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The Strait of Hormuz, located between Oman and Iran, is a key global maritime chokepoint through which a significant share of the world's oil, refined petroleum products and liquefied natural gas shipments pass.

Pepe Escobar claimed that the Pakistani military intelligence intercepted a Mossad plan to assassinate Army Chief Asim Munir. They subsequently warned Tel Aviv of "wiping it off the planet", he said.

The embassy has also called upon all Indian nationals and Persons of Indian Origin (PIOs) in Iran who have not yet registered with the mission to do so at the earliest.

Move comes amid renewed diplomatic engagement between Tehran and New Delhi following the Israel-Iran ceasefire agreement.

The A380, the world's largest passenger aircraft, entered service in 2007 and has carried more than 300 million passengers across over 800,000 flights.

Grossi says renewed inspections are necessary within the 60-day US-Iran understanding, while Tehran says no inspection programme exists.

Trump signed an executive order in January 2025 directing the Pentagon to submit a plan for what was called "Iron Dome for America," modelled on Israel's short-range system.

Bill Gates told US lawmakers he believed Jeffrey Epstein may have been considering blackmailing him using information on his extramarital affairs.

US DHS proposes raising citizenship fee from $760 to $1,330 and removing waivers. Indians, a major applicant group, may be heavily impacted. Plan is still draft and open for public consultation before final approval.

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has tasked a team to develop Arena, a prediction market app with a points-based system, allowing users to engage in live event predictions without real money stakes.

The Senate voted 50-48 on Tuesday to pass the resolution calling on Trump to halt military action against Iran or seek congressional approval before any further strikes, after it had already cleared the House earlier in June.

More than half of France remains under a red alert, the highest heatwave warning level, with the national weather agency, Météo-France, forecasting "exceptionally high temperatures, both day and night."

Trump has said he would 'cancel the meetings right now' if Iran's denial of the inspections were confirmed, insisting Tehran had agreed to '100% inspections' under the deal.

The US Senate passed a war powers resolution requiring congressional approval for further military action against Iran, marking a rare challenge to President Trump's authority despite an expected veto.

Trump made the remarks while lauding the outcome of a diplomatic agreement finalised with Iran last week.

Many children in Sri Lanka still do not eat enough, and a large portion of the country's population lives below the poverty line.

Iran and Oman "agreed to maintain their dialogue on this issue through a joint working group", according to an official statement.

The broader US market recovered from its intraday lows as gains in defensive stocks, along with advances in technology giants such as Microsoft and Amazon, helped partially offset the weakness in semiconductor shares.

Pakistan PM says Iran's missile programme was never part of the US agreement, backs Tehran's right to retain ballistic capabilities and credits military diplomacy for ceasefire breakthrough.

The move could potentially put extra pressure on international fuel supplies.