Gold prices edged up for a second session on Tuesday, after recent economic data boosted bets that the Federal Reserve would cut interest rates later this year. FUNDAMENTALS * Spot gold rose 0.2% at $2,327.11 per ounce, as of 0034 GMT. U.S. gold futures firmed 0.2% to $2,336.20. * Traders are pricing in a 64%…
For months, PM Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel has avoided detailed public discussion about Gaza’s post-war future. Trying to placate both his far-right allies, who seek to rebuild Israeli settlements in Gaza, and Israel’s foreign partners, who want Gaza returned to Palestinian governance, Netanyahu has stopped short of any specific declaration. Behind the scenes, however, senior…
Pro-Palestinian activists occupied a building at Columbia University early on Tuesday, escalating a battle with administrators who have begun suspending students for refusing to dismantle tents set up on the New York campus. Protesters entered Hamilton Hall – the site of student protests dating back to the 1960s – and suspended a banner reading “Hind’s…
NEW YORK: After days of stalemate in talks seeking end of pro-Palestinian protest on campus, Columbia University on Monday began suspending protestors who refused to dismantle a tent encampment on its New York City campus.University President Nemat Minouche Shafik said in a statement that days of negotiations between student organizers and academic leaders had failed…
NEW DELHI: A disruption in oil and gas shipments from West Asia looks improbable at this point of hostility between Israel and Iran, but it could lead to inflationary pressure as speculators play on risk premia to keep prices on the boil.Benchmark Brent had surged past $90 per barrel in the wake of Iran’s April…
DUBAI/JERUSALEM: Explosions echoed over an Iranian city on Friday in what sources described as an Israeli attack, but Tehran played down the incident and indicated it had no plans for retaliation – a response that appeared gauged towards averting region-wide war.The limited scale of the attack and Iran‘s muted response appeared to signal a successful…
NEW DELHI: Following Israel‘s retaliatory strike on Iran, Indian govt is closely monitoring the situation but whether it asks Indian nationals in the two countries to leave will depend on whether there is any further escalation.While Israel did launch an air strike on Iran, its actions so far have been limited in scope, intended perhaps…
NEW DELHI: A senior officer from the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), Brigadier General Ahmad Haghtalab, has issued a stern warning that Iran possesses the capability to target Israeli nuclear sites in retaliation if its own facilities are attacked.Brigadier General Haghtalab, who is responsible for the security of Iranian sites, was quoted by the Tasnim…
TEL AVIV: Israel was mere moments away from an air strike on April 1 that killed several senior Iranian commanders at Iran‘s embassy complex in Syria before it told the US what was about to happen. Israel’s closest ally had just been caught off guard. Publicly, US officials voiced support for Israel, but privately, they…
NEW DELHI: An Indian woman cadet, who was a part of 17 Indian nationals onboard the seized vessel MSC Aries has returned home, the ministry of external affairs said on Thursday.“With the concerted efforts of Indian Mission in Tehran and the Iranian Government, Indian deck cadet Ms. Ann Tessa Joseph from Thrissur, Kerala, who was…
