TEHRAN: Iran is to launch a three-day annual navy drill from Friday in a vast area of the Gulf and the Indian Ocean including a sensitive global shipping route, state TV reported on Thursday. "The drill will be held in the waters of Strait of Hormuz, Makran coast, Oman Sea and the north of the Indian Ocean, covering 2 million square kilometres and going on for three days," said Rear Admiral Hossein Khanzadi, Iran´s navy commander. The exercise aims to evaluate the navy´s equipment, practice launching weapons and "enable the troops to gain readiness for a real battle," he added.
Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Iraq's Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani exchange signed agreements....
Former US president Donald Trump awaits opening arguments in his New York 'hush money' trial. — AFP NEW YORK: New...
A representational image of Chinese and German flags. — AFP/File BERLIN: Three Germans have been arrested on...
Ukrainian forces targeting a Russian position in the Kharkiv region on Sunday. — TassMOSCOW: Russia said on Monday...
A representational showing pilgrims gathered around the Kaaba at the Grand Mosque in the holy city of Makkah —...
Taiwan's eastern Hualien region was also the epicentre of a magnitude-7.4 quake in April 3, which caused landslides...