Trump says US-Iranian negotiations continue
US President Donald Trump said negotiations between Washington and Tehran continue, and he expects the conflict to end soon. – “The Iran war will be over very soon,” Trump told…
Rubio urges Lebanon to not return confiscated explosives to Hezbollah, US official says
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio spoke with Lebanese President Joseph Aoun about the confiscation of hundreds of kilograms of explosives from Hezbollah, a US State Department official said on…
China says Israel should stop its ‘forced establishment’ of West Bank settlements
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi told Israeli President Isaac Herzog that Israel should stop and reverse its “forced establishment” of West Bank settlements, China’s foreign ministry said in a statement…
Ukraine resumes strikes on Russian refineries as Zelenskiy says ‘we’re done’
Ukraine has resumed its attacks on Russian refineries with a strike at an installation in the Ryazan region, the regional governor said on Thursday, after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy voiced…
Iran has no plans to engage in endless war or futile negotiations — parliament speaker
Tehran does not intend to continue the war indefinitely or engage in peace negotiations that produce no result, said Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, the speaker of the Islamic Republic’s unicameral parliament…
Russia’s Lavrov, China’s Wang discuss cooperation, Ukraine, Iran at Asia security meeting
The Russian and Chinese foreign ministers discussed the state of bilateral cooperation as well as the crises in Ukraine and Iran during an Asia security meeting, the Russian Foreign Ministry…
Lebanon’s president, Iran’s top diplomat discuss ‘diplomatic solutions’ to regional conflicts
Lebanon’s President Joseph Aoun and Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi have agreed “on the necessity of supporting diplomatic solutions as the best means to put an end to the conflicts…
US blockade keeps Iranian crude exports at zero in October, report says
The US blockade has kept Iranian crude exports at zero in October, according to a report from energy intelligence platform Vortexa, having plummeted in the second week of September. –…
‘More advanced weapons’ now in Iran’s arsenal, IRGC claims
Hossein Mohebbi, the spokesman for the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), says Iran has acquired “more advanced weapons” since what he referred to as the “40-day war”, Iran’s state media…
Moscow tells Houthis to refrain from targeting civilian infrastructure
Russia’s Foreign Ministry says it has urged the Iran-backed Houthis to refrain from targeting civilian infrastructure amid reports of recent strikes. – Russia and Iran, both under heavy Western sanctions,…