BEIJING — US President Donald Trump on Thursday said President Xi Jinping had offered China’s help to open the Strait of Hormuz and pledged not to send military equipment to aid Iran. “He said he’s not going to give military equipment… he said that strongly,” Trump told the “Hannity” show on Fox News, after the […]
DUBAI — Iran’s foreign minister accused the United Arab Emirates of direct involvement in military operations against his country during a BRICS meeting in New Delhi on Thursday, Iranian state media reported. The spat comes a day after the UAE denied a statement by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that he visited the Gulf country […]
TEHRAN — Iranian media reported Thursday that naval forces had allowed a group of Chinese ships to pass through the strategic Strait of Hormuz since the night before. Iran has largely blocked shipping through the strait since the outbreak of war with the United States and Israel on February 28. In peacetime, the route accounts […]
TEHRAN — Iran’s chief negotiator said Tuesday that Washington must accept Tehran’s latest peace plan or face failure, after US President Donald Trump warned the truce in the Middle East war was on the brink of collapse. The war, which erupted more than two months ago with US-Israeli strikes on Iran, has spread throughout the […]
WASHINGTON — The United States’ war in Iran has cost $29 billion so far, a senior Pentagon official said on Tuesday, an increase of $4 billion from an estimate provided late last month. With just six months before midterm elections in which President Donald Trump’s Republicans may face an uphill battle to keep their House […]
DOHA — Iran should not use the Strait of Hormuz, which it has blocked since the start of the Middle East war, as a means to blackmail Gulf states, Qatar’s top diplomat said Tuesday. “Iran should not use this strait as a weapon to pressure or to blackmail the Gulf countries,” said Qatari Foreign Minister […]
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Tuesday he was halting the US military operation to escort ships through the Strait of Hormuz after just one day, in a bid to reach a deal with Iran to end the Middle East war. Trump’s so-called “Project Freedom” to help vessels leave the Strait of Hormuz, the narrow […]
ISLAMABAD — Iran has handed over its latest proposal for negotiations with the United States to mediators in Pakistan, Iran’s state-run IRNA news agency reported Friday. The U.S. and Pakistan did not immediately confirm receiving the new proposal. There was no word on what details are included in the plan submitted late Thursday, according to […]
ISLAMABAD — Senior U.S. and Iranian leaders were in the Pakistani capital Islamabad on Saturday for negotiations to end their six-week-old war, although Tehran threw the talks into doubt by saying they could not begin without commitments on Lebanon and sanctions. The U.S. delegation, led by Vice President JD Vance and including President Donald Trump’s […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — Srinagar Member of Parliament Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi on Wednesday reacted to Pakistan’s diplomatic outreach over the ongoing West Asia tensions, saying India’s position in regional and global affairs has been affected by the policies of the present government. In a post on X, Mehdi said that such statements in the past […]