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TopicQassem Soleimani

Topic: Qassem Soleimani

US prohibits flights over Iran, Iraq & Gulf, India asks citizens to avoid travel to region

US-Iran tensions have been escalating with Iran launching over a dozen ballistic missiles in response to the assassination of its military leader Gen Qassem Suleimani.

Pushing US out of Iraq – the sweet revenge Iran can get for Soleimani’s death

Iran has come a step closer to its goal with Iraq’s parliament directing the government to cancel a standing request to host US forces.

Iran retaliates against US in rocket attack on two Iraqi bases

The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps claimed responsibility. Pentagon says attack launched from Iran & targeted a base in western Iraq & another facility in Erbil.

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.

35 killed as stampede breaks out at Gen Soleimani’s funeral procession in Iran

The stampede broke out as masses gathered at the hometown of General Qassem Soleimani, who was killed in a US drone strike, ahead of his burial. The funeral has been postponed indefinitely.

Viral video of US airstrike that killed Qassem Soleimani is from a video game

The video has been going viral on Facebook and WhatsApp since Tuesday, with one post getting more than 17,000 views.

Why China won’t join any Iran-Russia coalition against Trump

China has had a muted response to the Soleimani killing and its stance is consistent with its past efforts to avoid commitments in a region where it could clash with the U.S.

If Trump is seeking confrontation with Iran to win election, it’s a big mistake

The classic example is the fate of President George H.W. Bush. Just two years after the first Gulf War ended, with Bush’s popularity soaring, he lost the 1992 election.

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.

Brace for the unintended consequences of killing Soleimani

The effects of Soleimani’s death will ripple from Baghdad to Tel Aviv to Nairobi to South America, and will set back US efforts in the Middle East.

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Was India’s public sector born out of European envy?

For all its obvious blemishes, capitalism alone holds out the most creative and dynamic force that any civilization has ever discovered, wrote BP Godrej in 1980.

Market regulator SEBI clears Adani Group of impropriety alleged by Hindenburg Research

SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.

2 Assam Rifles personnel killed as convoy ambushed in Manipur, on ‘same route Modi took’ fortnight ago

This is the first major attack on central security forces since last November, when a CRPF jawan was killed and four were injured in an ambush in Jiribam on Manipur-Assam border. 

India doesn’t give walkovers to Pakistan in war. Here’s why it shouldn’t do it in cricket either

Many really smart people now share the position that playing cricket with Pakistan is politically, strategically and morally wrong. It is just a poor appreciation of competitive sport.