The White House will allow the waiver on Iranian oil sanctions to expire on Sunday. The US granted sanctions waivers for Russian, Iranian, and Venezuelan oil after starting a war against Iran in an effort to keep energy prices from spiking.  Two US officials speaking...

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said that Rome would not renew its defense pact with Tel Aviv. Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar downplayed the decision. Italy "has decided to suspend the automatic renewal of the defense agreement with Israel in...

President Donald Trump announced the US and Iran may resume talks in Pakistan in the next two days. Islamabad is attempting to broker an agreement between Washington and Tehran to end the war in the Middle East.  On Tuesday, Trump told The New York Post that talks...

China said it will not comply with the Strait of Hormuz blockade that President Donald Trump imposed on Monday. Beijing explained that it is negotiating with Tehran to transit the waterway and expects other countries not to meddle in its affairs.  Beijing is...

A new poll of Israelis shows that six-in-ten are opposed to the current truce with Iran. Last week, the US and Iran agreed to a two-week ceasefire to allow space for talks to bring a permanent end to the conflict.  The survey, conducted by the Institute for National...

President Donald Trump says that Iran must agree to halt its nuclear enrichment program for 20 years to end the war. The position is a climb-down from Trump’s prior demand that Tehran permanently end its enrichment program.  A US official told Axios that during talks...

President Volodymyr Zelensky said Ukrainian forces deployed to the Middle helped to shoot down Iranian drones in multiple countries. “We sent our military experts to the Middle East, including specialists in interceptor drones and electronic warfare,” Zelensky posted...