US, Iran trade threats but Trump says Tehran wants peace deal
AFP, Washington
11 hour(s) ago US-Israel war on Iran
Trump holds off attack on Iran
Agencies
20 May 2026, 00:00 AM US-Israel war on Iran
Trump says he paused attack on Iran at Gulf allies' request
AFP, Washington, United States
19 May 2026, 10:07 AM US-Israel war on Iran
Trump says he is losing patience with Iran, did not ask China for favors
Reuters, Aboard Air Force One/Dubai
16 May 2026, 08:49 AM US-Israel war on Iran
‘US willing to continue talks to end impasse’
Agencies
16 May 2026, 00:00 AM US-Israel war on Iran
Xi-Trump summit in Beijing: How it failed to yield Iran war breakthrough
Agencies
16 May 2026, 00:00 AM US-Israel war on Iran

US, Iran trade threats but Trump says Tehran wants peace deal

Iran claims new military gains and warns the next phase of conflict would bring “many more surprises”
11 hour(s) ago

Trump holds off attack on Iran

Iran’s army yesterday warned it would “open new fronts” against the United States if it resumes attacks, after President Donald Trump said he had held off launching a new offensive in hopes of striking a deal.
20 May 2026, 00:00 AM

Trump says he paused attack on Iran at Gulf allies' request

US President said he was planning major new assault on Iran, but held off as he saw hope for securing a so far elusive agreement to end the war
19 May 2026, 10:07 AM

Iran war saddles global companies with $25 billion bill - and counting

Businesses are grappling with soaring energy prices, fractured supply ‌chains and trade routes severed by Iran's chokehold on the Strait of Hormuz
18 May 2026, 18:07 PM

Israeli strike in east Lebanon kills Islamic Jihad commander: state media

17-year-old daughter among dead; emergency workers search rubble for survivors
18 May 2026, 11:58 AM

Trump says Xi agrees Iran must open strait, China says war shouldn't have started

Flying back from Beijing on Friday after two days of talks with Xi, Trump said he was considering whether to lift US sanctions on Chinese oil companies buying Iranian oil. China is the biggest buyer of Iranian oil.
16 May 2026, 15:26 PM

Trump says he is losing patience with Iran, did not ask China for favors

However, Xi did not comment on his discussions with Trump about Iran
16 May 2026, 08:49 AM

Xi-Trump summit in Beijing: How it failed to yield Iran war breakthrough

For weeks before US President Donald Trump’s visit to Beijing, his administration pressed China to lean on Iran amid negotiations for a peace deal.
16 May 2026, 00:00 AM

‘US willing to continue talks to end impasse’

Iran yesterday said it had “received messages” from the United States expressing willingness to continue talks, as US President Donald Trump urged Tehran to accept a deal soon to end the war in the Middle East.
16 May 2026, 00:00 AM

Trump says US and China are aligned on Iran, Tehran must make a deal soon

Trump considers lifting sanctions on Chinese oil firms buying Iranian crude
15 May 2026, 20:21 PM

Iran FM says US willing to continue talks, open to China's help

Araghchi spoke a day after US President Donald Trump said Xi Jinping had offered China's help to reopen the Strait of Hormuz
15 May 2026, 18:16 PM
15 May 2026, 08:29 AM

New attacks reported on ships near Hormuz

US President Donald Trump discussed the Iran war with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing yesterday, as new attacks on vessels near the Strait of Hormuz underscored the cost of a prolonged stalemate, with peace talks stalled.
15 May 2026, 00:00 AM

Trump says Xi offered help to open Hormuz, vowed not to arm Iran

US President Donald Trump on Thursday said President Xi Jinping had offered China's help to open the Strait of Hormuz and pledged not to send military equipment to aid Iran
14 May 2026, 21:39 PM

Vessel off UAE coast 'taken', now bound for Iran waters: UK maritime agency

A ship off the UAE coast near the Strait of Hormuz has been taken by unknown people and is now headed towards Iranian territorial waters, a UK maritime agency said on Thursday.
14 May 2026, 13:32 PM

Iran war and oil dominate BRICS meet in India

Iran calls upon BRICS members to challenge what it says are international law violations
14 May 2026, 12:51 PM

Saudi Arabia launched covert attacks on Iran as regional war widened, sources say

Attacks were followed by drop in Iranian strikes on the kingdom, Reuters tally shows
13 May 2026, 09:15 AM

Iran threatens to enrich uranium to 90% if attacked

Tehran yesterday threatened to enrich uranium to 90 percent purity, a level considered weapons-grade, if attacked again, after US President Donald Trump warned that the Middle East truce was on the brink of collapse.
13 May 2026, 00:00 AM

US consumer inflation hits three-year high fuelled by Iran war

Trump made bringing inflation down a key promise since taking office, but has made little progress in doing so
12 May 2026, 21:18 PM

Pentagon says US cost of Iran war nearing $29 billion

The war has intensified concerns over rapidly depleting US weapons stockpiles after months of heavy missile and air-defense operations in the Middle East
12 May 2026, 21:13 PM