NATO split over Ukraine aid as Italy blocks 2027 extension, FAZ reports. Ambassadors backed €70B for 2026 but Rome opposed continuing into 2027, diplomatic sources say.

Trump weighed return to all-out war with Iran but held back to save nuclear disarmament deal, report says

Trump weighed a return to all-out war with Iran but held back to save a nuclear disarmament deal, according to a report.

Iran's Qalibaf says Tehran won't enter final talks with US unless ceasefire MoU provisions are implemented, citing joint Iran-US-Lebanon committee to enforce Lebanon ceasefire.

Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf said Iran will not enter negotiations with the United States on a final agreement unless certain provisions of a recently signed memorandum of understanding are implemented, adding that Iran, the US, and Lebanon agreed to set up a joint committee to enforce the ceasefire and end the war in Lebanon.

Iran's negotiator Qalibaf says Hormuz free passage limited to 60 days under US deal, vows Tehran will never give up rights in the strategic Gulf waterway

Iran's top negotiator Bagher Qalibaf says free passage through the Strait of Hormuz is limited to 60 days under a US deal, adding that Tehran will never give up its rights in the strategic Gulf waterway.

Iran's Qalibaf says Strait of Hormuz sovereignty belongs to Iran and Oman, traffic governed by arrangements Iran specifies

Iran's top negotiator Qalibaf says sovereignty of the Strait of Hormuz lies with Iran and Oman and that traffic in the strait follows arrangements specified by Iran.