The US targeted assassination of Iran's top commander will likely boost the Islamic State terrorist group (IS, banned in Russia) and Shia militia factions inside Iraq, former White House National Security Council Adviser Gwenyth Todd told Sputnik

Shares on Wall Street mostly opened between flat and higher on Tuesday before promptly falling back by mid-morning as investors and traders struggled to find new optimism that could get the market beyond the US-Iran conflict

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told reporters on Tuesday that any potential US military strike on selected targets in Iran will be conducted in accordance with international law

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo denied that the top Iranian commander Qasem Soleimani could be on a diplomatic mission in Iraq where he was killed in an airstrike

Global oil prices fell their most on Tuesday since the start of 2020 as some market participants argued that crude had risen too much, too fast on the US-Iran conflict, nearing four-month highs above $70 per barrel

US National Security Adviser Robert O'Brien told reporters on Tuesday that he is unsure the Trump administration will declassify intelligence backing its decision to kill top Iranian commander Qasem Soleimani

Egyptian airline EgyptAir said on Tuesday it would suspend flights to the Iraqi capital of Baghdad for the period from January 8 to 10 for security reasons amid escalation of tensions in the region after the US assassination of top Iranian commander Qasem Soleimani

Some top leaders of PML-N including Mian Javed Latif and Dr Ibad-ur-Rehman expressed reservations over the act. Khawaja Asif said party members are bound to follow the decision of leadership

Azad Jammu Kashmir (AJK) President Sardar Masood Khan has stressed the national and the state media to give top priority to highlight the Kashmir conflict in its true perspective in order to counter India's false propaganda

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