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F1 owner loses over $2 billion as Iran war clouds Middle East races

Investors sold shares of owner Liberty Formula One Group, causing the stock price to fall about 7%, which reduced its market capitalisation by about $1.9 billion.

‘Not a random act of violence’—Canada Police probe YouTuber’s murder, threats & videos under scanner

Hailing from Punjab, Nancy Grewal, 45, was stabbed Tuesday night at her residence in Windsor, Ontario. She was a vocal critic of Sikh separatists.

Between the ‘disruptor’ and ‘status quoist’: Balen Shah, Gagan Thapa and Nepal’s shifting politics

Both are seen as representatives of a younger generation challenging Nepal’s ageing political leadership. But their routes and ideas of governance could not be more different.

‘This is a TV reality show, no understanding why US & Israel started this’—Iran’s deputy foreign minister

Speaking at Raisina Dialogue, Saeed Khatibzadeh said the US-Israel attack came amid parallel negotiations between Tehran and regional countries on a new security architecture.

Macron calls on Israel & Iran not to draw Lebanon into war, promises to step up military aid to Beirut

French President has also deployed aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle to the region & spoke with PM Narendra Modi too about ‘evolving situation in West Asia’.

Days after IRIS Dena sinking, Sri Lanka starts evacuating 208 crew members from Iran Navy’s IRIS Bushehr

Colombo mounts rescue op for IRIS Bushehr, whose engine malfunctioned near its Exclusive Economic Zone, while upholding neutrality after US torpedoing of IRIS Dena off Lankan coast.

Iran conflict LIVE UPDATES: No deal with Iran only unconditional surrender, says Trump as war rages on

US and Israel continued their military operation against Iran as the West Asia conflict rages on. Stay tuned for live updates with ThePrint.

India has options beyond choked Strait of Hormuz. But conditions apply

Nearly 50% of India’s crude imports are exposed to the chokepoint. So far this year, India has imported an average of 2.6 million barrels per day (mbpd) from Gulf countries.

Another Iranian vessel seeks Sri Lanka’s help, day after US submarine strike sunk IRIS Dena

Local media reported that the vessel is IRIS Bushehr, a replenishment ship of the Iranian Navy, which has around 100 crew members on board.

Torpedoed by US, Frigate Dena was ‘guest of India’s Navy, struck without warning’—Iran’s Araghchi

US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth confirmed that a US submarine sank the IRIS Dena with a Mark 48 torpedo, calling it 'the first sinking of an enemy ship by a torpedo since WW2'.

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A ship attack has shaken Asia’s faith in the US

Why should the US care? Because in the end, as its wrangle with Britain this week should have reminded them, America still needs bases, friendly ports, & overfly rights.

Amid the new war in Middle East, ‘God’ surfaces in oil and commodities contracts

Multiple companies have invoked the principle of ‘force majeure’, which lets a party off the hook in case of unforeseen ‘acts of God’, to avoid penalties.

Iranian naval ship Lavan with crew of 184 docked in Kochi same day US torpedoed IRIS Dena

IRIS Lavan was in the region for the International Fleet Review held last month and ‘sought urgent docking in Kochi citing technical issues,’ it is learnt.

Trump brings the Age of Humiliation for friends. Modi needs stoicism abroad, humility at home

Trump has ushered in the age of humiliation. His method is to push around America’s friends rudely and publicly. He knows none of them can afford to fight back.