China puts Japanese companies on export control lists as tensions rise
BEIJING — China on Tuesday put 20 Japanese companies on an export control list and 20 others on a watchlist, as tensions continue over the Japanese leader’s previous comments on Taiwan, the...
US, Iran to hold talks Thursday as Tehran claims ‘good chance’ of diplomatic solution
Iranian FM says hopeful of averting attack as Trump masses forces, warns Iran will strike back, says missiles can hit Israel again; official says Iran offering new concessions
Ruling against Trump’s tariffs creates new uncertainty in US trade relations with China
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court decision striking down President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs has added a wrinkle to already complicated U.S.-China relations, with both countries navigating shifting ground to avoid an all-out trade...
Witkoff says Trump ‘curious’ why Iran hasn’t ‘capitulated’ under US pressure
Trump’s envoy says US president has ‘plenty of alternatives’ to a deal; Iranian official says sides aren’t on same page about sanctions relief, but talks could...
Ukrainian conflict moves towards settlement — Russia’s charge d’affaires in US
In ensuring that children all over the world sleep peacefully because the great powers keep in touch in the form of a professional dialogue, Andrey Ledenyov said
Afghanistan quake causes no ‘serious’ damage, injuries: official
The quake hit on Friday just as people in the Muslim-majority country were sitting down to break their Ramadan fast
KABUL: A 5.8-magnitude earthquake that...
US and Iran slide towards conflict as military buildup eclipses nuclear talks
Washington building up one of its biggest military deployments in the region since the invasion of Iraq in 2003
Iran is expected to submit a written proposal...
Netanyahu warns Iran of response it ‘cannot even imagine’ if it attacks Israel
Israel demands that Iran destroy the uranium enrichment infrastructure, cut the missile program, stop helping the allies, the official says
TEL AVIV - Israeli...
US sanctions Uzbeks over illegal immigration network
The visa ban applies to executives and senior officials from two visa facilitation companies based in the Central Asian nation
WASHINGTON: The United States announced...
UK Government Condemns 10-Year Sentence for British Couple Detained in Iran as “Totally Unjustifiable”
Craig and Lindsay Foreman had been charged with espionage after Iran accused them of gathering information in several parts of the country
LONDON – British Foreign...