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SEOUL, June 4 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks traded sharply lower Thursday morning, retreating from record highs, amid renewed uncertainty over negotiations between the United States and Iran to end their conflict in the Middle East.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The House for the first time Wednesday approved a war powers resolution that would halt the US military action against Iran, defying President Donald Trump as a handful of Republicans joined with Democrats to end the three-month-long conflict that has reordered politics at home and abroad.
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SEOUL, June 4 (Yonhap) -- The South Korean won sharply weakened against the U.S. dollar Thursday due to renewed tensions in the Middle East as the United States and Iran engaged in a fresh round of airstrikes.
BEIRUT, Lebanon — Israel and Lebanon agreed Wednesday to implement a ceasefire but said it would require a "complete cessation" of fire by Iran-backed Hezbollah, according to a joint statement after US-led talks in Washington.
South Korean stocks opened sharply lower Thursday, tracking overnight losses on Wall Street caused by uncertainty over negotiations between the United States and Iran to end their war in the Middle East.
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SEOUL, June 4 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks opened sharply lower Thursday, tracking overnight losses on Wall Street caused by uncertainty over negotiations between the United States and Iran to end their war in the Middle East.
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Asia-Pacific markets were set to open lower Thursday, tracking Wall Street losses, as tensions between Iran and the U.S. keep oil prices elevated, stoking energy and inflation worries.
US President Donald Trump has confirmed reports that he called Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu “f***ing crazy” during a heated phone conversation over Israel’s military operations in Lebanon.
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The US House of Representatives passed a measure that seeks to halt President Donald Trump from taking further military action in Iran.
El presidente de la Cámara de Representantes, el republicano Mike Johnson --acompañado por líderes del Partido Republicano--, se prepara para hablar con los periodistas el miércoles 3 de junio de 2026, en el Capitolio en Washington. (AP Foto/J. Scott Applewhite)
Stunning rebuke to president as lawmakers vote 215-208 for measure forcing him to seek congressional approval
US President Donald Trump has again insisted that Washington wants control of Iran’s stockpile of highly enriched uranium.
The U.S. House of Representatives passed a resolution on June 3 directing the withdrawal of U.S. troops from armed hostilities with Iran, in a closely divided 215–208 vote.
The vote will not end US military attacks on Iran, but shows how isolated the president has become as the unpopular conflict drags on
The vote will not end US military attacks on Iran, but shows how isolated the president has become as the unpopular conflict drags on
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The United States House of Representatives has passed a resolution to rein in President Donald Trump’s powers to attack Iran without congressional authorisation.
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US President Donald Trump says the Strait of Hormuz will reopen “immediately upon signing” an agreement with Tehran.
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Iran said it targeted a US military vessel hosting a "control and command" centre on Wednesday, as it approached Iranian territorial waters in the Gulf of Oman.
Bahrain says it has arrested 15 people accused of working for Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, hours after Tehran launched attacks on the kingdom and neighbouring Kuwait.
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Nearly two months have passed since the April 7 ceasefire in the Iran war. Yet negotiations aimed at turning that pause into a durable settlement remain stalled. The fighting may have slowed, but a viable political endgame remains elusive. That reality deserves not only frustration but sober recognition. Why has dip…
Donald Trump has become the latest US president to find himself at odds with Benjamin Netanyahu, after reportedly clashing with the Israeli prime minister over military action in Lebanon that has thrown Washington's Iran diplomacy into crisis.
Oil prices rose following the latest threats to the U.S.-Iran ceasefire, and U.S. stocks retreated from their records.
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Iran fired a barrage of missiles and drones at Kuwait on Wednesday, killing a civilian and injuring dozens of others at the international airport, Kuwait and the United States said. It was one of the biggest Iranian strikes and the first known fatality in a Gulf nation since the cease-fire took effect in April.
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., joined by GOP leaders, prepares to talk to reporters at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, June 3, 2026. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
A dual US-Iranian national, Jamshid Ghomi, has been arrested in California and is now charged with providing encryption equipment to Iran's nuclear programme.
A dual US-Iranian national, Jamshid Ghomi, has been arrested in California and is now charged with providing encryption equipment to Iran's nuclear programme.
The British government has taken Israel off the 'no travel' list for the first time since summer 2025.
Iran's Revolutionary Guards claimed that a failed US Patriot interceptor missile hit a Kuwaiti airport on Tuesday, and denied reports that Tehran fired at the airport, according to regime-linked media.
US President Donald Trump will attend the Nato summit in Turkey next month, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Wednesday, ending months of speculation over whether he would appear.
Oil prices are rising following the latest flare-up in fighting to threaten the US-Iran ceasefire, and US stocks are retreating from their records.
The missile that smashed into Kuwait International Airport's Terminal 1 on Wednesday was not fired by Iran, but was a US patriot missile launched to defend Washington's regional military base from attack, Tehran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corp (IRGC) has claimed.
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Kuwait briefly shut its main airport Wednesday after Iranian drones heavily damaged a passenger terminal, killed one person and wounded dozens — the latest in back-and-forth attacks by Iran and the US that test a fragile ceasefire.
US President Donald Trump declared “the war in Gaza is over” on February 19, the day of the official launch of his Board of Peace.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has defended Iran’s attacks on Kuwait and Bahrain, describing them as “self-defence strikes”.
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Israeli strikes killed at least nine people in southern Lebanon on Wednesday, authorities said, as the Iran-backed armed group Hezbollah said it fired rockets into northern Israel.
Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, on Wednesday condemned Iran's wave of missile and drone strikes on Kuwait in a call with the Kuwaiti Foreign Minister.