ANKARA — Four foreign ministers, three formal meetings in ten weeks, one nuclear-armed signatory, and a combined 1.9 million troops under arms

DHAHRAN — The memo of understanding being negotiated between Washington and Tehran offers a thirty-day window to resolve the conditions under which

RIYADH — Abbas Araghchi flew to Beijing on Tuesday not to negotiate but to dictate. By the time Donald Trump steps onto

{“content”: “ WASHINGTON u2014 The United States has offered Iran a one-page, 14-point memorandum of understanding that accepts what Washington spent three

BEIJING — Wang Yi told Abbas Araghchi to reopen the Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday, and Iran’s foreign ministry, posting its own

RIYADH — Mohammed bin Salman has reportedly offered the United States roughly $100 billion in direct war financing, full normalization with Israel,

BEIJING — Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi landed in Beijing on May 6 for his first face-to-face with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang

WASHINGTON — Trump told NBC on May 4 that “complete dismantlement” of Iran’s nuclear programme is “all I’d accept” — and the

TEHRAN — Iran’s “Hormuz first, nuclear later” proposal — formally embedded in the 14-point plan submitted to Washington on May 2 —

WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Gen. Dan Caine, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, confirmed on May 5 that

TEHRAN — Abbas Araghchi’s statement on May 5 contained two propositions that Western correspondents treated as contradictory: Pakistan’s mediation is “making progress,”

RIYADH — Saudi Arabia condemned “in the strongest terms” Iran’s ongoing strikes against the UAE on May 5, with Crown Prince Mohammed

WASHINGTON — Project Freedom’s first operational day on May 4 produced a military transit and a diplomatic catastrophe in equal measure. Two

RIYADH — Two competing coalitions are trying to reopen the Strait of Hormuz — the American one with guided-missile destroyers and the

DUBAI — Major General Ali Abdollahi, commander of Iran’s Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters, warned on May 4 that “any foreign military force,