
The Raw Story - 1 hour 1 min ago
President Donald Trump was flattered by Middle East leaders into agreeing to a framework to end the war with Iran in a simple and very egotistical way, MS NOW's Chris Hayes agreed in a conversation with Iranian political analyst Trita Parsi. Specifically, Trump was persuaded into believing that he had persuaded Iran to take a deal better than the former Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) the multilateral nuclear deal brokered by former President Barack Obama even though many aspects...

The Hill - 1 hour 45 min ago
President Trump on Monday sought to cast doubt on Iran getting $300 billion in reconstruction funding as part of a peace agreement with the U.S. if the Middle East country upholds its obligations. "Iran has agreed to never have a Nuclear Weapon! Also, the story that the U.S. is paying Iran 300 million Dollars is...

NBC News - 2 hours 39 min ago
Vice President JD Vance spoke with NBC News' Tom Llamas about the announcement of a deal being reached between the U.S. and Iran to end the war in the Middle East. Vance said that nuclear inspectors will be allowed back into Iran under the agreement, as a signing ceremony is set to be held in Switzerland.

PBS Newshour - 3 hours 34 min ago
Where does the Iran deal leave U.S.- Israeli relations and the relationship between President Trump and Prime Minister Netanyahu? William Brangham discussed that with Aaron David Miller. He's served in both Democratic and Republican administrations and is now at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy...

Fox News - 5 hours 44 min ago
Trump administration maintains roughly 50,000 troops in the Middle East during 60-day Iran negotiation period despite signing new agreement with Iran.

The Guardian - 7 hours 11 min ago
US president says strait of Hormuz will be open from Friday but questions remain over waterway fees and Israeli breaches of ceasefire in Lebanon Tallying the global cost of the US-Israel war against Iran Middle East crisis live updates Donald Trump has declared that the strait of Hormuz will be "completely open" from Friday, as western leaders gathering at the G7 summit in vian-les-Bains battled to prevent the fragile US deal with Iran from almost immediately unravelling. "The deal's...

The Hill - 7 hours 45 min ago
The U.S. military will maintain its current force posture in the Middle East during the 60-day negotiation period with Iran, according to senior Trump administration officials. "We hope to draw them down, but we're not doing that yet," a senior administration official told reporters during a phone briefing on Monday. "We want to see again...

The Guardian - 8 hours 19 min ago
Inherent ambiguities could yet derail signing, with Trump so far achieving none of his stated goals of the war Tallying the global cost of the US-Israel war against Iran Middle East crisis live updates If we get to a Friday signing ceremony without this uncertain new US-Iran deal being derailed by any of its inherent ambiguities, then nuclear talks can finally restart in the same place and at almost exactly the same point they were before this conflict started. The world will have irrevocably been...

The Guardian - 8 hours 31 min ago
Analysts say lengthy, painstaking negotiations over region's root tensions are required to make ceasefire stick Middle East crisis live updates In much of the Middle East, news that the US and Iran had come to a fragile agreement was greeted with relief tempered with doubt that any deal would resolve the turbulent region's deep problems or even prevent a future return to war. In Kuwait, a frequent target of Iranian drone strikes during the 15-week conflict, Iyad Joumma, a 37-year-old Jordanian...

The Independent - 9 hours 47 min ago
As Donald Trump crows about peace in the region, ominous signs are coming from Israel and Hezbollah, writes chief international correspondent Bel Trew...

The Independent - 9 hours 56 min ago
Israel and the United States appeared at odds over Lebanon, where the Israeli military continued to operate on Monday...

The Guardian - 10 hours 29 min ago
The US and Iran have reached a tentative deal to end the conflict in the Middle East, but competing claims from Donald Trump and Tehran have left the details shrouded in uncertainty. Questions remain over the reopening of the strait of Hormuz, Israel's withdrawal from Lebanon, and the future of Iran's nuclear programme. Nosheen Iqbal speaks to the Guardian's senior international correspondent Julian Borger Continue reading...

The Guardian - 11 hours 8 min ago
Agreement contains no restrictions on Iran's ballistic missiles, nor does it call for regime change or surrender Middle East crisis live updates The basic structure of the US-Iran deal reached late on Sunday a return to the prewar status quo has been on offer from Iran for more than a month. So has the specific architecture: an immediate unwinding of the consequences of the US-Israeli war through the reopening of the strait of Hormuz and a deferral of the actual negotiations on Iran's nuclear...

New York Times - 11 hours 12 min ago
The sun setting in Kuwait last week. Iran has attacked the oil-rich country and other U.S. allies in the Middle East during the war.

The Guardian - 12 hours 58 min ago
Comments by Israel Katz come after announcement of interim deal between Washington and Tehran Middle East crisis live updates Israeli military forces will not withdraw from a vast swathe of territory they have seized in southern Lebanon, the country's defence minister has said, hours after Donald Trump and officials in Iran announced a new preliminary agreement between Washington and Tehran to end hostilities on "all fronts" in the Middle East pending a final settlement in about two...

The Guardian - 13 hours 36 min ago
Federal Reserve to make first decision under Kevin Warsh as Middle East hopes ease inflation pressures Business live latest updates Central banks in the US and UK are expected to leave interest rates on hold this week as the peace deal in the Middle East is expected to ease inflationary pressures. The US Federal Reserve is expected to hold its benchmark interest rate at a range of 3.5% to 3.75% on Thursday, in what will be the first policy decision under new Fed chair and Donald Trump's pick...

The Independent - 14 hours 10 min ago
A new report warns that the economic conditions necessary for any Palestinian future are being dismantled'...

The Guardian - 14 hours 14 min ago
Trump says strait of Hormuz to reopen as part of imminent agreement. Plus, best pictures from historic NBA night for New York Good morning. The US and Iran have announced a framework peace deal , expected to be signed later this week, that would bring their 15-week conflict to a tentative end, offering hope of relief for the Middle East and the world economy. What do we know about the deal? Leaked drafts suggest an immediate 60-day period of intensive technical talks, during which the most contentious...

The Independent - 14 hours 16 min ago
Donald Trump has trumpeted his ceasefire as a diplomatic breakthrough but it is a juvenile fantasy which won't last, writes world affairs editor Sam Kiley...

BBC - 14 hours 51 min ago
When the conflict began on 28 February, fuel costs jumped as the war disrupted the production and transportation of energy across the Middle East.

CNBC - 15 hours 30 min ago
Commodity analysts warn that oil price volatility is likely to persist, despite the U.S.-Iran peace agreement.

The Independent - 15 hours 37 min ago
Ships of the World, start your engines. Let the oil flow!' Trump wrote on Truth Social on Sunday afternoon...

NPR - 16 hours 24 min ago
The deal is a major breakthrough in the conflict that set the Middle East aflame and shook the global economy. However, it did not resolve critical issues set aside for further negotiations.

The Independent - 16 hours 32 min ago
US president Donald Trump said the agreement meant oil will flow' freely once again through the Strait of Hormuz, the vital shipping route out of the Persian Gulf...