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Rafale pilots ‘told’ to take cover after Iranian missiles landed ‘near’ Al Dhafra

12:54 pm July 29, 2020

Al Dhafra/New Delhi: Indian fighter pilots were reportedly told to take cover after Al Dhafra, wherein five French-built Rafale fighter jets were on overnight halt during their way to India, went on alert following Iranian ballistic missile launch. Reportedly, at least three Iranian missiles landed near the Al Dhafra airbase in the United Arab Emirates […]

Indian couple found dead in flat in UAE

6:05 pm July 26, 2020

Dubai: An Indian couple have been found dead under mysterious circumstances in their flat in Abu Dhabi, media reports said. Janardhanan Pattiery, 57, and Minija, 52, from Kerala’s Kozhikode district, were residents of Abu Dhabi for nearly 18 years, Khaleej Times reported. Pattiery, who worked with a travel agency, had recently lost his job. Minija was a chartered accountant. “They were calm and quiet people. I […]

Internet disruption reported in southeast Iran amid unrest

Iran estimates it has 25 million coronavirus infections

8:26 pm July 18, 2020

Tehran: Iran’s president on Saturday estimated as many as 25 million Iranians could have been infected with the coronavirus since the outbreak’s beginning, as he urged the public to take the pandemic seriously, the state-run IRNA news agency reported Saturday. Hassan Rouhani cited a new Iranian Health Ministry study in offering the unprecedentedly high numbers. […]

Tanker off UAE sought by US over Iran sanctions ‘hijacked’

8:07 pm July 15, 2020

Dubai : An oil tanker sought by the US over allegedly circumventing sanctions on Iran was hijacked on July 5 off the coast of the United Arab Emirates, a seafarers organisation said Wednesday. Satellite photos showed the vessel in Iranian waters on Tuesday and two of its sailors remained in the Iranian capital. It wasn’t immediately clear what […]

Iran blames bad communication, alignment for jet shootdown

11:11 pm July 12, 2020

Tehran: A misaligned missile battery, miscommunication between troops and their commanders, and a decision to fire without authorization all led to Iran’s Revolutionary Guard shooting down a Ukrainian jetliner in January, killing all 176 people on board, a new report says. The report released late Saturday by Iran’s Civil Aviation Organization comes months after the […]