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Oil, gold prices climb higher as Middle East tensions flare
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Doha [Qatar], Jan 6 (ANI): Oil and gold prices continued surging on Monday as escalating tensions in the Middle East fanned worries about disruption to global oil supplies, sending investors scurrying to safer investments.
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Sensex crashes by 636 points as US, Iran escalate war threats
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Jan 6 (ANI): Equity benchmark indices traded 1.5 per cent lower on Monday as the United States and Iran escalated their threats against each other the subsequent impact on global markets.
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Students shouldn't be used as political pawns, Smriti Irani reacts on JNU
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 6 (ANI): After JNU students and teachers were attacked by masked thugs last night, Union Minister Smriti Irani on Monday said it is not the right time to speak on it now as an investigation has begun and urged that the students should not be used as "political pawns".
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US House to vote on resolution limiting Trump's military action with regar
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Jan 6 (ANI): The US House of Representatives will vote on a resolution this week to limit President Donald Trump's military actions with regards to Iran, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Sunday in the wake of escalated tensions between the countries following an airstr
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US attacks in Iraq significantly escalate regional geopolitical risk: Mood
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New York [USA], Jan 6 (ANI): The recent US drone strikes in Iraq that killed Iranian Maj Gen Qassim Suleimani and Iraqi Popular Mobilisation Forces Deputy Head Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis among other Iranian and Iraqi officials mark a significant escalation of tensions, according to Moody's Inv
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Equities crash on US-Iran tensions, Nifty sinks below 12,100
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Jan 6 (ANI): Equity indices suffered a blow during early hours on Monday on the back of escalating geopolitical tension after a senior Iranian military official was killed by a US airstrike.
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Pak won't let its soil be used against any state, says Qureshi amid rising
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Jan 6 (ANI): Pakistan would neither let its soil be used against any other state nor become part of any regional conflict, country's Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has said amid heightened tensions in the Middle East following the US action against Iran.
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Trump threatens sanctions on Iraq if US troops are forced to leave
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Jan 6 (ANI): United States President Donald Trump on Sunday threatened to impose harsh sanctions on Iraq -- its ally -- if American troops are forced to leave the country.
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US disappointed with Iraq Parliament decision to expel all foreign troops:
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], Jan 06 (ANI): The United States on Sunday expressed disappointment over Iraq's decision to expel all foreign troops from its territory and cutting off ties with the US-led international anti-terrorist coalition.
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UK, Germany, France call out Soleimani role in attacks against US-led coal
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Berlin [Germany], Jan 6 (ANI): Extending support to the United States over the killing of Iran's senior military commander Qassem Soleimani, the United Kingdom, Germany and France have condemned the attacks against US-led coalition in Iraq and expressed concern by "negative role" played by T
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Six injured as rockets fell in Baghdad
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iran], Jan 06 (ANI): At least six people suffered injuries after six Katyusha rockets fell in Baghdad, Iran on Sunday.
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Rockets fell near US embassy in Baghdad
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], Jan 06 (ANI): Several rockets fell near the United States embassy in Baghdad's heavily-fortified Green Zone on Sunday, days after the US killed Iran's senior military commander Qassem Soleimani.
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