Fars news agency said Washington had presented a five-point list that included demands on Iran to keep only one nuclear site operational and transfer its stockpile of highly enriched uranium to the United States. According to Fars, Washington refused to release “even 25 percent” of Iran’s frozen assets abroad or provide any compensation for Iran’s […]
In an interview with Fox News after the end of the summit’s first day, Trump said Xi had effectively assured him that China was not preparing to provide military assistance to Tehran. “He said he would not give away military equipment…he said that firmly,” Trump told Fox. “He wants to see the Strait of Hormuz […]
The United States believes that “comprehensive peace is dependent on the full restoration of Lebanese state authority and the complete disarmament of Hezbollah,” a State Department statement said. “The aim of these talks is to break decisively with the failed approach of the past two decades, which allowed terrorist groups to strengthen and enrich themselves, […]
On the eve of the summit, US Treasury Secretary Scott Besant and Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng met in South Korea to press for progress in ending the long-running trade war between the two. Xi said the talks “reached a generally balanced and positive outcome”, and urged both sides to “safeguard the current positive momentum […]
Ali Wynne, senior adviser on US-China relations at the International Crisis Group, said the power dynamics have changed since Trump’s last visit to Beijing, when China went out of its way to woo Trump and buy billions of American goods. At the time “China was trying to convince the United States of its escalating position… […]
On the other front of the war in Lebanon, Israeli strikes on a town in the south of the country killed six people and wounded seven others, state media said on Tuesday, as fighting continued despite a ceasefire agreement. Israel has stepped up its attacks in southern Lebanon as it continues firing with Iran-backed Hezbollah […]
Despite behind-the-scenes diplomacy, Tehran maintained its defiant policy in public. “We will never bow before the enemy, and if there is talk of dialogue or negotiations, it does not mean surrender or retreat,” Iranian President Massoud Pezeshkian said on Sunday. According to state broadcaster IRIB, Tehran’s response to the US plan, submitted to Pakistani mediators, […]
The United States and Iran are reaching an agreement on a one-page memorandum to end the war in the Gulf, a source in Pakistan, the mediator familiar with the talks, said. The Pakistani source said an earlier report by US media outlet Axios on the proposed memorandum was accurate. The Axios report cited two US […]
In response to a question, he said that this agreement is not favorable to the interests of Bangladesh and if Bangladesh wants, it can cancel it. Will Bangladesh move towards canceling the agreement? The Commerce Minister did not give any direct answer. Khandakar Abdul Muktadir said, “The clear answer to your question is that this […]
The petition is expected to be heard by an HC bench of Justice Raziq-Al-Jalil and Justice Debashish Roy Chowdhury. The secretaries of the Ministry of External Affairs, Finance Ministry and Commerce Ministry were made respondents in the writ petition. According to the writ petition, the trade agreement has failed to protect the economic sovereignty and […]
Motorists drive past an anti-US billboard referring to President Donald Trump and the Strait of Hormuz put up on a building in Valiyasar Square in Tehran on May 2, 2026. A senior Iranian military official said on May 2 that renewed fighting between the US and Iran was “likely”, hours after President Donald Trump said […]