What to Know About U.S. Talks With Iran Over Its Nuclear Program
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What to Know About U.S. Talks With Iran Over Its Nuclear Program

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines A brief handshake may be the most likely outcome from preliminary diplomatic talks set for Saturday between American and Iranian officials. It would probably be enough to keep the discussions going, and potentially lead to the first official face-to-face negotiations between the two…

Why Iran’s Supreme Leader Came Around to Nuclear Talks With Trump
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Why Iran’s Supreme Leader Came Around to Nuclear Talks With Trump

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines It was a closely held, urgent meeting. Iran was pondering a response to President Trump’s letter seeking nuclear negotiations. So the country’s president, as well as the heads of the judiciary and Parliament huddled with Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, last month,…

Trump Wants an Iran Nuclear Deal, but It Must Be Better Than Obama’s
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Trump Wants an Iran Nuclear Deal, but It Must Be Better Than Obama’s

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines In 2016, running for president and pressed for details on how he would handle some of the world’s knottiest security issues, then-candidate Donald J. Trump had a simple formula for defanging the Iranian nuclear program. Barack Obama’s negotiating team, he said, should have…

Some Israelis Favor Attacking Iran, Expressing Skepticism About Talks
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Some Israelis Favor Attacking Iran, Expressing Skepticism About Talks

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has in the past listed the three main threats facing Israel as “Iran, Iran and Iran.” He has largely staked his career on being Israel’s protector against Iranian nuclear ambitions, has openly confronted Tehran in recent months and is…

U.S. and Iran Will Hold Nuclear Talks on Saturday
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U.S. and Iran Will Hold Nuclear Talks on Saturday

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines President Trump said on Monday that the United States would engage in “direct” negotiations with Iran next Saturday in a last-ditch effort to rein in the country’s nuclear program, saying Tehran would be “in great danger” if it failed to reach an accord….

Opinion | Forget the Signal Chat. The U.S. Strike on the Houthis Was a Necessary Blow to Pressure Iran.
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Opinion | Forget the Signal Chat. The U.S. Strike on the Houthis Was a Necessary Blow to Pressure Iran.

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines It’s unfortunate that the recent uproar over the use of the Signal messaging app by senior leadership in the Trump administration has obscured the importance of the event they were discussing: a strike against the Houthis on March 15. The attack marked the…

How Trump Supercharged Distrust, Driving U.S. Allies Away
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How Trump Supercharged Distrust, Driving U.S. Allies Away

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The F-35, a fifth-generation fighter, was developed in partnership with eight countries, making it a model of international cooperation. When President Trump introduced its successor, the F-47, he praised its strengths — and said the version sold to allies would be deliberately downgraded….

Four Takeaways From Keir Starmer’s Conversations With The New York Times
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Four Takeaways From Keir Starmer’s Conversations With The New York Times

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines President Trump’s overture to President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia to end the war in Ukraine has rattled leaders across Europe. Few have been more transformed than Prime Minister Keir Starmer of Britain, who was elected last summer on a standard-issue promise to…

China Backs Iran in Nuclear Talks, Slams ‘Threat of Force’ From the West
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China Backs Iran in Nuclear Talks, Slams ‘Threat of Force’ From the West

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines China and Russia joined Iran on Friday in urging an end to Western sanctions after President Trump called this week for nuclear talks with Tehran, with both countries denouncing the “threat of force.” After talks in Beijing with the deputy foreign ministers of…

Opinion | America Is Surrounded by Enemies … That We Created
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Opinion | America Is Surrounded by Enemies … That We Created

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Many years ago, I asked a friend who had been hired as a senior foreign policy official what he’d learned in government that he didn’t know beforehand. He replied: “I used to think policy-making was 75 percent about relationships. Now I realize it’s…