Analysts say Washington appears to be making more concessions, but the shaky agreement is unlikely to guarantee lasting peace The deal between the US and Iran aims to halt the war and energy ...

Trump warning that Iran ‘won’t have a country’ if it closes strait of Hormuz contrasts with vice-president’s tone seeking to turn over ‘new leaf’ with Tehran – key US politics stories from Sunday 21 J ...

Nations facing chronic water shortages might look to Chinese investment to upgrade their creaking Soviet-era infrastructure, observers say Central Asia is tilting more decisively towards China as ...

Washington’s naval chokehold meets Tehran’s shipping clampdown in high-stakes standoff Three Iran-linked crude tankers attempting to breach the US naval blockade were stopped in the Gulf of Oman as US ...