Gold price up on safe-haven buying as Mid-East tensions rise – Kitco NEWS
(Kitco News) – Gold prices rose and silver prices edged higher in early U.S. trading on Thursday. Demand for safe havens is in the spotlight for the yellow metal as risk aversion increases later this week following escalating military action in the Middle East. February gold was last up $10.40 to $2,016.90. The March silver […]
Pakistan launches retaliatory strike on Iran, raising tensions
Pakistan launched a counterattack against Iran early Thursday. The attack comes days after Tehran carried out airstrikes within its borders, reportedly targeting the militant group's hideout in the country. Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Pakistan said that it had been carried out It was a “highly coordinated, highly targeted and precise series of military attacks” […]
Ethnic tensions flare in Kosovo as Serbs petition to oust Albanian mayors
Serb residents of northern Kosovo signed a petition on Wednesday in hopes of securing enough funds to oust four ethnic Albanian mayors whose elections last year heightened tensions between Serbia and Kosovo. In the northern cities of Mitrovica and Leposavić, groups of people could be seen heading to sports halls and other places to sign […]
US, South Korea and Japan conduct naval drills as tensions deepen with North Korea
The United States, South Korea and Japan conducted joint naval exercises involving a U.S. aircraft carrier in the latest show of strength against nuclear-armed North Korea, South Korea's military said Wednesday as senior diplomats from the three countries met in Seoul. announced that they would hold discussions. The deepening conflict with North Korea. The drills […]
Migrant deaths in Rio Grande intensify tensions between Texas, Biden administration over crossings
After Texas began fencing off parks along the U.S.-Mexico border and removing Border Patrol agents, Republican Gov. Greg Abbott explained why at a campaign stop near Houston. “We will no longer allow Border Patrol on that property,” Abbott said Friday while endorsing state legislators running for re-election, drawing applause from supporters. He expressed frustration with […]
Blinken scrambles as Israel, Hezbollah tensions simmer
Amid growing concerns that the Israel-Hamas war is escalating into a broader regional crisis, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken on Saturday spoke with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan for the fourth time in just three months. He began an emergency visit to the Middle East. State Department spokesman Matthew Miller said the two men […]
Blinken meets with Turkey’s Erdogan as Middle East tensions escalate
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Blinken embarking on high-stakes Middle East trip as tensions boil
Secretary of State Antony Blinken departs for the Middle East on Thursday night with an intensive diplomatic agenda as tensions rise over Israel's war against Hamas. Tuesday's assassination of a Hamas leader in Lebanon, Wednesday's terrorist attack in Iran, and attacks on U.S. military bases in Iraq and commercial ships in the Red Sea have […]