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Representative AI Image using ChatGPT NEW DELHI: The United States and Israel launched coordinated airstrikes on Iran on Saturday, targeting military sites across the country in what both governments described as a pre-emptive operation, drawing swift retaliatory missile strikes from Tehran against American military bases across the Gulf and setting off a diplomatic scramble among…
India’s exposure to oil procurement via Strait of Hormuz has increased in the last few months. (AI image) The growing tensions in the Middle East after Israel and United States’ strikes on Iran and the latter’s retaliation has implications for India as well. India imports approximately 90% of its crude oil and the tensions in…
File photo: Iranian supreme leader, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, right, with Oman’s Sultan Haitham bin Tariq Al Said, in Tehran (Picture credit: PTI) As the confrontation between Iran, Israel and the United States intensifies, missiles have lit up skies across the Gulf. Yet one country stood out for not being targeted, Oman.Following coordinated US–Israeli…
An official with the European Union’s naval mission Operation Aspides said on Saturday that vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz have been receiving radio messages stating that “no ship is allowed to pass the Strait of Hormuz”.The official, who spoke to Reuters on condition of anonymity, said the warnings were transmitted over VHF radio and…
Global financial markets are preparing for heightened volatility after the United States and Israel carried out strikes on Iran, triggering fears of wider conflict in the Middle East and potential disruptions to global energy supplies, Reuters reported. Tehran retaliated by launching missiles towards Israel, intensifying concerns among investors and oil producers across the region.President Donald…
Commercial air traffic over Iran was rapidly cleared early Saturday after the United States and Israel carried out coordinated military strikes, with flight tracking data showing aircraft diverting away from Iranian airspace as the situation escalated.A video posted on X by flight tracking platform Flightradar24 showed planes abruptly rerouting around Iran, leaving large sections of…
Iran’s Defence Minister Amir Nasirzadeh and Revolutionary Guards commander Mohammed Pakpour are believed to have been killed in Israeli attacks on Saturday, three sources familiar with military operations and regional intelligence told Reuters. Tehran has yet to comment publicly on the status of the two senior officials.The strikes come amid a major joint offensive by…
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (File photo) A newly released high-resolution satellite image revealed significant destruction at the official residence compound of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in Tehran, following US-Israeli military strikes early Saturday morning.The image, captured by Airbus Defence and Space and obtained by The New York Times, shows multiple collapsed buildings, heavy structural…
AI image (Picture credit: OpenAI via ChatGPT) The Strait of Hormuz – a narrow water passageway in the Middle East – is back in focus. The US and Israel strikes on Iran and its retaliation on Saturday have sent ripples globally, and the growing tensions in the Middle East spell trouble for crude oil prices.US…
OPEC+ could consider raising oil output more than previously planned when key producers meet on Sunday, as Gulf exporters move to cushion markets from potential supply disruptions after US-Israeli strikes on Iran, Reuters reported, citing two sources close to the talks.Eight members of the oil alliance — Saudi Arabia, Russia, the UAE, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Iraq,…
