Israel and Iran strike at each other in new wave of attacks

June 15, 2025

Israel and Iran launched fresh attacks on each other overnight into Sunday, stoking fears of a wider conflict after Israel expanded its surprise campaign against its main rival with a strike on the world’s biggest gas field, Reuters reports. Tehran called off nuclear talks that Washington had said were the only way to halt Israel’s […]Continue Reading

Iran reports downing third Israeli jet, two pilots in custody

June 14, 2025

PARBATTA NEWS DESK Iran’s Army has reported shooting down a third Israeli F-35 fighter jet, likely using Iranian-made air defence systems, the Tehran Times reported on Friday, citing national television. The report said the pilot ejected and was captured in western Iran. According to the Tehran Times, three F-35s have been downed since Israel began […]Continue Reading

Sunday’s US-Iran nuclear talks cancelled, Oman says

June 14, 2025

The latest round of US-Iran nuclear talks scheduled for Sunday in Muscat will not take place, Omani Foreign Minister Badr Albusaidi said on X on Saturday. Oman has been mediating the talks, Reuters reports. Albusaidi’s statement came a day after Israel launched a sweeping air offensive against Iran, killing commanders and scientists and bombing nuclear […]Continue Reading

Iran launches waves of missiles at Israel in response to airstrikes

June 14, 2025

Iran and Israel targeted each other with missiles and airstrikes early on Saturday after Israel launched its biggest-ever air offensive against its longtime foe in a bid to prevent it from developing a nuclear weapon, Reuters reports. Air raid sirens sounded in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, Israel’s two largest cities, sending residents rushing into shelters […]Continue Reading

Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said they targeted dozens of targets in Israel

June 13, 2025

Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said they carried out attacks against dozens of targets in Israel in retaliation for the latter’s biggest attacks ever against Iran, Reuters reports.Continue Reading

Pakistan’s President Zardari hosts Tigers, says ‘need to mend hearts’ over 1971

June 1, 2025

PARBATTA NEWS DESK President Asif Ali Zardari has said that Pakistan intends to forge strong bilateral relations with Bangladesh in all areas including commerce, trade, sports, culture, and people-to-people ties, Pakistan’s The Nation reported on Sunday. Speaking at a reception hosted for the Bangladesh and Pakistan men’s cricket teams at the Governor’s House in Punjab Continue Reading

Pakistan army chief General Asim Munir promoted to field marshal

May 21, 2025

Pakistan’s army chief General Asim Munir will be promoted to the rank of field marshal, the prime minister’s office said in a statement on Tuesday, the first time in almost 60 years that a general has been elevated to the role, Reuters reports. His promotion, which was approved by the cabinet chaired by Prime Minister […]Continue Reading

Spanish premier calls Israel ‘genocidal state,’ says Spain ‘does not do business’ with it

May 17, 2025

The Spanish prime minister on Wednesday described Israel as a “genocidal state” and said Spain “does not do business with such a country,” marking his strongest language yet on the issue, Anadolu Agency reports. During a parliamentary question-and-answer session in Madrid, Pedro Sanchez responded to criticism from Gabriel Rufian, a Catalan member of Continue Reading

At least 31 suspected Maoist rebels killed in India’s ‘biggest ever operation’ against decades-old insurgency

May 17, 2025

Indian police have killed 31 suspected Maoist rebels in what is being described as the “biggest ever operation” against the long-running insurgency, CNN reports. Security forces spent 21 days attempting to capture the rebels along the border of the states of Chhattisgarh and Telangana in central India, Home Minister Amit Shah said Wednesday. Describing the […]Continue Reading

US would make Gaza a ‘freedom zone’, Trump says in Qatar

May 17, 2025

President Donald Trump on Thursday reiterated his desire to take over the Gaza Strip, telling a business roundtable in Qatar that the U.S. would “make it a freedom zone” and arguing there was nothing left to save in the Palestinian territory, Reuters reports. Trump first pitched his Gaza idea in February, saying the U.S. would […]Continue Reading