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US President Donald Trump again demonstrated his skilful, albeit cynical, shrewdness by manoeuvring Vice President JD Vance into an impossible political trap. Suddenly heading the all-important but exceptionally difficult negotiations with Iran, the Vice President is effectively being told “heads I win, tails you lo…
Flights between Tehran and Moscow resumed on Tuesday after a two-month suspension caused by the US-Israeli war, according to IRNA.
South-east Asia, which relied heavily on the Middle East for energy and fertiliser, is desperately seeking to plug huge gaps in its supplies
The Wall Street Journal reported that President Donald Trump has instructed aides to prepare for a prolonged blockade of Iran.
US President Donald Trump said King Charles III agrees with Washington’s position that Iran must not obtain a nuclear weapon, speaking during a state dinner at the White House.
Iran’s ambassador to the United Nations, Amir-Saeid Iravani, has sent a letter to the UN secretary-general and the United Nations Security Council president protesting the United States’ seizure of Iranian vessels, describing the actions as “piracy”.
The United States Defense Department may be understating the severity of America's missile stockpile shortage amid the Iran war, The Atlantic reported on Monday.
Leaders of the Gulf Cooperation Council met in Jeddah for an extraordinary summit, their first in-person gathering since the start of the war involving Iran.
Britain's King Charles told the US Congress Tuesday that despite an age of uncertainty and conflict in Europe and the Middle East, the UK and the US will always be staunch allies united in defending democracy, at a time of deep divisions between the two long-time allies over the war with Iran.
The U.S. Treasury warned financial institutions Tuesday that they could face sanctions if they engage in dealings with Chinese refineries that process Iranian oil.
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AFP) -- Saudi Arabia welcomed leaders and officials from across the Gulf Tuesday to discuss the ongoing crisis in the region triggered by the US-Israeli war against Iran.
An interview with former Sudanese minister Khalid Yousif this week shed new light on the long-standing partnership between Iran’s government and Sudanese Muslim Brotherhood-aligned factions within Sudan’s military. The former, Mr Yousif says, has steadily supplied the latter with arms throughout the Sudanese civil w…
Iran’s ambassador to the United Nations, Amir-Saeid Iravani, called on the United Nations Security Council to “act decisively to compel Israel to fully uphold the ceasefire in Lebanon”.
Yemen's Houthis said they support Iran’s restrictions in the Strait of Hormuz and warned they are “not neutral” in the conflict involving Iran, Lebanon and Palestine, adding that its position remains “clear, public and explicit in this regard”.
Five former US officials, including a former top military lawyer, have criticised the Pentagon for not acknowledging potential American involvement in a deadly strike on an Iranian school earlier this year.
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The United States has imposed new sanctions on 35 groups and individuals involved in operating Iran's covert financial network, the US State Department said on Tuesday.
Financial markets are betting the Reserve Bank will hike interest rates for a third straight meeting next Tuesday
Get your head checked, strategist Mahbubani tells those who underestimate the US and China, while forecasting a bigger GDP gulf between the two by 2030
Get your head checked, strategist Mahbubani tells those who underestimate the US and China, while forecasting a bigger GDP gulf between the two by 2030
As the US president hit out at Germany’s chancellor, Iran said it did not consider the war to be over, while the UAE pulled out of Opec
As the US president hit out at Germany’s chancellor, Iran said it did not consider the war to be over, while the UAE pulled out of Opec
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Washington has imposed sanctions on 35 entities and individuals linked to what it described as Iran’s “shadow banking” networks.
The US Central Command (Centcom) said US forces boarded a commercial vessel, the Blue Star III, during enforcement of the blockade on Iran’s ports, but allowed it to continue its journey after inspection.
Personas realizan sus actividades comerciales en los alrededores del tradicional Gran Bazar de Teherán, Irán, el 29 de marzo de 2026. (AP Foto/Vahid Salemi/Archivo)
Oil prices rose again as uncertainty surrounding the conflict between the United States and Iran continued to weigh on markets.
A tanker ship passed through the Strait of Hormuz headed for China on Monday — the first shipment of natural gas to successfully exit the Persian Gulf since the start of the war with Iran.
America’s favorite gas price app has warned prices are going to continue to go up for Californians as the war in Iran rages on.
Un bote junto a un buque petrolero anclado en el estrecho de Ormuz, frente a la costa de la isla de Qeshm, Irán, el 18 de abril de 2026. (AP Foto/Asghar Besharati/Archivo)
United States intelligence agencies are studying how Iran would respond if US President Donald Trump were to declare a unilateral victory in the two-month-old war that has become a political liability for the White House, two US officials and a person familiar with the matter said.
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The UAE’s exit from Opec next month is a shot across the bows to Saudi Arabia and a potential offering to US President Donald Trump, in the latest sign the war on Iran is exacerbating old tensions in the Gulf instead of uniting the region.
Donald Trump’s approval rating has fallen to its lowest level of his current term as concern grows over the cost of living and the war with Iran.
Donald Trump has reportedly said he wants Iran's nuclear issues dealt with from the outset. Source: Getty / Tasos Katopodis
Donald Trump has reportedly said he wants Iran's nuclear issues dealt with from the outset. Source: Getty
WASHINGTON — The US military has boarded another commercial vessel during blockade of Iran's ports, but unlike in previous cases, the ship was ultimately allowed to carry on its way.
A boat sails past a tanker anchored on the Strait of Hormuz off the coast Qeshm island, Iran, April 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Asghar Besharati, File)
ISLAMABAD — Iran wants international support to toll the Strait of Hormuz, but Gulf nations were siding with the US against the plan Tuesday as they met to coordinate a response to the crisis.
By Murad Sadygzade, President of the Middle East Studies Center, Visiting Lecturer, HSE University (Moscow).
Mehdi Taremi (derecha) celebra con sus compañeros de Irán tras anotar el segundo gol en un amistoso contra Costa Rica, en Antalya, el martes 31 de marzo de 2026. (AP Foto/Riza Ozel)
Since the bipartite US-Israeli attack on Iran began two months ago, US President Donald Trump has made declarations about stealing Iranian oil: "If it were up to me, I'd take the oil, I'd keep the oil, it would bring plenty of money." Failing that, he has threatened to destroy Iran's oil infrastructure.
Iran’s Mehdi Taremi shoots a penalty kick to score his side’s second goal during a friendly soccer match between Iran and Costa Rica, in Antalya, southern Turkey, Tuesday, March 31, 2026. (AP Photo/Riza Ozel, File)
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President Donald Trump has hit out at Germany’s Friedrich Merz over the chancellor’s criticism of the United States-Israeli war on Iran, stressing that the conflict was necessary to prevent Tehran from obtaining a nuclear weapon.
Washington, DC – The 60-day mark of the United States and Israel’s war with Iran represents a fork in the road for US lawmakers: will they assert their authority – either in support or against – the conflict, or remain silent?
President Trump on Tuesday belatedly hit back at Chancellor Friedrich Merz after on Monday the German leader told students in a talk that the United States is being “humiliated” by Iranian leaders, amid struggling on-and-off negotiations, and as a crisis in the Strait of Hormuz shows no signs of de-escalating.
Hello and welcome to our coverage of US politics, Donald Trump and the war in Iran on Wednesday, April 29.
As a fragile ceasefire between the US and Iran holds, thousands in the Iranian-American diaspora are still reeling from the wave of infighting over the war, one that has both painfully and publicly fractured the community.