Recent developments in the Middle East were also the subject of the Foreign Ministers' meeting of the seven leading industrialized G-7 countries. In the concluding statements, the Ministers called on all parties to the conflict to avoid any further escalation in the region.
Recent developments in the Middle East were also the subject of the Foreign Ministers' meeting of the seven leading industrialized G-7 countries. In the concluding statements, the Ministers called on all parties to the conflict to avoid any further escalation in the region.
Gold prices rose Friday because of financial market risk-taking in the wake of media reports of bombings in Iran, raising fears of a wider regional conflict and increasing the attractiveness of gold as a safe haven. And by 0429 GMT, gold in instant transactions rose 0.3 percent to $2,386.05 an hour ago, after jumping for a while [...]