Jubilant US President Donald Trump dances at a mass rally at Dream City Church, Phoenix, Arizona, April 17, 2026 The US President Donald Trump’s initiative to calm down the Lebanon conflict has brought results as he announced a 10-day truce between Israel and Hezbollah that took effect on April 17. The ceasefire may be …
US, Iran end 21-hour talks without agreement
Over 100 vessels seek to transit Hormuz under new protocol There is growing expectation in Tehran that the Islamabad talks with the US may open the door leading into the rose-garden. But footfalls still echo in the memory, as the US has been an utterly unreliable and unscrupulous interlocutor. The Islamabad talks on Saturday lasting …
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US-Iran negotiations are safe in the hands of two billionaire politicians
Majlis speaker Mohammad-Bagher Ghalibaf will be heading the Iranian delegation at talks in Islamabad with US officials (File photo) The glaring differences between the United States and Iran notwithstanding, the talks beginning in Islamabad tomorrow have a fairly good chance of being a success. There is too much at stake, and there are unifying …
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The truce in US’ Iran war is fragile
Smoke rises following Israeli airstrikes, Beirut, April 8, 2026 A Tass report with Islamabad dateline confirmed a few hours ago that the US-Iran talks will be held on Saturday at the Serena Hotel in the city “and are expected to last several days.” The incredible blunder of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Israel just …
Befooled by Iran’s grand strategy, Trump hits out. But to what end?
File photo of a US air force F-15E Strike Eagle aircraft that was brought down by Iran near Isfahan in south-western Iran on April 3, 2026 To borrow from William Congreve’s 1697 play The Mourning Bride, “Heaven has no rage, like love to hatred turned, / Nor hell a fury, like a woman scorned”. This predicament …
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There is no military solution to Strait of Hormuz
French and Japanese-owned ships make first Strait of Hormuz crossings after a month’s interlude due to war conditions Indian media have spread misconceptions over the meeting convened by the UK Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper on Thursday 2nd April regarding the situation around the Strait of Hormuz. Far-fetched conclusions are drawn that the meeting marked the …
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Trump and the debris of Iran war
US President Donald Trump (R) shared the video of Iran’s B1 bridge, billed as the country’s tallest bridge, collapsing after US air strike, Washington, April 3, 2026 The only clue the US President Donald Trump has given in his prime time televised speech on Wednesday at the White House regarding the ending of his war …
US offers India pivotal role in Hormuz Strait
External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar and the US Secretary of State Marco Rubio have been persistently working to put the US-Indian relationship back on track. Their conversation on Friday on the sidelines of the G7 meeting at Abbaye des Vaux-de-Cernay, a former Cistercian monastery in northern France surrounded in unspoilt nature, which focused on the …
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Iran has the last laugh
IAI Arrow 3 anti ballistic missile [File photo] Wars are always unpredictable. The most famous instance is of another armada like the US’ in the Persian Gulf at the moment — the Spanish Armada, a 130-ship naval fleet sent by Spain in 1588 commanded by Alonso de Guzmán, Duke of Medina Sidonia, an aristocrat appointed …
Trump hopes to de-escalate and find a way out of the protracted conflict with Iran. Will he succeed?
Mohammad-Bagher Ghalibaf, Iran’s parliament speaker, has emerged as the highest-profile political figure in Tehran The profound significance of the two successive Iranian missile strikes on Dimona nuclear research centre, the most heavily guarded site in the whole of Israel, is sinking in, and it inevitably shifts the trajectory of the US’ war in Iran. …