There will be no direct talks between Iran and the U.S. as long as Washington continues to ignore Tehran’s demands for solving the Strait of Hormuz dispute, Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said on Sunday.
Iranian officials continued to make disparaging comments about the United States and tout their plans to take permanent control of the Strait of Hormuz on Friday, even as the White House remains optimistic about an imminent “deal” that would end the conflict in the Middle East and secure safe passage for shipping.
President Donald Trump said Sunday that a deal with Iran is “imminent” and negotiations will begin Monday afternoon over the Strait of Hormuz and Tehran’s nuclear program, one day after he called off what he described as a potentially massive U.S. attack on the Islamic Republic.
China made a rare diplomatic protest to New Zealand on Thursday after NZ Foreign Minister Winston Peters called a Chinese-born lawmaker a “loudmouth” who he urged to “go back to your own country.”
Russia expelled two Italian military attachés on Monday in retaliation for Rome’s recent expulsion of two Moscow representatives accused of spying on the Italian government.
Unnamed mediators have reportedly shopped a proposal for a ten-day de-escalation ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran.
Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi insisted on Tuesday that Iran’s military and civilian government are acting in “full coordination during wartime,” despite earlier reports that the terrorist Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) acted on its own initiative to scuttle the ceasefire with the United States by attacking civilian ships in the Strait of Hormuz.
Iran reportedly told Trump advisers the Strait of Hormuz attacks were the work of a rogue hardline group and not a deliberate government decision.
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni on Tuesday said she feels “struck” by her recent spat with President Donald Trump but affirmed she does not intend to continue “fueling” the dispute.
The European Union’s top diplomat, Kaja Kallas, is leading fellow bureaucrats in defense of the bloc’s European External Action Service (EEAS) diplomatic service amid calls from French and German officials for its abolition.
President Donald Trump warned Sunday that the “clock is ticking” for Iran to strike a deal to bring the conflict to an end, urging Tehran to move quickly toward an agreement as he warned the regime risks being “hit badly” if negotiations continue to stall amid mounting questions over whether diplomacy can prevent renewed fighting.
Chinese state media reporting on Thursday’s meeting between President Donald Trump and dictator Xi Jinping was generally upbeat, with the state-run Global Times celebrating the leaders’ visit to the Temple of Heaven in Beijing as a “new historic footnote to China-U.S. relations.”
The Star-Spangled Banner could be heard playing in the background during President Donald Trump’s highly anticipated visit to China – a notable showing ahead of meetings with the adversarial communist country.
Ahead of President Donald Trump’s planned meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping later this month, Ambassador Monica Crowley said Wednesday that foreign leaders value Trump’s direct approach to diplomacy and understand clearly where the United States stands under his leadership.
Taiwanese President William Lai Ching-te arrived in Eswatini on Saturday, defiantly proclaiming Taiwan’s right to engage with friends and allies despite intensive efforts from China to block his trip.
President Donald Trump will attempt to “rig” the upcoming midterm elections in the United States, former French ambassador to America Gérard Araud has claimed.
Argentine President Javier Milei has long been an unabashed supporter of Israel. He confirmed that once more Tuesday night as he sang and lit a ceremonial torch at Israel’s 78th Independence Day celebrations.
Chinese dictator Xi Jinping on Tuesday praised Spain for being with China in the “right side of history” after meeting with socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez in Beijing.
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Tuesday thanked Portugal over its close and defense cooperation in phone call with his Portuguese counterpart Paulo Rangel.
Pope Leo XIV on Saturday named a veteran Vatican diplomat as his new ambassador to the United States to manage one of the Holy See’s most important bilateral relationships at a crucial time, with ties strained over the Trump administration’s war in Iran and immigration crackdown.
President Donald Trump despairs at the diminishing relationship between the U.S. and Britain, saying Monday the historic union is “not like it used to be.” He pinpointed left-wing UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer’s stumbling response to events in Iran while “pandering to Muslim voters” at home as emblematic of the problem.
President Donald Trump said Saturday night he knows “exactly who” could replace Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei following his elimination in a joint U.S.-Israeli strike, asserting the removal of Tehran’s longtime ruler has materially shifted the diplomatic landscape.
U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres demanded an immediate ceasefire in Ukraine on Monday, slamming the war as “a stain on our collective conscience” with a peace deal needed that will be brokered and monitored by the increasingly sidelined globalist organization.
Don’t even think about it. That was Iran’s warning Monday that any U.S. attack on its soil would spur the Islamic republic to respond “ferociously” after President Donald Trump said he was considering limited strikes against the country.
U.S. President Donald Trump launched his new “Board of Peace” on Thursday at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office announced Wednesday he has accepted President Donald Trump’s invitation to join his proposed international Board of Peace.
U.S. President Donald Trump will address globalist elites in Davos, Switzerland, on Wednesday at the World Economic Forum (WEF) and set out the future of Greenland as well as the course, direction and speed of a host of other geopolitical initiatives he is driving.
The administration of Paraguayan conservative President Santiago Peña accepted President Donald Trump’s invitation to his proposed international Board of Peace, Foreign Minister Rubén Ramírez Lezcano announced.
America’s relations with Europe remain strong and trans-Atlantic trading partners are best advised to “take a deep breath” and let tensions driven by the Trump administration’s new tariff proposals over Greenland “play out,” U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Tuesday counseled.
President Donald Trump’s proposed international Board of Peace, a new body initially tasked with overseeing the next steps in Gaza’s rebuilding, seeks $1 billion in individual national contributions to secure a seat at the table.
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney departed for a visit to China on Tuesday, fulfilling a promise he made to dictator Xi Jinping when they met in South Korea in October.
The left-wing Australian ambassador to the U.S. – who once called President Donald Trump a “village idiot” – is leaving his role a year early, fleeing just weeks after Trump issued a very public putdown of his own.
The United States approved the sale of $11 billion-worth of arms to Taiwan on Wednesday in one of the largest weapons packages for the island. The deal prompted an angry backlash from China which continues to threaten the independent, democratic state on an almost daily basis.
Regrets, he has a few. John Cena recalled to Joe Rogan on Friday how he upset Communist China in 2021 by referring to Taiwan as a country only to roil America with his groveling Mandarin-language apology.
A Ukrainian delegation has agreed with the U.S. on the terms of a potential peace deal proposed by the Trump administration that will end the war with Russia, a U.S. official told ABC News on Tuesday.
Israel and Hamas both said that the ceasefire in Gaza will resume, despite an exchange of attacks that began on Tuesday when Hamas terrorists fired on Israeli soldiers, killing one, and staged a fake return of remains.
Trump helped Israel defend its boundaries from terror — but he is also reminding Israel that boundaries set limits to those within, too.
Israel “would lose all of its support from the United States” if it annexed Judea and Samaria, otherwise known as the West Bank, according to remarks by President Donald Trump on Thursday.
The U.S. State Department said Wednesday that applications to join the Foreign Service have reached their highest level in ten years, reflecting a sharp increase in interest since President Donald Trump returned to office and appointed Marco Rubio as Secretary of State.
Vice President JD Vance hailed what he called “days of destiny” in the Middle East as he met Wednesday in Jerusalem with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to discuss the Gaza ceasefire and the future.
