By ADAM SCHRECK and SAM METZ DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The U.S. military said Monday that two American-flagged merchant ships had successfully transited the Strait of Hormuz after it launched a new plan to restore traffic. Iran has effectively closed the critical waterway…
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump said on Saturday that he…
ISLAMABAD (AP) - President Donald Trump said on Friday that he’s “not satisfied” with Iran’s latest proposal in negotiations to end war between the countries. “They want to make a deal, I’m not satisfied with it, so we’ll see what…
By SAMY MAGDY, JON GAMBRELL and ELENA BECATOROS CAIRO (AP) — Iran has offered to end its chokehold on the Strait of Hormuz in exchange for the U.S. lifting its blockade on the country and an end to the war, while proposing that discussions on the…
By MUNIR AHMED, JON GAMBRELL and JAMEY KEATEN ISLAMABAD (AP) — President Donald Trump is sending his envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner to Pakistan to meet with Iran’s foreign minister, the White House said Friday, as officials in the South Asian nation pushed…
By MUNIR AHMED, JON GAMBRELL and DAVID RISING ISLAMABAD (AP) — Iran’s top diplomat was heading Friday to Pakistan, where officials have been trying to get the United States and Iran to convene for a second round of ceasefire negotiations. Iran’s state-run IRNA news…
By MATTHEW LEE and BASSEM MROUE Washington (AP) — President Donald Trump said Israel and Lebanon have agreed to extend a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah by three weeks after talks at the White House on Thursday. Trump said the meeting between the…
By JON GAMBRELL and DAVID RISING DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran fired on three ships in the Strait of Hormuz and seized two of them on Wednesday, intensifying its assault on shipping in the key waterway. The attacks came a day…
ISLAMABAD (AP) — President Donald Trump says the United States is extending its ceasefire with Iran at Pakistan’s request as he waits for a unified proposal from the Islamic Republic. The president said Tuesday he’s making the move at Pakistan’s…
By MUNIR AHMED, JON GAMBRELL and SAMY MAGDY ISLAMABAD (AP) — The United States and Iran have signaled they will hold a new round of ceasefire talks in Pakistan, two regional officials said Tuesday, as leaders on both sides warned they were prepared for…
By MUNIR AHMED, JON GAMBRELL and DAVID RISING ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan moved ahead Monday with preparations for a new round of talks between the United States and Iran two days before a tenuous ceasefire is set to expire, even as renewed conflict around the Strait…
By KEVIN FREKING WASHINGTON (AP) — The House rejected a resolution Thursday requiring President Donald Trump to withdraw U.S. forces from the war with Iran unless Congress authorizes military action. It was the latest such vote that fell short of passage as Republicans largely continue…
By SAMY MAGDY, MELANIE LIDMAN and KAREEM CHEHAYEB CAIRO (AP) — Pakistan’s powerful army chief met Thursday with Iran’s parliament speaker as part of international efforts to press for an extension to a ceasefire that has paused almost seven weeks of war between Israel, the U.S.…
By MARY CLARE JALONICK WASHINGTON (AP) — The Republican-led Senate on Wednesday rejected the latest Democratic attempt to halt President Donald Trump’s war in Iran, turning aside a resolution that would require the U.S. to withdraw forces from the conflict until Congress…
By SAMY MAGDY, SAM METZ and MIKE CORDER CAIRO (AP) — Mediators moved closer Wednesday to extending the ceasefire between the United States and Iran and restarting negotiations to salvage the fragile truce before it expires next week. A senior Iranian military official threatened to halt…
By MUNIR AHMED and SAM METZ ISLAMABAD (AP) — The standoff between the United States and Iran deepened Tuesday as the U.S. declared it had blockaded Iran’s ports, Tehran threatened to strike targets across the region, and Pakistan said it was racing to bring the…
By STAN CHOE NEW YORK (AP) — Oil prices are back above $100 per barrel on Monday after 21 hours of ceasefire talks between the United States and Iran failed to end their war. But U.S. stocks are holding relatively steady, an indicator that…
By SAMY MAGDY, JULIA FRANKEL and MIKE CORDER CAIRO (AP) — The U.S. military vowed to blockade all Iranian ports starting Monday, part of efforts to force Tehran into agreeing to open the crucial Strait of Hormuz and accepting a peace deal. Iran responded with…
By BASSEM MROUE, JON GAMBRELL, SAMY MAGDY and SAM METZ TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — The U.S. demanded Wednesday that Iran reopen the Strait of Hormuz after the Islamic Republic closed the waterway in response to Israeli attacks against the Hezbollah militant group in Lebanon. Iran’s…
By BASSEM MROUE, JON GAMBRELL, SAMY MAGDY and SAM METZ TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran, the United States and Israel agreed to a two-week ceasefire in an 11th-hour deal that headed off U.S. President Donald Trump’s threat to unleash a bombing campaign to destroy Iranian civilization. But hours after…
By BASSEM MROUE, JON GAMBRELL and SAMY MAGDY TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — President Donald Trump says he’s pulling back on his threats to widen attacks in Iran to include an array of bridges, power plants and other civilian targets, subject to Iran agreeing to…
By MUNIR AHMED, JOSH BOAK In a post on X, Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said, “diplomatic efforts for peaceful settlement of the ongoing war in the Middle East are progressing steadily, strongly and powerfully with the potential to lead to substantive…
By BASSEM MROUE, JON GAMBRELL, MIKE CORDER and SAMY MAGDY TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iranian officials on Tuesday urged young people to form human chains to protect power plants, as U.S. President Donald Trump warned that a “whole civilization will die tonight” if Tehran does…
By JON GAMBRELL, SAMY MAGDY, BASSEM MROUE and WILL WEISSERT TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran on Monday rejected the latest ceasefire proposal and instead said it wants a permanent end to the war, even as U.S. President Donald Trump’s ultimatum loomed for progress to avoid…