Saudi foreign minister urges Iran to respond to negotiations Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud said Riyadh welcomed US President Donald Trump’s decision to allow more time for negotiations with Iran. In a post on X, he said the move would “give diplomacy a chance to reach an acceptable agreement to end the war, restore the security and freedom of maritime navigation in the Strait of Hormuz”. He also urged Iran to “urgently respond to the efforts to advance the negotiations leading up to a comprehensive agreement”.
Airstrike at the start of the war was aimed at freeing populist ex-president from house arrest, US newspaper claims Middle East crisis – live updates Fresh questions have been raised over the US and Israeli effort to depose the Iranian regime after it was claimed that Israel wanted to put the populist Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in power. Ahmadinejad’s turbulent presidency from 2005 to 2013 was marked by incendiary attacks on Israel but he recast himself as a critic of the regime and champion of the poor after falling out with the supreme leader Ali Khamenei. Continue reading...
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The Iranian Parliament speaker warned that the US is once again being dragged into unwinnable wars at the expense of poor and marginalized Americans, saying “another hillbilly” era is approaching as ordinary citizens pay the price for the policies of Washington’s war elites.
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The head of the Iranian Parliament’s media center rejected reports claiming that Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf has stepped down as head of Iran’s negotiating team, describing the reports as “completely false”.
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Mojtaba Khamenei on Wednesday issued a message on the second martyrdom anniversary of former Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and his entourage.
Initial vote in Israel brings parliament closer to dissolution The Israeli parliament passed a preliminary reading on Wednesday of a bill to dissolve itself, paving the way for early elections. Of the 120 members of the Knesset, 110 approved the bill introduced by members of the ruling coalition.
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Federal Minister for Interior of Pakistan Mohsin Naqvi traveled to Tehran on Wednesday for meetings with Iranian officials, marking his second visit to the Iranian capital in a few days.
Pakistani interior minister heads to Iran for talks: state media Pakistan's interior minister is heading to Tehran for talks with Iranian officials on Wednesday, according to Iranian state media, to continue negotiations over the conflict with the US. Iran’s Tasnim news agency said Mohsin Naqvi would meet with officials in his second trip to the country in a week.
Sources say Egypt pressing Al-Azhar 'to back UAE' against Iran Submitted by MEE correspondent on Tue, 05/19/2026 - 15:45 The Sunni world’s top Islamic body shifted its line after a presidential warning that Egyptian jobs in the Gulf were at stake UAE President Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan (right) receiving Ahmed al-Tayeb, grand imam of al-Azhar, at al-Shati Palace in Abu Dhabi on 12 July 2024 (AFP/UAE Presidency/file photo) Off Egypt ’s presidency has pressed Al-Azhar, the leading authority in Sunni Islam, to publicly back the United Arab Emirates and other Gulf states in their confrontation with Iran , security sources and sources close to the institution’s grand imam said. The Cairo-based seat of Sunni learning has issued four statements since the start of the current war, including one that condemned Iranian strikes on the UAE as “the aggression of the Islamic Republic of Iran against its Muslim neighbour, the United Arab Emirates”. Al-Azhar has not condemned American or Israeli strikes on Iran in any of its statements, a shift from its position during last year’s war, when it described that conflict as “the aggression of the occupying entity against the Islamic Republic of Iran”.
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei said US hostility toward the Iranian nation dates back not to 1979 but to the 1953 Anglo-American coup that overthrew the government of then prime minister Mohammad Mosaddegh for defending Iran’s national sovereignty and resources.
Trump went to Beijing to talk Iran. He came back empty-handed Submitted by Marco Carnelos on Tue, 05/19/2026 - 18:20 While Washington doubles down on military force, Beijing is quietly weaving the Middle East together through infrastructure and diplomacy - on its own terms US President Donald Trump gestures towards Chinese President Xi Jinping while leaving after a visit to the Zhongnanhai Garden in Beijing, China on 15 May, 2026 (Reuters) On On the eve of the 14 May Beijing summit between US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping, there were understandably high expectations that the two great powers would find common ground on key issues. As Shanghai-based analyst Nelson Wong recently remarked in these pages : "Beneath the polished schedule lies a striking paradox...
Russian President Vladimir Putin met Chinese leader Xi Jinping in Beijing on May 20 for talks centered on deepening energy ties and presenting a united front against what both leaders cast as a Western-dominated global order.
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese leader Xi Jinping signed a series of agreements in Beijing aimed at deepening strategic and economic ties, as Moscow sought to turn the optics of the summit intotangible gainson energy cooperation amid turmoil in global oil and gas markets caused by the war in Iran.
New posts 13:26 Pakistani Interior Minister Heads To Tehran Again Amid IranUS Mediation Efforts Pakistani Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi (file photo) Pakistani Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi is heading to Tehran for talks with senior Iranian officials, marking his second trip to Iran in less than a week.
Putin and Xi hold bilateral talks after ceremony in Beijing Chinese President Xi Jinping welcomed Russian President Vladimir Putin in a ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Wednesday before the two leaders began bilateral talks. The meeting comes amid heightened global tensions linked to the wars in Ukraine and Iran. The discussions are expected to cover energy security, trade and geopolitical developments, including the war in Iran.
Washington DC [US], May 20 (ANI): US President Donald Trump will attend the G7 leaders' summit in France in June, where discussions are expected to focus on artificial intelligence, trade and crime-fighting, Axios reported, citing a White House official.
Washington DC [US], May 20 (ANI): US officials have revealed that an early objective of the war with Iran involved an ambitious regime-change strategy centred on reinstating former Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as the country's leader, according to The New York Times report.
Even as Tehran engages in hardheaded diplomatic maneuvering with Washington, it is advancing a parliamentary proposal offering a €50 million reward for President Trump’s killing.
Trump says Iran eager to make deal as conflict continues US President Donald Trump said the war involving Iran would end “very quickly”, adding that Tehran was eager to reach a deal and that the United States would ensure Iran could not obtain a nuclear weapon. Trump said Washington had done “an amazing job in Iran”, adding that he hoped for a peaceful resolution to the conflict. Trump also predicted that oil prices would soon fall sharply due to an expected oversupply in global markets.
US: Anti-Aipac congressman unseated in most expensive House primary ever Submitted by Yasmine El-Sabawi on Tue, 05/19/2026 - 21:26 Thomas Massie lost to the Trump-endorsed former Navy Seal, Ed Gallrein Kentucky Republican Congressman Thomas Massie is pictured at the US Capitol in Washington, DC on 29 April 2026 (Elizabeth Frantz/Reuters) Off Thomas Massie, the Republican congressman who voted down foreign aid packages and heavily criticised pro-Israel lobbying groups' influence in US politics, lost his primary race in Kentucky on Tuesday. It was the most expensive US primary race of all time as outside groups - namely pro-Israel political action committees - poured millions of dollars into anti-Massie ad campaigns to oust him from Washington. "Congratulations to US Navy SEAL Ed Gallrein for defeating anti-Israel incumbent Thomas Massie!
