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Oil, gold prices climb higher as Middle East tensions flare
Updated : 6 years, 2 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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Pak won't let its soil be used against any state, says Qureshi amid rising
Updated : 6 years, 2 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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Nepal's foreign ministry alerts embassies amid rising tensions in Middle E
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], Jan 5 (ANI): The Nepal Foreign Affairs on Sunday alerted its missions overlooking Iran and Iraq as tensions in the region heightened following the killing of Iran's top military general Qasem Soleimani in a US-led drone strike.
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US mocks Iran, calls it 'hypocritical' to declare 3 days of mourning after
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 5 (ANI): The United States on Sunday mocked Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei for declaring three days of mourning after the recent killing of Qasem Soleimani, chief commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps' (IRGC) Quds Force, in an airst
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Developments in Gulf have taken 'serious turn': Jaishankar after talks wit
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 5 (ANI): Expressing concern over the recent turn of events in the Middle East, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Sunday said that developments in the region have "taken a very serious turn" in the wake of Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani's killing in
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EU invites Iran's Zarif to Brussels for 'de-escalation of tensions' in Mid
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], Jan 5 (ANI): The European Union on Sunday invited the Iranian foreign minister Javad Zarif to Brussels in a bid to exercise restraint and de-escalate tensions in the Middle East that have soared following the recent killing of Iran's most senior commander Qassem Soleima
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US issues advisory for its citizens living and travelling abroad in view o
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 5 (ANI): The US Embassy here on Sunday issued an advisory to all its citizens, instructing them to exercise caution due to heightened tension in the Middle-East following the killing of General Qassem Soleimani, the leader of Iran's elite Quds force in a US airstrike.
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Pompeo speaks to Iraqi President, says US committed to de-escalation of te
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 4 (ANI): US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo on Saturday spoke to Iraqi President Barham Salih to discuss developments in the Middle East following the killing of Iranian General Qassem Soleimani and assured that Washington is committed to de-escalation of tension
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Equity indices extend Friday's rally but IT stocks lose
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Sep 23 (ANI): The rally on bourses continued during early hours on Monday with heavy buying by foreign institutional investors (FIIs) as well as domestic traders after the government on Friday announced big-bang fiscal stimulus on corporate tax cuts.
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