Iran defiant as clock ticks down on Trump's threat to unleash 'hell'

Iran says Pakistani mediation efforts at 'critical stage'
7 April 2026, 16:18 PM

After milestone-rich lunar flyby, astronauts start trip home

From solar eclipses and meteor strikes to naming new craters, the historic mission pushes humanity further into space
7 April 2026, 13:53 PM

Russia supplies Iran with cyber support, spy imagery to hone attacks: Ukraine

The conclusions, reviewed by Reuters, also found that Russian and Iranian hackers were collaborating in the cyber domain.
7 April 2026, 12:35 PM

'Pakistan's efforts to stop war on Iran reaching critical stage'

Iran’s ambassador to Pakistan says diplomatic push intensifying to prevent further escalation
7 April 2026, 11:58 AM

Asian airlines trim schedules and carry extra fuel as supplies tighten

European carriers are bracing for similar disruption after Iran's closure of the Strait of Hormuz cut off nearly 21% of global seaborne jet fuel supply, according to Kpler.
7 April 2026, 11:07 AM

Who will blink first? Trump wants talks to end war, but Iran won’t easily bow to pressure

Iran’s hardline regime is known to have compromised only twice in its 47-year history. And US president is well known to climb down after issuing outsized threats, all in the name of negotiations
7 April 2026, 10:05 AM

Trump praises Artemis astronauts: 'You've made history'

Trump ended the call by inviting the astronauts to the White House
7 April 2026, 09:09 AM

Vietnam parliament elects party chief To Lam as president

After securing another term as the party's general secretary in January, Lam will now take over the number two position in Vietnamese politics -- unifying leadership of the party and state as President Xi Jinping did in neighbouring China
7 April 2026, 09:00 AM

UN expected to vote on watered-down Hormuz resolution on Tuesday

Iran resists reopening Strait, seeks lasting end to war amid US pressure
7 April 2026, 08:55 AM

Trump threatens jail for reporter who revealed Iran airman rescue

Trump's remarks at a White House press conference represented a significant escalation of the administration's attacks on the press.
7 April 2026, 08:25 AM

Iran rejects ceasefire as Trump ramps up threats ahead of deadline

Responding to a US proposal through mediator Pakistan, Tehran rejected a ceasefire and said a permanent end to the war was necessary, the official IRNA news agency reported.
7 April 2026, 08:21 AM

‘Historic day’: Astronauts farther than any human ever gone

The four astronauts embarking on Nasa’s lunar flyby yesterday became the humans to travel furthest from our planet, as they get set to view areas of the Moon never before seen by the naked eye.
7 April 2026, 04:30 AM

Nigeria army kills 65 ‘bandits’ in single operation

Nigeria’s military has killed more than 60 members of criminal gangs known as bandits, blamed for most of the country’s mass kidnappings, said a Sunday security report seen by AFP.
7 April 2026, 00:55 AM

Rohingya genocide: Rights group files complaint against Min Aung Hlaing

Rohingya representatives and a rights group yesterday filed a complaint with Indonesia’s attorney general against Myanmar’s president-elect Min Aung Hlaing for alleged rights abuses against the minority group, the prosecutor’s office in Jakarta told AFP.
7 April 2026, 00:35 AM

Vietnam parliament convenes to confirm new state leaders

Lawmakers in Vietnam re-elected Tran Thanh Man as chairman of the National Assembly yesterday, giving him a second term as head of the country’s top legislative body.
7 April 2026, 00:32 AM

US can ‘take out’ entire Iran in a day

President Donald Trump yesterday said the US military can destroy all of Iran’s bridges and power plants in four hours, or even take out the entire country, if Tehran does not meet his deadline to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, as Tehran pushed back against pressure to accept a ceasefire.
7 April 2026, 00:30 AM

Trump orders citizenship lists

The Trump administration is intensifying its campaign against alleged voter fraud, taking new steps toward building a national citizen database and ramping up its hunt for suspected noncitizen voters — all under the banner of “election integrity.”
7 April 2026, 00:00 AM

US rescues downed F-15 crew from Iran in $500m mission

The US military has successfully evacuated a pilot and an airman from Iranian territory after an American F-15E Strike Eagle jet was shot down inside the Islamic Republic.
7 April 2026, 00:00 AM

US airman rescue may mask bid to steal uranium

Iran’s foreign ministry said yesterday that a US operation to rescue a downed airman may have been a cover to “steal enriched uranium” from the Islamic republic.
7 April 2026, 00:00 AM

Targeting civilian sites ‘illegal’

Striking civilian infrastructure installations during war is illegal, EU chief Antonio Costa said in a social media post yesterday.
7 April 2026, 00:00 AM