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Equities downbeat as oil prices rise after Iran strike on US troops
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Jan 8 (ANI): Equity benchmark indices recovered from intraday lows but ended with marginal losses on Wednesday as investors feared a wider conflict in the Middle East after Iran fired missiles at US forces in Iraq overnight.
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Oil, gold prices surge after Iran targets US troops in Iraq
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Doha [Qatar], Jan 8 (ANI): Global oil and gold prices climbed sharply on Wednesday after the Pentagon said that Iran launched more than a dozen ballistic missiles against bases in Iraq that house US troops, amplifying concerns about a spiralling retaliatory conflict between the United States
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Equities slump after Iran strike on US troops spooks Asian markets
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Jan 8 (ANI): Equity indices extended losses on Wednesday afternoon after Iran fired missiles at US forces in Iraq overnight, pushing oil prices higher as investors feared a wider conflict in the Middle East.
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Trump threatens sanctions on Iraq if US troops are forced to leave
Updated : 6 years, 2 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 to deploy thousands of additional troops to Middle East following Solei
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Jan 4 (ANI): The United States will deploy thousands of additional troops to the Middle East, amid rising tensions with Iran, following airstrikes that killed Iranian commander Qasem Soleimani, informed a US defence official.
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Iraq embassy attack: US deploys 750 troops to Middle-East, Trump warns Ira
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 1 (ANI): The United States has said that it was sending additional troops to the Middle East, after hundreds of protesters stormed its embassy compound in Iraq, setting fires and chanting -- 'Death to America!'
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Day after rocket attack on military base, Pompeo arrives in Iraq
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Cairo [Egypt], Dec 29 (Sputnik/ANI): US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo visited the Iraqi Ayn Al-Asad airbase in western Anbar province, which hosts American troops, shortly after a rocket attack on another Iraqi military base in the northern province of Kirkuk, media reported.
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US soldier killed in Afghanistan
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], Dec 23 (ANI): A US service member was "killed in action" on Monday in Afghanistan, US forces in Afghanistan said in a statement.
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Rockets strike US military base in Iraq, no casualties
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], Dec 4 (ANI): Multiple rockets hit an airbase that houses US troops in western Iraq's Anbar province on Tuesday but no casualties were reported, the Iraqi military said.
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Mike Pence makes an unannounced trip to Baghdad to visit US troops, Iraqi
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Nov 23 (ANI): United States Vice President Mike Pence landed in Baghdad on Saturday on an unannounced trip to visit the American troops stationed in the Middle East country and hold talks with Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi.
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About 500-600 US troops will stay in Syria: US Army Chief
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Nov 10 (ANI): About 500-600 US troops will stay in Syria, US Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman General Mark Milley said in an interview with a local news broadcaster on Sunday.
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Assad warns of war if political means fail to secure Turkey's pullout from
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Damascus [Syria], Nov 1 (Xinhua/ANI): Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Thursday warned that war would be the only option if political means fail to secure Turkey's troop pullout from northern Syria.
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