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Trump, Iran's president sign deal to end Mideast war

US President Donald Trump and Iran's president signed a deal Wednesday meant to end the Middle East war, with Tehran agreeing to dilute its enriched uranium in return for large-scale economic relief. Trump put his signature to the memorandum of understanding during dinner with

Trump says Netanyahu could use 'softer touch' in Lebanon

EVIAN-LES-BAINS, France, June 17 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu could use a "softer touch" in Lebanon in comments made at the close of a G7 summit in France. Netanyahu and Trump have repeatedly clashed

Factbox-The 14-point draft of the U.S.-Iran deal

WASHINGTON, June 17 (Reuters) - The United States has so far not released the full text of the interim U.S.-Iran agreement to halt the war in Iran and open the Strait of Hormuz. But a draft copy reviewed by Reuters lays out in 14 points a high-level understanding that defers

Italy urges Israel to be 'positive player' for peace

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni on Wednesday urged Israel to be a "positive player" for peace in the Middle East following a deal between Iran and the US. "Our goal must be to promote lasting, structural solutions that go beyond the logic of short-term truces," Meloni

US quietly allows waiver on Russian oil to expire

By Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON, June 17 (Reuters) - The U.S. Treasury on Wednesday did not publish an extension of its waiver of sanctions on Russian seaborne oil that ran out at midnight, but President Donald Trump and administration officials did not say whether that meant the

What happens when the Strait of Hormuz re-opens?

The vital Strait of Hormuz shipping lane is expected to re-open on Friday after nearly four months, following the signing of a US-Iran agreement to end the Middle East war. AFP examines how the re-opening could work and why a return to normal is likely to take time. - Are ships

Famine risk rises in 'hunger hotspots', UN warns

ROME, June 17 (Reuters) - Extreme hunger has intensified in 13 "hunger hotspots," and of these Sudan, South Sudan, Yemen, Somalia, Northeast Nigeria and Gaza are at immediate risk of famine without urgent humanitarian intervention, a joint United Nations report warned on

Trump says Iran memorandum of understanding is not final

EVIAN-LES-BAINS, France, June 17 (Reuters) - U.S President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that the memorandum of understanding on Iran was not final, and that he could resume a bombing campaign if he did not like it. "It's a memorandum of understanding. And if I don't like it,

South Lebanon village mourns dead in new war with Israel

Gravediggers in a southern Lebanon village prepare tombs for the dead in Israeli strikes during the latest Israel-Hezbollah war, near those killed in the previous conflicts between the foes. In front of recent graves bearing three huge portraits in Deir Qanun al-Nahr, Shourouk