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Spot gold rose 2.3% to $4,811.66 per ounce by 2344 GMT, building on a 1.2% increase in the previous session, while US gold futures for June delivery advanced 3.3% to $4,840.20. Donald Trump said Washington had agreed to pause attacks for two weeks and had received a 10-point proposal from Iran, which he described as…
Oil prices fell sharply on Wednesday with Brent crude and US West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude both slipping below the $100 per barrel mark after President Donald Trump announced a two-week ceasefire with Iran, subject to the immediate reopening of the Strait of Hormuz.In the early hours of trade, Brent crude dropped 13.6 per cent…
US President Donald Trump has announced a two-week suspension of planned bombing and military strikes on Iran, subject to the immediate opening of the Strait of Hormuz. The announcement, made hours ahead of a previously indicated escalation timeline, signals a temporary de-escalation in tensions and opens a window for negotiations.Trump said the pause would be…
AI Image generated by GPT We are all familiar with the adage of the boy who cried wolf, whose modern storytelling equivalent is the president who posts threats on social media. On Easter Friday, Donald Trump threatened Iran with words that are not even publishable in most mainstream outlets, promising that Tuesday would be “Power…
TOI correspondent from Washington: US President Donald Trump has threatened to erase Iranian civilisation if it did not re-open the Hormuz Straits by 8 pm on Tuesday night (5.30 am IST Wednesday), inviting the label of a potential war criminal amid calls for a constitutional coup from some of his own horrified MAGA supporters. In…
Donald Trump (File photo) US president Donald Trump on Tuesday gave a stark warning to Iran as his ultimatum to open the Strait of Hormuz, saying “whole civilisation will die tonight”.“A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again. I don’t want that to happen, but it probably will. However, now that…
The tensions between the US and Iran have taken a digital turn. The war of words is no longer limited to official press conferences and speeches; it has spilled onto the social media, where Iranian embassies around the world are taking potshots at the comments made by US President Donald Trump. In one of the…
As tensions rise in the Middle East, US President Donald Trump has suggested that the United States could take control of Iran’s oil, saying he looks at it from a business point of view and that the spoils belong to the “winner”. Speaking at the White House, Trump said, “if I had my choice, I’m…
India had obtained a six-month exemption from US sanctions for the Chabahar Port in October 2025. India’s strategic investment in Iran’s Chabahar Port is back in focus as the sanctions waiver granted by the US comes to an end soon. India is in discussions with both the United States and Iran to protect its strategic…
United States Central Command on Tuesday released fresh images of pre-flight checks on the B-2 Spirit, offering a rare operational glimpse as the United States intensifies its air campaign against Iran and signals that further escalation could be imminent.In a post on X, CENTCOM said, “US Air Force crew chiefs perform pre-flight checks on a…
