Lebanese President Joseph Aoun called for internationally mediated direct negotiations with Israel and a truce that would halt Israeli attacks on his country and extricate it from yet another Middle East conflict. Israel has been carrying out deadly strikes across Lebanon for a week, including in the capital Beirut, after the Iran-backed militia Hezbollah attacked…
US-Israel-Iran war: The US and Israel’s war on Iran has now entered its tenth day with no signs of easing so far. On Monday (local time), Bahrain’s Bapco Energies, the kingdom’s main energy company, which operates its only oil refinery, announced force majeure on operations that have been impacted by the ongoing war in the…
Wall Street’s key stock indices tumbled on Monday, as soaring oil prices heightened inflation worries, amid the raging Middle East conflict. As of 9:35 am Eastern Time, the S&P 500 fell 1%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 1.2%, and the Nasdaq Composite was 0.8% lower. Early Monday, the price for a barrel of…
Iran, which is fighting a war with America and Israel, is not only carrying out retaliatory attacks on these two countries, but it is also targeting many Gulf countries, where attacks are being carried out on its behalf. Amidst all this, a European country has also come under the target of Iran, which is indicated…
Today (March 9) is the tenth day of the war that broke out between Iran and America and Israel since February 28. On one hand, America is launching rapid attacks on Tehran, while on the other hand it is also taking strict steps regarding the safety and return of its citizens stranded in the Middle…
An IndiGo flight, 6E 033, bound for Manchester and operated using a leased Boeing 787 aircraft, returned to Delhi on Monday. It cited “last-minute airspace restrictions”, noting the changing situation in and around the Middle East could lead to some of its flights taking longer routes or being diverted. There were certain restrictions as the…
Budget Session: The second half of the Budget session of Parliament is set for a stormy start today, 9 March. The Lok Sabha is scheduled to take up an opposition resolution seeking the removal of Speaker Om Birla. The ongoing conflict in West Asia is also likely to figure prominently as the opposition is already…
March 9 (Reuters) – Australian shares dropped more than 3% on Monday, as oil prices’ ascend to over $100 per barrel due to the Middle East conflict heightened global concerns over cost-of-living crisis, dampening appetite for riskier assets. The S&P/ASX 200 index slipped 3.2% to 8,571.1 by 2327 GMT. Last week, the benchmark lost nearly…
US President Donald Trump on Sunday cautioned that Iran’s next supreme leader would struggle to remain in power without his backing, as Tehran prepared to announce the successor to the late Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Iran’s Assembly of Experts held a private meeting and selected the country’s next leader, according to members of the body, nine…
Amid the ongoing Middle East crisis, Iran’s foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, rejected calls for a ceasefire, telling NBC News’ Meet the Press that Iran must “continue fighting for the sake of our people.” According to the report, Iranian FM argued that Israel and the US had already violated the ceasefire that ended last year’s 12-day…
