US-Iran peace deal remains elusive as choice of US targets draws legal questions | First Thing
Trump claims strikes called off as deal is close, but Tehran denies agreement near, while legal experts question if US targets may be a war crime. Plu...
Neither Peace Nor War: Iran Conflict Leaves World in Dangerous Limbo
Since announcing a nominal cease-fire two months ago, Iran, Israel and the U.S. have remained locked in low-intensity violence that has become a new n...
Middle East crisis live: Iran says no final peace agreement reached, after Trump claims deal could be signed soon
US president says ‘great settlement’ reached but Iranian spokesman says there has been no final conclusionFull report: Trump claims US and Iran on ver...
Middle East peace talks in doubt as Iran says it needs to ‘reassess’ after overnight strikes
US launches strikes in retaliation for downing of US army helicopter, while White House source says deal could still be closeThe future of peace talks...
JD Vance claims US ‘very close’ to peace deal with Iran
Vice-president says deal could ‘absolutely’ come before midterms, as US strikes Iran after downing of helicopterMiddle East crisis – live updatesThe U...
Bandits in north-west Nigeria abduct villagers they invited to discuss peace talks
Thirty-nine people taken near Magamin Diddi village in Maradun municipality, north-west Zamfara state, police sayArmed bandits in north-west Nigeria a...
Why did Israel and Iran trade fire, and how does it affect wider peace efforts?
The arch-enemies’ exchange had the potential to derail the push for an end to the broader Middle East conflictMiddle East crisis – live updatesIsrael ...
Ukraine Turns to Europe as U.S. Steps Back as Mediator in Peace Talks
President Volodymyr Zelensky traveled to London to meet with the leaders of Britain, Germany and France, whom he said could be negotiators in talks wi...
Blackouts, hyperinflation, dissent: Iran considers perilous prospect of peace
Commentators say the conditions that led to bloody prewar protests have been made worseIran is already preparing for the perilous transition from wart...
Zelensky Mixes Taunts and Peace Talks Offer in Letter to Putin
“After 26 years in power, age is beginning to take its toll,” President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine wrote of his Russian counterpart, bragging of a ...
Why Benjamin Netanyahu poses an obstacle to US and Iran peace deal
Prime minister under pressure to show his campaigns against Hamas, Hezbollah and Iran have brought results as he faces elections with his political su...
Rubio says Iran ready to discuss nuclear deal as Tehran declares peace talks over
Secretary of state appears before Congress and repeats Trump administration’s claims that a deal is within reachIran has agreed to negotiate aspects o...
Looming Iran peace deal shows how Trump’s maximalist goals have shrunk
Sobering reality for president after three-month odyssey that threatens to take him back to where he startedAfter the hubristic beginnings came the re...
Trump claims to be on verge of approving peace deal with major Iranian concessions
Tehran denies deal has been reached that would open strait of Hormuz and eliminate country’s nuclear programme Donald Trump has claimed he could appro...
Commodity poised for one of biggest monthly declines, while global stock markets rallyBusiness live – latest updatesOil prices fell on Friday as inves...
Trump: the boy who cried ‘peace’ in the Middle East – podcast
On Saturday, Donald Trump said talks with Tehran were going well and an agreement to end the war was ‘largely negotiated’. On Sunday, the US launched ...
