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Donald Trump vows to block Hormuz after US-Iran peace talks fail

Vance said Iran had chosen not to accept American terms, including not to build nuclear weapons

US, China race to build AI weapons as autonomous arms competition heats up

Pentagon officials concluded that America's program for unmanned combat drones was lagging China's

What next after JD Vance leaves Islamabad without a peace deal with Iran?

The lack of a breakthrough after 21 hours of negotiations leaves the Trump administration facing several unpalatable options

Oil markets scramble for supplies as West Asia shortfall drives prices

Traders said the panicky moves across the world's key physical oil markets demonstrated the scale of the shortfall that's due to be felt as loss of supplies from the West Asia leaves a growing gap

IMF, World Bank meet to assess fallout of Trump's Iran war on growth

IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva warned that the international community is becoming less able to respond to shocks

Donald Trump threatens China with 50% tariffs if it sends arms to Iran

He played down the possibility of China supplying weapons to Iran, but said their goods would be taxed if they did

China sets up new county in Xinjiang near PoK, Afghanistan border

This is the third new county established by China in Xinjiang, a predominantly Muslim Uyghur region, in just over a year

Iran's chief negotiator Ghalibaf blames US for failure to reach deal

He said now is the time for the US "to decide whether it can gain our trust or not"

Saudi Arabia restores East-West pipeline capacity to 7 mn barrels per day

Output from Saudi Aramco's offshore Manifa oil production facility was also restored, the energy ministry said Sunday, though work continues at the Khurais onshore complex

'Diplomacy never ends': Iran's spokesperson hints there's room for talks

Iran's foreign ministry spokesperson said Iran should not have expected from the start that they could reach an agreement in a single session

Iran-US talks in Islamabad likely held via indirect, direct channels

Pakistan remained involved at every stage of the process, with the talks beginning with separate meetings of the US and Iranian delegations with Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Saturday

Trump shares article on possible US naval blockade on Iran after talks fail

The article posted by outlet Just the News cited experts who said that Trump could "out-blockade" Iran's hold over the strait of Hormuz and recalled US military ops in Venezuela

China to resume some ties with Taiwan including more direct flights

The list of measures in the statement touches on ties that China had suspended in recent years as tensions increased

Iran war diverts US attention from Asia ahead of Trump-Xi summit

The demands of the Iran war caused Trump to delay by several weeks his highly anticipated trip to China, deepening worries that the US is once again getting distracted

Pakistan says it will keep backing US-Iran talks, urges ceasefire to hold

Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar said Pakistan would continue to play its role in facilitating engagement and dialogue between Iran and the United States in the coming days

Why US-Iran talks failed after 21 hours of negotiations in Islamabad

High-stakes US-Iran talks mediated by Pakistan collapse after 21-hour talks in Islamabad, with both sides failing to bridge differences over nuclear commitments and strategic demands

'Bad news': Vance says no agreement after Iran peace talks in Pakistan

Vance cited shortcomings in the talks and said Iran had chosen not to accept American terms, including to not build nuclear weapons

Iran denies US claims of two Navy vessels crossing Strait of Hormuz

Earlier, the US military said two destroyers transited the Iran-gripped waterway ahead of mine-clearing work, a first since the war began

Trump downplays negotiations with Iran, says deal makes 'no difference'

Speaking to reporters outside the White House, Trump said, "Let's see what happens maybe they make a deal, maybe they don't"

US-Iran ceasefire talks in Pak conclude third round, to resume after break

The US delegation led by Vice President JD Vance and the Iranian one led by Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf discussed with Pakistan how to advance the ceasefire