As President Donald Trump spoke of talks with a “senior Iranian official,” whom several media outlets identified as parliamentary speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, concern spread among many Iranians that the Islamic Republic might ultimately…
Category: 3. Middle East
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Could Washington strike a deal with Ghalibaf?
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Mind the gaps: As Trump signals intent to seal deal with Iran, Israel worries over how far he will go
Israeli officials fear Trump relenting on Iran’s enriched uranium and its nuclear and missile programs, wondering as to the fate of the plan to overthrow the regime. An Israeli official believes Iran talks will be ‘substantive’ – but it’s…
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Deadly airstrike hits PMF site near army center in Iraq’s Anbar
Two Iraqi army soldiers were killed and around 20 people, most of them military personnel, wounded in airstrikes on a site belonging to Iraq’s Shi’ite Popular Mobilization Forces near an army medical center in western Anbar, security sources said…
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Asia looks to COVID-era playbook to tackle fuel crisis
March 25 (Reuters) – Countries across Asia are weighing up work-from-home policies and stimulus measures enforced during the COVID pandemic, as they scramble to respond to global fuel shortages triggered by the Iran war.
Asia is at the frontline…
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Iran wary of US motives as end-of-war negotiations intensify
Iran has growing concerns that ongoing negotiations with the United States may be an American ploy rather than a genuine attempt to reach a meaningful agreement, sources told The Jerusalem Post on Wednesday.“Twice we sat down with Witkoff and…
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Iran fires missile salvo after Trump signals progress in talks
Iran launched a new missile salvo across the Middle East on Wednesday, after US President Donald Trump’s signals that he was eager to talk with Tehran steadied global markets.
Oil prices dropped sharply and stocks in Asia rose on broader…
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Antisemitic attacks in Europe raise questions about new, shadowy ‘terror group’
JTA — Two minors have been arrested in connection with a car burning in the Jewish quarter of Antwerp in what is being treated as an antisemitic attack, Belgian prosecutors said.
The two suspects were arrested shortly before midnight…
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Iran military spokesperson says US is negotiating with itself, state media
March 25 (Reuters) – The United States is negotiating with itself, an Iranian military spokesman said according to state media on Wednesday, a day after U.S. President Donald Trump said Tehran wants to make a deal to end the war in the Middle…
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Israel strikes Tehran as Trump says US negotiating to end war
(Fixes typo in headline, no change to text)
CAIRO/WASHINGTON March 25 (Reuters) – Israel struck the Iranian capital Tehran on Wednesday, Israeli military and Iranian media said, as President Donald Trump said the U.S. was making progress in its…
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Top WTO official sounds fertiliser warning over Middle East war
Disruptions to fertiliser supplies caused by the Middle East war pose a double threat to global food security through scarcity and high prices, a top World Trade Organization official has warned.
Iran has virtually shut the Strait of Hormuz,…
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