a loss of eight wickets.

DUBAI  – President Hassan Rouhani on Saturday suggested Iran may be willing to hold talks if the United States showed it respect, but said Tehran would not be pressured into negotiations, the semi-official Fars news agency reported. Iran and the United States have been drawn into starker confrontation in the …

LEBANON – Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, the leader of Hezbollah movement, said it was unlikely Washington and its allies would launch a war against Tehran as they would pay a heavy price. The U.S. military has sent forces, including an aircraft carrier and B-52 bombers, to the region to counter what …