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Spain’s Sánchez says ‘no to the war’ in Iran despite Trump’s trade threat

Europe Spain Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez speaks during a panel discussion at the Munich Security Conference in Munich, Germany, Saturday, Feb. 14, 2026. (Photo: AP)

MADRID, March 4, 2026 (AP) — Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez again criticized the U.S. and Israel’s military actions in Iran, standing firm on Wednesday against trade threats from Washington and warning that the war in the Middle East risked “playing Russian roulette” with millions of lives. “We are not going to be complicit in something that is bad for the world and is also contrary to our values and interests, just out of fear of reprisals from someone,” Sánchez said in a televised address. President Donald Trump on Tuesday threatened to end U.S. trade with Spain because of Spain’s

Khamenei’s son Mojtaba is alive and favoured to succeed him, Iranian sources say

DUBAI/JERUSALEM, March 4 (Reuters) – Mojtaba Khamenei, the powerful son of Iran’s slain Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, is alive and favoured to emerge as his father’s successor, two Iranian sources told Reuters on Wednesday. Even as new explosions rang out in Tehran, huge crowds of mourners were expected in the streets later on Wednesday ​to grieve the elder Khamenei, 86, killed by Israeli forces in the first assassination of a nation’s top ruler by airstrike. The United States and Israel pressed on with their round-the-clock assaults on Iran on Wednesday ‌in a campaign that the top U.S. commander said was

West Asia turmoil drags stock markets; Sensex tumbles 1,123 points, Nifty dives 1.55 pc

Mumbai, Mar 4 (PTI) Benchmark stock indices Sensex and Nifty dived more than 1 per cent on Wednesday in tandem with a weak trend in Asian markets as the conflict in West Asia intensified, driving oil prices higher. Falling for the fourth straight session, the 30-share BSE Sensex tumbled 1,122.66 points or 1.40 per cent to settle at 79,116.19. During the day, it crashed 1,795.65 points or 2.23 per cent to 78,443.20 but recovered some of the losses in the second half of the session. The 50-share NSE Nifty dived 385.20 points or 1.55 per cent to end at 24,480.50,

Rupee slumps to all-time low of 92.16 against US dollar

Mumbai, Mar 4 (PTI) The rupee slumped 67 paise to close at an all-time low of 92.16 against US dollar on Wednesday, weighed down by spiking crude oil prices in the wake of the Iran crisis. Forex traders said the dollar index crossed 98 levels on the risk-off situation prevailing all around the globe amid the US-Iran crisis, further pressurizing the rupee. Moreover, massive selling in domestic equity markets and withdrawal of foreign funds further dragged the Indian currency down, they said. At the interbank foreign exchange, the rupee opened at 92.05 and touched an all-time intraday low of 92.35

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