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NEW YORK (AP) - Oil prices dropped back to where they were in the early days of the Iran war. The S&P 500 leaped 1.2% Friday. The Dow Jones leaped 870 points, or 1.8%, while the Nasdaq composite climbed 1.5%. Oil prices fell 9%.
ISLAMABAD (AP) – A 15-second video put Pakistan’s powerful army chief back in the global spotlight. Posted by Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, the video shows Field Marshal Asim Munir descending from a plane in military uniform and receiving a fraternal hug from him.
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump said U.S. negotiators will head to Pakistan on Monday for another round of talks with Iran, raising hopes of extending a fragile ceasefire set to expire by Wednesday, even as Washington and Tehran remain in a standoff over the Strait of Hormuz.
ISLAMABAD (AP) – Pakistan’s military said Thursday the navy successfully test-fired a new locally developed ship-launched anti-ship missile.
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) – Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said in a video address released Sunday that Canada’s strong economic ties to the United States were once a strength but are now a weakness that must be corrected.
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) – Indonesia is reviewing a U.S. proposal on overflight access to its airspace, the Foreign Ministry said Thursday.
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BEIJING (AP) – A court in Kazakhstan convicted 19 activists after a protest against Beijing’s crackdown in China’s far-western Xinjiang region last year, in what experts and advocates said was the largest move yet by the Kazakh government to silence criticism at Beijing’s behest.
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