4+ day, 7+ hour ago   (753+ words) DUBAI/WASHINGTON — Conflicting signals from the United States and Iran over the status of talks to end their five-month-old war boosted uncertainty on Tuesday, with the latest attack on shipping in the Strait of Hormuz highlighting risks to global energy…...

4+ day, 11+ hour ago   (947+ words) BEIRUT — Iran is betting it can outlast Washington by turning the Middle East’s trade routes, shipping lanes and energy infrastructure into pressure points that steadily raise the cost of confrontation, according to Gulf officials and analysts. Rather than seeking a…...

4+ day, 11+ hour ago   (960+ words) CAIRO/GAZA — Palestinians in Gaza said on Monday that US President Donald J. Trump’s touting of a deal aimed at disarming Hamas and ending the war was out of touch with their worsening reality, after Israel killed 18 people in one…...

5+ day, 11+ hour ago   (852+ words) CAIRO/JERUSALEM — Israeli airstrikes hit Gaza for a second straight day on Sunday, killing at least 18 Palestinians, medics said, despite US President Donald J. Trump’s announcement of a breakthrough in efforts to implement last year’s ceasefire agreement. From dawn, Israeli…...

5+ day, 11+ hour ago   (633+ words) ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE/CAIRO — US President Donald J. Trump said talks with Iran will happen on Monday but declined to set a deadline for an agreement after earlier saying he had called off an imminent attack in hopes of…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (929+ words) LONDON/CAIRO/WASHINGTON — The US carried out fresh strikes in Iran on Wednesday, the US military said, further intensifying a five-month-old war that was already expanding beyond its main fronts to embroil more countries in the region. “US forces began…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (1060+ words) WASHINGTON — For generations, support for Israel united Washington. Now Israel’s attacks on Gaza, the Iran war and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s close ties to US Republicans are eroding Democratic backing, threatening to turn one of America’s closest alliances into a…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (808+ words) WASHINGTON — Just one in three Americans support the war on Iran, the lowest reading in a Reuters/Ipsos poll since the five-month-old conflict’s early days, with most respondents saying that President Donald J. Trump has failed to explain his goals....

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (843+ words) WASHINGTON/DUBAI — President Donald Trump said on Monday the United States was having “good talks” with Iran and there was a chance of a deal over their conflict, but he warned that US strikes would resume if the negotiations failed…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (685+ words) DUBAI/WASHINGTON — Iran will halt its own attacks as long as the United States does the same, a senior Iranian official told Reuters on Sunday. The development comes as the United States pressed pause on its bombing campaign after President…...