Reuters Jared Kushner (left) and Steve Witkoff (right) will be flying to Pakistan on Saturday morning Donald Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff and the US president’s son-in-law Jared Kushner are heading to Pakistan for peace talks with Iran on Saturday morning, the White House has said. “The Iranians want to talk,” White House press secretary … Read moreTrump’s envoys Witkoff and Kushner to fly to Pakistan for Iran talks
United States President Donald Trump has attacked Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, one of his main European allies, over her unwillingness to join the war on Iran. “I’m shocked at her. I thought she had courage, but I was wrong,” he said in an interview with Italian daily Corriere della Sera on Tuesday. The interview … Read moreTrump turns on Meloni, saying she lacks ‘courage’ over US-Israel war on Iran
The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) has agreed to increase oil output quotas by 206,000 barrels per day for May, a rise that is largely symbolic as some of its key members are unable to raise production due to the US-Israeli war on Iran. The war has effectively blocked the Strait of Hormuz … Read moreOPEC+ agrees to hike oil output, warns of slow recovery after attacks
Oil prices have climbed higher amid fading hopes of deescalation in the Iran war following Tehran’s denial that talks with the United States are under way. Futures for Brent crude, the international benchmark, rose nearly 2 percent on Thursday to top $104 per barrel after Tehran dismissed reports of direct negotiations with US President Donald … Read moreOil prices rise higher as Iran denies US talks, dimming deescalation hopes
Tasnim Israel says it has killed the Iranian navy chief overseeing what is a near-total blockade of the Strait of Hormuz. Alireza Tangsiri, head of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) navy, was “directly responsible for the terrorist act of bombing and blocking the Strait of Hormuz”, and has been “blown up”, according to Israel’s … Read moreIsrael says it has killed Iran’s navy chief overseeing Strait of Hormuz blockade
US-Präsident Trump stellt erneut ein baldiges Kriegsende in Aussicht. Der Nahost-Experte Jan Busse sieht darin einen Versuch Trumps, einen Ausweg aus einer Lage zu finden, die er so nicht erwartet habe. Die fehlende Strategie sei riskant. tagesschau.de: US-Präsident Trump hat erklärt, man werde den Krieg gegen Iran sehr bald beenden. Militärisch gesehen habe das Regime … Read moreTrump und ein mögliches Kriegsende: “Die USA sind ohne Strategie unterwegs”
Nach der Israel-Reise und einem Telefonat mit seinem US-Kollegen Rubio erwartet Bundesaußenminister Wadephul kein schnelles Ende des Iran-Kriegs. Aber auch Deutschland könne etwas zu den Bemühungen beitragen, sagte er in den tagesthemen. Bundesaußenminister Johann Wadephul geht nicht davon aus, dass die Angriffe im Nahen Osten schnell beendet werden. Zu dieser Einschätzung sei er bei seinem … Read moreWadephul zu Iran-Krieg: “Müssen uns noch auf eine gewisse Zeit einrichten”
As the United States-Israel war on Iran continues to dominate international headlines, below is a roundup of some of the stories you may have missed on Tuesday. Syrian ex-colonel faces crimes against humanity case in London A former Syrian colonel living in the United Kingdom has appeared before a London court to face crimes against … Read moreFive stories you may have missed amid US-Israeli war on Iran
The 32 member states of the International Energy Agency’s (IEA) have held an emergency meeting to assess the situation in the Middle East as the US-Israeli war on Iran continues to roil global energy markets. Fatih Birol, the agency’s executive director, said the talks on Tuesday aimed to assess “the current security of supply and … Read moreIEA holds talks as member states mull releasing oil reserves amid Iran war
A day after Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s killing was confirmed in attacks by the United States and Israel, Iran continues to strike US assets across the Gulf region. The US and Israel launched strikes on Iran on Saturday while talks between Washington and Tehran over Iran’s nuclear programme were ongoing. Iran hit back … Read moreWhat we know on day three of US-Israeli attacks on Iran