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WASHINGTON, Aug 31 (Nosheen): US President Donald Trump was sending a message to Iran through his social media post about Iran’s key energy hub, Kharg Island, being blown “to smithereens,” Vice President JD Vance said on Monday. Speaking about Trump’s post, Vance said the president sometimes uses social media to send messages, while noting that Trump would be the first to say that military actions are not announced through social media. “I think that he’s sending a message to the Iranians,” Vance said when asked about the post. Trump’s one-line social media post on Sunday was accompanied by an AI-generated video clip. However, a US official said on Monday that the US military had not targeted Kharg Island in its overnight strikes. An Iranian official dismissed Trump’s post as “laughable.” ...

KATHMANDU/BEIJING, 31 August 2026 (Nosheen): Nepalese rescue teams, assisted by Chinese and Indian experts, continued overnight operations to reach hundreds of people believed to be trapped inside blocked hydropower project tunnels following last week’s devastating floods along the Nepal-Tibet border. The unprecedented surge of ice, rocks, mud and debris on Wednesday, reportedly triggered by a glacier collapse, has left more than 900 people dead and thousands missing in Nepal and neighbouring areas of China. Nepalese officials said rescue teams were focusing on reaching hundreds of workers believed to be trapped inside around half a dozen hydropower project tunnels blocked by mud and rock debris. Rescue teams have been using heavy earth-moving machinery to clear mud and rocks from the bloc...

 TEHRAN, 31 August 2026 (Ghufran): Yousef Pezeshkian, son of Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, has said that Iran’s survival does not depend on uranium enrichment, stressing that the costs and benefits of pursuing the programme should be carefully considered before making any decision. In an Instagram story, Yousef Pezeshkian said, “Our survival does not depend on enrichment. We won’t die if we don’t enrich uranium.” He clarified that he was not opposed to uranium enrichment and would abide by any decision taken by Iran’s Supreme National Security Council and Supreme Leader. However, he stressed the importance of making decisions after fully understanding their potential consequences. “A rational person weighs the costs and benefits of something before making a decision,” he sa...