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The issue of Iran’s nuclear programme, the main reason stated by the US for the conflict, is still to be negotiated over an extendable 60-day period   Geneva, Switzerland | AGENCIES |  US and Iranian officials have arrived in Switzerland for direct talks after signing an initial agreement to end …

WASHINGTON | Xinhua & Tass | U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Iran aimed at ending the conflict, according to U.S. media reports. Trump confirmed the signing of a memorandum of understanding between the United States and Iran. “It’s signed,” he said following …

    How America’s claims to military greatness have been exposed as being hollow   THE LAST WORD | ANDREW M. MWENDA | So now Donald Trump is claiming to have arrived at a “deal” with Iran. Although the details are not yet known, this is the biggest humiliating military defeat …

TEHRAN | Xinhua |  The U.S. naval blockade against Iran will be lifted as of tonight and the immediate and permanent end of the war and military operations on all fronts, including Lebanon, is announced, Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Legal and International Affairs Kazem Gharibabadi said early Monday. Gharibabadi …

  Across the Global South, the food- and energy-price shock has morphed into a debt shock that demands an urgent international response   COMMENT | MOUSSA FAKI MAHAMAT | As everyone knows, the war in the Middle East has caused a sharp spike in oil, gas, and food prices, creating severe …

WASHINGTON | Xinhua |  U.S. President Donald Trump has told his aides that he may reconsider the ceasefire with Iran if Iranian forces kill American troops, local media reported, citing U.S. officials. The warning comes as a fragile ceasefire reached in April remains in place despite weeks of escalating clashes. …

The couple’s production company Archewell is developing a feature film for Netflix based on the book No Way Out by Major Adam Jowet New York, US | BBC | The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are to make a film based on a true story of British troops under siege …

  COMMENT | NNANDA KIZITO SSERUWAGI | China–US relations are the most important bilateral relationship in the world. The two are the world’s leading economic and military powers. Both carry influence far and wide, across the geographical spread of this pale blue dot. You would imagine it must be in the …

TEHRAN | Xinhua |  Iran’s latest draft proposal for talks with the United States calls for an immediate cessation of conflict on all fronts, a guarantee for no more “aggression” against Iran, and the lifting of U.S. sanctions and naval blockade, the semi-official Tasnim news agency reported Sunday. “The proposal …

As crises become more complex, less predictable, and increasingly intertwined, the global system is no longer anchored by shared rules and norms   COMMENT | MARK LEONARD | The US-Israeli strike that killed Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and launched the United States’ most consequential Middle Eastern adventure since …