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October 8, 2026 11:58 PM

Trump says US will not attack Iran before midterm elections in November

President Donald Trump said on Thursday that the US will not launch an attack on Iran before November’s US midterm congressional elections, asserting that the two countries are having “productive” talks about ending the six-month-old war. “We are having productive discussions with the Islamic Republic of Iran,” Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social. “We will not be attacking Iran at any time prior to the midterm elections to be held in the United States on November 3rd.” The war,...

September 23, 2026 4:56 PM

Fitch raises India’s FY’27 GDP growth projections to 6.9 pc

Fitch Ratings on Wednesday raised India’s GDP growth forecast for the current fiscal year to 6.9 per cent, from 6.4 per cent, citing strong economic growth in the June quarter and overall economic resilience. According to Fitch, India’s economic momentum is likely to moderate over the remaining fiscal year, prompting the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to increase interest rates by 0.25 per cent in its October monetary policy meeting. A growth rate of 7.8 per cent in the June quarter indicates...

May 31, 2026 2:54 PM

Donald Trump says Iran deal near, warns military option remains

US President Donald Trump said the United States is close to reaching a nuclear agreement with Iran but warned that military action remains an option if negotiations fail. In an interview with Fox News at the White House, Trump said his administration's priority is to ensure that Iran never obtains a nuclear weapon. "We're close to a very good deal, and if we can make it good, otherwise we just start up with the Department of War, as we call it," Trump said. Trump said Iran had agreed to lang...

May 13, 2026 9:37 PM

Israeli strikes intensify in Lebanon, casualties reported amid fragile ceasefire

Israeli air strikes intensified across Lebanon on Wednesday, with Lebanese health authorities reporting at least 12 people killed in seven separate attacks targeting vehicles in southern Lebanon and areas south of Beirut. Among the dead were civilians, including a woman and two children, as well as members of Lebanon’s Civil Defence service. The latest strikes come despite a US-mediated ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah announced in April, which has repeatedly come under strain amid cont...

May 10, 2026 10:05 AM

US, Iran no closer to ending war as Qatari tanker sails toward Strait of Hormuz

A state of relative calm prevailed around the Strait of Hormuz on Saturday, after days of sporadic flare-ups, as the United States waited for Iran's response to its latest proposals to end more than two months of fighting and begin peace talks. U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Friday that Washington expected a response within hours. But a day later, there was no sign of movement from Tehran on the proposal, which would formally end the war before talks on more contentious issues, inc...

May 3, 2026 11:15 PM

Trump says US could restart Iran strikes ‘if they misbehave’

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday he had been told about the concept of a deal with Iran, but was waiting for the exact wording, while warning there was still the possibility of restarting strikes on the country if Tehran misbehaves. A senior Iranian official said on Saturday that an Iranian proposal so far rejected by Trump would open shipping in the Strait of Hormuz and end the U.S. blockade of Iran while leaving talks on Iran's nuclear program for later. When asked about Iran's p...

April 30, 2026 8:45 AM

US military commanders to brief Trump on new options against Iran

U.S. President Donald Trump will receive a briefing on new plans for potential military action against Iran on Thursday from the leader of the U.S. Central Command, Brad Cooper, Axios reported on Wednesday. The briefing will take place on Thursday, according to the report which cited unidentified sources. The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment. CENTCOM has prepared a plan for a "short and powerful" wave of strikes on Iran, likely including infrastructure targe...

April 24, 2026 2:05 AM

Trump says US will not use nuclear weapon in Iran war

President Donald Trump said on Thursday that he would not use a nuclear weapon in the war against Iran. "Why would I use a nuclear weapon? We've totally, in a very conventional way, decimated them without it," Trump told reporters at the White House when asked whether he would use such a weapon. "No, I wouldn't use it. A nuclear weapon should never be allowed to be used by anybody," he added. Asked how long he was willing to wait for a long-term peace deal with Iran, Trump said, "Don't rush m...

April 18, 2026 8:10 AM

US to recover uranium from Iran at a ‘leisurely pace’, says Trump

President Donald Trump told Reuters on Friday that the U.S. will work with Iran to recover its enriched uranium and bring it back to the United States. "We're going to get it together. We're going to go in with Iran, at a nice leisurely pace, and go down and start excavating with big machinery... We'll bring it back to the United States," Trump said during a phone interview. He referred to "nuclear dust" and added that it would be retrieved "very soon." Iran denied agreeing to transfer its en...

April 9, 2026 10:26 AM

Trump threatens 50% tariffs on countries supplying Iran with weapons

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that imports from countries supplying Iran with military weapons will face immediate 50% tariffs with no exemptions, threatening the new duties just hours after agreeing to a two-week ceasefire with Tehran. After more than five weeks of air strikes against Iran's missile launchers, military installations and weapons industry, Trump returned to a favorite foreign policy pressure tool - tariffs - effectively warning China and Ru...