The United States has removed Francesca Albanese, a U.N. expert on the Palestinian territories, from its list of sanctioned individuals, according to the U.S. Treasury Department website. The removal comes a week after a federal judge temporarily blocked the sanctions, finding that the Trump administration likely violated her free-speech rights by imposing the measures after …
Amid boiling tensions over the Middle East conflict, Iran revealed Donald Trump’s core demands and its own preconditions to resume peace negotiations. The disclosures exposed the deep divide between the US and Iran weeks after a fragile ceasefire paused the US-Israel-Iran conflict, with both sides still far from a final deal over uranium stockpiles, sanctions …
US President Donald Trump said on Friday that his patience with Iran was “running out” and claimed Chinese President Xi Jinping agreed that Tehran must reopen the Strait of Hormuz, though Beijing gave no indication it would directly intervene in the crisis. Speaking aboard Air Force One after returning from two days of talks with …
US President Donald Trump on Monday said the fragile ceasefire between the United States and Iran had only a “1% chance of living”, describing the truce as being on “massive life support” after sharply rejecting Tehran’s latest peace proposal. Escalating his rhetoric amid growing tensions in the Strait of Hormuz, Trump called Iran’s response a …
<!–[if IE 9]><![endif]–><!–[if IE 9]><![endif]–> U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent. File | Photo Credit: Reuters The U.S. Treasury on Friday (May 8, 2026) announced sanctions against 10 individuals and companies, including several in China and Hong Kong, for aiding efforts by Iran’s military to secure weapons and raw materials used to build Tehran’s Shahed drones. …
US President Donald Trump said he was not satisfied with Iran’s latest proposal for talks aimed at ending the ongoing deadlock, after Tehran—through mediation by Pakistan—submitted a fresh offer for negotiations, raising cautious hopes of a breakthrough. Trump said Iran was seeking concessions he could not accept. “They want to make a deal, but … …
The Trump administration is placing economic sanctions on a major China-based oil refinery and roughly 40 shipping companies and tankers involved in transporting Iranian oil. The move, announced Friday and first reported by The Associated Press, makes good on the Trump administration’s threat to impose secondary sanctions on companies and countries that do business with …
The United States on Wednesday threatened to sanction countries buying Iranian oil, and said it expects China to scale back purchases as Washington enforces a maritime blockade on Iran. “We believe (that with) this blockade … there will be a pause of Chinese buying,” US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said. Speaking at the White House, …
A US-sanctioned tanker carrying Iranian crude has changed its declared destination mid-voyage, shifting away from India to China, according to ship-tracking data, casting uncertainty over what could have been India’s first such import in nearly seven years. The Aframax vessel Ping Shun, built in 2002 and sanctioned by the US in 2025, is now signalling …
Iran has opened the door to compromise on its nuclear programme, saying it is ready to move towards a deal with the US, but only if Washington is prepared to lift sanctions, in a high-stakes diplomatic moment shadowed by military threats and regional tension. In an interview with the BBC, Iran’s deputy foreign minister Majid …