
The Independent - 3 hours 51 min ago
Brent crude futures were down despite Donald Trump's renewed threats to take over' Iran unless it opens the Strait of Hormuz...

Fortune - 4 hours 51 min ago
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The Independent - 4 hours 54 min ago
The waterway was officially closed on Monday but a handful of ships are still getting through...

UPI - 5 hours 12 min ago
South Korean stocks finished at an all-time high Monday on a continued rally in semiconductor shares amid signs of progress in U.S.-Iran talks to end their monthslong war in the Middle East.

The Guardian - 7 hours 6 min ago
Negotiations due to continue for rest of week in Switzerland after tense start as Iranians protest against threat from Donald Trump Iran hails progress' as first day of talks with US conclude after shaky start The first round of face-to-face talks between the US and Iran ended in Switzerland on Monday, mediators said, after a tense opening marked by Tehran saying it had again closed the strait of Hormuz and Donald Trump repeating his threats to resume attacks on Iran. Mediators Qatar and Pakistan...

The Independent - 10 hours 33 min ago
US president's threats come as Vance joins other US officials in Zurich to hammer out peace deal terms with a battery of Tehran's leaders...

Newser - 12 hours 35 min ago
Sen. Cory Booker says the world should be looking nervously at the current US-Israel tag team on the Middle East. On NBC's Meet the Press Sunday, the New Jersey Democrat warned that US President Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are jeopardizing efforts to secure a lasting peace as...

The Hill - 12 hours 53 min ago
Ret. Gen. Jack Keane on Sunday said the US-Iran memorandum of understanding signals a "major shift" in the Trump administration's approach to foreign policy ideals in the Middle East. "It's a recognition that there's a major shift of the Administration s priorities away from military objectives to economic and political objectives," Keane told hosts John Catsimatidis...

The Hill - 14 hours 43 min ago
A new survey shows that more than a third of Americans say the US-Iran memorandum of understanding (MOU) is better for Tehran, as the Trump administration works toward negotiating a long-term peace deal to resolve conflict in the Middle East. CBS/YouGov poll results released Sunday found that 37 percent of Americans say the MOU is...

Attack of the Fanboy - 16 hours 35 min ago
Senator Cory Booker is raising serious alarms regarding the current state of international diplomacy, specifically targeting the roles of President Donald...

Fox News - 20 hours 3 min ago
Israel's UN ambassador warns Iran is using Hezbollah to maintain control over Lebanon, vowing Israel will not be sitting ducks amid attacks.

New York Times - 20 hours 14 min ago
President Trump has contended that the war remade the Middle East in America's favor and protected Israel from nuclear obliteration.

The Guardian - 20 hours 42 min ago
This live blog is now closed. Trump threatens fresh attacks on Iran as peace talks take place in Switzerland There was and is no restriction' on Israeli soldiers to act to eliminate threats in Lebanon, and that troops would not withdraw from the security zone, Israeli defence minister Israel Katz said in a statement on Sunday, according to Reuters. Israeli strikes killed at least 20 people in Lebanon on Saturday, Lebanon's state news agency NNA reported, a day after a ceasefire with Iran-backed...

New York Times - 20 hours 56 min ago
Vessels, including oil tankers, anchored this week in the waters off Muscat, Oman, near the Strait of Hormuz.

The Hill - 21 hours 22 min ago
Rep. Jason Crow (D-Colo.) on Sunday said lawmakers will "push hard" for answers behind the bombing that destroyed an Iranian girls school on the day U.S. and Israeli airstrikes first fell on the Middle East country earlier this year. Crow accused the Trump administration of "slow-rolling" answers about what happened at Shajareh Tayyebeh Elementary School...

The Guardian - 22 hours 39 min 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 - 23 hours 54 min ago
Sen. Cory Booker criticized President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, calling them both criminal" leaders.