Tehran seeks to limit talks to its nuclear programme as Washington threatens military action
Iranian gunboats also challenged US-flagged tanker in Strait of Hormuz days before planned negotiations
Arab leaders seek to avert regional war as Israeli officials push for hard line on Tehran
Trump is not negotiating to ease the burden of the regime’s victims — and war will not make them safer
Regional powers brokering meeting in attempt to avert new conflict in Middle East
US president demands Tehran accept ‘no nuclear weapons’ as regional allies try to de-escalate tensions
The tit-for-tat moves are latest in a series of clashes between the pair since the start of the war in Gaza
Foreign minister says Tehran is ready for nuclear talks after Trump sent ‘armada’ to region
Price rises 4% on Thursday as Donald Trump hails ‘beautiful armada’ targeting regime
Build-up of American military power comes as US president weighs strikes
Recovery of Ran Gvili clears path for Israel to reopen Gaza-Egypt border crossing
Authorities crack down on stand-up as jokes about Jesus and period pads incense sectarian groups and prosecutors
Territory’s economic recovery remains a distant prospect
Naval forces dispatched to stop Tehran restarting nuclear programme or executing protesters, US president says
Donald Trump’s son-in-law says Palestinian enclave will offer ‘amazing investment opportunities’ after two years of war
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Bezalel Smotrich calls for the closure of a US base set up to monitor the ceasefire
Russian president’s spokesperson says Moscow is ‘studying all details of the offer’ to join board overseeing Gaza
US president will chair executive body that he says will guide reconstruction of war-ravaged enclave
Defaulted debt jumps more than 25% as investors hope protests will reduce support for groups such as Hizbollah
President declines to rule out military action after Washington evacuated personnel from Qatar command centre
Any action against Tehran could tip regional balance further in Israel’s favour, even as some American interests are put at risk
Oil slides as president says he has received assurances that killing in Tehran has ‘stopped’
President weighs potential intervention in Islamic republic amid intensifying crackdown
Announcement comes amid rising concern over renewed Israeli military escalation in the country
