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UK plans Brexit celebrations but warns businesses may suffer

7:58 pm January 18, 2020

London: The British government has announced plans for special events on the night of Jan. 31 when the country officially leaves the European Union but the country’s treasury chief has admitted that some U.K. business sectors will suffer as a result. Sajid Javid told the Financial Times in an interview Saturday that Britain’s regulations will […]

Taliban aim to sign deal/withdrawal agreement with the US by end of January month: report

Taliban aim to sign deal with US by end of month: report

2:22 pm January 18, 2020

Kabul: The Taliban are aiming to reach a withdrawal agreement with the US by the end of January and are prepared to “scale down” military operations ahead of signing the deal, according to their chief spokesman. The statement by Suhail Shaheen to Pakistani daily Dawn comes as the group and the US held discussions in […]

Trump warns Iran’s supreme leader to be ‘careful with his words’

11:03 am January 18, 2020

Washington: President Donald Trump on Friday warned Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, to be “very careful with his words.” “The so-called ‘Supreme Leader’ of Iran, who has not been so Supreme lately, had some nasty things to say about the United States and Europe,” Trump tweeted of Khamenei’s comments earlier Friday in Tehran. According […]

Khamenei: Mass Ramadan events in Iran may stop over virus

Khamenei to lead Friday prayers amid Iranian tumult

8:23 pm January 17, 2020

Tehran: Iran’s supreme leader is expected to lead the main weekly Muslim prayers in Tehran on Friday, after a traumatic month in which the country had appeared on the brink of war with the United States and accidentally downed a Ukrainian passenger jet. The last time Ayatollah Ali Khamenei led Friday prayers at Tehran’s Mosalla […]

Rupee drops 15 paise to 71.08 against US dollar

7:51 pm January 17, 2020

Mumbai: The Indian rupee furthered its losses for the second day, dropping 15 paise to close at 71.08 against the US dollar on Friday amid strengthening of the American currency overseas and rising crude prices. At the interbank foreign exchange market, the rupee opened lower at 70.98 to the US dollar and lost further momentum […]