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Middle East
Warnings focus on retaliation against energy and critical infrastructure after the November 3 midterms, although Donald Trump has made no final decision.
Middle East
The draft sequences daily confidence-building steps and outside guarantees, but Tehran says the ideas remain unacceptable and do not yet constitute an offer.
Middle East
A new US warning coincided with a deadly Hebron clash and Israel's threat of a large operation and full lockdown in the occupied territory.
United States
The president linked his territorial threat to the US blockade and control of shipping, while Iran insisted that only Tehran can decide whether the international waterway opens or closes.
Middle East
Washington's contacts with Vienna and Athens were followed by calls to Tehran, broadening an uneven diplomatic search for a way out of the war and the Strait of Hormuz crisis.
Middle East
Abbas Araghchi spoke twice in 24 hours with Asim Munir and Prince Faisal bin Farhan as regional governments pressed political solutions following a US pause in planned strikes and amid preparations for another Washington-Tehran negotiating round.
Middle East
Fourteen states endorsed a defensive framework led from Riyadh, but its effectiveness will depend on national operational choices, political agreement over threats and progress on conflicts ashore.
Asia
Southeast Asian foreign ministers have gathered in Manila for annual talks overshadowed by the US-Iran war, with concerns that Washington's military focus on the Middle East could divert attention from China's aggressive actions in the South China Sea. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi are among the key attendees.
Middle East
Yemen's Houthis declared a naval blockade on Saudi Arabia, potentially opening a new front in the US-Iran war and threatening global energy supplies. The announcement came as diplomatic efforts to restore a ceasefire continue, with US strikes on Iranian cities entering their ninth night.
Middle East
A planned meeting in Doha is intended to move a fragile US-Iran understanding from a pause in attacks toward practical rules for shipping, de-escalation and management of the Strait of Hormuz.
United States
Washington and Tehran said high-level talks produced a basis for further negotiations, with a 60-day process focused on a final settlement, navigation through the Strait of Hormuz and the conflict in Lebanon.
