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U.S. Removes Syria From State Sponsors of Terrorism List

U.S. officials say the delisting opens Syria to private investment by lifting key legal barriers.

U.S. Prepares Unprecedented Economic Isolation of Iran

Trump Secretly Switched Planes at NATO Summit After Reported Iran Threat

Trump Says Talks With Iran Restart as Tehran Denies Direct U.S. Negotiations

Trump Pauses Planned Strikes as Gulf Mediators Say Deal Perimeters Agreed

U.S. Officials Swapped President Trump’s Plane in Turkey After Credible Iranian‑Proxy Threat

Mass Funerals in Tehran Draw Millions as Calls for Revenge Rise

U.S. Strikes Iran After Reported IRGC Drone Hits Singapore‑Flagged Ship in Strait of Hormuz

Hormuz Flows Rebound as Gulf Exports Rise and Iran Rejects New Shipping Routes

Truce Holds Under Islamabad MoU as U.S. Congress Rebukes Trump and Pentagon Seeks $80 Billion

U.S. and Iran Report Modest Progress in Talks as Disputes Over Uranium and Hormuz Persist

U.S. Disables Two Iranian Tankers as Hormuz Clashes Test Ceasefire

Trump Cancels Envoys’ Pakistan Trip as Iran Shuns Direct Talks

U.S. Sends Kushner and Witkoff to Pakistan as Trump Extends Lebanon Ceasefire and Tightens Iran Blockade

U.S. Sends Team to Pakistan for Iran Talks as Tehran Bows Out

US and Iran Hold Direct Talks in Pakistan as Disputes Flare Over Hormuz and Lebanon

U.S. Plan Reaches Iran as Strikes Persist and U.S. Reinforcements Head to Gulf

State Department Faces Scrutiny Over Readiness as U.S. Evacuates Thousands From Middle East

U.S. and Israel Intensify Iran Campaign as Military Says Operation Is Ahead of Plan

Pakistan Quells Deadly Pro‑Iran Protests as Toll Rises, UN Offices Torched