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Iran has hardened its negotiating stance amid the ongoing war with the United States and Israel. Senior officials in Tehran have signalled that any move towards peace talks would hinge on sweeping concessions from Washington. The demands are likely to be unacceptable to US President Donald Trump, Reuters reported, citing three senior Iranian sources.At the…
NEW DELHI: The United States sees India as central to maintaining a favourable balance of power in the Indo-Pacific, a senior Trump administration official said on Tuesday, outlining a roadmap for deeper defence and strategic ties amid shifting global dynamics.Addressing an event at the Ananta Centre, US Under Secretary of War for Policy Elbridge Colby…
Donald Trump with Saudi crown prince (Image/AP) As the war in the Middle East enters its fourth week, a new report has revealed that Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has been urging US President Donald Trump to continue military operations against Iran. He described the conflict as a critical moment to reshape the…
Iranian lawmakers chant slogans while the parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf sits at center as they wear the Revolutionary Guard’s uniform in a session of parliament. (AP photo) The Trump administration is reportedly exploring Iran’s parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf as a potential interlocutor — and even a possible future leader — as it signals…
US President Donald Trump’s abrupt shift from a 48-hour ultimatum to a five-day pause on striking Iran’s energy infrastructure has exposed the competing pressures shaping Washington’s strategy in a rapidly escalating war. Just days after threatening to “obliterate” Iranian power plants if Tehran failed to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, Trump stepped back, citing “very…
US president Donald Trump spoke with Pakistan army chief Asim Munir earlier this week as Islamabad is attempting to position itself as a key mediator in the ongoing US-Israel-Iran conflict. Meanwhile, Pakistani prime minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif held a separate call with Iranian president Masoud Pezeshkian on Monday, according to officials familiar with the discussions.The…
US President Donald Trump has suggested that Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth was the first senior official in his administration to push for military action against Iran. Speaking at a roundtable with military and law enforcement leaders on Monday, Trump described internal discussions that preceded the US decision to join strikes alongside Israel. Framing Iran as…
United States President Donald Trump (right) and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Less than 48 hours before the US-Israeli strike on Iran began, United States President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke over the phone, weighing a rare intelligence window. At the center of the discussion was a fleeting opportunity involving Iran’s top leadership,…
A row broke out after former US counterterrorism chief Joe Kent was accused of “backtracking” on his earlier claims about Israel’s influence over US President Donald Trump’s decision to go to war with Iran.The dispute flared on X after Kent wrote: “President Trump is working to get peace with Iran, if he can make this…
DHS clarified who was arrested from the San Francisco airport and why after the video of a woman crying while being arrested by two ICE officers went viral. After Donald Trump ordered ICE deployment in airports to help move long queues, as hundreds of TSA workers quit over nonpayment, panic spread that these immigration agents…
