Middle East crisis live: Iran says ‘fundamental’ issues’ still to be resolved with US amid strait of Hormuz impasse
Iran’s top negotiator says both sides remain far apart after Tehran again closed strait of Hormuz after US said it would not end its blockade Full report: Iran closes strait of Hormuz again ‘until US lifts blockade’ Welcome to our live coverage of events in the Middle East. Iran’s top negotiator, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, said on Saturday that the recent talks with the US had made progress but gaps remained over nuclear issues and the strait of Hormuz. “We have had progress but there is still a
President says US navy ship fired on vessel that tried to get past the blockade on Iranian ports; Iran has pledged to keep strait of Hormuz closed until blockade is lifted
Full report: Iran closes strait of Hormuz again ‘until US lifts blockade’
UN secretary-general António Guterres has strongly condemned the killing of a French peacekeeper and the wounding of three others in an attack in southern Lebanon, spokesman Stéphane Dujarric said in a statement to the Associated Press.
The UN peacekeeping force came under attack with small-arms fire on Saturday morning, with two of the injured hurt seriously, France’s president and the force known as UNIFIL said.
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