Doha/Vienna: Qatar, known to be a leading economy in the Gulf, has decided to exit from OPEC the association of the Oil Producing and Exporting Countries, controlling nearly 44% of the world’s oil trade. Saad Al Kaabi, the Energy Minister of Qatar, made this announcement on Monday. This decision is believed to be a result […]
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Cairo: The Biggest war exercises of the members of Arab NATO, designed on the principles of NATO, started in Egypt. These exercises of the Arab countries will continue for two weeks and is claimed to be a warning for Iran, who is trying to increase its influence in the Gulf. These exercises by the Arab […]
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London: The Gold demand has increased against the backdrop of the trade war declared by US President Donald Trump against China, sanctions imposed on various countries in view of the Iran nuclear deal and the uncertainty created because of this. The World Gold Council which keeps track of the Gold transactions and trade at the […]
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Riyadh/Istanbul/Washington: Saudi Arabia has accepted that leading Saudi journalist and column writer in the US media, Jamal Khashoggi died in the Saudi embassy in Turkey. Khashoggi had a physical fight with the investigating Saudi officials, while he was interrogated at the Saudi embassy in Turkey, says the statement published by Saudi Arabia. Although President Trump […]
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Jerusalem/Washington: German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who is on a visit to Israel, announced that Germany agrees with the Israeli stand of not allowing Iran to acquire nuclear weapons at any cost. At the same time, Germany also announced opposition to the Iranian ballistic missile program. But Merkel expressed support for the Iran nuclear deal saying […]
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Paris: There seems to be a major turnaround in France’s position which had earlier opposed the United States for withdrawing from the Iran nuclear deal. French Defence Minister Florence Parly criticised that the Iranian ballistic missile program is a threat to the Gulf countries. At the same time, France has detained an Iranian intelligence agent […]
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New York: ‘The Iranian government’s stand has not changed despite strong external pressures. If we want a change, we have to create pressure over the regime from within Iran. Iran will not change unless the government is changed,’ warned Adel al-Jubeir, the Saudi Minister of Foreign Affairs. United Arab Emirates (UAE) also has come out […]
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Washington/Beijing: As China has still not acceded to the United States’ urge for fair and reciprocal treatment in trade, US President Donald Trump announced imposition of 10% tax on Chinese imports worth $ 200 billion. At the same time, President Trump has warned that if China retaliated against this tax, another $ 267 billion worth […]
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Tokyo: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced that the defensive posture taken by Japan since the Second World War, 70 years ago, will be changed. The Japanese Prime Minister warned that Japan cannot afford to continue with its defensive stance in view of the rising threat from China and North Korea in East Asia. A […]
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Washington/Tehran: Iranian missiles in the ‘Zelzal’, ‘Fateh-110’ and ‘Zolfaqar’ class capable of hitting targets in the range of 200 to 700 kilometres have reached Iraq. An international news agency has claimed that with the deployment of these missiles, capable of hitting targets in Israel and Saudi Arabia, Iran intends to issue a warning to its […]
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