LONDON: Britain’s King Charles and other senior royals wore black armbands at the “Trooping the Colour” military parade on Saturday as a mark of respect for the victims of the Air India plane crash. The Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner bound for London crashed shortly after takeoff from Ahmedabad, India, on Thursday, killing at least 270 people…
PARIS: France is boosting security, including around Jewish and US sites on its territory, because of the conflict between Israel and Iran, the interior minister said in a domestic order sent on Saturday. “Special vigilance” must be given “to all sites that could be targeted by terrorist or malicious acts by a foreign power,“ Interior…
Ethereum is trading at a critical level as tensions in the Middle East escalate following fresh conflict between Israel and Iran. Despite the rising global uncertainty, ETH continues to show resilience, holding firmly above the $2,500 support zone. Bulls remain in control for now, but selling pressure is building as bears attempt to push the…
VATICAN CITY: Pope Leo XIV on Saturday called on Israel and Iran to show responsiblity and reason, as the two arch-foes clashed in their largest conflict. “The situation in Iran and Israel has seriously deteriorated at such a delicate moment. I wish to forcefully renew an appeal for responsibility and reason,“ the pope said in…
BANGKOK:Thailand said Saturday talks with neighbour Cambodia had “made progress” in resolving a long-running border dispute that last month devolved into clashes. Troops from the two countries exchanged fire on May 28 in an area known as the Emerald Triangle, where the borders of Cambodia, Thailand and Laos meet, with one Cambodian soldier killed. The…
JERUSALEM: Israel’s Ben Gurion international airport is closed until further notice, a spokeswoman said on Saturday, as Israel and Iran traded fire for a second day. “There is no date or day set to reopen the airport,“ airport spokeswoman Lisa Diver told AFP.
TEHRAN: Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei appointed a new head of the Revolutionary Guards air arm on Saturday to replace the one killed by an Israeli strike. In a decree, Khamenei named Majid Mousavi to replace Amirali Hajizadeh as commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps aerospace force.
Friday night saw Israel and Iran exchange a barrage of air strikes For now the fighting between Israel and Iran seems restricted to the two nations. At the United Nations and elsewhere there have been widespread calls for restraint. But what if they fall on deaf ears? What if the fighting escalates and expands? Here…
Bitcoin hovered around $105,100 on June 14, down 0.22% over the past 24 hours as traders digested geopolitical tension. Price action remained relatively tight, with BTC moving within a $2,090 range from $104,220 to $106,135. The largest moves occurred overnight in Asia trading, where Bitcoin briefly dipped below $104,200 before rebounding on high volume. Much…
US President Donald Trump’s media group is making a big splash in crypto finance. A Chicago trading firm put up $100 million to buy 4 million shares in Trump Media & Technology Group. That move comes just nine weeks after US regulators closed a probe into the same firm. Based on reports, the deal is tied to…
