MIDDLE EAST

Chabahar Port a game changer;achieves record single loading of cargo: Mandaviya

9:07 pm July 1, 2020

New Delhi: The strategic Chabahar Port in Iran achieved a new milestone on Tuesday by handling a record 76 TEUs of cargo, Union minister Mansukh Mandaviya said on Wednesday. Chabahar port, located in the Sistan-Balochistan province in the energy-rich Iran’s southern coast, lies outside the Persian Gulf and is easily accessed from India’s western coast, bypassing Pakistan. “Chabahar Port is scaling up its operations drastically. India Ports […]

Indian Navy repatriates over 600 Indians from Iran

4:28 pm July 1, 2020

Tuticorin: The Indian Navy on Wednesday repatriated over 600 Indians from Iran as part of the Centre’s “Samudra Setu” mission to evacuate stranded Indian citizens from abroad. Indian Navy Ship Jalashwa repatriated 687 Indian nationals from Iran and arrived at the VOC Port here today. It had left Bandar Abbas in Iran on June 25. […]

Israeli defense chief says West Bank annexation ‘will wait’

10:45 pm June 29, 2020

Jerusalem: Israel‘s defense minister says Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s plan to begin annexing West Bank territory will have to wait due to the country’s coronavirus crisis. Benny Gantz, who also holds the title of alternative prime minister, told his Blue and White Party on Monday that his top priority is helping the country navigate the health and economic crisis stemming […]

Satellite image: Iran blast was near suspected missile site

12:53 pm June 28, 2020

Dubai: An explosion that rattled Iran‘s capital came from an area in its eastern mountains that analysts believe hides an underground tunnel system and missile production sites, satellite photographs showed Saturday. What exploded in the incident early Friday that sent a massive fireball into the sky near Tehran remains unclear, as does the cause of the blast. […]

CMS holds Global Interfaith Convention to promote communal harmony

Egypt executes Libyan militant for plotting deadly attack

11:16 pm June 27, 2020

Cairo: Egypt on Saturday executed a Libyan militant convicted of plotting an attack that killed at least 16 police officers in 2017, the military said. Abdel-Rahim al-Mosmari was hanged in a Cairo prison after a military appeals court upheld his death sentence last week, the military said. The deadly attack southwest of the Egyptian capital took place in October […]