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A Jazeera Airways aeroplane prepares to land at Kuwait International Airport, in Kuwait City. Flights resumed at Kuwait International Airport after nearly two months of closure due to the West Asia war. | Photo Credit: AFP Kuwait accused Iran on Tuesday (May 12, 2026) of sending an armed paramilitary Revolutionary Guard team to attack an…
Iran’s stockpile of enriched uranium must be “taken out” before the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran can be considered over, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told an American broadcaster yesterday. “It’s not over, because there’s still nuclear material — enriched uranium — that has to be taken out of Iran. There are still enrichment sites that…
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Vessels in the Strait of Hormuz, Musandam, Oman, May 8, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters Efforts to end the war between the U.S. and Iran appeared to stall as the two sides traded fire in the Gulf on Friday (May 8, 2026), while a U.S. intelligence analysis concluded Tehran could withstand a naval blockade for…
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The gross domestic production of natural gas was 2,874 MMSCM during the month, as per PPAC’s provisional data for the reported month. File photo credit: The Hindu Amidst the looming fuel supply disruptions due to the West Asia crisis, total natural gas available for sale in India grew 7.8% in March 2026, fuelled by an…
A demonstrator holds an image of Vahid Bani Amerian, a prisoner executed in Iran, as Iranians and supporters of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) take part in a rally calling for the European Union’s action against what organisers call political executions in Iran, in Brussels, Belgium, on April 22, 2026 | Photo…
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White House spokeswoman Taylor Rogers confirmed on Friday (April 24, 2026) that Mr. Trump had issued the extension. File | Photo Credit: Reuters U.S. President Donald Trump granted a 90-day extension to a shipping waiver that makes it easier to move oil, fuel and fertilizer around the United States, the White House said on Friday…
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Israeli military vehicles and soldiers in a village in southern Lebanon as the Israeli Army operates in it as seen from the Israeli side of the border on April 23, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters Israel’s military said it struck a missile launcher in Lebanon that had fired into Israel on Thursday (April 23, 2026)…
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U.S. President Donald Trump said Israel and Lebanon have agreed to extend a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah by three weeks after talks at the White House on Thursday (April 23, 2026). Mr. Trump said the meeting between the Israeli and Lebanese ambassadors to the United States went “very well.” The meeting was the second…
HSBC said that although domestic equity valuations have corrected from their peaks, they may appear expensive again as earnings downgrades filter through. (Representational image) | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto HSBC downgraded Indian equities to “underweight” from “neutral” – its second cut in less than a month – as it expects surging energy prices triggered by…
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This is the second consecutive month of net purchase of foreign currency by the central bank after registering net sales for seven consecutive months before that. File | Photo Credit: Reuters The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) net purchased $7.409 billion from the spot currency market in February, according to the central bank’s monthly bulletin…
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