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‘Gates of hell will open for you’: Iran rejects Trump’s ‘helpless’ 48-hour ultimatum to reopen Strait of Hormuz

Iran on Saturday rejected US President Donald Trump’s ’48-hour ultimatum’, in which he threatened to destroy the nation’s essential infrastructure if a deal is not reached within the stipulated time.Tehran’s central military command issued a strong response, with General Ali Abdollahi Aliabadi of the Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters characterising the American president’s remarks as ‘a…

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Trump’s Xi moment? A military purge unfolds in the US

“Hide your strength and bide your time” – China’s transformational Premier Deng Xiaoping once advised. He was referring to keeping external factors at bay, while rather focusing on internal development, urging patience, strategic restraint and the quiet accumulation of national power. And in Xi Jinping‘s China, the accumulation of power and control over institutions is…

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Iran: Is Donald Trump’s triumphal tone on Iran facing a reality check?

US President Donald Trump’s forceful claim that the United States had “beaten and completely decimated Iran” is now facing a harsh test, after a US warplane was lost, undercutting his confident public messaging on the conflict.In his first live address to Americans on the war on Wednesday, Trump declared, “We’ve beaten and completely decimated Iran.”…

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Tipu’s ghost and Trump’s jibes haunt a transatlantic Franco-American rift

TOI correspondent from Washington: In the hallowed halls of the White House and the Elysee Palace, the United States and France have managed to upgrade a centuries-old alliance into something far more contemporary: a full-blown, transatlantic group chat gone wrong.The latest fracture in this storied alliance—a bond dating back to when the French were helping…

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Trump’s Iran address: Peace is close, war is closer

The TOI correspondent from Washington: The prime-time address was intended to reassure an anxious nation and steady jittery markets; instead, U.S President Donald Trump on Wednesday underscored the deep contradictions at the heart of his war in Iran, declaring that American objectives were “nearing completion” even as he threatened an intensification of military action.The speech,…

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‘Could involve hundreds or thousands of troops’: Inside Donald Trump’s high-risk plan to seize Iran’s uranium stockpile

The United States military has reportedly drawn up an extraordinary wartime contingency plan at the request of Donald Trump which involves a high-risk operation to seize Iran’s stockpile of highly enriched uranium. The move could mark one of the most ambitious and unprecedented military missions in modern history, according to a Washington Post report, which…

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Stock market today: NSE Nifty50 tumbles 2%, BSE Sensex sinks over 1,300 points as Trump’s speech on Iran war endgame

Stock market opened in red on Thursday, with benchmark indices falling around 2% as investor sentiments were dragged down by fresh geopolitical tensions. The fall came after US President Donald Trump said in an address that the United States would hit Iran “extremely hard” within weeks, ending hopes of a quick end to the conflict…

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‘Buy from US or go take it from the Strait’: Trump’s suggestion to nations hit by oil shock due to Hormuz crisis

US President Donald Trump on Wednesday (local time) suggested that countries facing fuel shortages during the ongoing war with Iran should either buy oil from the United States or take stronger steps to secure supplies, going to the Strait o Hormuz, themselves. Speaking in a prime-time address at 9 pm EDT from the White House’s…

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‘April Fools’ joke’: Iran mocks Trump’s new regime claim, calls ceasefire remark ‘false & baseless’

NEW DELHI: Iran on Wednesday mocked US President Donald Trump’s claim of “new regime” in Tehran as an “April Fools’” joke and denied his remarks that Tehran had sought a ceasefire, calling it “false and baseless.““On April Fools’ Day, it’s almost poetic that Donald #Trump still manages to outdo the jokes; talking about a “new”…

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