FO rubbishes India’s ‘baseless and unwarranted’ remarks on strikes against Afghan terrorist infrastructure

Mosharraf Zaidi says strikes were aimed at terrorists and grounded in precise intelligence Foreign Office. Photo: File The Foreign Office (FO) on Wednesday rejected what it said were “baseless, misleading, and unwarranted” remarks by the Indian Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Pakistan’s ongoing action against terrorist infrastructure in Afghanistan. Pakistan has been conducting air … Read more

Drone attack targets US embassy in Baghdad, explosion heard

Tehran-backed ⁠militias have been attacking US assets in Iraq in ​retaliation for US-Israeli war on Iran Smoke rises after an explosion at the US Embassy compound in Baghdad, Iraq, following a rocket and drone attack, according to security sources, March 17, 2026. PHOTO: REUTERS A drone attack targeted ​the US embassy in Baghdad, and an … Read more

Len Deighton, creator of the ‘anti-Bond’, dies at 97

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Len Deighton dies. LONDON: British writer Len Deighton, who created the sardonic working-class spy played by Michael Caine in the 1965 Cold War film “The Ipcress File”, has died, his literary agent said Tuesday. Deighton “passed away peacefully on Sunday” aged 97, his literary agent said in a statement, calling him “one of the greatest … Read more