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JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon said Tuesday that while the war in Iran poses near-term risks, it may ultimately improve the prospects for lasting peace in the Middle East.
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Iranian parliament speaker, Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf, denied on Monday that Iran was negotiating with the US to end the war.
KUALA LUMPUR — Whenever tensions in the Middle East flare — particularly when Iran once again hints at closing the Strait of Hormuz — a familiar question resurfaces with almost ritual predictability: if this chokepoint is so dangerously critical, why not simply bypass it? Why not lay pipelines from the oil fields al…
APROPOS my recent past column, “Oil, oil, oil – US defeat,” a colleague pointed out that the US action against Iran is essentially an undertaking of the United States military-industrial complex. Not having read up much on the subject, I have restricted myself from ever delving into the matter. The principle of acco…
Late-night hosts discussed Trump’s bluffing on Iran ‘talks’ and his callous reaction to Robert Mueller’s death
China's top diplomat told his Iranian counterpart in a phone call on Tuesday that "talking is always better than to keep fighting" after Tehran denied US President Donald Trump's claim that negotiations had taken place.
Iran still has at least a dozen mines in the Strait of Hormuz, which are imperiling oil tanker traffic through the critical passage.
The US‑Israeli strategy of decapitating Iran’s leadership in the hope of sparking a revolution was a “miscalculation” that has failed to destabilize the Islamic Republic, a former senior Mossad official has told RT.
President Donald Trump walks with Secretary of State Marco Rubio to speak with reporters before departing on Marine One from the South Lawn of the White House, Friday, March 20, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
United States President Donald Trump announced on Monday that he is pausing attacks on Iran’s power infrastructure for five days and claimed that Washington and Tehran had held “very good and productive conversations” aimed at ending their war.
The US and Israel have started another myopic and dangerous regional war that is ultimately doomed to be counterproductive for all.
Poll also finds Australians keener for government to forge closer ties with ‘middle powers’ such as Canada and Japan
Australia is facing skyrocketing oil prices and demand, as supply is blocked at the strait of Hormuz amid the US and Israel’s war on Iran.
Iran's former deputy environment chief Kaveh Madani says desalination plants have become a target in the Iran war. (ABC)
Airstrikes have battered Iran and Iranian missiles and drones have targeted Israel's Tel Aviv and sites across the Middle East, even as President Donald Trump says the US is in talks with the Islamic Republic to end the war.With thousands more US Marines on their way to the Gulf, both sides firing intense barrages a…
The US has issued far-reaching demands to Iran to end the war, conditions that Tehran is likely to view as a non-starter, sources familiar with the matter have told Middle East Eye.
Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, who has threatened US, being weighed up as potential interlocutor to bring war to an end
Officers were called to Golders Green, a north London neighborhood with a large Jewish population, after receiving reports of a fire. No one was injured in the overnight attack, which shattered windows in nearby homes and left the vehicles charred shells. (AP Video by Kwiyeon Ha)
BERLIN — German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier spoke on Tuesday of a "deep rift" with traditional ally the United States and said the US-Israeli war on Iran was a "breach of international law".
Islamabad, Pakistan – The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has said Pakistan is ready to host talks between the United States and Iran amid US President Donald Trump’s claims of ongoing negotiations between Washington and Tehran.
Moscow appears to step up spring offensive amid concerns international focus on Iran war leaves Kyiv more vulnerable
One of the US airmen killed when their refueling plane crashed in friendly skies this month had predicted just the day before that he wasn’t “coming back” home from the Iran war, his dad said.
Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar welcomed on Tuesday Lebanon's decision to expel the Iranian ambassador as a "justified and necessary step" and urged the government to take steps against the Iran-backed Hezbollah.
By Murad Sadygzade, President of the Middle East Studies Center, Visiting Lecturer, HSE University (Moscow).
It is possible that Trump’s special envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, and US Vice-President J.D. Vance, could travel to Islamabad
Lebanon has declared Iranian Ambassador Mohammad Reza Raouf Sheibani persona non grata, ordering him to leave country, the foreign ministry has announced.
Private sector output in the euro zone sank to a 10-month low in March, amid mounting evidence of the impact the Iran conflict is having on the global economy.
Africa's muted response to the US-Israeli war on its territory has led Iran to accuse Israel of leveraging its expanding diplomatic footprint across the continent to deflect criticism of its actions in the Middle East.
Israel said it carried out an extensive series of strikes on Iranian “production sites,” without providing more information. In Tehran, a massive blast was heard in northern neighborhoods and another in the center of the city.
US secretary of State Marco Rubio will meet with his G7 counterparts in France on Friday to discuss the war in Iran, the State Department announced.
From World Cup preparations to Champions League complications, the issues facing football in the region
Japan sources nearly all crude oil from overseas and relies on the Middle East for over 90 per cent of its crude oil imports
An Arizona-based battery startup led by a former General Motors executive is pivoting from making products for all-electric vehicles to ones for the aerospace and defense industries amid the war in Iran and growing demand for U.S. drones by the Trump administration.
Oil traders placed more than half a billion dollars in bets minutes before US President Donald Trump announced “productive” talks with Iran on Monday, the Financial Times has reported.
Oil traders placed more than half a billion dollars in bets minutes before US President Donald Trump announced “productive” talks with Iran on Monday, the Financial Times has reported.
Africa's muted response to the US-Israeli war on its territory has led Iran to accuse Israel of leveraging its expanding diplomatic footprint across the continent to deflect criticism of its actions in the Middle East.
Iran named on Tuesday a former Revolutionary Guards commander, Mohammad Bagher Zolghadr, as the new chief of the Supreme National Security Council to replace his slain predecessor Ali Larijani, state television said.
Armed Forces of the Philippines chief, Gen. Romeo Brawner Jr., says on March 24, 2026 that wars involving Ukraine and Russia, as well as Iran, the United States and Israel, showed how cyberattacks can hit an adversary’s networks even before actual strikes. He said the Philippines must strengthen its cyber defense ca…
The United States-Israeli war on Iran has caused the biggest oil disruption in history, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA). The agency was founded in 1974 as a direct response to the 1973 oil embargo, which saw Arab nations, led by Saudi Arabia, cut production in response to Washington’s support for …
There is no direct Qatari mediation between the United States and Iran, Qatar's foreign ministry spokesperson, Majed Al Ansari, said in a media briefing on Tuesday.
The U.K. government on Tuesday introduced new rules requiring developers to install heat pumps and solar panels in all new homes across England, in policymakers' latest response to the economic fallout of the Iran conflict.
Israel's military on Tuesday said it had conducted a large number of air strikes in several areas of Iran, including the central city of Isfahan.
Richard Nixon’s strategy was about shielding his own reputation. Now Trump needs a face-saving exit of his own
The Iran war is a "disastrous mistake" that breaches international law, Germany's president said on Tuesday in an unusually blunt rebuke of US President Donald Trump's foreign policy, which he said marked a rupture for German ties with its biggest post-war ally.
United States tech giant Amazon has said its Amazon Web Services (AWS) region in Bahrain was “disrupted” amid the current conflict in the Middle East, following Iran’s threats to target US offices and infrastructure run by top US companies.
Diplomatic sources say negotiations in Islamabad may begin next week, though no formal agreement is in place
El presidente del parlamento iraní, Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf, habla durante una conferencia de prensa en Beirut, Líbano, el 12 de octubre de 2024. (AP Foto/Bilal Hussein, Archivo)
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