By Humeyra Pamuk and Simon Lewis WASHINGTON, March 6 (Reuters) – The State Department on Friday warned US citizens that Iran-aligned militias in Iraq may seek to target hotels frequented by foreigners in Iraq’s Kurdistan region, as the US scrambled to help thousands of Americans stranded in the Middle East. The Trump administration has faced…
“War is an instrument entirely inefficient toward redressing wrong; and multiplies, instead of indemnifying losses.” Thomas Jefferson Thomas Jefferson, the third President of the United States, was a profound critic of military conflict and had asserted that war does not correct injustices — instead, they exacerbate suffering. LiveMint’s quote for the day serves as a…
The rupee rebounded from its lowest level and settled with a gain of 45 paise at 91.60 (provisional) against US dollar on Thursday on the back of a buying trend in domestic equity markets and reports of Reserve Bank intervention. According to forex analysts, the Reserve Bank seems to have intervened to help the local…
SYDNEY, – Oil prices surged on Monday and investors stampeded to the safety of bonds and gold as military conflict in the Middle East looked set to last weeks, just as markets had been spooked by AI and banking fears. Brent jumped 9% to $79.42 a barrel, while US crude climbed 8.6% to $72.61 per…
Former Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai on Friday strongly condemned what he described as renewed Pakistani airstrikes on Afghan cities, asserting that the Afghan people would respond to any aggression with unity and courage. Karzai’s comments came after Pakistan’s Defense Minister Khawaja Asif declared an ‘open war’ on the Taliban government in Afghanistan on Friday, hours…
Amid US President Donald Trump’s recent threats to Iran, officials from the two countries are expected to meet and hold talks in Turkiye on 6 February, AFP reported, citing an Arab official. The announcement comes days after Tehran called for the resumption of nuclear talks, with Washington warning of consequences if no agreement is reached….
US President Donald Trump said that Iran is “talking to us” and hinted at the possibility of a deal to avoid military conflict, even as tensions mount over Tehran’s violent crackdown on protests and growing military deployments in the region. “They are negotiating, so we’ll see what happens … we have a big fleet heading…
A United States think tank has flagged a possibility of an ‘armed conflict’ between India and Pakistan in 2026 due to ‘heightened terrorist activity’, in its latest year-end survey report. The Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) report surveyed American foreign policy experts and says that the second Donald Trump administration in the United States had…
