Is Iran’s negotiating position stronger than when US-Israeli war started?
Al Jazeera
Tehran believes so, and will seek to extract concessions that the US and Gulf nations can’t agree to, analysts caution.
United States President Donald Trump has said that Washington is engaged in “productive” talks with Iran. Publicly, Iranian officials have rejected Trump’s claims, calling them fake news designed to ease oil prices.
Behind the scenes, Egypt, Turkiye and Pakistan have established an indirect channel of communication between American and Iranian officials in the past few days, two senior diplomatic sources in the region told Al Jazeera. Still, regardless of the small window for diplomacy that may have emerged, experts remain sceptical over the prospects for a ceasefire as the positions of the warring parties remain far apart.
The US is expected to deploy up to 3,000 troops from the 82nd Airborne Division to the Middle East.
Tehran’s statement on opening of key waterway comes as US President Donald Trump says talks are taking place to end the war.
Indian police have been stationed at petrol pumps in the state of Gujarat as people panic over possible fuel shortages.
Transport unions say the emergency declaration is a ‘superficial band-aid’ that does not address the root cause of the fuel crisis.
Russia’s military mark being felt in Myanmar, from aircraft to waves of conscripts launching so-called ‘meat assaults’ made infamous in Ukraine.
A building has collapsed in Bnei Brak, near Tel Aviv, after Israeli authorities said it was hit by an Iranian missile.
TSA workers face unpaid wages, causing long lines and staffing shortages at key US airports during shutdown chaos.
