The US-Iran memorandum of understanding has expired, but the countries are not negotiating a future peace treaty. “No talks are taking place,” Donald Trump writes, claiming that the Strait of Hormuz is open. Iran’s chief negotiator, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, for his part, says the strait remains closed.
World politicsEU membership is no longer a priority for Turkey, says President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in an interview with Al Jazeera.
WorldUS envoy and President Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner has met with Hamas leaders and spoken with Egypt's president in Cairo.
ConflictsThe war between Iran and Israel and the crisis in the Strait of Hormuz have rocked global oil markets. Now Syria hopes to open an oil pipeline from Iraq to the Mediterranean and thereby establish itself as a force in the energy market. But the challenges are many.
WorldOskar Edlund fought for a medal in the 400-meter hurdles final at the European Championships in Birmingham. But the Swede had to settle for fourth, one-tenth of a second shy of bronze. "It's brutally unfair," Edlund says.
SportsUkraine needs five percent of the Patriot missiles the United States has in stock to get through the winter and ten percent to destroy all of Russia's ballistic missiles, says Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
ConflictsUS President Donald Trump confirms he left the NATO summit in July on a different plane than Air Force One for security reasons. "They wanted me to be on a different flight, on a different plane," Trump said, according to AP.
World politicsReports that Donald Trump was taken off Air Force One in a catering van this summer after an Iranian threat raise questions. It seems unlikely that Iran would dare to assassinate a sitting American president, says Middle East analyst Aron Lund.
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