World Apr 30 Iran's supreme leader vows to protect nuclear and missile capabilities Iran’s supreme leader vowed Thursday in a defiant tone to protect the Islamic Republic’s nuclear and missile capabilities, which U.S. President Donald Trump has sought to curtail through airstrikes and as part of a wider deal to cement the war’s…
World Apr 28 United Arab Emirates will leave OPEC on May 1 The United Arab Emirates announced Tuesday that it will leave the oil cartel OPEC and its wider OPEC+ group effective May 1, a move rumored for some time as the Emirates chafed under production restrictions and had increasingly frosty relations…
World Apr 27 Here's what to know about ceasefire negotiations between the U.S. and Iran The continued closure of the strait has sent gas prices soaring and could cause further damage to the world economy ahead of U.S. midterm elections, while the blockade is strangling Iran's economy.
World Apr 27 Iran offers to reopen Strait of Hormuz if U.S. lifts its blockade and the war ends, officials say President Donald Trump seems unlikely to accept the offer, which was passed to the Americans by Pakistan and would leave unresolved the disagreements that led the U.S. and Israel to go to war on Feb. 28.
World Apr 25 Latest ceasefire talks fail as Iran's top diplomat leaves Pakistan and Trump tells envoys not to go The latest ceasefire talks between the U.S. and Iran appeared to have failed Saturday after Tehran’s top diplomat left Pakistan and President Trump said he told envoys not to go.
World Apr 24 WATCH: Trump dispatching Witkoff and Kushner to Pakistan for new Iran talks, White House says The talks planned for Saturday come as much of the world is on edge over a war that has snarled crucial energy exports through the Strait of Hormuz, clouded the global economic picture and left thousands dead across the Middle…
World Apr 24 Top Iran diplomat set to travel to Pakistan for talks on ceasefire with U.S. Iran’s top diplomat was heading Friday to Pakistan, where officials have been trying to get the United States and Iran to convene for a second round of ceasefire negotiations.
World Apr 23 Trump orders U.S. military to 'shoot and kill' Iranian small boats choking Strait of Hormuz President Donald Trump’s post on social media came shortly after the U.S. military seized another tanker associated with the smuggling of Iranian oil, ratcheting up a standoff with Tehran over the strait through which 20% of all crude oil and…
World Apr 22 Iran fires on 3 ships in the Strait of Hormuz, complicating efforts to resume U.S. ceasefire talks The attacks were carried out by the paramilitary Revolutionary Guard, according to Iranian media, which reported that the force seized two of the ships and was bringing them to Iran.
World Apr 21 U.S. delays new round of negotiations with Iran as ceasefire deadline nears Last-minute ceasefire talks between the United States and Iran look uncertain as a two-week truce is set to expire.