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Iran declares support for Hezbollah with wider peace deal in doubt

DUBAI, June 5 (Reuters) – Iran has reaffirmed support for its Lebanese ​ally Hezbollah and demanded Israel withdraw from southern Lebanon, underscoring complications facing an interim deal to end the broader conflict between the U.S. and Iran. Iran has made a ‌ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah a condition for any peace deal with Washington to resolve the regional war, now in its fourth month, and restart shipping through the Strait of Hormuz. The latest round of fighting between Hezbollah and Israel erupted at the start of March, two days after the U.S. and Israel launched strikes against Iran. Hezbollah said

Unregistered Sri Lankan nursing home lies in ruins as toll from deadly fire rises to 13

GALPATHA, Sri Lanka, June 5, 2026 (AP) — The site of the deadly fire at an unregistered nursing home for people with mental illnesses in Western Sri Lanka lay abandoned Friday as the death toll rose from 12 to 13 after one of the injured succumbed to injuries at the hospital, an official said. Glasses cases, medicines and reclining chairs lay strewn around the burned-out shell of the home in Anguruwatota, a small town about 55 kilometers (34 miles) southeast of the capital, Colombo. The surviving residents have been shifted to a nearby nursing home. According to police, 71 people

Gold drops Rs 400 amid weak global trend; silver slumps Rs 5,000

New Delhi, Jun 5 (PTI) Gold prices declined by Rs 400 to Rs 1.59 lakh per 10 grams in the national capital on Friday amid weak trends in the international markets. According to local marketmen, the yellow metal of 99.9 per cent purity depreciated by Rs 400 to Rs 1,59,900 per 10 grams (inclusive of all taxes) from Thursday’s closing level of Rs 1,60,300 per 10 grams. Extending its losses for the third straight session, silver slumped by Rs 5,000 to Rs 2,60,700 per kilogram (inclusive of all taxes). The white metal had settled at Rs 2,65,700 per kg in

Annamalai promises to usher in new shift in Tamil Nadu politics

Chennai, Jun 5 (PTI) Former Tamil Nadu BJP chief K Annamalai, who quit the party on Friday, said he was beginning a new political journey aiming to usher in “common man politics,” distancing itself from traditional personality-driven politics and rejecting sycophancy and hereditary power. Emphasising the need for such a new political movement, he said it would not be about a name, but about an idea. “Let’s change ourselves, and change will happen naturally… the movement’s core principle is let’s change, let’s bring change (maruvom, maatruvom),” the former IPS officer said in his social media address, outlining his political approach.

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