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File photo of U.S. President Donald Trump with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping. | Photo Credit: AP U.S. President Donald Trump had planned to arrive in Beijing in late March with a sense of swagger, on the back of what he thought would be two spectacular and swift regime changes in Iran and Venezuela. Instead,…
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A U.S. fighter jet disabled two Iranian-flagged tankers to enforce a port blockade on Friday, prompting retaliatory attacks and rattling a shaky truce as Tehran weighed Washington’s latest proposal to end the West Asia war. Iranian officials accused the United States of violating the ceasefire with the tanker strikes and hampering diplomatic efforts to end…
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A convoy of oil tanker trucks crosses into Syria at the Rabia–Yarubiyah border crossing in Rabia, northwest Iraq. File | Photo Credit: AP The United States on Thursday (May 7, 2026) imposed sanctions on Iraq’s deputy Oil Minister over support to Iran, as Washington puts intense pressure on the incoming government to sever links. The…
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The U.S. military fired on an Iranian oil tanker Wednesday (May 6, 2026) as U.S. President Donald Trump sought to pressure Tehran into reaching a deal to end the war. The Islamic Republic said it was reviewing the latest American proposals. A fighter jet shot out the rudder of the tanker in the Gulf of…
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Trump’s attempt to use the U.S. Navy to free up shipping provoked the war’s biggest escalation since a ceasefire was declared four weeks ago. File. | Photo Credit: Reuters U.S. President Donald Trump launched a new operation on Monday (May 4, 2026) seeking to open the Strait of Hormuz to shipping, prompting Iran to lash…
U.S. Secret Service responds after a person was shot by law enforcement near the Washington Monument in Washington, on May 4,, 2026. | Photo Credit: AP An armed man was shot by U.S. Secret Service (USSS) agents in downtown Washington on Monday (May 4, 2026), officials said, prompting a brief lockdown of the nearby White…
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Ships and tankers in the Strait of Hormuz off the coast of Musandam, Oman. File | Photo Credit: Reuters The United States will launch an effort on Monday (May 4, 2026) to “guide” stranded ships from the Iran-gripped Strait of Hormuz, President Donald Trump said, giving few details about what could be a sweeping effort…
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President Donald Trump board Air Force One at Palm Beach International Airport in West Palm Beach, Florida., on 2, 2026, en route Miami. | Photo Credit: AP U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday (May 2, 2026) he had been told about the concept of a deal with Iran, but was waiting for the exact…
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President Donald Trump. | Photo Credit: AP A federal judge on Friday (May 1, 2026) blocked the Trump administration from forcing about 3,000 Yemeni refugees to leave the U.S., ruling that Temporary Protected Status repeatedly granted to them and due to expire on Monday (May 4) should be extended again. Judge Dale E. Ho in…
U.S. President Donald Trump and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz. File | Photo Credit: Reuters U.S. President Donald Trump renewed his criticism of German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Thursday (April 30, 2026), telling him to focus on ending the Ukraine war instead of “interfering” on Iran. Mr. Trump’s second broadside of the week against Mr. Merz…
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