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Israel refrains from striking Lebanese-Syrian border crossing after mediation efforts, source says

BEIRUT, April 7 (Reuters) – The Israeli military has refrained from striking a key border crossing between Syria and Lebanon after both pressed the U.S. on the ​need to keep it open, a Lebanese source familiar with ‌the matter said on Tuesday. The Israeli military on April 4 issued a warning for the Masnaa crossing, the main border point between Lebanon and Syria, saying it would ​strike it “in the near future” because Lebanese armed group Hezbollah was using ​it to smuggle weapons. The crossing has been used by both Lebanese ⁠and Syrians fleeing the expanding war in Lebanon, where

At least two dead in gunfight outside Israeli consulate in Istanbul

ISTANBUL, April 7 (Reuters) – At least two attackers were killed ​and one was seriously injured in an extended gun ‌battle between police and assailants directly outside the building housing the Israeli consulate in Istanbul on ​Tuesday, according to media reports and ​Reuters video. Reuters video showed police officers pulling ⁠out guns and taking cover as shots rang ​out for at least 10 minutes. One person ​was covered in blood. Other footage obtained by Reuters showed an apparent attacker moving among parked white police and ​security buses and firing over several ​minutes with an automatic rifle and handgun. Two bodies

Current oil and gas crisis worse than 1973, 1979, 2022 together: IEA chief

PARIS, April 7 (Reuters) – The current oil and ‌gas crisis triggered by the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz is “more serious than the ones in 1973, ​1979 and 2022 together”, Fatih Birol, the ​head of the International Energy Agency (IEA), told ⁠Le Figaro newspaper. “The world has never experienced ​a disruption to energy supply of such magnitude,” ​he said in an interview with the French newspaper released in its Tuesday edition. He said the European countries, as ​well Japan, Australia and others will suffer, ​but the countries most at risk were developing nations ‌which ⁠will suffer from higher

Gold futures decline to Rs 1.49 lakh/10g as oil surge, US-Iran tensions weigh on sentiment

New Delhi, Apr 7 (PTI) Gold prices declined by Rs 610 to Rs 1.49 lakh per 10 grams in futures trade on Tuesday as surging crude oil rates and escalating tensions in West Asia dampened the demand for the safe-haven asset and kept investors cautious. On the Multi Commodity Exchange, the yellow metal for June delivery depreciated by Rs 610, or 0.41 per cent, to Rs 1,49,371 per 10 grams in a business turnover of 7,270 lots. Gold traded slightly lower on Tuesday as crude oil climbed towards USD 115 per barrel amid heightened geopolitical tensions particularly in the West

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