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Friday, March 29, 2024
TopicIran-US tensions

Topic: Iran-US tensions

Trump to kill what’s left of Iran nuclear deal before confronting UN

The US and a few Mideast allies are declaring the end of the nuclear deal while most other Security Council members disagree with the latest example of Trump’s 'America First' foreign policy.

Raisina Dialogue opens to talks on US-Iran, Afghan peace initiatives, climate change

On day one of the three-day meet, foreign minister S. Jaishankar said India's policy will seek to achieve a broad engagement with parties and contribute to the global good.

Modi govt’s major tool to save India from US-Iran conflict’s fallout – 2020 Budget

India, which enjoys cordial relations with both Iran and US, must delicately balance its stressed economy as global events spin out of control.

Trump’s Soleimani strike pays off for now after Iran backs away

Soleimani's assassination was a dramatic show of strength that, at least for now, reset the power dynamic between the US and Iran.

What we know about the 2 US air bases in Iraq targeted by Iran

Iran fired at the al-Asad and Erbil US air bases in Iraq, escalating an already tense situation that began last week after Iranian Gen Qassem Soleimani was killed in a US drone strike.

This is no time for the US to snub Iran’s foreign minister

For the first time in years, Iran’s foreign minister might actually matter. The US couldn’t have picked a worse moment to make him a persona non grata.

Hardliners in US and Iran are each other’s best friend despite tensions

Gen Qassem Soleimani's assassination is the latest and most conclusive evidence that Iranian revolutionaries have no greater friends than their supposed enemies in Washington.

How will Iran respond to killing of Qassem Soleimani? We are about to find out

Anybody who claims to know how the Islamic Republic will respond, is either a liar or a fool.

European leaders scramble to work out a response to escalating US-Iran tensions

The assassination of an Iranian general was a disaster for EU, with the bloc's Middle East strategy now shredded and the nuclear deal dead in all but name.

2020 forecasts for emerging markets sent awry as US-Iran tensions drain risk assets

The killing of Iranian General Qassem Soleimani has sent a shudder through risk assets, managing to eclipse the optimism over the US-China trade deal.

On Camera

Congress attacks chief economic advisor over statement on unemployment, asks BJP govt to ‘vacate seat’

While releasing 'India Employment Report 2024', V Anantha Nageswaran said govt can't solve 'all social, economic challenges'. Congress leader Kharge says CEA protecting 'dear leader'.

Amid plans to lift AFSPA, Army starts joint training with Jammu & Kashmir Police

In an interview with Gulistan News this week, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said the government would leave law and order to J&K Police and slowly withdraw troops.

For BJP, Kejriwal is an idea whose time has come to be destroyed

The ‘idea’ Kejriwal's politics grew around was a no-holds-barred fight against corruption. That is the reason Modi govt has now tarred him and his entire party with the same paint.