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Trump’s Gulf allies push to have their concerns addressed before Iran war ends
Before the Iran war, US President Donald Trump’s Gulf Arab allies lobbied hard against strikes, fearing the attacks Tehran is now unleashing on them. As the war drags on, they fear a quick exit could leave them worse off than before it began. Over the past week, as momentum toward negotiations to end the war has grown, Gulf Arab officials…
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Iran building up defenses of Kharg Island to protect against potential US ground attack, sources say
Iran has been laying traps and moving additional military personnel and air defenses to Kharg Island in recent weeks in preparation for a possible US operation to take control of the island, according to multiple people familiar with US intelligence reporting on the issue. The Trump administration has been weighing using US troops to seize the tiny island in the…
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Ghana demands compensation for slavery in landmark UN vote
Slavery was the “most horrendous crime that took place in the history of mankind”, Ghana’s foreign minister has told the BBC ahead of a landmark vote at the UN General Assembly. Member states are set to vote on a resolution – led by Ghana – to recognise the transatlantic slave trade as “the gravest crime against humanity”. The proposal urges…
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Iranian military says US ‘negotiating with itself’ after Trump claims Tehran wants deal
The US is “negotiating with itself”, a spokesman for the Iranian military has said, adding: “Someone like us will never come to terms with someone like you”. The comments came after Donald Trump insisted Iran wants a deal “so badly”, saying on Tuesday that Iran gave the US a “very big present worth a tremendous amount of money”. Unconfirmed reports…
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JUST IN: Trump delays planned strike on Iran power plants, after ‘productive talks’
The United States U.S. President Donald Trump says the United States would temporarily halt planned military strikes on Iranian energy infrastructure following what he described as positive diplomatic engagements with Iran. In a post on his Truth Social network on Monday, Trump wrote: “the United States of America, and the country of Iran, have had, over the last two days,…
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‘Nobody else is responsible’: Trump to blame for Iran crisis, ex-CIA chief says
Leon Panetta calls president ‘naive’ over strait of Hormuz closure and says ‘the chickens are coming home to roost’ Donald Trump is stuck between “a rock and a hard place” after three weeks of war in Iran and “sending a message of weakness” to the world, Leon Panetta, a former US defence secretary and Central Intelligence Agency director, has told…
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G7 ready to act to protect global energy supplies, backs Hormuz Strait security
The foreign ministers of the Group of Seven countries said on Saturday they stood ready to take necessary measures to support global energy supplies and reaffirmed the importance of safeguarding maritime routes, including in the Strait of Hormuz. “We … express support to our partners in the region in the face of the unjustifiable attacks by the Islamic Republic of…
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The Tanker War: How history is repeating itself on the Strait of Hormuz
As President Donald Trump looks at ordering US Navy ships to escort oil tankers through the Strait of Hormuz, for naval analysts and historians, there’s a distinct feeling of “been there, done that.” Almost 40 years ago, US Navy warships were facing the same enemy they’d be facing now, the navy and the sea forces of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard…
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Venezuelan leader replaces senior military commanders
Venezuela’s interim leader, Delcy Rodríguez, has replaced her country’s senior military commanders one day after appointing a new defence minister. Announcing the move on Thursday, Rodríguez said the new appointments would guarantee Venezuela’s “sovereignty, peace, stability and territorial integrity”. The shake-up to Caracas’ top defence team follows US President Donald Trump’s Venezuela raid and capture of President Nicolás Maduro in…
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Iran women’s football team feted in Tehran after asylum battle at Asian Cup
Iranian authorities on Thursday gave the national women’s football team a hero’s welcome after their return from Australia, where some had made and then withdrawn asylum claims, amid accusations Iran had pressured their families. Six players and one backroom staff member who travelled to Australia for the Women’s Asian Cup sought asylum earlier this month after they prompted criticism from…
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