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Mumbai, April 9 The rupee depreciated by 17 paise to 92.71 against the US dollar in early trading on Thursday as the fragile ceasefire and Iran's threat to withdraw from talks if Israel continued bombing Lebanon kept investors wary.Forex traders said that the market is in a wait-and-see mode...

US President Donald Trump is sending a delegation led by Vice-President JD Vance and other top officials to Islamabad for direct talks with Iran aimed at ending weeks of conflict in the West Asia region. White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said that the negotiating team will include...

Washington, April 9 – The White House used Pakistan as a primary channel to reach Iran on a temporary ceasefire, highlighting Islamabad's crucial, yet contested, role in sensitive back-channel diplomacy, according to a report in the Financial Times, London.For weeks, the Trump administration...

Washington, April 9 – US Vice President J D Vance is returning from Hungary before flying to Islamabad to lead a high-level American delegation for talks with Iran this weekend, as Washington seeks to consolidate a fragile ceasefire following weeks of military escalation.The White House said...

Washington, April 8 Former US National Security Advisor John Bolton has cautioned that the US-Israel conflict with Iran could deepen further if the temporary ceasefire, reached "under political compulsions" by President Donald Trump, does not hold.In an interview with

Washington, April 8 Concerned about rising oil prices and surprised by a resilient Iranian regime, the White House urged Pakistan to broker a temporary ceasefire with Tehran, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday.For weeks, the Trump administration had been pressuring Islamabad to convince...

Tehran, April 9 – A new diplomatic row has erupted after Iranian officials accused the United States of violating three clauses of the 10-Point Proposal, the agreed framework for upcoming negotiations.In a formal statement released late on Tuesday, Iran said its "deep historical distrust" of...

Washington, April 9 – The United States will maintain full military readiness in the Middle East despite a two-week ceasefire with Iran, the White House said, signaling that Washington is prepared for a rapid escalation if negotiations fail.Officials said no immediate drawdown of US forces is...

New Delhi, April 8 The World Bank on Wednesday slightly raised India's growth projections for the 2026-27 fiscal year to 6.6 per cent, stating that while cuts in the Goods and Services Tax (GST) rate would boost consumer demand in the initial months of the fiscal, the Middle East crisis could...

Chandigarh, April 8 An Iranian delegation visited Amritsar on Wednesday and invited the president of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee and the jathedar of the Akal Takht to a commemoration program for Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed in a joint attack by...

Jerusalem, April 8 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday that the two-week ceasefire in the fight against Iran was "not the end of the war" but a "pause," as he vowed to achieve all war objectives, including the issue of Tehran's enriched uranium.The US and Iran had...

Washington, April 9 – The White House strongly defended President Donald Trump’s aggressive rhetoric during the Iran conflict on Wednesday, arguing that it directly contributed to forcing Tehran into a ceasefire and reopening negotiations after weeks of intense military confrontation.The...

Washington, April 8 – A fragile ceasefire with Iran hinges on the immediate reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, the White House asserted Wednesday, even as it claimed sweeping military gains that forced Tehran to agree to negotiations after weeks of sustained strikes.White House Press Secretary...

India has welcomed the ceasefire reached between the United States and Iran. Speaking at an inter-ministerial briefing on recent developments in West Asia in New Delhi, External Affairs Ministry spokesperson, Randhir Jaiswal, said that New Delhi hopes this will lead to lasting peace in West Asia...

Islamabad, April 8 Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday urged all parties to exercise restraint and respect the US-Iran ceasefire, amid reports of violations of the truce across the conflict zone.The US and Iran had earlier agreed on a conditional two-week ceasefire that...

Islamabad, April 8 Leaders from around the world, including Australia, Germany, Britain, New Zealand, and Malaysia, welcomed a two-week ceasefire between the US and Iran on Wednesday.The US and Iran agreed on a conditional two-week ceasefire that included the opening of the Strait of Hormuz...

Officials across the Gulf say the immediate relief comes from the reduced threat to civilian infrastructure, particularly desalination plants, power grids, and energy facilities in the UAE and Saudi Arabia. However, the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz remains operationally complex despite the...

Washington, April 8 – The United States struck more than 13,000 targets during Operation Epic Fury, a massive military campaign that also resulted in the deaths of 13 American service members, the Pentagon said on Wednesday.Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Air Force General Dan Caine...

Mumbai, April 8 The rupee appreciated by 52 paise to close at 92.54 against the US dollar on Wednesday after US President Donald Trump announced the suspension of military strikes against Iran for two weeks, and the Reserve Bank kept the key benchmark rate unchanged with a neutral stance.Forex...

April 08, New Delhi: Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) stated on Wednesday that it does not trust U.S. assurances, despite a two-week ceasefire, warning that it remains prepared for further action.This statement came after Iran carried out strikes targeting multiple locations in...