The American airstrike that eliminated Major-General Qasem Soleimani on January 3, 2020, drove the region into a deeper state of chaos. With tensions already high in the region, the assassination attempt comes as a ground-shaking event that is bound to have major repercussions.

Something is going to happen, but not war: Expert on US-Iran tension

Tensions escalate in the Middle East after the killing of Iranian commander of Quds Force, Qasem Soleimani by the USA erased new year gains on Monday as investors pushed safe-haven gold to a seven-year high, and oil jumped to its highest since September.

Global Markets: Shares swept new year gains, gold, oil prices jumps on US and Iran trade threats

International law may not be a major consideration in debates about the US killing of Iranian military commander Qasem Soleimani, yet the legality of the assassination could prove to have long-term consequences for whether the rule of law or the law of the jungle dominates a new world order.

Does the killing of Qasem Soleimani violate international law?

Iran will punish Americans wherever they are within reach of the Islamic Republic in retaliation for the killing of military commander Qasem Soleimani, news agency Reuters reported quoting Tasnim news agency.

Iran will punish Americans wherever they are within its reach: Guards commander

After Iran's top military commander was killed in the US strike in Baghdad, Iran's top security body vowed to avenge the killing at the "right place and time". "America should know that its criminal attack on General Soleimani has been the country's biggest mistake in west Asia, and America will not avoid the consequences of this wrong calculation easily," the Supreme National Security Council said in a statement.

Soleimani's death will be avenged at 'right place and time': Iran's top security body

Miffed with the United States over its airstrike that killed Iran's elite Quds Force chief General Qassem Soleimani, Pakistan on Friday said it is important for the countries to avoid "unilateral actions" and "use of force" and adhere to the fundamental principles of the UN charter.

Pakistan miffed with US over action on Iran, says 'important to avoid unilateral actions and use of force'

The world cannot afford another gulf war, United Nations chief Antonio Guterres said on Friday after the killing of Iran's top military commander Qasem Soleimani in US strike.

'World cannot afford' another Gulf war, says UN chief after US kills Iran general

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday praised US President Donald Trump "for acting swiftly, forcefully and decisively" to eliminate an Iranian general Qasem Soleimani in missile rain in Iraq's Baghdad.

US has 'right' to self-defence, says Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu after Soleimani's killing

Iranian military commander Qasem Soleimani was planning "imminent" action which would have threatened hundreds of American citizens, US State Secretary Mike Pompeo said on Friday after Soleimani was killed in US strike in Baghdad.

Soleimani was plotting 'imminent' action threatening hundreds of American lives: Pompeo

After the surprise airstrike by the USA that has killed Iranian General Qasem Soleimani, tensions have substantially spiked between the two nations. So much so that the possibility of war has been brought up by media, creating fear among the masses globally.

US-Iran tensions and why India should care

Hours after United States strike killed top Iranian commander Qasem Soleimani in Baghdad, the States Department issued a warning for US citizens to leave Iraq "immediately".

Amid heightened tensions in Iraq, US State Department tells US citizens to 'depart Iraq immediately'

According to the latest news reports, a US airstrike at Baghdad International Airport killed the commander of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) Quds Force unit, General Qasem Soleimani and Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, deputy head of the Iran-backed Iraqi Popular Mobilisation Forces (PMF), a Shia paramilitary force made up of former militias with close ties to Iran.

The killing of Iranian General Qasem Soleimani and its consequences