On the brink
The escalation of tensions between Israel and Iran in West Asia has once again brought the region to the brink of conflict.
The escalation of tensions between Israel and Iran in West Asia has once again brought the region to the brink of conflict.
The US is planning new sanctions against Iran following Tehran's missile and drone attacks on Israel, National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan has said.
The week gone by had four trading sessions in which markets gained on two and lost on two. At the end of it all, benchmark indices ended virtually flat but gave loud indications that all is not well.
The US does not want to go to war with Iran, a White House national security spokesman has said.
It has long been held that embassies should be treated as “off-limits” to other nations. Yet in a single week, two governments – both long-established democracies – stand accused of violating, in different ways, the laws surrounding foreign diplomatic missions.
In a region already simmering with geopolitical complexities, the cross-border exchange between Iran and Pakistan has added another layer of uncertainty.
Amid tensions between Iran and Pakistan, the US is concerned about the escalating tensions in the region and has urged restraint on all sides, US State Department of State Matthew Miller said on Thursday
Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has vowed that a "tough response" will be given to those who perpetrated and ordered the deadly "act of terror" in the southeastern city of Kerman.
Pro-Iran militias have launched 60 attacks on American bases in Syria since October 19 in retaliation for the US' backing of Israel during the Gaza conflict, a war monitor reported.
Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian and his Omani counterpart Sayyid Badr Hamad al-Busaidi have exchanged views on the latest developments in the Gaza Strip over phone
