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Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei condemned the threats by US officials against Oman, according to an X post from the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. According to the statement, "He considered the threat by the US Treasury Secretary to impose sanctions on Oman" an attempt to "blackmail an independent state and a member of the United Nations." أدان المتحدث باسم الخارجية، بشدة التهديدات التي أطلقها المسؤولون الأمريكيون لسلطنة #عمان. واعتبر تهديد وزير الخزانة الأميركي بفرض عقوبات على عُمان، والذي جاء بعد التهديد السابق بـ"تدمير" عُمان، محاولة لابتزاز دولة مستقلة عضو في الأمم المتحدة ودليلاً آخر على الإفلاس الأخلاقي.. 1/2 — الخارجية الإيرانية (@IRIMFA_AR) May 29, 2026 He viewed the attempt as "evidence of moral bankruptcy" of the systems and governance in the US, and the threat of sanctions was "a completely unlawful measure that contradicts the fundamental principles of the United Nations...

President Donald Trump could soon appear on a new $250 bill in the Republicans' latest move to shatter US traditions by putting his personal stamp on national institutions. A proposal for the new bill, featuring a glaring Trump, was reported Thursday by the Washington Post. If carried out, it would be the first time the image of a living person -- let alone a president -- had appeared on US currency in a century and a half. Read: Pentagon says US military personnel are reportedly being targeted using location data The design mock-up obtained by the Washington Post also shows the words "America 250 anniversary," a nod to the United States declaring its independence on July 4, 1776. According to the Post, two Trump appointees at the Treasury Department last year began urging staff at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing to prepare prototypes. Employees there, speaking on condition of anonymity, told the Post that the plan raised concerns because it would viol...

Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said early on Thursday that it targeted a US airbase in Kuwait in response to an American aerial strike near Bandar Abbas Airport in southern Iran. According to Iran's semi-official Tasnim News Agency, the IRGC said the retaliatory strike came at 4:50 am (0120GMT), hours after what it described as a US assault on a point near the port city's airport using aerial projectiles. "This response is a serious warning so that the enemy knows that aggression will not go unanswered, and if repeated, our response will be more decisive," it said. There was no immediate response from the US military. Earlier in the day, a US official told Anadolu that US forces shot down four Iranian drones that posed a threat near the Strait of Hormuz and struck an Iranian ground control station in Bandar Abbas that was preparing to launch a fifth drone. "These actions were measured, purely defensive, and intended to maintain the ...

President Volodymyr Zelensky urged United States counterpart Donald Trump to help Ukraine with air ‌defence systems and interceptors as Russia threatens new strikes, saying that ballistic missiles remain Moscow's "last major advantage on the battlefield". In a letter to Trump and the US Congress, seen by Reuters, Zelensky said: "I ask for your help in protecting Ukraine's skies from Russian missiles. We have ​already proposed that Ukraine is ready to purchase the number of Patriot systems and interceptor missiles we ​need." This week, I prepared a special letter addressed to the President of the United States and to Congress. And yesterday, the letter was officially delivered to the institutions in Washington. It is quite rare for the leader of another state to address both the President and… pic.twitter.com/FtHmdimd9A — Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський (@ZelenskyyUa) May 27, 2026 Ukraine's only means to sh...

US President Donald Trump on Wednesday said that he was not yet satisfied ​on a deal with Iran, adding that the US ‌was not discussing easing sanctions on the country. Speaking to reporters at a cabinet meeting at the White House, Trump said that ​Iran wants to make a deal. "Iran is very ​much intent, they want very much to make a ⁠deal. So far they haven't gotten there ... we're not ​satisfied with it, but we will be. We will ​be either that or we'll have to just finish the job," Trump said. He added that under a potential framework deal with Tehran, the ​Strait of Hormuz would open immediately but that it ​would not be controlled by anybody. "We'll watch over it, but nobody's ‌going ⁠to control it. That's part of the negotiation that we have. They would like to control it. Nobody's going to control it. It's international waters and Oman will behave ​just like everybody ​else or ⁠we'll have to blow them up," Tru...

A strengthening high-pressure system in the upper atmosphere is expected to intensify heatwave conditions across Sindh, while Karachi may experience extremely hot and humid weather during all three days of Eidul Adha. According to the Pakistan Meteorological Department, humidity levels in Karachi could rise to 80 per cent in the morning and 70 per cent in the evening, making temperatures feel up to five degrees Celsius higher than the actual reading. Although sea breezes are expected to remain active throughout Eid, the heat intensity could still feel as high as 42°C. On Tuesday, Karachi recorded a maximum temperature of 36.2°C, but due to 62 per cent humidity, the heat index reached an uncomfortable 42°C. Meanwhile, Jacobabad recorded the highest temperature in Sindh at 49.5°C during extreme heat conditions. The Met Office said the ongoing high-pressure system has become stronger, causing moderate to severe heatwave conditions in most districts of Sindh until Ma...