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Israel Defence Forces (IDF) on Wednesday, June 25, confirmed eliminating Haytham Abdullah Bakri, the head of the Al-Sadiq Currency Exchange in Southern Lebanon, for allegedly transferring Iranian funds to Hezbollah. IDF said the exchange facilitated the transfer of funds originating from the Iranian Quds Force for "Hezbollah terrorist activities."Hezbollah is a Shia Muslim political and military group in Lebanon with strong backing from Iran. Israel views Hezbollah as a terrorist organisation along with many other countries, including the UK and the  US."The 'Al-Sadiq' Currency Exchange serves as a funds storage and...

KUALA LUMPUR, June 23 — The ringgit opened higher against the US dollar and a basket of major currencies on Monday despite a strong US Dollar Index (DXY) as ongoing geopolitical tensions, with the United States’ (US) involvement in the Israel-Iran conflict, in focus, said an analyst.At 8 am, the local note rose to 4.2420/2655 against the greenback from Friday’s close of 4.2505/2565.Bank Muamalat Malaysia Bhd chief economist Dr Mohd Afzanizam Abdul Rashid said there are fears of a wider conflagration in the region as the US announced “successful” airstrikes...

The dollar index, which measures the strength of the dollar against a basket of six currencies, fell 0.20 per cent to 97.98. The Iran-Israel war has become the centre of attention of the world currently because of which the prices of crude oil and gold ae increasing tremendously. Amid this, a new war has started in Asia once again. This is the currency war. India's currency rupee gained after falling against the US dollar on Monday.  With the ongoing conflict, prices of crude oil and gold are set to...

The dollar index, which measures the strength of the dollar against a basket of six currencies, fell 0.20 per cent to 97.98. The Iran-Israel war has become the centre of attention of the world currently because of which the prices of crude oil and gold ae increasing tremendously. Amid this, a new war has started in Asia once again. This is the currency war. India's currency rupee gained after falling against the US dollar on Monday.  With the ongoing conflict, prices of crude oil and gold are set to...