President Donald Trump on Tuesday extended the US ceasefire with Iran to allow more time for talks, just hours before hostilities were set to resume, but he vowed to maintain a blockade of Tehran's ports. Trump indefinitely pushed back the end of the truce ...

The measure failed 47-52, with Republican Rand Paul joining all of the Democrats except John Fetterman.

Iran said its multipage response to the U.S. proposal to end the war was a “generous and responsible” counteroffer focused on lifting the blockade on the Strait of Hormuz and that decisions on its nuclear program would be left until “the time is right.

The Iranian Army accuses Washington of violating the ceasefire with an attack, but Donald Trump claims that his country is still negotiating with the Persians. After a month of ceasefire, tension is rising in The Middle East.

"What has emerged in Iran is a different architecture of leadership, where power is exercised through institutions and networks that have reconfigured themselves to meet the demands of war and prolonged confrontation,

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Iran was already struggling economically before 2026 brought widespread instability. A government-imposed internet shutdown has crippled an entire sector.

The President of the United States, Donald Trump, stated on Tuesday that Iran is "pretty much under control" before traveling to Beijing for a high-level summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping. The Republican president anticipated that international trade would be the main topic of conversation with the Chinese leader,