
The Guardian - 52 min 5 sec ago
Former negotiating team member gives shock interview claiming supreme leader's instructions were not followed Middle East crisis live updates A former member of Iran's negotiating team in the previous round of talks with the US in Islamabad is facing the threat of prosecution and dismissal from parliament after he went on the main state broadcaster to reveal what he claimed were confidential letters from the country's supreme leader. The interview with Mahmoud Nabavian, the deputy chair...

NBC News - 2 hours 7 min ago
Sen. Cory Booker criticized President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, calling them both criminal" leaders.

Fortune - 2 hours 35 min ago
"The question before us now is how much more can we accomplish together? Can we turn over a new leaf?"...

The Independent - 4 hours 48 min ago
Netanyahu faces overwhelming pressure domestically to continue the conflict despite Donald Trump's efforts to end it...

The Guardian - 6 hours 43 min ago
JD Vance says talks aim to make progress on the nuclear issue, make progress on the Lebanon ceasefire issue' Middle East crisis live updates Talks between Iran and the US aimed at building out the fragile interim deal to end the war are due to get under way in Switzerland, beset by difficulties including an Iranian decision to keep the strait of Hormuz closed in protest at Donald Trump's inability to force Israel to end the fighting in Lebanon. The US vice-president, JD Vance, leading the...

The Independent - 6 hours 54 min ago
Supporters of Israel's far right have long and deep roots in the US administration revealed in two documents, world affairs editor Sam Kiley explains...

The Guardian - 7 hours 14 min ago
Iran says decision comes after waves of Israeli strikes in Lebanon, as delegations arrive as Swiss resort for talks Iran says it is closing strait of Hormuz over Israeli strikes in Lebanon Iran said on Sunday that the ongoing conflict in Lebanon between Israel and militant group Hezbollah will top the agenda in talks with the US in Switzerland, as well as issues such as frozen Iranian funds and the sale of the country's oil. "The Zionist regime continues to violate its commitment in Lebanon...

New York Times - 7 hours 46 min ago
President Trump has contended that the war remade the Middle East in America's favor and protected Israel from nuclear obliteration.

The Independent - 9 hours 42 min ago
Vance joins other US officials in Zurich to hammer out peace deal terms with a battery of Tehran's leaders...

The Guardian - 10 hours 47 min ago
What has the Israeli PM's whirlwind of violence achieved? His closest ally now turning against him and an emboldened Iran Benjamin Netanyahu, the biggest loser in last week's preliminary deal to halt the US-Israel-Iran war , will be remembered and reviled as the man who put the Middle East to the sword. Whether the "problem" was Hamas in Gaza, illegal West Bank land seizures, supposed Israeli-Arab fifth columnists, peace campaigners' aid flotillas , Hezbollah in Lebanon, hostile...

The Guardian - 12 hours 4 min ago
Unclear if threat has been carried out or if move will jeopardise talks with US scheduled for Sunday Middle East latest updates Iran has said it is closing the strait of Hormuz after waves of Israeli strikes in Lebanon in a move that threatens to derail the fragile interim peace deal with the US, signed just days ago. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps warned ships not to approach the strategic waterway, which before the war carried a fifth of global oil and liquid gas supplies, citing what it...

Fortune - 20 hours 28 min ago
Iran's joint military command said the strait was closed because of the U.S. "clear breach of its commitments" by failing to end the war.

The Independent - 22 hours 21 min ago
On Saturday, Tehran warned ships not to approach the waterway, a vital conduit for global oil and gas supplies...

The Hill - 22 hours 47 min ago
Late-night host Bill Maher slammed President Trump over his administration's negotiations with Iran, just days after U.S. officials signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Middle East country. "Where is the big deal maker? What happened to the art of the deal?" Maher asked during his opening monologue on Friday evening, referencing the title...