Israel launched large-scale strikes against military and nuclear targets in Iran on Friday. President Donald Trump suggested that Iran had brought the attack upon itself by resisting U.S. demands in talks to restrict its nuclear program, and urged it to make a deal, “with the next already planned attacks being even more brutal.” Washington said it had no part in the operation. Oil prices jumped nearly 9 percent on Friday to near multi-month highs after the Israeli strikes.
A black box has been recovered from the crash site of the Air India aircraft that went down in India’s western city of Ahmedabad, according to two police sources. India’s Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) has begun its investigation into the cause of the crash of the Air India plane bound for London with 242 people on board, which crashed moments after it took off, the country’s Civil Aviation Minister said on Thursday….