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A file image of Russian President Vladimir Putin. | Photo Credit: AP Russian President Vladimir Putin urged a ceasefire in the Middle East during phone calls with Emirati and Qatari leaders on Monday (March 2, 2026) amid the escalating war in the Middle East. Iran-Israel conflict LIVE Following U.S. and Israeli barrages on the Russian…
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File photo of Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning. | Photo Credit: AP China called on Monday (March 2, 2026) for a ceasefire and diplomatic talks to end the conflict in West Asia, as it stretched into a third day. Israel and the United States have been conducting strikes on Iran and Lebanon, with the…
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In July 1977, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the Shah of Iran, sent Lt. Gen. Hassan Toufanian, his Deputy Minister of War and Armaments, to Israel to hold secret talks with the newly formed Likud government of Menachem Begin. Three months earlier, the Shah had signed six ‘oil for arms’ contracts with Shimon Peres, the acting Prime…
Evidence has mounted that the biggest West Asia producers have already boosted exports as concern had been building the U.S. would strike Iran, raising the risk of disruption of oil exports. Image for representation purposes only. | Photo Credit: Reuters OPEC+ may consider a larger than planned output increase on Sunday (March 1, 2026), two…
Israel’s Foreign Minister Gideon Saar. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Israeli leaders sent mixed signals on the possibility of a ceasefire with Lebanon on Monday (November 11, 2024), with Defence Minister Israel Katz seeming to contradict comments by Foreign Minister Gideon Saar. Mr. Saar, who replaced Mr. Katz at the foreign ministry this week, told…
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Kazan, Russia: With the conflict in West Asia escalating significantly after Israel and Iran threatened each other of an endless series of retaliations, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today met Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian in Russia on the sidelines of the BRICS Summit in the city of Kazan. India has expressed “deep concern” over the current…
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Kazan, Russia: With the conflict in West Asia escalating significantly after Israel and Iran threatened each other of an endless series of retaliations, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today met Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian in Russia on the sidelines of the BRICS Summit in the city of Kazan. India has expressed “deep concern” over the current…
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This comes following Iran’s unprecedented attacks against Israel on April 13. Washington: The Pentagon said Sunday it will deploy a high-altitude anti-missile system and its US military crew to Israel to help the ally protect itself from potential Iranian missile attacks. At the direction of US President Joe Biden, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin “authorized the…
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U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday advised Israel against striking Iran’s oil facilities, saying he was trying to rally the world to avoid the escalating prospect of all-out war in the Middle East. But his predecessor Donald Trump, currently campaigning for another term in power, went so far as to suggest Israel should “hit” the…
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Indian nationals are advised to avoid all non-essential travel to Iran, MEA said. (Representational) New Delhi: The Ministry of External Affairs expressed deep concern over the escalating tensions in West Asia, involving Israel, Iran, and Lebanon, and asserted that “it is important that this conflict doesn’t take a wider regional dimension.” MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal…