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Washington: US President Donald Trump believes that the only way to end the Iran war swiftly is by increasing economic pressure on Tehran. Or, at least that’s what he told the Dutch king and queen during a private dinner at the White House last night. The US commander-in-chief told King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima that…
How much gold should you be holding if it is not even behaving like a hedge when you need it most? That question is starting to surface as the Iran crisis unfolds. Gold, long seen as the ultimate safe haven, has failed to deliver in the way investors expected. After an initial spike on war…
Tehran: Iran’s parliament speaker, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, mocked US President Donald Trump’s warning to block the ships entering or leaving the Strait of Hormuz, reminding the White House of rising gas prices in the US. He shared an image of current petrol prices near the White House, warning Americans that they ‘will miss them’ soon….
Hours before talks in Islamabad, US President Donald Trump said on Friday that US warships are being reloaded with weapons to strike Iran if talks in Pakistan do not produce a deal. He said that if the deal does not work out, the US will use the weapons “very effectively”. In an interview with the…
New Delhi: In a sharp and unprecedented escalation, Pakistan’s Defence Minister Khawaja Asif has called Israel “evil” and a “curse for humanity” for attacking Lebanon amid a US-Iran ceasefire, drawing a strong rebuttal from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. In a post on X on Thursday, Asif claimed that as “peace talks are underway in Islamabad,…
Tehran: Majid Khademi, the head of intelligence for Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard (IRGC), has been killed in US-Israeli strikes, the Guards said. The military agency did not elaborate on where its intel head died, but the reports come as multiple airstrikes targeted residential areas around Iran’s capital, Tehran, on Monday. “Major General Majid Khademi, the…
A Chinese power grab over the world’s most vital oil artery is no longer a distant risk but an emerging reality, as US-Iran tensions push the Strait of Hormuz toward a prolonged geopolitical showdown. Donald Trump intensified the crisis with a direct threat to Tehran. “Tuesday will be Power Plant Day, and Bridge Day, all…
Washington: US President Donald Trump has threatened to ‘blow up the entire Iran’ if Tehran cannot reach a peace deal with Washington before his deadline expires on Tuesday. If Trump — who has threatened to attack infrastructure that is vital to Iranian civilians– proceeds with his threat, it could constitute war crimes. Tehran has also…
Dubai: Amid Iran’s continued attacks on US and Israeli targets in the Middle East, the authorities in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have denied reports claiming that the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) have targeted a data centre belonging to American tech firm Oracle in Dubai. Talking to X, the Dubai Government’s Media Office…
1 hour ago copy link Russia’s military transport plane An-26 crashed in Crimea on Tuesday. There were 23 passengers and 6 crew members on board. Everyone died on the spot. According to Russian news agency Tass, contact with the first plane was lost. Later it crashed into a rock. In the initial investigation, the cause…