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Bahrain 's interior ‌ministry said ​on Saturday it had arrested 41 people it said were ⁠linked to Iran 's Revolutionary Guards (IRGC), the state news agency reported. The ‌ministry said security authorities uncovered ‌a group linked to Iran 's ‌IRGC, adding ‌that investigations ‌by the public prose

Washington: President Donald Trump has renewed his criticism of Pope Leo XIV, potentially complicating a fence-mending visit that Secretary of State Marco Rubio plans to make this week to the Vatican. In an interview with conservative commentator Hugh Hewitt, Trump said the first American-born pont

Mogadishu: Suspected Somali pirates hijacked a fuel tanker off the northeastern coast of Somalia, according to a local official and the British military. The vessel was seized on Wednesday in waters between the coastal towns of Hafun and Bandarbeyla in the semi-autonomous state of Puntland along th

Abu Dhabi: The foreign ministers of the UAE, Jordan, Türkiye, Egypt, Indonesia, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and Qatar have condemned settlers’ incursions into Al‑Aqsa Mosque. The ministers condemned the repeated violations of the historic and legal status quo in Jerusalem’s Islamic and Christian holy s

A second round of talks between Israel and Lebanon is set to start Thursday in Washington, while the prospects of Iran-US talks in Pakistan seem dubious as the Islamic Republic accused the Americans of a "lack of good faith" in negotiations. Iran fired on three ships in the Strait of Hormuz and sei

Seoul: A South Korean court said ​on Wednesday it had sentenced a former researcher ‌at ​Samsung Electronics to seven years in prison for leaking semiconductor technology to a Chinese company. The Seoul Central District Court found the defendant, identified only by his surname, guilty of violating

Malabo, Equatorial Guinea: Pope Leo XIV arrived in Equatorial Guinea on Tuesday on the fourth and final leg of his Africa journey and denounced the "colonisation" of Africa 's minerals and the "lust for power" in a country whose repressive leader has been in office since 1979. Adoring crowds in the

London: ​Britain 's communications regulator on Tuesday launched an investigation into Telegram after evidence suggested child sexual abuse material ⁠was being shared on the platform and teen chat sites were being used ‌by predators to groom children. The watchdog, Ofcom, said it had ‌also opened i

London: Britain set out ​plans to weaken the link between its ‌cost of ​electricity and volatile gas prices on Tuesday, saying it would seek to force older renewable energy generators onto fixed contracts in a bid to bring down consumer bills. Britain has some ⁠of the highest electricity prices in

Cairo: Ahmed Aboul Gheit, Secretary-General of the Arab League, stated that Iran and Israel pursue projects of regional hegemony that constitute primary causes of instability. He noted that the Arab region has faced two major threats in its contemporary history: the first from Israel since its occu

Shreveport: A Louisiana father fatally shot eight children, including seven of his own, in an attack on his family Sunday morning that stretched across two houses in a Shreveport neighborhood left shaken by one of the nation’s deadliest mass shootings in recent years, police said. Two women, includ

Paris: European allies fear US negotiating team is pushing for a swift, headline‑grabbing framework deal with Iran that could entrench rather than resolve deeper problems, diplomats with experience dealing with Tehran said. They worry Washington, eager to claim a diplomatic win for President Donald