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US President Donald Trump downplayed tensions with Iran Tuesday, calling the conflict a “skirmish” and claiming the U.S. has “total control.” He said Iran is quietly negotiating and “wants to make a deal,” as a fragile ceasefire holds amid new attacks. (Photo: Video grab/AP)

China’s top envoy meets with Iran’s in Beijing as Trump pauses US effort in the Strait

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, May 6, 2026 (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump said Tuesday evening he was pausing the U.S. effort to guide stranded vessels out of the Strait of Hormuz to allow time for a deal to end the Iran war, but that the American forces’ blockade of Iranian ports would remain in

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  • A drone view shows the Malta-flagged tanker Agios Fanourios I, an oil tanker that sailed through the Strait of Hormuz, arriving in Iraq’s territorial waters off Basra, Iraq, April 17, 2026. (Photo: Reuters)
  • A drone view of a pump jack and drilling rig south of Midland, Texas, U.S. June 11, 2025. (Photo: Reuters)

Oil prices fall a second day as Trump indicates possible Iran peace deal

MELBOURNE, May 6 (Reuters) – Oil prices fell for a second day on Wednesday on expectations bottled up supply from the key Middle East ​producing region could resume flowing after U.S. President Donald Trump indicated a possible peace deal ‌may be reached to end the war with Iran. Brent crude futures for July fell $1.52,

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U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during an event with Artemis II astronauts in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., April 29, 2026. (Photo: Reuters)

Trump says Iran “should wave the white flag of surrender”

WASHINGTON, May 5 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump on Tuesday dismissed ​Iran’s military capability and said Tehran “should wave ‌the white flag of surrender” but is too proud to do so. Trump told reporters in ​the Oval Office that Iran’s military ​has been reduced to firing “peashooters” and ⁠that Tehran privately wants to make a

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