Tag: International Politics
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Trump’s fears about economy undercut U.S. leverage in Iran talks
President Donald Trump said the prospect of global economic collapse was a big reason he signed an interim peace deal with Iran. That admission exposes a key U.S. weakness heading into the next round of talks with Tehran. The memorandum of understanding that Trump signed on Wednesday reopened the Strait of Hormuz and set in…
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Kushner project being developed on disputed land, Albanian villagers say
ZVERNEC, Albania • When Kostaq Konomi approached what he says is his land on the seafront in southern Albania last month, he was met with a barbed wire fence and men in black uniforms who refused him entry. The land, he later learned from news reports, was now part of a luxury resort planned by…
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Deal to end war will be signed Sunday, Trump says
DUBAI/WASHINGTON • President Donald Trump and mediator Pakistan said on Saturday an initial deal to end the war in the Middle East would be signed on Sunday, although Iran denied the signing would take place so soon. Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said the two sides had agreed on a framework for a peace deal…
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Soaring prices during Iran war jeopardize Asia travel
BANGKOK — With summer around the corner, soaring prices and other complications from the war with Iran are straining the tourism-dependent economies of countries in Southeast Asia, including Thailand and Vietnam. The region’s peak tourist summer season is at risk as elevated jet fuel costs coupled with ceasefire uncertainties prompt flight cancellations and higher ticket…
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Trump says not to rush as details emerge of a potential Iran deal
CAIRO (AP) — The United States is close to reaching a deal with Iran that would end the war, reopen the Strait of Hormuz and see Iran give up its stockpile of highly enriched uranium, regional officials told The Associated Press on Sunday, though U.S. President Donald Trump said he told representatives “not to rush…
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Trump returns from China with stability and a stalemate | Analysis
WASHINGTON/BEIJING • President Donald Trump’s visit to Beijing last week may have produced modest results by the standards of U.S.-China summits but it highlighted a clear benefit for China: after the extremes of last year’s trade war, the countries have reverted to their familiar economic and strategic standoff. Two days of talks between Trump and…
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Israel kills Hamas leader in Gaza strike
CAIRO • An Israeli airstrike on Gaza killed the chief of Hamas’ military wing, the most senior official from the Palestinian militant group killed by Israel since a U.S.-backed ceasefire agreement in October that was meant to halt fighting. The Israeli military said on Saturday that Izz al-Din al-Haddad was killed in what it described…
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Trump’s geopolitical brinkmanship has hit a wall with Iran | Analysis
WASHINGTON • During his first year back in office, President Donald Trump’s blustery negotiating style won him concessions from countries on issues ranging from tariffs to armed conflict. But with Iran that same brand of coercive diplomacy, marked by public threats, insults and ultimatums, seems to have hit a wall and may be undermining his…
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Rising diesel costs from Iran war strain school budgets
LOS ANGELES • Soaring diesel prices since the onset of the Iran war are draining already tight school district budgets, making it more expensive to bus students and run generators in a shock officials say they will not be able to afford for long. School districts from Yakima, Wash., to Waco, Texas, are tapping emergency…
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Trump’s feuds with allies likely to outlast Iran war | Analysis
WASHINGTON • With his decision to pull some U.S. troops from Germany, his threats to draw down forces elsewhere in Europe and his downplaying of Iran’s recent attacks on an important Gulf partner, President Donald Trump’s latest moves foreshadow what could be the war’s enduring legacy: the fraying of ties with key allies. Even as…