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President Donald Trump said on Wednesday the United States may ​hit Iran's Pickaxe Mountain, urging Tehran ‌to be cautious."We notice there's a little activity at Pickaxe. I would ​advise Iran not to ​get cute because we will have ⁠to hit them very hard," ​Trump said in a speech ​at the midterm Republican convention, reports Reuters.Pickaxe Mountain, located near Iran's heavily damaged Natanz uranium ​enrichment facility, is a fortified ​site that hosts two deeply buried tunnel ‌complexes.Trump...

U.S. special representatives Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner landed in Moscow on Saturday for talks on how to end the ‌war in Ukraine, where they were met by Russian presidential envoy Kirill Dmitriev.A motorcade, carrying Witkoff, Kushner and Dmitriev, left Moscow's governmental airport and headed towards the city, a Reuters witness said. Russian spokesman Dmitry Peskov told TASS news agency that President Vladimir Putin would meet Witkoff and Kushner in the Kremlin later on Saturday.U.S. Presi...

Parents of immigrant children may have to provide proof of their citizenship or immigration status to obtain citizenship certificates and passports for their children by birthright. The US State Department has proposed the requirement as part of President Donald Trump’s latest effort to restrict birthright citizenship. Reuters published an exclusive report on the proposal on September 1. Trump signed an executive order on the issue on August 6, primarily aimed at preventing “birth tourism.”In a...

US President Donald Trump has expressed his expectation to meet with Bangladesh's Prime Minister Tarique Rahman soon. In a letter sent to the Prime Minister, Trump said his belief that despite going through various adversities, Bangladesh and its people have a bright future under Tarique Rahman's leadership.In the letter, the US President extended his warm wishes and love to the people of Bangladesh.At the same time, President Trump thanked Tarique Rahman for the decision to purchase Boeing airc...

Iran is still seeking a negotiated solution to its ‌conflict with the U.S., President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Monday, a day after the two countries resumed hostilities for the first time since late July, driving oil prices up more than 3.5%.Pezeshkian's comments also came after U.S. President Donald Trump posted an AI-generated video clip that he said showed Iran's oil hub Kharg Island being destroyed. There was no evidence of any such attack and a U.S. official said on Monday the military had...

Oil prices were trading nearly 2% higher on Monday after the U.S. attacked ‌an Iranian island in the Strait of Hormuz and drew retaliation from Tehran, as their conflict extended into its sixth month.Brent crude futures climbed $1.77, or 2%, to $89.87 a barrel by 0733 GMT while U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude was at $84.85, up $1.45, or 1.74%.U.S. forces ​struck two launchers on Iran's Larak Island in the Strait of Hormuz on Sunday, the first known American ​strikes on the country since late...

US President Donald Trump has poured fuel on the fire amid the ongoing trade war with Canada by renaming the cross-border lake shared by the two countries from 'Lake Ontario' to 'Lake America'.On Thursday, Trump signed an executive order for the name change during a press conference in the Oval Office. He told journalists that the order would take effect 'immediately'.When asked what message he intended to send to Canada by renaming the lake, Trump claimed that Canada had been 'cheating' the Uni...

Iran has announced that it will not allow any military vessels to transit through the Strait of Hormuz under a potential agreement being negotiated with Oman, a move that could reshape maritime traffic through one of the world's most vital oil and gas chokepoints.Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi confirmed on Tuesday that Tehran is firmly opposed to military traffic in the strategic waterway under the terms of the emerging deal. His comments came after senior diplomats from Iran and Oman...

US President Donald Trump has again inflamed tensions with Iran by sharing a map on social media that labels the strategic Strait of Hormuz as “NEW US Territory.” The post, which appeared on Truth Social on Sunday, follows an identical graphic he shared on August 18 and echoes his earlier remarks at a Long Island police event, where he said he would soon claim the waterway as American domain.The strait, a narrow chokepoint through which a significant share of global oil passes, has become the fl...

The Trump administration has informed Congress of its intention to pay $725 ​million to the United Nations, a congressional notification seen by Reuters showed, a move aid experts said was a welcome step towards paying billions in dues owed.The ‌administration has criticized the global body for not living up to its potential and slashed funding to many U.N. agencies. When asked about the planned payment, a U.S. official said any payments will be contingent on continued reforms of the organizatio...

Negotiations to end the more than five-month-long war with Iran have stalled. In the meantime, US President Donald Trump has announced the "toughest economic campaign" against the country. He also threatened sanctions against any nation that does business with Tehran.In a post on his own social media platform, Truth Social, on Wednesday local time, Trump said Iran has failed to take advantage of the deal. Now, an "unprecedented level of economic war and isolation" will be created against the cou...

Nearly half of the oil currently produced by Venezuela is being exported to the United States. The country's total daily production stands at about 1,250,000 barrels, of which more than 500,000 barrels are going to the United States.Earlier this year, in a special operation conducted late at night from his own residence in Caracas, socialist leader Nicolás Maduro was taken to the United States. Months after the removal of this anti-US imperialist leader from power, such news has come to light.Th...

Iran will shift to a "fully offensive" military ​posture because efforts to negotiate a permanent end to the war with the U.S. have stalled, a senior Iranian official told Reuters on Monday, as Washington ruled out extending ‌a temporary ceasefire agreement.Outward progress towards peace talks and a resumption of oil tanker traffic through the strategic Strait of Hormuz has ground to a halt, threatening to extend the conflict that the U.S. and Israel launched with attacks on Iran on February 28....

Oil prices rose on Monday as fading expectations of a U.S.-Iran peace breakthrough and slower tanker traffic through the Strait of Hormuz reinforced geopolitical risk concerns in the market.Brent crude ​futures rose as much as 1% to $89.40 per barrel and were last trading ​up 72 cents at $89.20 by 0229 GMT. The U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude futures ⁠rose 44 cents to $82.83 a barrel.Both contracts gained more than 5% last week ​following attacks on tankers operated by Abu Dhabi National Oil...

Iran called on the U.S. to ​accept defeat on Saturday, while President Donald Trump blasted Tehran as "very evil" and told Americans to prepare for continued high fuel prices as a result of the war.Progress towards ‌peace talks and oil tanker traffic through the strategic Strait of Hormuz remained halted, with no sign the warring parties were moving toward ending the conflict that the U.S. and Israel launched on February 28."This strait will be opened and closed only under Iran's command, and so...

 President Donald Trump was secretly transported out of Turkey in a catering container and flown to Britain aboard a military jet after officials determined there was a credible threat against him and Air Force One from Iran, two senior U.S. officials said Monday.The elaborate operation was carried out during the NATO summit in Turkey last month. Trump had publicly been expected to leave the country on July 8 aboard an older version of Air Force One rather than the luxury 747-8 donated by Q...

Iran said it was nearing a final pact with Oman defining new shipping lanes between them through the Strait of Hormuz ​but repeated that the U.S. must meet other conditions, including compensation and an end to sanctions and military threats, before the strategic waterway is reopened.A U.S. official told ‌Reuters on Friday that Iran and Oman were close to a deal that could pave the way for restoring safe passage through the strait, a major conduit for oil and gas shipping before Iran blocked Hor...

US President Donald Trump has dismissed reports of a critical ammunition shortage in the country. He has claimed that the United States has sufficient stockpiles of weapons and ammunition. At the same time, he has also warned of strict action against those who leak such information.In a post on his social media platform, Truth Social, Trump said, "The United States has vast amounts of ammunition, especially of certain types. According to need, even greater amounts of ammunition are being produce...

Islamabad, Pakistan – Pakistan has invited top Iranian officials for talks as mediation efforts to end the war with the United States are reinvigorated. Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar spoke with his Iranian counterpart, Abbas Araghchi, inviting him "to visit Pakistan at his earliest convenience." Separately, National Assembly Speaker Ayaz Sadiq extended an invitation to Iranian counterpart Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf.The outreach came as US President Donald Trump accused Tehran of being "unbelievably d...

In a rare coordinated move, Japan and the United States confirmed they jointly intervened in foreign exchange markets last week to halt a sharp slide in the yen after the currency plummeted to a new 40-year low.This marks the first joint FX intervention between Washington and Tokyo since 2011, when the two nations took coordinated action to weaken the yen following the catastrophic earthquake and tsunami in eastern Japan.Why Both Nations Stepped InThe joint effort underscores growing concerns th...