By By JON GAMBRELL, DAVID RISING RUSS BYNUM and SALLY Dubai, March 6 Intense Israeli airstrikes pounded the capitals of Iran and Lebanon early Friday as the US apparently struck an Iranian drone carrier at sea in its unrelenting campaign against the Islamic Republic’s fleet of warships. Iran launched new retaliatory attacks in the Middle […]
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By Yoshita Singh New York/Washington, March 6 Amid the escalating conflict with Iran, the US said it is issuing a temporary 30-day waiver to allow Indian refiners to purchase Russian oil. “President Trump’s energy agenda has resulted in oil and gas production reaching the highest levels ever recorded. To enable oil to keep flowing into […]
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Dubai, March 5 The death toll in Iran from the ongoing war with the United States and Israel has reached at least 1,230 people, an Iranian government agency said Thursday. The Iranian Foundation of Martyrs and Veterans Affairs offered the toll.Meanwhile, Iran also launched more missiles at Israel and US bases as the war in […]
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New Delhi, March 5 India on Thursday condoled the death of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei with Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri conveying to the Iranian ambassador New Delhi’s message of sympathy. Misri visited the Iranian embassy and signed the condolence book on behalf of the government of India. The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) […]
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By K J M Varma Beijing, March 5 China on Thursday lowered its GDP target to 4.5 to 5 per cent for this year in the face of Trump’s trade tariff war, the worsening global crisis following the US-Iran war and headwinds in the domestic economy, owing to property market slump and unemployment crisis. The […]
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By ILLIA NOVIKOV Kyiv, March 5 A new round of US-brokered talks between Russia and Ukraine planned for this week has been postponed because of war in the Middle East, according to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Meanwhile, the United States and its allies in the Middle East are seeking Kyiv’s expertise in countering Iran’s Shahed […]
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By By ELAINE KURTENBACHAP Business Writer Bangkok, March 5 European shares slipped onThursday despite rebounds in Asia and on Wall Street, as Iran launched new attacks and threatened the US. US futures also fell back, with the contract for the Dow Jones Industrial Average losing 0.5 per cent, while that for the S&P 500 shed […]
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By K J M Varma Beijing, March 5 China on Thursday hiked its defence budget to about 1.91 trillion yuan (USD 277 billion), an increase of seven per cent from last year in yuan terms, as part of its efforts to ramp up rapid modernisation of armed forces to catch up with the US military. […]
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Colombo, March 5 Sri Lanka on Thursday said it is deliberating appropriate action after a second Iranian ship has sought entry to its territorial waters, a day after a frigate belonging to the Islamic country was attacked near the island nation. Sri Lanka on Wednesday said it had recovered over 80 bodies of Iranian sailors […]
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By By JON GAMBRELL, DAVID RISING, ELENA BECATOROS and Dubai, March 5 Iranian state television aired a message Thursday from an ayatollah in Iran calling for the “shedding” of blood from Israelis and US President Donald Trump. The message came from Ayatollah Abdollah Javadi Amoli and represented one of the few clerical statements coming from […]
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