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Iran threatens new offensive while US rules out extending ceasefire deal

Asked by reporters on Monday if the US was seeking to extend June's interim agreement, US President Donald Trump said no

Facing quagmire in Iran, Trump turns to familiar face Kim Jong-un

Seven years ago, President Trump failed to disarm North Korea and walked away. Could the same thing happen with Iran?

Facing quagmire in Iran, Trump turns to familiar face Kim Jong-un

Seven years ago, President Trump failed to disarm North Korea and walked away. Could the same thing happen with Iran?

Trump threatens Oman as it works with Iran on Strait of Hormuz deal

US President Donald Trump has again threatened Oman as Iran says it is working with the Gulf Arab country on a plan to manage shipping through the Strait of Hormuz. Meanwhile, the 60-day negotiating period to find a peace deal between the US and Iran is expiring, with no word of an extension and both sides seemingly as far apart as they were at the start. Here's a look at the latest developments in the Iran war: Finalising deal with Oman on Strait of Hormuz: Iran ------------------------------------------------------------- Iran said it has reached an agreement with Oman over a plan for ships to transit the Strait of Hormuz, which runs between the two countries, and they are now working to finalise details for a joint statement. Iran foreign ministry spokesperson Esmail Baghaei told reporters in Tehran that "an understanding has been reached regarding the map of the transit route." He did not elaborate, but details that have previously emerged suggest the deal would reopen the s

Trump threatens Oman as it works with Iran on Strait of Hormuz deal

US President Donald Trump has again threatened Oman as Iran says it is working with the Gulf Arab country on a plan to manage shipping through the Strait of Hormuz. Meanwhile, the 60-day negotiating period to find a peace deal between the US and Iran is expiring, with no word of an extension and both sides seemingly as far apart as they were at the start. Here's a look at the latest developments in the Iran war: Finalising deal with Oman on Strait of Hormuz: Iran ------------------------------------------------------------- Iran said it has reached an agreement with Oman over a plan for ships to transit the Strait of Hormuz, which runs between the two countries, and they are now working to finalise details for a joint statement. Iran foreign ministry spokesperson Esmail Baghaei told reporters in Tehran that "an understanding has been reached regarding the map of the transit route." He did not elaborate, but details that have previously emerged suggest the deal would reopen the s

Iran threatens to go on offensive in Hormuz if diplomacy with US fails

There was no ​immediate response to those comments from Washington, but US Prez Donald Trump said in a phone interview with Fox News on Monday that Iran "should put up the white flag of surrender"

Iran threatens to go on offensive in Hormuz if diplomacy with US fails

There was no ​immediate response to those comments from Washington, but US Prez Donald Trump said in a phone interview with Fox News on Monday that Iran "should put up the white flag of surrender"

US Prez Donald Trump says Iran should surrender, threatens to bomb Oman

An interim deal agreed to in June declared an "immediate and permanent termination ‌of military operations on all fronts", ​but quickly unraveled, with Trump ​saying it was "over" on July 7

US Prez Donald Trump says Iran should surrender, threatens to bomb Oman

An interim deal agreed to in June declared an "immediate and permanent termination ‌of military operations on all fronts", ​but quickly unraveled, with Trump ​saying it was "over" on July 7

Iran works with Oman to finalise Hormuz agreement to manage shipping

The 60-day negotiating period to find a peace deal between the US and Iran was expiring, with no word of an extension and both sides seemingly as far apart as they were at the start.

Houthis say they attacked Saudi Arabia's vessels off Yemen's Mocha

Mocha is a Red Sea port near the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, a strategic chokepoint connecting the Red Sea with the Gulf of Aden and an important international shipping route

Stock Market Close: Sensex falls 281 pts, Nifty settles at 24,288; Nifty IT declines nearly 2%

Sensex Today | Stock Market Highlights, Monday: In the broader markets, the Nifty MidCap and the Nifty SmallCap ended 0.05 per cent and 0.36 per cent higher, respectively

China starts first regular container service through Arctic: Why it matters

The service, officially called the China-Europe Arctic Express and branded by the Chinese carrier as the 'Ice Silk Road', will sail along Russia's Northern Sea Route

60-day deadline for Iran peace deal is expiring. Here's where things stand

The deal that US President Donald Trump signed at Versailles in June set an ambitious 60-day deadline for ending the war with Iran and reaching an accord on its nuclear program. The deadline was Monday, and the two sides are further apart than they were then. Talks, such as they are, have focused on reopening the Strait of Hormuz and lifting a US blockade on Iran, both of which were supposed to have happened under the interim deal. There has been no sign of any compromise on the strait, or that detailed nuclear talks have even begun. The US, meanwhile, has no good options for getting out of the war it started alongside Israel. Acceding to Iran's latest demands would mean giving it control over a critical international waterway that carried a fifth of the world's traded oil and gas before the war - and would be tantamount to admitting defeat. Escalating the deeply unpopular war would further draw down US supplies of advanced missile interceptors, jolt the world economy, and drive

How false nuclear claim about Iran ricocheted from India to Washington

A dubious post that spread on X became the basis of false claims that Iran's leadership had declared it a nuclear power

How false nuclear claim about Iran ricocheted from India to Washington

A dubious post that spread on X became the basis of false claims that Iran's leadership had declared it a nuclear power

Trump weighs more economic pressure on Iran: What are his options?

Recent measures have targeted Iran's shadow oil fleet; shipping insurers; freezing an estimated $500 billion in ‌Iran-linked cryptocurrency

Trump weighs more economic pressure on Iran: What are his options?

Recent measures have targeted Iran's shadow oil fleet; shipping insurers; freezing an estimated $500 billion in ‌Iran-linked cryptocurrency

Iran says Qatar holds 3 missing pilots as Hormuz attack raises tensions

The United Arab Emirates accused Iran of attacking a vessel in the Strait of Hormuz, while the Iran-backed Houthis struck a Red Sea port in Yemen. In Southern Lebanon, nine people were killed in Israeli airstrikes, some of the deadliest since a shaky truce between Israel and Hezbollah went into effect on June 20. Here's a look at the latest developments in the Iran war and the wider Middle East. Full coverage can be found here. A vessel is attacked in the Strait of Hormuz ---------------------------------------------- A tanker owned by Abu Dhabi's state-owned oil and gas company ADNOC was attacked while transiting through the Strait of Hormuz, Emirati state-run WAM news agency said Saturday. The attack happened Friday evening, and there were no injuries, the agency reported. This is the third such attack on vessels operated by ADNOC in the critical waterway in the last week. In a statement on Saturday, the United Arab Emirates blamed Iran for the attack and called on it to stop

Iran, Oman edge closer to Hormuz shipping routes deal as war continues

The move follows a series of attacks in Hormuz, through which a fifth of the world's oil and gas transited before the war