G7 leaders demand Lebanon ceasefire, welcome Iran deal
Leaders of the G7 countries demanded a ceasefire in Lebanon on Wednesday and said they will diversify energy supply routes to reduce dependence on the Strait of Hormuz in response ...
Global investors back $300 billion Iran development fund ahead of final deal
A $300 billion private fund designed to trigger investment into Iran is outlined in the U.S.-Iran framework agreement and more than half that sum has already been committed, a ...
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Trump says Iran will ‘never have nuclear weapon’ under deal
Doubts swirled around the U.S.-Iran interim deal to end the war in the Middle East with warnings that shipping and energy exports could take weeks to recover, although ...
Trump says Iran deal is ‘all signed’, details remain unclear
US President Donald Trump said on Monday that a preliminary agreement to end the war in the Gulf has already been signed by the United States and Iran, although key ...
Lebanon requests Cyprus’ support in implementing peace deal
President Nikos Christodoulides said on Monday that ensuring the implementation of the recently reached agreement between the United States and Iran is now the key priority, following a telephone conversation ...
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Iran, US agree to halt war and reopen Hormuz
The U.S. and Iran said they have agreed terms to end their war and reopen the Strait of Hormuz, news that brought relief to markets worldwide, although the pact ...
Cyprus hails agreement to halt US-Iran war
Cyprus’ foreign ministry on Monday hailed the United States’ and Iran’s announcement of an agreement which will bring a halt to the war which broke out between the two ...
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Trump insists US-Iran deal to be signed on Sunday
US and Pakistani leaders expressed confidence that a framework agreement aimed at ending months of conflict between the US and Iran could be signed on Sunday, though uncertainty remained after ...
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Iran and US close on initial deal, Tehran says no signing on Sunday
Iran said on Saturday it could sign the framework for a peace deal with the United States in the coming days, but dismissed a suggestion by mediator Pakistan that it ...
US and Iran signal a peace deal is close
The United States and Iran signalled on Friday that an agreement to end their war was close, with a senior US administration official saying a text was in place that ...
UAE to unlock billions of dollars for Iran, sources say
The United Arab Emirates has agreed to unlock billions of dollars for Iran, four sources said, in a tactical shift after weeks of Iranian attacks on the wealthy Gulf Arab ...
Trump bristles over memorandum text that appears to favour Iran
Terms of a proposed memorandum to end the war in the Gulf outlined by Western, Pakistani and Iranian sources on Friday appeared to strongly favour Iran, drawing criticism from U....
Trump says Iran peace deal could be signed this weekend as Tehran reviews pact
Hopes grew on Friday for peace between Iran and the United States after President Donald Trump said a deal could be signed as soon as this weekend, even as Tehran ...
Trump cancels US strikes on Iran, citing progress in talks
President Donald Trump called off new U.S. military strikes on Iran on Thursday, saying “final points” of an initial peace deal had been approved and details of a signing ...
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Trump says US will hit Iran ‘very hard’, wants control of energy infrastructure
President Donald Trump said on Thursday the United States would hit Iran “very hard tonight” and wanted at some point to take Iran’s oil infrastructure hub Kharg Island, after ...
Trump vows more bombing if Iran rejects deal as US-Iran tensions soar
The United States and Iran traded air attacks on Thursday for a second straight day, with President Donald Trump vowing further strikes if Tehran does not immediately agree to a ...
US, Iran exchange attacks as Trump threatens further escalation
The United States launched new strikes against multiple targets overnight in Iran, the U.S. military said on Wednesday, as President Donald Trump vowed even more attacks if no peace ...
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Trump threatens to attack Iran ‘very hard’ following latest hostilities
President Donald Trump on Wednesday said the United States would strike Iran again if no peace deal is secured, threatening further escalation following one of the most significant exchanges of ...
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Iran says it attacked US base in Jordan and 21 Gulf targets after American strikes
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said they had carried out missile and drone attacks on U.S. military bases in Jordan, Kuwait and Bahrain on Wednesday in retaliation for American strikes ...
Trump says Iran downed Apache helicopter, US must react
United States President Donald Trump said on Tuesday Iran had shot down a US Apache helicopter that was patrolling the Strait of Hormuz overnight and vowed to respond, deepening doubts ...
Israel kills eight in strike on Lebanon; US rescues helicopter crew from Hormuz
Israel struck the historic port city of Tyre in southern Lebanon on Tuesday, killing at least eight people, the Lebanese health ministry said.
On Monday, Israel and Iran halted direct ...
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Trump says US helicopter pilots who went down in Strait of Hormuz are fine
esident Donald Trump said on Tuesday that two U.S. helicopter crew members were “fine” following their rescue by a U.S. Navy drone after their Apache gunship went down ...
Iran and Israel say they have halted strikes on each other for now
Iran and Israel said they had halted attacks on each other after an appeal from U.S. President Donald Trump, though Tehran warned it would resume hostilities if Israel continued ...
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Govt to report ‘interference’ with ministerial aircraft by Turkish Cypriots
The government plans to report what it described as “interference” with communications between air traffic control and aircraft carrying ministers from Greece, France and the Netherlands by the Turkish Cypriot ...
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