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13.01 / 01:45

UPS President country reports White House weighs Iran’s nuclear-talks offer as Trump leans toward strikes

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. WASHINGTON—The White House is weighing a last-ditch Iranian offer to engage in diplomacy over curbing its nuclear program even as President Trump currently leans toward authorizing fresh military strikes on Iran, U.S. officials say.

13.01 / 01:39

Trade President country social Courts US to impose 25% tariff on countries doing business with Iran, Trump says

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The U.S. will put a 25% tariff on any country that does business with Iran, President Trump said on Monday, raising pressure on the Middle Eastern nation after days of protests against the government.

13.01 / 01:39

UPS Digital security country cover information How Iran’s regime has hidden its brutal crackdown

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. IRANIANS ARE accustomed to losing access to phone and internet services during unrest. The internet was cut off during protests in 2019 and during another big wave of demonstrations in 2022.

12.01 / 12:43

markets Trade President performer Investigations Gold breaks through $4,600 on Fed concerns, haven boost

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Gold prices climbed to a record high, breaking above $4,600 a troy ounce as a criminal probe into Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell revived concerns over the central bank’s independence, while protests in Iran boosted demand for safe-haven assets. In midmorning European trading Monday, futures in New York rose 2.2% to $4,600.50 an ounce after touching an intraday high of $4,612.70.

12.01 / 03:45

security War country social Weakened by war, Iran’s regime faces its toughest challenge yet

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. DUBAI—Iran’s 12-day war with Israel and the U.S. last June broke the regime’s carefully nurtured image of invincibility, many ordinary Iranians say.

12.01 / 01:35

markets COST economy Trade classical information Mint Quick Edit | What can Iran’s street unrest be traced to: US sanctions or its ‘oil curse’?

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. As urban spaces rage with protests, Iran seems in turmoil again. Is America’s long squeeze of Iran’s economy at work? Or a classic “oil curse"? The stir was set off by an inflation flare-up caused by a crash in the Iranian rial.

12.01 / 01:25

UPS Provident President International Trump’s power play risks global blowback

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. “Venezuela is under my control and soon we’ll get Greenland. It’s necessary for the US." This is not a threat issued by a 16th century tyrant but a chilling statement by US President Donald Trump.

11.01 / 08:51

Election War Interviews International Binyamin Netanyahu’s plan to win Israeli—and global—hearts and minds

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Binyamin Netanyahu will be leading the Likud Party in a general election for the 12th time this year. He is already Israel’s longest-serving prime minister, having spent a total of over 18 years in office.

10.01 / 13:19

UPS Progressive Fighting War peace Israel and Hamas get ready to go back to war in Gaza

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Israel and Hamas are preparing for renewed fighting as the Palestinian militant group is refusing to disarm, a requirement that is holding up progress on President Trump’s peace plan for Gaza. Israel’s military has drawn up plans for a new ground operation inside Hamas-controlled territory in Gaza, according to people briefed on the plans.

10.01 / 13:19

Citi Fighting security President social reports As protests surge, the Iranian regime’s options are narrowing

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The scale of the unrest now gripping Iran is the largest since the demonstrations of 2009; some veteran Iran-watchers reckon the protests are the biggest since the overthrow of the shah in 1979. What began as scattered demonstrations on December 28th swelled over 12 days into crowds of many thousands by January 9th.

10.01 / 08:55

Action security President country rights International From Venezuela to Iran: Trump’s New Year shock and a world on edge

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The New Year started with a bang. Three days into 2026 came the extraordinary news that the US had captured Venezuelan President Nicholas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores.

09.01 / 15:11

Citi President Monarchy country Interviews Iran’s supreme leader says he won’t bow down to protests or Trump

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei said Friday the Islamic Republic won’t back down in the face of fast-growing protests and threats from President Trump to intervene. New protests have been called for Friday, a day after the largest demonstrations in years swept through Tehran.

09.01 / 09:17

COST security President International Why America shouldn’t intervene in Iran like it did in Venezuela

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. You know Iran’s leaders are worried about the implications of last weekend’s US raid in Venezuela when the editor of the hardline Javan newspaper feels he has to write a polemic, headlined Iran Is Not Comparable—Don’t Waste Your Time, saying there aren’t any.

09.01 / 03:49

markets UPS President country Interviews Trump’s risky fixation with other countries’ oil

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. WASHINGTON—A smooth-faced 41-year-old Donald Trump settled in before a live studio audience assembled for The Oprah Winfrey Show and held forth on how America should be getting a cut of Kuwaiti oil. “Kuwait is not paying us for all the oil they’re sending out," said Trump, wearing a familiar solid red tie, as Oprah pressed him on his foreign policy views during the April 1988 interview.

05.01 / 01:35

markets Election wellness President country Updates peace US plays down quick return to democracy in Venezuela

would run the country indefinitely until a “safe, proper and judicious transition” could be arranged. He didn’t raise the prospect of elections.The president said “it would be tough” for the country’s opposition leader, María Corina Machado, who recently won the Nobel Peace Prize, to play a major role, saying she lacked popularity.

04.01 / 11:27

markets Updates Iran’s calculations are scrambled by US raid in Caracas

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04.01 / 02:17

markets Updates Venezuela, Iran could further pressure oil prices in 2026

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03.01 / 05:35

Citi Waters President War country How will the mass protests that are convulsing Iran unfold?

The government was paralysed, its leaders unable to change course because they were too weak, ideological or inept (and in some cases all three). It was only a matter of time until such gloom gave rise to another round of mass protest. The only question was what would trigger it.It came from an unlikely corner on December 28th, when electronics vendors in Tehran went on strike.

02.01 / 12:05

markets shooting Updates Trump warns Iran against shooting protesters

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02.01 / 08:07

FIVE President War country International Arsenal A new age of nuclear proliferation?

nuclear arsenals are growing, and the weapons themselves are becoming more lethal, more diverse, and more vulnerable. Arms-control talks have stalled, and most agreements have expired or been so hollowed out as to have lost all credibility.

02.01 / 05:15

Target security Strategy wellness War Israel unbound

Israel’s strike on Hamas targets in Qatar in September, the United States began pushing for a ceasefire in Gaza. But with or without one, Israel will continue to pursue expansive goals, redrawing borders in the West Bank, southern Lebanon, and southwestern Syria in ways that could further fracture its neighbors.

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