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Trump to meet security chiefs over Iran war strategy

United States President Donald Trump is set to hold a high level meeting with his top national security team to review the war with Iran and discuss the next steps.​US media report that the talks, scheduled for Monday in Washington, will focus on both military plans and the possibility of reviving stalled negotiations. The meeting comes as hopes for a diplomatic breakthrough have dimmed following the collapse of the latest round of talks in Pakistan.Tensions remain high, with both the US and Iran publicly insisting they are ready for further confrontation if diplomacy fails. Trump has previously signalled that he wants a way out of the costly conflict but has refused to lift the naval blockade that Iran says must end before any final agreement.​He has also warned that if no deal is reached quickly, the US could resort to […]

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Trump cancels Pakistan talks triip says Iran war on hold

International efforts to broker peace between the United States and Iran hung in the balance on Sunday after President Donald Trump cancelled his envoys’ planned trip to Pakistan for talks.​ Trump said there was no point “sitting around talking about nothing,” dismissing Tehran’s opening position, but revealed that Iran quickly sent back a revised proposal after hearing the visit had been scrapped. “They gave us a paper that should have been better and, interestingly, immediately when I canceled it, within 10 minutes, we got a new paper that was much better,” he told reporters, without giving details.​ The White House had earlier announced that Trump’s son in law Jared Kushner and special envoy Steve Witkoff would travel to Islamabad on Saturday for indirect talks with Iran aimed at moving “toward a deal.” Trump later told Fox News he called off […]

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Trump calls Iran war a little diversion despite public anger

US President Donald Trump has described the ongoing war with Iran as a little diversion during his second term, even as opinion polls show that many Americans oppose the conflict.​ Speaking at an event in Las Vegas, Nevada, where he promoted his no tax on tips measure from last year’s major tax reform bill, the 79 year old leader praised his current economic record. He told supporters that the United States had the best economy in its history during his first term and that things are even better now.​ Trump referred to the war in Iran as a diversion to the lovely country of Iran and insisted that military action was necessary to prevent really bad things from happening. He was apparently referring to concerns about Iran’s nuclear ambitions.​ An Ipsos poll conducted last weekend found that 51 percent of […]

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Ex-NATO chief says UK ‘not safe’

Former NATO secretary general George Robertson has warned that Britain’s national security is “in peril”, declaring that the UK is “not safe” under current defence arrangements. In extracts of a speech reported by the Financial Times and BBC, Robertson accused Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s government of “corrosive complacency” on defence. He said the Iran war should serve as a “rude wake‑up call” to the risks the UK faces. “We are underprepared. We are underinsured. We are under attack. We are not safe,” the former Labour defence secretary was quoted as saying. Robertson led a government‑commissioned review of Britain’s defence capabilities, published last year, and was expecting ministers to follow it with a 10‑year defence investment plan. That plan was meant to be released late last year but has yet to appear. He told the Financial Times there was a gap […]

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Strait of Hormuz cargo traffic falls 95 percent amid war

Cargo traffic through the Strait of Hormuz has dropped by about 95 percent since the Middle East war erupted with US Israeli strikes on Iran on February 28. From March 1 to the early hours of March 24, only 149 commodity carrier crossings were recorded in the 167 kilometre long waterway.​ Data from analytics firm Kpler shows that 94 of these crossings were by oil and gas tankers, with around 61 percent of them loaded and more than two thirds sailing eastwards out of the strait. On Monday, Iran flagged tankers Artman and Kiazand, along with US sanctioned vessel Lenore, were among the few ships to pass through.​ The Jasmin tanker sailed in the opposite direction, heading towards an Iranian port after departing Karachi. A Chinese owned container ship, Newvoyager, also transited the strait after reportedly making a payment to […]

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Trump calls NATO allies ‘cowards, paper tigers’ for staying out of Iran fight as Hormuz crisis chokes oil flows

US President Donald Trump on Friday branded NATO allies “cowards” for failing to provide the military assistance he requested against Iran to help control the vital Strait of Hormuz oil shipping route . Trump, who has alternated between saying Washington needs no help in the waterway and criticising others for staying on the sidelines, wrote on Truth Social that “without the U.S.A., NATO IS A PAPER TIGER!” . He accused allies of refusing to join the fight to stop a nuclear powered Iran, yet complaining about soaring oil prices while declining to help reopen Hormuz, which he described as a “simple military maneuver” with “so little risk” for them . “So easy for them to do, with so little risk. COWARDS, and we will REMEMBER!” Trump declared, in one of a series of recent diatribes against the Western alliance . […]

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Trump calls on Japan and NATO to step up on Iran as Hormuz crisis lifts oil prices

President Donald Trump has pressed Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and NATO allies to “step up” support for the US led war with Iran as surging oil prices hit the global economy . At a White House meeting, Trump praised Takaichi but urged Japan to do more to help secure the Strait of Hormuz, where Iran’s actions have severely disrupted tanker traffic and driven energy prices higher . He said Washington does not “need anything” from allies but argued it is appropriate for partners like Japan and NATO members to contribute more ships to clear mines and escort tankers through the strategic waterway . Trump defended keeping allies in the dark about his Iran plans by invoking Japan’s 1941 surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, telling a Japanese reporter, “We wanted surprise. Who knows better about surprise than Japan? Why didn’t […]

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White House says China agrees to postpone Trump Beijing trip

The White House says China has agreed to postpone United States President Donald Trump’s planned visit to Beijing, which was originally scheduled to take place in about two weeks . White House spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt said Washington is now working with Beijing to secure a new date for the trip as soon as possible . Trump had earlier announced that he would delay his Asia tour because of the demands of the ongoing war with Iran, saying he expected to make the trip in about five or six weeks but without giving a firm date . In a response to Reuters, a spokesperson for China’s embassy in Washington said head of state diplomacy plays an irreplaceable role in providing strategic guidance to bilateral relations . The embassy said China and the United States will continue to maintain communication on President […]

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Iran rejects truce bids as Israel targets top security chiefs

Iran has rejected proposals from foreign intermediaries to ease tensions or agree a ceasefire with the United States and Israel, insisting it is not yet the right time for peace . A senior Iranian official said two countries had passed on ideas to reduce tensions or reach a ceasefire, but Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, Iran’s new supreme leader, turned them down . According to the official, Khamenei told his first foreign policy meeting that there could be no peace until the United States and Israel are brought to their knees, accept defeat and pay compensation . Khamenei’s comments came as the US Israeli war on Iran entered its third week, with at least 2,000 people reported killed and no sign of an end to the conflict . The Strait of Hormuz, a vital route for about 20 percent of global oil […]

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