New Delhi, June 10 (IANS) Global crude oil prices traded higher on Wednesday, increasing by up to 1 per cent after the United States launched strikes against Iranian military targets near the Strait of Hormuz, raising concerns over potential disruptions to energy supplies from the strategically important region.International benchmark Brent crude was up about 1 per cent at $93.26 per barrel. Similarly, US West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude gained 0.97 per cent to trade around $90 per barrel.The…
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Washington, June 8 (IANS) President Donald Trump has said US gasoline prices would “drop like a rock” once the conflict with Iran is resolved, arguing that temporary increases in fuel and farm input costs are the price of preventing Tehran from obtaining a nuclear weapon.In an interview with NBC’s Meet the Press, Trump acknowledged that higher energy prices have affected American farmers but insisted the economic pain would be short-lived and justified by his administration’s actions against Ira…
Washington, June 7 (IANS) The US military said it shot down two Iranian drones after they allegedly threatened traffic in the Strait of Hormuz on Sunday (Indian time). “Earlier today, US forces in the Middle East shot down two Iranian one-way attack drones that threatened international maritime traffic in the Strait of Hormuz,” the US Central Command (CENTCOM) said on X.CENTCOM said on Friday that US forces had intercepted multiple ballistic missiles and drones launched by Iran toward the Strait…
Washington, June 7 (IANS) US lawmakers this week warned that a successful attack on the Global Positioning System (GPS) could severely disrupt the American economy, as a House panel examined growing threats from China and Russia and debated competing technologies to provide backup positioning, navigation and timing services.At a hearing of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, members of both parties agreed that GPS has become deeply embedded in modern life…
Washington, June 6 (IANS) President Donald Trump has said that the confrontation with Iran is nearing an end and declared that Tehran’s nuclear ambitions would be stopped “one way or the other.” Speaking at an agriculture roundtable in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, on Friday (local time), Trump said the United States had already largely achieved its objective of preventing Iran from becoming a nuclear-armed state.”We had to extinguish a nuclear weapon…,” Trump said. “We weren’t going to let that …
Washington, June 6 (IANS) The United States military has announced that it shot down four Iranian attack drones headed towards the Strait of Hormuz and later carried out strikes on Iranian coastal radar installations, marking a fresh escalation in tensions in one of the world’s most critical maritime corridors.In a brief statement on Friday (local time), the US Central Command (CENTCOM) said its forces acted after detecting what it described as an immediate threat to shipping in the region.“Mo…
Singapore, May 30 (IANS) US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth on Saturday called for finding a “balance” in the transfer of wartime operational control (OPCON) to South Korea in a way that respects the roles the US military has played for decades.Hegseth made the remarks at a defence forum in Singapore amid growing concerns over what appear to be differing views between Seoul and Washington over when and how the transition should proceed, Yonhap news agency reported.”I think we have to find the bal…
Singapore, May 30 (IANS) US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth on Saturday called for finding a “balance” in the transfer of wartime operational control (OPCON) to South Korea in a way that respects the roles the US military has played for decades.Hegseth made the remarks at a defence forum in Singapore amid growing concerns over what appears to be differing views between Seoul and Washington over when and how the transition should proceed.”I think we have to find the balance of where our military p…
Tehran, May 29 (IANS) Iran’s air defences were activated Thursday night in the southern province of Bushehr, with an “invading” US drone destroyed, Iran’s media reported.The semi-official Tasnim news agency cited a military source as saying that Iran’s air defenses intercepted an “invading” US drone near Bushehr by firing missiles.Meanwhile, the semi-official Fars news agency said Iran’s armed forces fired missiles at certain targets from the country’s southern regions, with some local sources r…
Washington, May 29 (IANS) US Vice President JD Vance warned that while artificial intelligence will transform warfare, decisions involving life and death must remain in human hands, telling graduating officers at the US Air Force Academy that America must never surrender moral judgment to machines.Addressing the Class of 2026 in Colorado Springs, Vance said rapid advances in artificial intelligence, cyber operations and autonomous systems were reshaping the battlefield and creating new challenge…