Israel cuts fuel tax as US-Iran conflict pushes up gasoline prices
Israel cuts fuel tax as US-Iran conflict pushes up gasoline prices
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Israel cuts fuel tax as US-Iran conflict pushes up gasoline prices
"Strait of Hormuz is effectively blocked": Foreign expert Robinder Sachdev on US-Iran "tit-for-tat" phase
Dow Jones| Nasdaq | S&P 500 | US Stock Market Today |Live Updates: Wall Street s main indexes opened higher on Thursday after Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller said he was open to leaving interest rates unchanged this month if data confirms cooling i
Shocking visuals have emerged from an alleged US airstrike near a wedding site in Iran, as questions grow over possible civilian casualties. The United States has denied targeting civilians
Indian refiners face mounting crude supply disruptions from the Gulf region. Rising vessel attacks and transit bottlenecks are causing significant delivery delays
Responding to rising threats in the region, United States forces have executed strikes aimed at Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps targets. Central Command reported that the operations commenced on Tuesday afternoon, citing recent aggressive actions agai
A bond-market selloff of a scale not seen in decades is creating a fresh headache for Indian investors. Yields across major economies have climbed to multi-year highs as traders grapple with three increasingly uncomfortable forces: oil-driven inflation, tighte
Iran-US war live news updates: Iran escalated its retaliation against the United States on Wednesday, with the Revolutionary Guards saying they struck US bases in Erbil and targeted American forces at Bahrain s air base with missiles and drones. Explosions wer
Chinese President Xi Jinping and Prime Minister Narendra Modi Breaking News Live Updates: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will participate in the 26th SCO Summit in Bishkek on Tuesday, marking 25 years of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation. India, a full SCO m
Gold and silver prices tumbled on Wednesday as fading hopes for a U.S.-Iran peace deal fueled inflation worries and bolstered expectations of sustained high interest rates from the Federal Reserve. MCX silver futures saw a significant drop, while gold futures
Mumbai: The Reserve Bank on Tuesday said the interim peace deal between Iran and the US can provide tailwinds to Indian economic growth.In its bi-annual financial stability report released on Tuesday, the central bank also said that the growth in gold imports
Tehran [Iran], August 22 (ANI): Iran on Saturday slammed the latest economic sanctions announced by the United States, calling them arbitrary and saying they have no basis in international law and violate the principle of sovereign equality enshrined in the UN
The United States is set to announce stringent economic sanctions against Iran. These measures could significantly impact Iran and its key trading partners like China
Dow Jones Today | US Stock Market Live: The S&P 500 and the tech-heavy Nasdaq were set to snap a three-week winning streak, while the Dow was headed for its steepest weekly fall since mid-March. Long-dated US Treasury yields remained near recent highs after ra

The total US national debt has surpassed $40 trillion for the first time, the Treasury Department said on Wednesday (Aug 19), as rising interest costs and spending pressures deepen concerns over the country s fiscal outlook. The Treasury s latest daily cash an

US President Donald Trump announced what he called the MOST CRUSHING ECONOMIC OPERATION EVER TAKEN AGAINST ANY COUNTRY, unveiling sweeping new measures aimed at isolating the Islamic Republic of Iran economically and diplomatically. In a statement released Wed
Six months into its war with the United States, Iran's military has begun signalling a shift from retaliation to offence, which analysts say could reflect Tehran's belief it holds leverage to advance its demands and break the stalemate. Ahmad Zeidabadi, a Tehr

A large majority of commercial vessels heading to India are turning off their tracking systems as they pass through the Strait of Hormuz, maritime data has revealed. Experts say ships are doing this to avoid being spotted and attacked by Iranian forces in one

The United Arab Emirates has suspended all trade and financial transactions with Iran for now even as it accused Iranian forces of launching two ballistic missiles towards the country, a claim that Iran has denied. The UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in a sta

The United States and Iran put out completely opposite messages on Tuesday about whether they were planning to meet for talks in Qatar. US President Donald Trump said Iran had asked for a meeting and that it would happen in Doha
Dow Jones Today | US Stock Market Live: Wall Street's main indexes traded lower on Tuesday, as diminishing prospects for a peace deal between the U.S. and Iran kept oil prices elevated and government bond yields at multi-year peaks
Iraq will investigate a drone attack on the Kurdistan prime minister's office. Iran denied involvement and called the incident a ploy to harm relations

The 60-day window for the US and Iran to agree on a long-term peace framework expired on Monday. On the ground, however, both sides had shut the window in late June and through July, as they traded strikes
US President Donald Trump has threatened military action against Oman if it interferes with the US blockade of Iranian ships in the Strait of Hormuz, Fox News reported. Trump said the blockade was putting pressure on Iran but gave no timeline for resolving the

Former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene said Sunday that the possible use of nuclear weapons against Iran is being discussed in US strategy meetings, though she did not provide evidence for the claim

Even as the US-Iran conflict in West Asia slowed down the strengthening and repair of roads spanning 162 km in the Capital due to a surge in bitumen prices, the Delhi government s Public Works Department (PWD) is now aiming to finish the work before the year e

US President Donald Trump has said that he will soon declare the Strait of Hormuz to be United States territory, raising tension over the important sea route that carries a large part of the world s oil. He told Americans to accept higher petrol prices as the
Dow Jones Today | US Stock Market Live: Cooling rate-hike expectations and resilient corporate earnings have put the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq on track for a third straight week of gains, their longest winning streak since early April. US stock futures were muted
Kuwait's oil exports have plummeted due to the ongoing war and Strait of Hormuz closure. The nation faces its biggest crisis since the 1990 invasion, impacting its economy significantly

UAE condemns Iran over Hormuz tanker attacks: Tensions in the Gulf escalated after the UAE condemned Iran for attacking two oil tankers owned by Abu Dhabi s national oil company, ADNOC, in the Strait of Hormuz. The UAE s Foreign Ministry said the strikes viola
Dow Jones Today | US Stock Market Live: A Labor Department report showed the Consumer Price Index rose 3.4% on an annual basis in July, in line with an estimated 3.4% rise, according to economists polled by Reuters. On a monthly basis, it rose 0.1% compared wi
Dow Jones Today | US Stock Market Live: Consumer and producer price inflation readings later this week might shape market expectations on the U.S. Federal Reserve's policy path, given its focus on the inflation mandate and Chair Kevin Warsh's stance on cutting
US Iran war news: Donald Trump demanded compensation from Iran for conflict victims. Iranian representatives had initially sought damages for their own conflict losses
Dow Jones Today | US Stock Market Live: Wall Street's main indexes traded lower on Monday, as investors weighed developments in the Middle East that could influence the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz and braced for a week laden with crucial inflation data a

The US Central Command on Sunday released footage purportedly showing US Navy and Air Force fighter jets conducting strikes on Iranian military targets at several locations in and around the Strait of Hormuz. The footage, which was released by the Central Comm
Iran issued new demands for the Strait of Hormuz reopening and the UAE reported an Iranian missile attack. Yemen's military launched attacks against Iran-backed Houthi rebels in response to recent strikes
Traffic through the Strait of Hormuz continued to improve compared to pre-US and Iran agreement levels on Tuesday, with some ships crossing through a new IMO evacuation route, tracking data showed.As of 1500 GMT on Wednesday, maritime tracking firm Kpler recor

The US military on Wednesday reimposed a blockade on Iranian ports over Tehran s attacks on ships trying to pass through the Strait of Hormuz even as President Donald Trump warned that US will continue to attack Iran. The strikes led to retaliation from Iran w

The United Arab Emirates is planning a new deepwater port on its east coast that would allow cargo to bypass the Strait of Hormuz, reducing reliance on one of the world s most strategically vulnerable shipping routes after months of conflict between Iran and t

India has lodged a protest with Iran over the attack on Indian seafarers in Hormuz. Iran s Deputy chief of mission has been summoned by the Ministry of External Affairs

The US launched a third straight night of strikes on Iran, as tensions over the Strait of Hormuz escalated following an Iranian missile attack on two UAE tankers and Trump's announcement of a naval blockade with a 20 percent cargo toll. US Central Command said
Oil prices climbed to a four-week high on Tuesday. The United States reinstated its naval blockade of Iran
The Indian rupee has weakened against the US dollar after recent gains. Renewed US-Iran tensions have pushed crude oil prices higher globally

US President Donald Trump on Monday said that the United States will take over the Strait of Hormuz and should be reimbursed for controlling the strategic waterway as hostilities in West Asia continued with Iran hitting Gulf nations, including Bahrain, Kuwait
President Trump announced the United States will guard the Strait of Hormuz. He stated America will act as the waterway's guardian and receive payment
Dow Jones Today | S&P 500 | US Stock Market Live: Wall Street futures fell as renewed US-Iran tensions in the Gulf pushed oil prices higher and pressured chip stocks. Nasdaq futures led losses, while investors braced for key earnings and inflation data that co
The Indian stock market recorded a sharp recovery from intraday lows on Monday, with Sensex and Nifty closing in the green with marginal gains after crashing nearly 1% each in the morning.At the end of the session, Sensex was up around 47 points at 77,616 whil

The US military carried out another wave of strikes on Iran on Sunday (Jul 12), targeting dozens of locations with precision munitions, said the US Central Command (CENTCOM). CENTCOM said that the move was aimed at degrading Iran s ability to continue attackin

Stocks opened lower on Monday after renewed tensions in the Middle East with Iran shutting the crucial Strait of Hormuz, pushing the crude oil prices higher. At 9.15 am, The benchmark Nifty 50 plummeted 0.69% to 24,039.4, while the BSE Sensex shed 0.78% to 76
United States forces conducted strikes on Iranian missile and air defence systems. US forces also targeted Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps small boats near the Strait of Hormuz