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Tuesday, December 16, 2025
TopicQassem Soleimani

Topic: Qassem Soleimani

Too much salt on PM Modi’s plate and a common dilemma across borders

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

Gold nears 6-year high after US kills Iranian commander Soleimani

Amid mounting tensions in the Middle East, gold registered its biggest annual gain in almost a decade, also aided by a weaker dollar and lower real rates.

Another deadly airstrike in Baghdad, Iraqi state TV & Iranian militias claim US behind it

A US official has denied the country’s involvement in the second airstrike, which took place a day after it killed Iranian commander Qassem Soleimani.

Trump says Soleimani’s reign of terror is over, was plotting attacks on Delhi & London

Speaking to reporters at Mar-a-Lago in Florida, US President Donald Trump also said that top Iranian commander Soleimani made the 'death of innocent people his sick passion'.

US kills Iran’s Soleimani: Is it a wise act or Trump’s foolhardiness in an election year?

This attack marks another blow to relations between US and Iran, with whom India shares old ties.

Iran’s Qassem Soleimani was on Bush and Obama’s kill list too but Trump went for the attack

Top Iranian commander Qassem Soleimani whom Donald Trump ordered killed was trained to disregard human lives.

On Camera

Why district judges almost never make it to India’s Supreme Court

Indian judiciary has a corrosive imbalance between the bar and the bench. Those who supervise the district judiciary do so without the lived experience that is essential for meaningful reform.

India’s merchandise exports to US rising month-on-month despite Trump tariffs, govt data shows

November exports to the US saw 10% growth from the previous month. Overall, in the first 8 months this fiscal, the merchandise exports to the US touched has touched $59bn.

US clears $686-mn package to breathe fresh life into Pakistani F-16s

Of the total package, $649 million will be utilised for additional hardware, software, and support services, and the remaining for Major Defence Equipment (MDE).

India’s top airline just handed sarkar the keys. That’s IndiGo’s real ‘crime’

Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.