NEW DELHI: Oil prices remained near recent highs and above $90 per barrel in early trade on Thursday as investors assessed uncertainty surrounding the US-Iran war and continued disruption to shipping through the Strait of Hormuz. At around 7.30am IST, West Texas...

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NAIROBI: Five American nationals and Ecuador’s intelligence chief Michele Sensi-Contugi were among seven people killed when a safari helicopter crashed in central Kenya on Wednesday, authorities said. The Eurocopter EC130 B4 crashed at 9.13am near Mount Ololokwe in...

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HYDERABAD: More than a week after private school principal Roopa Reddy was found murdered at her home in Nalgonda district, police have apprehended two Class 10 students of the same school, alleging that they killed her after she caught one of them stealing from her...

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WASHINGTON: The US national debt has crossed $40 trillion for the first time, according to Treasury data released on Wednesday, as rising spending on defence, Social Security and Medicare, along with mounting interest costs, pushes federal borrowing to a record level....

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NEW DELHI: Indian authorities on Thursday removed structures and queue-management barriers erected outside the Pakistan High Commission in New Delhi, according to news agency PTI. The structures, including queue liners installed near the mission’s visa section, were...

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US President Donald Trump on Wednesday announced what he described as the “most crushing economic operation” ever imposed against a country, escalating Washington’s campaign to isolate Iran economically and warning nations that continue providing financial or...

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