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Iran calls US peace proposals ‘unrealistic’, Trump issues new warning to Tehran

Iran calls US peace proposals 'unrealistic', Trump issues new warning to Tehran

TEL AVIV/WASHINGTON/ISLAMABAD, March 30 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump warned on Monday that Iran’s energy plants and ​oil wells would be obliterated if it did not open the Strait of Hormuz, after Tehran described U.S. peace proposals as “unrealistic” and fired waves of missiles at Israel. Israel’s military said two drones from Yemen ‌had also been intercepted on Monday, two days after the Iran-aligned Houthis entered the war by firing missiles at Israel, and that Lebanon’s Hezbollah had fired rockets at Israel. IRAN DEFIANT Tehran remained defiant in the month-old war, which began with U.S.-Israeli attacks on Iran on February 28

Banks ask RBI for 3 months to comply with foreign exchange position caps, sources say

MUMBAI, March 29 (Reuters) – Lenders have urged the RBI to grant three months for compliance with new foreign exchange ​position limits, noting that a quick implementation could trigger disorderly unwinding ‌of positions and potential losses, six bankers told Reuters. The Reserve Bank of India said after the market close on Friday that banks must ensure that by April 10 their ​net open rupee positions in the onshore deliverable market do not ​exceed $100 million at the end of each business day. The decision ⁠to impose limits on onshore positions comes against a backdrop of mounting ​pressure on the rupee,

Anti-Trump ‘No Kings’ rallies pop up in thousands of US cities

ST. PAUL, Minnesota/DALLAS/LOS ANGELES/WASHINGTON/NEW YORK, March 28 (Reuters) – Demonstrators decrying U.S. President Donald Trump’s aggressive deportation efforts, war in Iran and other policies took to city streets across the country on Saturday in the third round of the “No Kings” rallies. More than 3,200 events had been planned in ​all 50 states, after the two previous nationwide events attracted millions of participants. Large rallies took place in New York, Dallas, Philadelphia and Washington, but two-thirds of No Kings events were happening outside major cities, ‌a nearly 40% jump for smaller communities from the movement’s first mobilization last June, organizers

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