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Trump asked Pak to mediate to defuse tensions with Iran: Imran Khan

Khan met both Trump and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani at the United Nations

Iran President Rouhani accuses foreign forces of raising Gulf 'insecurity'

Rouhani also said Iran would present a peace plan to the United Nations in the coming days

New US sanctions target Iranians' access to food, medicine, says Iran

The United States on Friday imposed more sanctions, targeting the Central Bank of Iran, which was already under US sanctions

Iran issues 'battlefield' warning as tensions escalate with arch-rival US

Tensions escalated between arch-foes Iran and the United States after last weekend's attacks on Saudi energy giant Aramco

Fruitless & blind: Iran refutes US accusations over attacks on Saudi Aramco

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo condemned Iran after Saturday's attacks, which knocked out half of the kingdom's oil production

Untraceable Iranian tanker Adrian Darya 1 photographed near Syrian port

Maxar Technologies Inc., a US space technology company spotted the tanker near Syrian port of Tartus

US issues warrant to seize Iranian supertanker Grace 1 off Gibraltar

US issues warrant to seize Iranian tanker off Gibraltar

US threatens visa ban on crew of Iran tanker on terrorism grounds

State Department spokeswoman Morgan Ortagus said the Grace 1 was assisting Iran's Revolutionary Guards, which the US deems a "terrorist organization"

Gold prices likely to remain firm amid weak growth, soft rates

In India, a sharp fall in the equity market amid a slowing economy, subdued corporate earnings and an overall risk-averse sentiment have seen investors flock to the yellow metal

UK joins US in Gulf escort mission after Iran taunts, ship seizures

Britain was also at pains to stress that it had not changed its broader policy towards Tehran

'Sandwiched' Pak, two-front dilemma & Afghan-India ties: Imran's worry list

'We would do anything, I mean, if (there is) any role Pakistan can play in this. We have already suggested this to Iran', said Imran Khan

Iran claims 17 'CIA agents' arrested for spying, some sentenced to death

The arrests took place over the past months, and those taken into custody worked on "sensitive sites" in the country's military and nuclear facilities

CIA spy ring busted, death sentence awarded to some of the arrested: Iran

Iranian agencies claim to have successfully dismantled a CIA spy network on July 18

Indian warships to stay in Persian Gulf for longer-term: Officials

The two ships, backed by surveillance aircraft, will not be part of a military coalition that the United States is assembling to safeguard the waters off Iran near the Straits of Hormuz

Gold soars to 6-year-high to $1,450 on US Fed rate cut hint, Iran tensions

The metal has gained nearly 2% so far this week, on track for a second consecutive weekly gain

US naval ship shot down Iranian drone in 'defensive action', says Trump

Trump asserted that the US reserved the right to defend its personnel, facilities and interests

Why Trump is backing the US into a corner on Iran with new sanctions

The sanctions, which are designed to cripple the Iranian economy, have undermined the middle class and small businesses

How rising US-Iran tensions might hit India's oil import, economy

The country imported 84 per cent of its crude in the last financial year, government data show, and two of every three of those barrels was sourced from the conflict-prone region

Donald Trump warns of 'overwhelming' retaliation to any Iranian attack

In some areas, overwhelming will mean "obliteration." Iran's leaders only understand "Strength and Power, and the USA is by far the most powerful Military Force in the world," Trump said in the tweet

Why Donald Trump's 'maximum pressure' tactic against Iran could backfire

At this point, the key factor preventing Tehran from striking back harder is primarily its desire to win the game of public perception