Day: March 14, 2026

US Strikes Iran: Though Trump called Kharg island Iran’s “crown jewel”, it was dubbed many years ago as the “orphan pearl of the Persian Gulf” by celebrated Iranian writer Jalal Al-e-Ahmad. New Delhi: Spread over a meagre 20 square kilometres, Iran’s Kharg island processes 90 per cent of the country’s total oil exports, driving the…

The government noted that Wangchuk had already undergone nearly half of the maximum period of preventive detention under the NSA. The Union Government has revoked the detention of environmental activist Sonam Wangchuk under the National Security Act (NSA), stating that the decision was taken in order to restore peace and create an atmosphere conducive to…

Tehran threatens to reduce US-linked oil facilities in the region to a ‘pile of ashes’ if oil structures on the island are attacked. United States President Donald Trump has said the country’s military bombed military installations on Iran’s Kharg island, warning the area’s critical oil facilities could be next if Iran continues to block the Strait…

Trump, in a post on Truth Social, said the US is “destroying” the Iranian regime, both “militarily and economically”. “Watch What Happens”: Trump’s New Threat To Iran’s “Deranged Scumbags” Trump, in a post on Truth Social, said the US is “destroying” the Iranian regime, both “militarily and economically”. Edited by:Manjiri Chitre World News Mar 14,…

Smoke from an explosion rises behind demonstrators attending the annual anti-Israeli Quds Day, or Jerusalem Day, rally in support of Palestinians in Tehran, Iran, on Friday. Mohammad Mahdi Dehghani/Fars News Agency/AP The United States launched what it said were military strikes on an Iranian island critical to the country’s economy and oil exports Friday night, an attack…

Trump said military targets on Kharg Island, which handles almost all of Iran’s crude exports, had been “totally obliterated”. https://www.ndtv.com/video/trump-says-us-bombed-iran-s-kharg-island-threatens-oil-infrastructure-1071561 President Donald Trump said Friday that the United States had heavily bombed military targets on Iran’s oil hub Kharg Island and the US Navy would soon begin escorting tankers through the Strait of Hormuz. In…