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18 March declared holiday, Eid vacation extended to seven days

The government has decided to declare 18 March a public holiday in addition to the previously announced leave to ensure smooth travel for people heading home during Eid-ul-Fitr. The decision

Canada PM says can’t rule out military participation in Iran war

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said Thursday that he couldn’t rule out his country’s military participation in the escalating war in the Middle East. Carney’s visit to Australia this week

Iran, Israel launch fresh strikes

Israel launched fresh strikes on Iran and Lebanon, where state media reported a residential building was hit on Wednesday, as Iran’s Guards said they had sealed off one of the

Sri Lanka rescues Iranian sailors in Indian ocean

Sri Lanka foreign minister, Vijitha Herath, said that his country’s navy rescued 32 ‘critically wounded’ sailors aboard the Iranian frigate IRIS Dena, which sank Wednesday just outside the island’s territorial waters.

Nepal readies for pivotal post-uprising vote

Nepal set up polling centres on Wednesday for one of its most hotly contested elections since the end of civil war in 2006, six months after deadly anti-corruption protests toppled

Trump insists he attacked Iran on his own terms

US president Donald Trump and his team scrambled Tuesday to reclaim the narrative on why he decided to attack Iran, after his top diplomat suggested the US struck only after

Meet Ayatollah Alireza Arafi, Iran’s Newly Appointed Interim Supreme Leader

Ayatollah Alireza Arafi was appointed jurist member of Iran’s interim Leadership Council on Sunday. This came after the assassination of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei by the US and Israel. The

ACC chairman, two commissioners resign

Chairman of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC), Dr Mohammad Abdul Momen, and two commissioners — Mian Mohammad Ali Akbar Azizi and Brigadier General (Retd) Hafiz Ahsan Farid — have submitted their