A Dramatic Market Reversal In a stunning afternoon reversal, Wall Street erased earlier losses and surged to new heights on Thursday as reports emerged that a final US-Iran agreement could be announced within hours. The news that US-Iran deal talks drive markets higher sent the Dow Jones Industrial Average to a record closing high of 50,285.66, its…
Twenty Iranian sailors whose ship was seized by US forces near Singapore have returned to Iran, according to Iranian state media. Iran’s Ambassador to Pakistan, Reza Amiri Moghadam, said on Thursday that the release of the 20 Iranian sailors was due to the “generous action of the respected government of Pakistan.” In a post on…
Donald Trump says talks with Iran were “in the final stages” while warning of further attacks if Tehran does not agree to a peace deal. Six weeks after Trump called for a ceasefire by halting Operation Epic Fury, there has been little progress in talks to end the war. Trump said this week he came…
Iran’s parliament is preparing to vote on whether to place €50 million (£43.5m) bounties on the heads of Donald Trump and BenjamiNetanyahu. This decision follows a planned full-scale US military attack on Iran that was averted whener the US president changed his stance at the last minute. The proposed bounty, which would be offered to…
11 minutes ago Hegseth: “We have a plan to move forward if necessary; we have a plan to move backward if necessary.” Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth, asked at a congressional hearing Tuesday about the possible direction of war with Iran, said the Pentagon planned multiple scenarios. Democratic Representative Betty McCollum of Minnesota questioned Hegseth about…
This statement comes after US President Donald Trump announced that he is “not satisfied” with the peace deal proposed by Iran. A ceasefire was originally declared on 8 April, followed by talks in the Pakistani capital Islamabad, but no agreement was reached. Mohammad Jafar Asadi also stressed that Iran’s armed forces are ready for more…
The US Embassy in Beirut has called on the Lebanese government to step up its engagement with Israel – and quietly, to sideline Hezbollah, the Iranian-backed group that has been designated a terrorist organisation by the US and Israel, which has been a major force in Lebanese politics for decades. “Lebanon stands at a crossroads….
