US president says he will hold off using ‘destructive force’ following talks with Pakistan; Tehran says negotiations with US to start Friday in Islamabad ...

Chuck Schumer says Republicans who voted against Senate’s attempt to pass war powers resolution own ‘every consequence of whatever the hell this is’ ...

Journalist Jean H Lee on Kim Ju-ae, the daughter of Kim Jong-un, and the future of North Korea ...

Donald Trump pauses threat to bomb Iranian infrastructure as Tehran proposes 10-point plan which includes control of strait of Hormuz and withdrawal of all US forces ...

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