Apr 08 Trump is expected to meet with Rutte as he muses about pulling out of NATO By Michelle L. Price, Associated Press President Donald Trump has suggested the U.S. may consider leaving the trans-Atlantic alliance after NATO member countries ignored his call to help reopen the Strait of Hormuz, a vital shipping waterway, as Iran effectively shut it and sent gas prices… Continue reading
Apr 07 Iran's Supreme National Security Council says it has accepted two-week ceasefire in the war By Associated Press Trump said late Tuesday he’s pulling back on his threats to widen attacks on Iran, including an array of bridges, power plants and other civilian targets — subject to Iran being ready for a two-week ceasefire and to reopen the Strait… Continue reading
Apr 07 Watch 5:26 Trump agrees to 2-week ceasefire, backs down from threats to destroy Iran's infrastructure By Nick Schifrin, Kayan Taraporevala President Trump is backing off, for now, from destroying Iran's civilian infrastructure and wiping out its civilization. He also said he agreed to suspend bombing for two weeks if Iran reopens the Strait of Hormuz. Trump called an Iranian proposal… Continue watching
Apr 07 Watch 4:17 How Iran is reacting as Trump pulls back from threat to wipe out civilization By Geoff Bennett, Sonia Kopelev, Reza Sayah President Trump made a violent and extraordinary threat on Tuesday, saying he would erase an entire civilization if Iran didn't agree to his terms for a deal. He backed down from that rhetoric later in the day, agreeing to a… Continue watching
Apr 07 Watch 8:46 Mideast experts weigh Iran regime's leverage in negotiations with U.S. By Geoff Bennett, Dan Sagalyn As President Trump backs down from his threats against Iran's infrastructure and agrees to a two-week ceasefire, Geoff Bennett speaks with Alan Eyre and Miad Maleki. Eyre was part of the Obama administration's negotiating team for the Iran nuclear deal… Continue watching
Apr 07 Pakistan urges Trump to extend Iran deadline By Associated Press Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said Tuesday in a post on X that “diplomatic efforts for peaceful settlement of the ongoing war in the Middle East are progressing steadily… Continue reading
Apr 07 WATCH: Pope Leo XIV calls Trump's Iran threat 'truly unacceptable' By Dan Cooney "There are certainly issues of international law here, but even more so a moral issue for the good of the whole, entire population," the pope said in Italian to reporters outside his residence in Castel Gandolfo, Italy. Continue reading
Apr 07 As deadline looms for Trump's Iran ultimatum, residents in Tehran wonder how to prepare By Associated Press In an expletive-laden threat over the weekend, Trump vowed that “Tuesday will be Power Plant Day, and Bridge Day,” and that Iran's leaders will be “living in Hell” if they don't open the Strait of Hormuz. Continue reading
Apr 07 Kidnapped American journalist Shelly Kittleson has been released, Iraqi official says By Qassim Abdul-Zahra, Associated Press The Iran-backed Iraqi militia Kataib Hezbollah said in a statement earlier in the day that it had decided to free the journalist. Continue reading
Apr 07 Russia and China veto watered-down UN resolution aimed at reopening the Strait of Hormuz By Edith M. Lederer, Farnoush Amiri, Associated Press The vote — 11 in favor, two against and two abstentions — took place just hours before an 8 p.m. Eastern deadline set by U.S. President Donald Trump for Iran to open the strategic waterway or face attacks on its… Continue reading