live U.S. to apply measures 'never seen before' on Iran, Trump official says
The U.S. will impose unprecedented measures on Iran in order to economically isolate the country, Washington's Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent...
US President Donald Trump expressed measured optimism on Saturday regarding ongoing negotiations with Iran, noting that while talks are “going OK,” tangible outcomes remain the key indicator of progress.
“I think they’re going OK. Nothing matters until it’s done, so I prefer not to talk about it,” he told reporters while aboard Air Force One.
His comments followed a meeting in Oman between US Presidential Envoy Steven Witkoff, US Ambassador to Oman Ana Escrogima, and Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi.
According to the White House, the discussions were described as “very positive and constructive.”
Witkoff reportedly told Araghchi that he had been instructed by President Trump to seek a resolution to the two countries' differences through dialogue and diplomacy, if possible.
“These matters are highly complex, and Special Envoy Witkoff’s direct communication marked a step towards a potentially mutually beneficial outcome,” the White House added in a statement.
Both parties have agreed to hold another meeting next Saturday.
Disruption in the Strait of Hormuz has increased the strategic importance of Bab al-Mandab, raising fears that instability in both waterways could trigger a wider global energy and trade crisis.
Flights at Catania airport in Sicily will remain suspended until early Friday as ash from Mount Etna continues to disrupt air travel, following hundreds of cancellations and diversions over the past week.
Iran says the Strait of Hormuz remains under its control, rejecting U.S. President Donald Trump’s claim of “total control” over the strategic waterway and insisting it will not reopen until Washington fulfils its commitments under an interim deal.
Iran and the United States remain at loggerheads over efforts to agree a permanent end to the war in the Gulf, according to a senior Iranian source who said there had been no progress in talks to revive the interim deal agreed in June and define a timeframe to implement it.
Russia has accused Ukraine of threatening global grain supplies after recent strikes on Black Sea agricultural infrastructure, while Moscow carried out a new overnight attack on Ukraine’s major Danube port of Izmail.
Hundreds of flights have been cancelled or rerouted at Catania Airport over the past week as ash from Mount Etna’s ongoing eruption continues to disrupt air travel in Sicily.
Record rainfall in Japan’s Chiba Prefecture has killed four people and left thousands stranded overnight at Tokyo’s Narita Airport, as torrential rain disrupted rail, bus and texi services across the prefracture and left more than 20,000 households without power.
The Democratic Republic of the Congo’s (DRC) Ebola outbreak has spread to a sixth province. A man died of the virus in Bas-Uélé in the north, the African Union’s health agency said.
At least 437 civilians were killed and 2,610 injured in Ukraine last month, according to UN investigators, marking the highest monthly civilian casualty toll since March 2022.
President Donald Trump has ordered the U.S. Navy to abandon its next planned electromagnetic aircraft launch system and return to steam-powered catapults on a future aircraft carrier, while also authorising limited overseas ship construction to help address naval capacity shortfalls.
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