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Tehran insists that formal talks can begin only after Washington gives commitments on a ceasefire in Lebanon and lifting sanctions on Iran

The 56-year-old is nonetheless recovering from his wounds and remains mentally sharp, according to the people

Misri's visit to France and Germany comes at the end of his trip to the US, where he met Secretary of State Marco Rubio and a number of other senior officials of the Trump administration

EU strongly condemns Israels unilateral actions aiming to expand its presence in the West Bank, violence against Palestinian civilians, according to statement

There are indications that Beijing is working to route the shipments through third countries to mask their origin, CNN reports

Talks will be held in Washington on Tuesday between Israeli ambassador to the US, Yechiel Leiter, and his Lebanese counterpart, Nada Hamadeh Moawad

US President Donald Trump has unveiled plans for a grand Washington DC triumphal arch featuring a golden winged figure, eagles, lions, and inscriptions including One Nation Under God in gold

Good to speak with FM Toshimitsu Motegi of Japan; Discussed developments in West Asia, including international shipping through the Strait of Hormuz Jaishankar said on social media

Deadly Israeli strikes on Lebanon on Wednesday raised questions about whether the two-week ceasefire in the Iran war is still intact, while the Islamic Republic maintained control over the Strait of Hormuz

The report, cited by CRISIL, a company of S&P Global, highlighted that the conflict in West Asia is expanding in scale and is increasingly impacting global shipping, energy supply, trade, and critical infrastructure

Israel-Lebanon negotiations expected to begin next week at State Department in Washington

There are reports that Iran is charging fees to tankers going through the Hormuz Strait, Trump wrote Thursday on social media. They better not be and, if they are, they better stop now!

The party already faces fierce headwinds ahead of the November midterms, and some say its best bet is for voters to forget about Iran by then

Vance is joined by Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff and Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner, who took part in three rounds of indirect talks with Iranian negotiators

His wife had also died in the same attack earlier this week

Previous attempts to secure ceasefires have had little or no impact. Putin unilaterally declared a 30-hour ceasefire last Easter, but each side accused the other of breaking it

Donald Trump questioned Irans compliance with the ceasefire, highlighting ongoing risks to regional stability, energy supply routes, and global trade flows.

Talks are expected in Washington with US backing, while Israel continues strikes against Hezbollah

While consumer spending remained positive, overall growth momentum weakened amid falling government expenditure and mixed labour market signals

Tehran maintains right to enrich uranium is necessary for any ceasefire talks with the US

We still have objectives to complete - and we will achieve them either by agreement or by resuming the fighting, Netanyahu

Rutte left the White House without a word to reporters after a meeting of about two hours

Hezbollah joined the war on March 2 by firing rockets at Israel, which then launched a ground invasion of southern Lebanon to clear a buffer zone up to the Litani River - a broad swathe of land that makes up about 8% of Lebanese territory

The effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz and attacks on the worlds largest LNG export plant in Qatar has throttled about a fifth of global supply, upending the gas market and lifting prices

Even if the ceasefire holds, it wont magically resolve the oil crisis. Tightness of supply will persist for months. The war has effectively removed about 11 million barrels a day from the market

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He said American forces carried out hundreds of strikes, severely damaging Irans military and industrial infrastructure, and altering the regional balance of power.

Vance clarified that Lebanon is not part of the ceasefire deal, rejecting Iranian assumptions, and stressed that the US is focused on preventing Iran from enriching uranium

He emphasized that Israels key objective is to prevent Iran from enriching uranium, which it believes could lead to nuclear weapon development

Both sides claim victory in the US-Iran ceasefire but who actually benefits? What it means for regional stability and Indias energy supplies

Israel, meanwhile, has continued large-scale operations targeting Hezbollah, escalating regional tensions despite ongoing ceasefire efforts

The report followed an overnight ceasefire between the US and Iran that Fars said had resulted in the transit of two oil tankers

Summer months are generally a slow season for Dubai and rates tend to be lower than other periods of the year. With demand impacted now, rate recovery would take longer, says Chhatwal

The Islamabad talks represent the first in-person negotiations between the two adversaries since the war began

We'll be loading up with supplies of all kinds, and just 'hangin' around' in order to make sure that everything goes well, Trump said

A gas facility in Abu Dhabi caught fire following Iranian strikes, underscoring the fragile and chaotic nature of the truce

As negotiations evolve, Chinese officials have maintained contact with Iranian counterparts to support de-escalation.

The pause, facilitated in part by Pakistan, hinges on reopening the Strait of Hormuz and advancing negotiations on a broader peace framework

On March 28,India delivered 38,000 MTof petroleum to Sri Lanka, including 20,000 MT of diesel and 18,000 MT of petrol

Trump has threatened to bomb all of Irans power plants and bridges if Iran does not meet his Tuesday 8 pm EDT deadline to allow shipping traffic to fully resume through the strategic waterway, through which a fifth of the worlds oil transits in peacetime.

The world has never experienced a disruption to energy supply of such magnitude, said Fatih Birol, head of the IEA

The people of Venezuela, they say, if I ran for president of Venezuela, Im polling higher than anybody has ever polled in Venezuela, so after Im finished with this, I can go to Venezuela, Trump said

He also claimed that American armed forces have conducted an extensive air campaign over Iran in recent weeks, carrying out more than 10,000 combat flights and striking over 13,000 targets over the past 37 days

Oil prices have surged since the US and Israel struck Iran at the end of February, unleashing a conflict that has run for more than five weeks and seen Tehran largely close the Strait, a vital energy artery

The ministry said work was underway to assess any damage but did not specify who launched the missiles

The development comes amid escalating US-Iran tensions, with President Donald Trump issuing a sharp ultimatum for a deal, warning of massive infrastructure strikes if Tehran fails to comply

The US President made it clear that the differences with NATO began when it spurned his move to take Greenland