Oil Prices Slip and Stocks Gain as Investors Eye Possible Path to Peace
Investors saw a possible path to peace, with the United States and Iran trading proposals for Iran to suspend nuclear activity.
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Reckoning With Israel’s ‘One-State Reality’
The political scientists Shibley Telhami and Marc Lynch discuss Israel’s continued expansion into the West Bank, Gaza and Lebanon.
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U.S. Is Negotiating an Iran Deal That Would Buy Time, Again
The United States proposed a 20-year “suspension” of all nuclear activity, even as President Trump demands assurances that Iran can never build a nuclear weapon.
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No, Trump Is Not a Genius Negotiator
Were President Trump’s recent posts about Iran a masterstroke of negotiation or the “willful, reckless destruction” of America’s reputation? The foreign policy analyst Fareed Zakaria tells the columnist Ezra Klein that the administration’s pursuit of spectacle has left the U. S.
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The Moral Cost of Trump’s War
The president’s recent posts about Iran may signal the end of America’s reputation as a country guided by morality, the columnist Ezra Klein argues. The foreign policy expert Fareed Zakaria joins Ezra to unpack how we got here, and where we’re headed next.
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UK Will Not Join U.S. Blockade of Strait of Hormuz, Starmer Says
Prime Minister Keir Starmer said the U. K. ’s diplomatic efforts are directed at keeping the vital waterway “open, not shut.
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How Trump’s ‘Dealmakers in Peace’ Failed in Iran
Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff thought they could broker peace like a business deal. The war in Iran proves how wrong they were.
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The Relationship Between America and the U.A.E. Needs an Upgrade
For decades, the U. S. -Gulf relationship was based on oil for security.
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Trump Attacks Pope Leo as Too Liberal and ‘Weak on Crime’
President Trump’s lengthy post on social media showed there were really no boundaries when it comes to people he might target, including the leader of the world’s 1. 4 billion Catholics.
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21 Hours in Pakistan: How Vance Tried and Failed to End a War He Opposed
Vice President JD Vance led the highest-level talks between the United States and Iran in nearly 50 years.
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In Pakistan Talks, Iran Saw a U.S. Trying to Dictate, Not Negotiate
Iran sees American demands as reaching far beyond what it achieved in war. Tehran is gambling that it can withstand further bombardment more than Washington is willing to sustain economic chaos, experts say.
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Control of the Strait of Hormuz and Iran’s Uranium Stockpiles Were Sticking Points
The U. S. had demanded that Iran immediately reopen the strait to all maritime traffic, but Iran said it would do so only after a final peace deal, according to Iranian officials.
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What Now? Vance Leaves Iran Talks Without a Deal.
The lack of a breakthrough after 21 hours of negotiations leaves the Trump administration facing several unpalatable options.
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U.S. and Iran Hold Peace Talks in Pakistan
At a historic meeting in Islamabad, Vice President JD Vance and senior Iranian officials were seeking to make a fragile truce permanent.
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U.S. Moves to Deport Son of Prominent Figure in Iranian Revolution
Federal agents arrested a man whose mother served as a spokeswoman for the Islamist embassy captors during the hostage crisis that began in 1979.
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With Peace Talks Set to Begin, Prospects for Long-Term Deal Uncertain
As U. S. and Iranian leaders head to Pakistan for negotiations amid a two-week cease-fire, the two sides must resolve major differences on Lebanon, the Strait of Hormuz and frozen Iranian assets.
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Iran’s South Africa Mission Trolls Trump Amid Hormuz Ceasefire
Official social media accounts for Iranian embassies have engaged in information warfare, but the ones in Africa appear to have taken the lead on the attacks.
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Trump Is Turning America Into a Psychotic State
What are the implications if the administration of the world’s most powerful country is chaotic in its thinking and not reliably in touch with reality?
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The Civilization Trump Destroys May Be Our Own
The foreign policy analyst Fareed Zakaria explains how the Iran war has been a turning point in America’s standing in the world.
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Pakistan Prepares for U.S.-Iran Peace Talks
Security has been ramped up in Islamabad, Pakistan’s capital, ahead of peace talks between the United States and Iran, which are set to start on Saturday. Vice President JD Vance will lead the U. S.