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IMF, World Bank, others warn Middle East war is straining energy supplies
May 29 (Reuters) - The heads of the International Energy Agency, International Monetary Fund, World Bank and World Trade Organization warned on Friday that the war in the Middle E…
How Tehran's hardening rhetoric signals uneasy path for US talks
Iran's leadership is increasingly portraying negotiations with Washington not as compromise but as a continuation of confrontation by other means.
Explainer-Iran's strongest card in nuclear talks: its highly enriched uranium
By Francois MurphyVIENNA, May 29 (Reuters) - Iran and the United States are in discussions to extend their ceasefire so as to start negotiations on issues including Tehran's nucle…
What options as UN force's Lebanon exit looms?
Lebanon is seeking an international force to replace a decades-long United Nations peacekeeping mission whose mandate ends this year following US and Israeli pressure, even as the…
Lebanon and Israel hold military talks at Pentagon despite Israeli offensive: What to know
A renewed Israeli offensive in southern Lebanon aims to extract concessions from Beirut in US-brokered diplomatic talks, but Lebanese military officials say there is no path forwa…
Trump team floats $300B Iran fund after rejecting Tehran’s past business pitch
Amid negotiations to end the war, an eye-catching new proposal from the Trump administration echoes past attempts to use business deals to avert new regional hostilities.
Trump says now making 'final determination' on Iran deal
US President Donald Trump said he was meeting in the White House Situation Room on Friday to make a final decision on whether or not to strike a peace deal with Iran.Trump said Wa…
Israeli forces cross key Lebanon river in expanded ground offensive
By Rami Ayyub and Maya GebeilyJERUSALEM/BEIRUT, May 29 (Reuters) - Israeli forces have advanced to positions north of Lebanon's Litani River, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sai…
Trump says meeting Friday to make final decision on deal with Iran
May 29 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said in a social media post that he would be meeting in the White House Situation Room on Friday to make a final decision on a deal …
Hamas calls Netanyahu's plan to expand control in Gaza a dangerous escalation
By Dawoud Abu Alkas , Haseeb Alwazeer and Nidal al-MughrabiGAZA/CAIRO, May 29 (Reuters) - Hamas said on Friday that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's declaration that hi…
