Pakistan said on Thursday the U.S. and Iran are willing to hold talks and Islamabad was keeping channels open between Washington and Tehran for the next round of talks.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will speak with Lebanese President Joseph Aoun, Gila Gamliel, a member of Israel’s security cabinet, told Israel’s Army Radio on Thursday.
The Iran war had greatly complicated the global strategic landscape, Australian Defense Minister Richard Marles said Thursday as he announced a major increase in Australian military spending.
The US military says it successfully turned back 10 vessels that tried to sail out of Iranian ports during the first 48 hours of a naval blockade against the Islamic Republic.
U.S. President Donald Trump said leaders of Lebanon and Israel will speak, saying he was “trying to get a little breathing room” between the countries, after more than six weeks of war.
Optimism grew on Thursday that the war in the Middle East may be near an end, with a key Pakistani mediator in Tehran and the administration of President Donald Trump talking up hopes for a deal that would open the crucial Strait of Hormuz.
Amid escalating regional tensions, the United States has imposed a comprehensive blockade on Iranian ports overlooking the Arabian Gulf and the Sea of Oman, a move aimed at intensifying pressure on Tehran and pushing it toward accepting American terms for a peace agreement.
The United States has not formally agreed to the extension of its ceasefire with Iran, a senior official said on Wednesday.
US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that China and the United States are working together and that Beijing is happy that he is opening the Strait of Hormuz.
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday asked the government to propose additional measures aimed at stimulating the slowing economic growth.
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