Key details on Iran war as Trump halts some attacks and touts talks with Tehran

Key details on Iran war as Trump halts some attacks and touts talks with Tehran – CBS News Watch CBS News President Trump announced a halt to attacks against power plants and Iran’s energy infrastructure due to apparent movement in talks with Tehran. CBS News’ Chris Livesay and Cristian Benavides report. Source link

Trump backs off escalation but Iran war goes on amid ‘productive’ talks

Though markets responded positively to Trump’s turnaround, it was swiftly followed by a new round of Israeli strikes in the heart of Tehran. The war it launched alongside the U.S. on Feb. 28 continued, as did Iran’s stranglehold on the Strait of Hormuz. That has left the world facing a worse energy crisis than the … Read more

Trump says he will postpone strikes on Iran’s power plants after “productive conversations,” but Iran denies talks

Washington — President Trump said early Monday that he is postponing airstrikes on Iran’s power plants after “very good and productive conversations” over the last two days about reopening the Strait of Hormuz. However, Iran’s foreign ministry denied any such talks. “I have instructed the Department of War to postpone any and all military strikes … Read more

Markets rally, then pull back after Trump and Iran give conflicting reports of talks

U.S. stocks were set to surge at the opening bell Monday, after President Donald Trump announced that he was postponing all military strikes on Iranian power plants for a 5-day period. Iranian state media responded to Trump’s post by saying the U.S. president has “backed down” after Iran’s firm response. Iran’s semi-official Mehr news agency … Read more

Trump orders War Dept to postpone strikes on Iranian energy sites, citing ‘productive’ talks to end war

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! President Donald Trump, in an all-caps post early Monday morning, declared progress toward “resolution” of the war on Iran. “I AM PLEASE TO REPORT THAT THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND THE COUNTRY OF IRAN, HAVE HAD, OVER THE LAST TWO DAYS, VERY GOOD AND PRODUCTIVE CONVERSATIONS … Read more

Bipartisan talks to end Homeland Security standoff get serious as shutdown drags on

WASHINGTON — Top Republicans and Democrats trying to end the monthlong Homeland Security Department shutdown huddled with White House border czar Tom Homan in the Capitol on Thursday. The in-person talks come as Senate Majority Leader John Thune threatened to nix the upcoming two-week Easter recess unless negotiators can strike a deal. Since DHS funding … Read more

Belarus leader hosts US envoy for talks, latest step in his effort to improve ties with Washington

TALLINN, Estonia — TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko on Thursday hosted a U.S. envoy for talks in the Belarus capital of Minsk, the latest step in the isolated leader’s effort to improve ties with the West. Lukashenko met with President Donald Trump’s special envoy for Belarus, John Coale, according to the presidential … Read more

Ukraine waiting on U.S. and Russia to agree on next round of peace talks, Zelenskyy says

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in comments released Sunday that he was ready for the next round of trilateral peace talks to end Russia’s more than 4-year-old invasion of Ukraine, but that it was up to Washington and Moscow to agree on where and when to meet. Zelenskyy said the U.S. had proposed hosting the … Read more

Cuban president admits talks with Trump admin as fuel blockade chokes domestic energy supply and economy

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The Cuban government is in talks with Trump administration officials, the country’s president said Friday, as Havana works to halt a potential regime change as it deals with a spilling energy crisis.  In a 90-minute news conference broadcast by state media, Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel said talks … Read more