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Soleimani killling: US asks its citizens to leave Iraq 'immediately'

The US announced earlier Friday that it had killed the powerful general in a strike on Baghdad's international airport

Gen Soleimani's killing 'irreparable blow' for Tehran: exiled opposition

The killing is an "irreparable blow for the regime of the mullahs," Maryam Rajavi, the head of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), said in a statement issued in Paris

Qassem Soleimani killing: Netanyahu says US has 'right' to self-defence

"Just as Israel has the right of self-defence, the United States has exactly the same right," he said as he boarded a flight home after cutting short a visit to Greece

A more dangerous world: Qassem Soleimani's killing triggers global alarm

China, Russia and France, all permanent members of the UN Security Council, took a dim view of the US airstrike near Baghdad's airport early Friday that killed Gen Qassem Soleimani

Berlin urges 'prudence', 'de-escalation' after US kills Iran's top general

"We are at a dangerous point of escalation. It is now important through prudence and restraint to contribute to de-escalation," said Chancellor Angela Merkel's spokeswoman Ulrike Demmer

Post Soleimani killing, Iran names Esmail Qaani new Quds chief of IRGC

"Following the martyrdom of the glorious general haj Qasem Soleimani, I name Brigadier General Esmail Qaani as the commander of the Quds Force"

Qassem Soleimani killing: Iran vows 'severe revenge' after US attack

Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif denounced the attack as a "dangerous escalation"

Iran's Qassem Soleimani killed on Trump orders: How world leaders reacted

Here are some reactions to the killing of Iranian Major-General Qassem Soleimani

US attack on Qassem Soleimani to hit India's economic recovery, say experts

Brent Crude Futures surged over 3 per cent to trade at $68.25 per barrel-mark. The West Texas Intermediate, too, gained 2.71 per cent to $62.84 per barrel.

Trump ordered killing of top Iranian military commander: Pentagon

The death of Qasem Soleimani, who led the Revolutionary Guards' Quds force, heightened fears of an armed conflict between the U.S. and Iran that could easily pull in other countries.

Iran will pay very big price, says Trump after attack on US embassy

President Trump, in his brief interaction with reporters, said that the situation in Iran has been handled very well.

Iran's Ayatollah Khamenei condemns US air strike on militant group in Iraq

Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Wednesday strongly condemned US air strikes on a militant group in Iraq, in his first comments since the weekend raids. "The Iranian govt & nation & I strongly condemn the US's malice," Khamenei said on his official Twitter account, referring to Sunday's deadly US strikes on the Hashed al-Shaabi militants.

In rare public move, envoys of US and Iran talk after UNSC meeting

Since Washington pulled out of the Iran nuclear deal in May 2018, tensions between the United States and Tehran have risen.

Amid escalating tensions, envoy says US open to dialogue with Iran

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif is also in the Qatari capital, though he has no permission from Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei to talk with Americans, Hook said

Rare cooperation: Iran releases US student in prisoner swap after 3 years

Iran's Foreign Minister Javad Zarif said on Saturday that Wang's release comes as a prisoner swap between the two countries.

US to bolster military presence in Saudi Arabia; to send 3,000 more troops

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said, the additional troop to Saudi Arabia is to enhance its defensive capabilities and to help restore deterrence against Iranian aggression

Letter to BS: Iran's willingness to talk with US is a good diplomatic start

The two countries should not squander this opportunity

Iran's petroleum industry on 'full alert' against attacks: Oil minister

US media reports have said Washington was considering possible cyber attacks against Iran

Iran president says US offered to remove sanctions in exchange for talks

Rouhani, speaking on his return from the United Nations General Assembly in New York, said he met there with U.S. officials at the insistence of Germany, Britain and France

No UN breakthrough: Iran closes the door on talks as US ramps up sanctions

Trump had already ruled out easing economic pressure and, hours before Rouhani's speech, his administration said it was stepping up sanctions