Trump said on Monday that Israel did not persuade him to attack Iran. His comments came after news reports that Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu influenced the U.S. president's decision, and criticism from right-wing commentators. "Israel never talked me into the war with Iran, the results of Oc
US president Donald Trump has said he is “under no pressure whatsoever” to reach a deal with Iran, but it will happen “relatively quickly”, Al Jazeera reports. He blamed the “fake news” and the Democrats for circulating rumours that he is being pressured t
Iran is considering attending peace talks with the United States in Pakistan, a senior Iranian official told Reuters on Monday, following moves by Islamabad to end a US blockade of Iran’s ports, a major hurdle for Iran to rejoin peace efforts. However, the official stressed that no decision
A Palestinian village in the Israeli-occupied West Bank received demolition orders for 15 shops on Monday a day after Israeli ministers celebrated the reestablishment of a settlement on a neighbouring hill. Israel’s ruling far-right coalition has supported a rapid expansion of settlements an
A ceasefire between the United States and Iran appeared in jeopardy on Monday after the US said it had seized an Iranian cargo ship that tried to run its blockade and Tehran vowed to retaliate, refusing for now to join new peace talks. Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei said Washin
