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Hours of talks aimed at de-escalating fighting between Israel and Iran have failed to produce a diplomatic breakthrough as the war enters its second week with a fresh round of strikes between the two adversaries

Trump had set a deadline for diplomacy – but few expected the Israeli sucker punches that have left Tehran reeling

The US president, Donald Trump, is weighing up whether to join Israel in attacking Iran. The fact he is even contemplating such a move is, in my opinion, a direct consequence of his 2018 decision to tear up the agreement negotiated during Barack Obama’s presidency that limited Iran’s nuclear capabilities…

Israel has pointed to allegations of assassination threats as the U.S. weighs joining military campaign

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COMMENT: The meeting in Geneva between European foreign ministers and their opposite number in the Iranian regime is no ordinary peace mission – the delegation isn’t there to stop the war, says Michael Day – they’re acting as the Ayatollah’s Trump-whisperer

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says Turkey will strengthen its deterrence capabilities so that no country would dare attack it

Israeli Prime Minister sparks outrage for comments made in front of hospital struck by missile in southern Israel

Since launching air strikes on Iran last week, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been working to pull President Donald Trump into the war, and sway a sceptical American public.

This is a war of choice, based on misinformation. If the US and UK join it, they risk a rerun of the Iraq debacle of 2003, says Fawaz Gerges of the LSE