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US Congress demands answers from Donald Trump on Soleimani killing

Congress, which has the sole power to declare war, has complained that Trump did not provide advance notice of his airstrike on Soleimani in Baghdad

US-Iran crisis: Petrol prices up 15 paise, diesel by 17 paise; crude at $70

US President Donald Trump on Sunday warned of a "major retaliation" against Tehran after it threatened revenge for the killing

US-Iran conflict scare puts markets on edge, oil prices likely to go up

Experts fear risk-off trade, spike in oil prices, weaker rupee to hurt India's fundamentals

Escalation in US-Iran tensions will impact India's exports: Trade lobby

Tensions between Iran and the US increased after an American drone strike killed top Iranian general Qasem Soleimani last week.

How Donald Trump planned the drone strike with a tight circle of aides

The Trump administration had recently asked France and other allies to warn Tehran against killing Americans, according to one of the people. For the president, a red line had been crossed

Soleimani killing: Israel holds security talks, braces for fallout

Netanyahu broke off an official visit to Greece and flew home, expressing support for the overnight US strike that killed General Qasem Soleimani in Baghdad

Pak expresses concern over Soleimani killing, calls for maximum restraint

General Soleimani was killed when a drone fired missiles into a convoy that was leaving the Baghdad International Airport early on Friday

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

Suleimani: Master of Iran's intrigue, built Shiite axis of power in mideast

The commander helped direct wars in Iraq, Syria, Lebanon and Yemen, and he became the face of Iran's efforts to build a regional bloc of Shiite power

US 'committed to de-escalation' after Soleimani killing: Mike Pompeo

The strike also killed the deputy chief of Iraq's powerful Hashed al-Shaabi paramilitary force.

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"

Republicans back US's Iran strikes after Congress says wasn't warned before

"Wow - the price of killing and injuring Americans has just gone up drastically," Senator Lindsey Graham, a close confidant of Trump, wrote on Twitter.

Iran will take a crushing revenge for Soleimani's assassination: Official

We will take revenge from all those involved and responsible for his assassination, Amir Hatami said

Iran will pay 'very big price' if it attacks US facilities, warns Trump

Trump spoke with Abdel Mahdi earlier by telephone, stressing the need to protect Americans and US facilities in Iraq, the White House said.

Trump backs severe sanctions, says many options short of war for Iran

Iran again denied involvement in the Sept. 14 raids, which hit the world's biggest crude oil processing facility and initially knocked out half of Saudi output

Iran was behind Saudi oil attack. Will there be more? Will Trump negotiate?

Yes, Iran Was Behind the Saudi Oil Attack. Now What?

US issues warrant to seize Iranian supertanker Grace 1 off Gibraltar

US issues warrant to seize Iranian tanker off Gibraltar

Iran invites Pompeo for interview by reporter once detained in US

Pompeo said on Thursday in an interview with Bloomberg that he would "happily" go to Tehran and willingly appear on Iranian television

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