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Iran are mulling boycotting the upcoming FIFA World Cup 2026, set to be played in the United States, Mexico and Canada from June 11 to July 19. The tensions between Iran and the USA escalated dramatically on Saturday, with the US and Israel launching strikes in Iran. On Sunday morning, the US President Donald Trump announced that Iran’s leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, had been killed. Iran qualified for the World Cup for the fourth time in a row and were drawn in December’s pot picks in Washington. The team are slated to play all their group stage games on US…

The 2016 setback did not derail Alireza Arafi. He won upon later attempts; also got prominent appointments. The Islamic Republic of Iran’s constitution has a clause for extreme moments — such as when the Supreme Leader dies, or is assassinated as has happened in the case of Ali Khamenei. A cleric, the President, and the Chief justice step in to hold the state together until a successor is found. The cleric’s position has now gone to Ayatollah Alireza Arafi, a man who could not win an election in 2016. Who is Ayatollah Arafi? Arafi now sits in a provisional leadership…

Iran’s foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, said that state institutions in Iran “are in place” and that the country “has constitutional procedures in place”. Iran’s foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, laid out a timeline for selecting a new supreme leader, saying that Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s successor will be chosen in “one or two days.” Araghchi was speaking to the Al Jazeera network on Sunday, a day after Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed in US and Israeli strikes. He said that state institutions in Iran “are in place” and that the country “has constitutional procedures in place”. “You may see…

US-Israel attack on Iran: Congress alleges “abdication of moral leadership” by Modi government through silence so far on Ayatollah Khamenei’s assassination.  As the killing of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in joint US-Israeli strikes sent shockwaves through the region, opposition parties in India trained their fire on Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday, attacking his government’s silence on the assassination and accusing him of abandoning India’s traditional foreign policy posture. The most pointed reaction came from Congress spokesperson Pawan Khera, who wrote on X, “The silence of the Modi Govt on the targeted assassination of Ayatollah Khameini and other…

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will chair a meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) upon returning to Delhi Sunday night. In light of the Middle East conflict sparked by the US-Israeli strikes on Iran, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will chair a meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) upon returning to Delhi Sunday night. “He is expected to land in Delhi after a two-day-long tour at around 930pm,” said a person familiar with the developments. The PM was in Tamil Nadu to inaugurate some projects earlier in the day. The meeting’s focus will be the developments in…

Day after allegedly shooting wife’s ‘lover’, the accused was cornered by cops but refused to give up, alternately drinking water and smoking a bidi while pointing the weapon at them. MEERUT In a scene reminiscent of a crime thriller, the Meerut police on Thursday nabbed a man accused of gunning down his wife’s alleged lover in a busy market, following a dramatic 40-minute standoff in a sugarcane field during which he repeatedly threatened officers with a country-made pistol before surrendering. According to police, the accused, Pradeep, was cornered by officers but refused to give himself up, alternately drinking water and…

Telangana is spending ₹6,000 crore per month on salary which is four times the outgo when the state was formed in 2014. Telangana’s monthly salary and pensions bill have seen a sharp surge over the past decade, with around ₹6,000 crore reportedly being spent on pensions and payments. Engineers of power utilities in the state are drawing upto ₹7 lakh, and Class 4 employees, including sweepers, earn around 2 lakh. Telangana chief secretary K Ramakrishna Rao made these revelations on Wednesday, during a conference on the recommendations of the 16th Finance Commission. He said that the state is spending ₹6,000…

The East India Company had been revived in 2010 as a luxury food and drink retailer, the modern incarnation sought to trade on heritage rather than empire. The East India Company was once a force to reckon with, wielding immense economic influence and political might that paved the way for the British colonisation of India. Now, the company has shut down again, its most recent incarnation having operated as a luxury retailer in London. The East India Company had been revived in 2010 as a luxury food and drink retailer, the modern incarnation sought to trade on heritage rather than…

Western Command 2 Corps GOC Rajesh Pushkar said that Operation Sindoor 2.0 was ongoing, adding that the scale of preparation was much larger this time. The Indian Army’s Western Command has warned Pakistan of a “harsher” response than the last time, while highlighting that Operation Sindoor 2.0 was ongoing. The Indian Armed Forces launched Operation Sindoor in May last year, after the Pahalgam terror attack which led to the deaths of 26 people. Following this, Indian Armed Forces launched precision military strikes targeting terror infrastructure in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir. Lieutenant General Rajesh Pushkar, General Officer Commanding (GOC) of 2…

PM Modi announced the launch of an India-Israel partnership on critical and emerging technologies. India and Israel on Thursday elevated their “time-tested” ties to a Special Strategic Partnership and agreed to work towards finalising a “mutually beneficial” free trade agreement during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s second state visit to the country. PM Modi, who is on a two-day visit to the country, voiced strong support for the Gaza peace initiative, saying humanity must never become a victim of conflict. Following delegation-level talks between Modi and his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu, the two countries signed a wide-ranging set of agreements to…