Dubai, March 28 Five Indians were injured in the UAE by the fall of debris in the vicinity of the Khalifa Economic Zones Abu Dhabi (KEZAD) following interception of a ballistic missile by the country’s air defence system, local media reported on Saturday. The Abu Dhabi Media Office in a social media post said the […]
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By Stan Choeap New York, March 28 US stocks deepened their drops Friday as Wall Street finished off a fifth straight losing week, its longest such streak in nearly four years. The S&P 500 fell 1.7 per cent to close its worst week since the war with Iran began. The Dow Jones Industrial Average lost […]
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By Shirish B Pradhan Kathmandu, March 28 Nepal’s former Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli was arrested on Saturday, a day after the newly formed government of Balendra Shah implemented the probe commission report on the Gen Z protest that rocked the nation last year. Oli, also CPN-UML chair, was arrested at the Gundu area […]
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By Jon Gambrell and David Rising Dubai, March 27 Iran has agreed to allow humanitarian and agricultural shipments through the Strait of Hormuz, the Iranian UN ambassador in Geneva said Friday, amid ongoing Israeli strikes on its nuclear facilities. This marks the first breakthrough at the strategic waterway after a month of war, with global […]
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Kathmandu, March 27 Rapper-turned-politician Balendra Shah, widely known as Balen, was sworn in as Nepal’s 47th Prime Minister on Friday, becoming the country’s youngest democratically elected leader and the first from the Madhes region to hold the post. The 35-year-old leader of the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) took the oath of office at the President’s […]
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Vaux-de-Cerney, March 27 UK Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper has called for a “swift resolution” to the war in the Middle East and the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz. Speaking at a meeting of G7 foreign ministers on the outskirts of Paris, Cooper said Iran is undermining the global economy by blocking international shipping through […]
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By Jon Gambrell and David Rising Dubai, March 27 Israel launched a wave of strikes on Iran early Friday ahead of a planned United Nations Security Council meeting to discuss attacks on Iranian civilian infrastructure, while Iran and the United States appeared at a diplomatic impasse, setting the stage for more potential escalation as the […]
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Mumbai, March 27 The rupee crashed 33 paise to a fresh all-time low of 94.29 against the US dollar in early trade on Friday, weighed down by elevated oil prices and a stronger greenback amid no breakthrough in the West Asia conflict.Heavy sell-off in domestic equity markets and sustained FII outflows put further pressure on […]
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Washington, March 27 US Secretary of State Marco Rubio is set for difficult talks with […]
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By Gurdip Singh Singapore, March 26 With the Strait of Hormuz almost closed amid the ongoing war in the Gulf region, merchant vessels, including oil tankers, have started to queue up at ports across Asia while operators wait for clarity, a media report said Thursday. Sourcing data that showed longer queues and delays at major […]
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