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Sunday, May 18, 2025
TopicIran-US tensions

Topic: Iran-US tensions

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.

After Qassem Soleimani killing, Iran could make oil a weapon of choice

There is no particular reason to expect that Iran’s retaliation will target oil, except that even the best guarded of the industry’s installations have been shown to be vulnerable.

Soleimani’s killing: Iran’s Rouhani vows revenge, Trump waves US flag, war clouds gather

The most politically correct and incorrect tweets of the day from across the political spectrum.

Trump’s latest middle east action is either bold or reckless

The US strike that killed General Qassem Soleimani, a man regarded as the second most powerful person in Iran, comes 2 days into Trump’s re-election year, and while he faces an impeachment trial.

Top Iranian general Qassem Soleimani killed in US airstrike in Baghdad

The death of Soleimani, who led the Revolutionary Guards’ Quds force, heightened fears of an armed conflict between the US and Iran.

Detained for more than a month, Iran oil tanker with Indian crew leaves Gibraltar

The vessel was released last week after Gibralter said it couldn't process US' request to further detain the tanker under a new legal procedure.

The US has lots of options with Iran besides war

The list of US options isn’t limited to traditional warfare. If Iran continues to escalate, the US could attack Iranian military computer networks.

Iran tensions prompt US lawmakers to revisit Trump’s powers to go to war

After Iran shot down US drone, 2 Democratic Senators sought vote blocking funds for military action without explicit authorisation from Congress.

Trump’s trade war strategy is easy to grasp – he doesn’t have one

Trump, bumbling haphazardly & randomly from one business venture to the next, was never much of a strategic thinker in his pre-politics career.

On Camera

Ishaan Khatter is officially the Milind Soman of the 21st century

The actor has both a good physique and acting prowess. He impressed audiences with his performance in A Suitable Boy (2020), making love look giddy and poetic all at once.

Northeast set for economic take-off with Rs 1.12 lakh cr in investment commitments from Tata, Reliance

Driving this wave of interest is the upcoming Rising North-East Investors Summit in New Delhi, organised by the Ministry for Development of the North Eastern Region.

Op Sindoor: Inside story of what led Pakistan DGMO to make frantic calls for ‘ceasefire’

India used multiple types of aircraft, air to surface missiles & air defence systems to inflict damage to PAF. Almost all strikes were covered by high-res recon UAVs & satellites.

Pakistan has a 7-year terror itch. Here’s a two-minus-one-front idea to cure it

Pakistani establishments and their proxies are prone to severe, predictable 7-year-itch. Each step up the escalation ladder buys India about this many years of deterrence on average.