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ISLAMABAD | Xinhua | Pakistan has stepped up security and logistical preparations as delegations from the United States and Iran are expected to arrive in Islamabad for high-stakes talks aimed at easing tensions in the Middle East following a recently announced two-week ceasefire. Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi said on Thursday …

COMMENT | IAN BURUMA | Perhaps Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sincerely believed that Israeli bombs would prompt the Iranians to topple their theocratic dictatorship and establish a democratic state. It seemed for a moment that US President Donald Trump did, too. But given Trump’s capriciousness about most things, including …

WASHINGTON | TASS | Iran presented its ten-point plan to the US on the 39th day of the conflict. US President Donald Trump said the proposal was “a workable basis on which to negotiate” and announced a suspension of attacks on Iran. Pakistan’s prime minister, who has acted as a …

WASHINGTON | Xinhua | Pakistan on Monday proposed a plan to ease hostilities between Iran and the United States, sharing the initiative with both capitals just as U.S. President Donald Trump’s deadline for Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz approaches. Describing the ceasefire negotiations with the Iranian side via …

Trump says he agrees to suspend bombing and attack of Iran for 2 weeks WASHINGTON | Xinhua |  U.S. President Donald Trump said Tuesday he has agreed to “suspend the bombing and attack of Iran for a period of two weeks.” Trump wrote on social media that his decision is …

WASHINGTON | Xinhua |  U.S. President Donald Trump said Monday that Iran could be “taken out” in one night and that night “might” be Tuesday evening, the deadline Trump set for Iran to make a deal and reopen the Strait of Hormuz, while claiming that negotiations with the Iranian side …

WASHINGTON | Xinhua |  U.S. President Donald Trump said Monday that the U.S. military had used as many as 155 warplanes to rescue the second airman in Iran and was forced to destroy some cargo planes that got stuck. The pilot was injured “quite badly,” Trump said at a press …

TEHRAN | Xinhua |  The United States and Iran have received a peace plan aimed at ending hostilities, but Tehran has rejected reopening the Strait of Hormuz immediately, Reuters reported Monday. The move comes after U.S. President Donald Trump warned of dire consequences if a deal was not reached by …

  What disruption  at Bab el-Mandeb and the Red Sea could mean for the world economy   COMMENT | FLAVIO MACAU | If you’d never heard of the Strait of Hormuz before, you probably have by now. Iran’s effective closure of the waterway, which usually carries about 20% of the world’s …

JERUSALEM | Xinhua | U.S. President Donald Trump told Israeli media Channel 12 on Sunday that the United States is engaged in “deep” negotiations with Iran to secure a ceasefire, while stressing that Washington will not “leave in the middle” of the conflict. Trump said his administration is maintaining contacts …