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US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth. Photo: Reuters

US Pentagon chief says military ready to ensure Iran never gets a nuclear bomb

Pete Hegseth said Trump hoped to avoid military option ‘but if we have to, we will to prevent the nuclear bomb in Iran’s hands’.

3 hours agovideocam

US in hurry for nuclear deal, Iran says after high-stakes talks, Trump threats

13 Apr 2025 - 3:46PM

Last chance for diplomacy? US, Iran open decade-defining nuclear talks

12 Apr 2025 - 1:10PM

US moves B-2 bombers to Indian Ocean base in message to Iran

Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth insists Tehran ‘should not have a nuclear bomb’.

10 Apr 2025 - 1:10PMvideocam

B-2 bombers are equipped to carry the heaviest US bombs and nuclear weapons. Photo: Reuters

Trump says he’d use US military to stop Iran from getting nuclear weapons

The US president says Israel would be ‘the leader’ of such a strike if necessary.

10 Apr 2025 - 7:41AM

Trump says US, Iran beginning direct talks on Tehran’s nuclear programme

During meeting with Israeli PM Netanyahu at the White House, Trump warned Tehran of ‘great danger’ if talks are not successful.

8 Apr 2025 - 3:41PMvideocam

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US ends some USAID contracts providing life-saving aid across Middle East

The projects were being cancelled ‘for the convenience of the US government’, according to letters sent to USAID partners.

8 Apr 2025 - 9:04AMvideocam

People receive food aid provided by the World Food Programme (WFP) at the Bab al-Rahma camp near the town of Kafr Lusin, north of Idlib, Syria, on March 12. Photo: EPA-EFE

Iran calls Trump’s direct talks on nuclear deal ‘meaningless’

Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi says Tehran is ‘ready to try the path of indirect negotiations’.

6 Apr 2025 - 3:44PM

US sends second aircraft carrier to Middle East as Iran tensions rise

The Carl Vinson will join the Harry S. Truman as US forces hammer Yemen’s Houthi rebels with near-daily air strikes.

2 Apr 2025 - 3:49PM

Iran warns it will acquire a nuclear weapon if attacked

Trump has threatened Iran with ‘bombing’ if Tehran does not come to an agreement with Washington over its nuclear programme.

1 Apr 2025 - 1:24PM

Iranian missiles displayed at the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps(IRGC) Aerospace Force Museum in Tehran, Iran. File photo: West Asia press Agency via Reuters

Iran rejects direct negotiations with US as Trump threatens ‘bombing’

US president threatens Iran with bombs and tariffs if Tehran does not come to an agreement with Washington over its nuclear programme.

31 Mar 2025 - 1:31PM

An anti-US mural in Tehran, Iran. Photo: EPA-EFE

Iran nuclear deal ‘cannot be revived’, foreign minister says

After Trump pulled out of the deal and restored sanctions in 2018, Iran breached and surpassed the deal’s limits in its nuclear development.

23 Mar 2025 - 6:20PM

Israel-Gaza war

Israeli military says it intercepts 2 missiles launched from Yemen

Israeli said it also downed a missile launched from Yemen earlier in the day after sirens blared in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv.

21 Mar 2025 - 7:36AM

US-China relations

US slaps Iran-related sanctions on oil tankers, Chinese ‘teapot’ refinery

China is largest importer of Iranian oil and ‘teapot’ refiners are private Chinese refineries that are primary buyers of Iranian oil.

21 Mar 2025 - 12:48AMvideocam

The US Treasury Department building in Washington. Photo: AP

Trump threatens Iran with ‘dire’ consequences over Houthi attacks

Trump’s warning escalates his administration’s new campaign of air strikes targeting the Iran-backed rebels in Yemen.

18 Mar 2025 - 2:28PM

US President Donald Trump watching military operations on a screen. Photo: White House via Reuters

Houthis claim attacks on aircraft carrier group after US strikes in Yemen

The United States has vowed ‘unrelenting’ strikes on the Houthis over Red Sea attacks.

17 Mar 2025 - 5:19PMvideocam

Israel-Gaza war

US strikes hit Yemen’s Houthis as Trump threatens ‘lethal force’

The White House said multiple Houthi leaders died during Saturday’s air strikes, and warned Iran to stop backing the rebel group.

17 Mar 2025 - 5:22AMvideocam

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China-Russia relations

China to host Russia and Iran for nuclear talks as Trump tries to make a deal

China is deepening strategic ties with Russia and Iran, highlighted by ‘Security Belt-2025’ naval drills in the Gulf of Oman this month.

12 Mar 2025 - 7:28PMvideocam

Iran’s deputy foreign minister Kazem Gharibabadi will join counterparts from China, Ma Zhaoxu, and Russia, Sergei Ryabkov, in Beijing for discussions about his country’s nuclear programme.
Photo: Getty Images

Iran president to Trump: I will not negotiate, ‘do whatever the hell you want’

The US president says he has sent a letter urging Iran to engage in new talks on a nuclear deal.

12 Mar 2025 - 7:43AM

Trump administration ends Iraq’s waiver to buy Iranian electricity

The US aims to isolate Iran from the global economy and eliminate its oil export revenues to slow Tehran’s development of a nuclear weapon.

9 Mar 2025 - 4:18PM

Iran’s supreme leader slams US ‘bullying’ after Trump threats

The US president is applying ‘maximum pressure’ as he seeks to prevent Tehran from acquiring nuclear weapons.

9 Mar 2025 - 2:44PM

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei adjusts his eyeglasses during a news conference in Tehran in May. Photo: AFP/TNS

Trump says he wrote to Iran leader to negotiate nuclear deal

A landmark 2015 deal that imposed curbs on Iran’s nuclear programme fell apart after Trump withdrew the US from the agreement in 2018.

7 Mar 2025 - 11:35PMvideocam

A man writes on a portrait of the US President Donald Trump during a rally commemorating the anniversary of Iran’s 1979 Islamic Revolution that toppled the late pro-US Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi and brought Islamic clerics to power, in Tehran on February 10, 2025. Photo: AP

‘Ready to do everything’: Putin to help Trump mediate US-Iran nuclear talks

Senior US and Russian officials discussed the matter during their meeting in Saudi Arabia last month.

4 Mar 2025 - 8:45PMvideocam

Iran’s Vice-President Zarif resigns under hardliner pressure

Mohammad Javad Zarif is stepping down from the VP post for the second time since his appointment.

3 Mar 2025 - 5:15PM

Iran parliament sacks minister over economic woes

Decades of sanctions have battered Iran’s economy, with soaring inflation increasing prices since the US pulled out of a 2015 nuclear deal.

2 Mar 2025 - 9:26PM

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian (C) speaks during a Parliament session to defend his Minister of Economy and Finance at the Iranian Parliament in Tehran, Iran, on Sunday. Photo: EPA-EFE

US-China relations

US imposes sanctions on more Hong Kong firms for aiding Iran drone makers

Treasury Department alleges six companies obtained components for Iranian drones and missiles in violation of US bans.

27 Feb 2025 - 5:32AM

An Iranian Shahed drone displayed at the Conservative Political Action Conference annual meeting in National Harbor, Maryland, on Saturday. Photo: Reuters

US imposes new sanctions on Chinese and Indian firms for helping Iran oil sales

More than 30 individuals, entities and vessels are cited for allegedly helping Tehran fund terrorism through energy sales and transport.

25 Feb 2025 - 3:48AM

Israel-Gaza war

‘Open the gates of hell’: US and Israel present united front on Gaza and Iran

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio endorses Israel’s war aims in Gaza, says Hamas must be eliminated.

17 Feb 2025 - 3:29PMvideocam

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