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Trump Rules Out Iran Attack Before Midterms, Cites Talks

9 | IranOct | Iran

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Trump Rules Out Iran Attack Before Midterms, Cites Talks

An Iran attack before midterms is off the table, President Donald Trump said on Thursday, describing US discussions with Tehran as productive. His Truth Social post came a day after Axios reported that the Pentagon had been told to prepare for a possible return to major combat operations. No ceasefire or deal has been announced, and nothing independent yet confirms what the talks involve. What Trump Said About an Iran Attack Before Midterms Trump said in his Truth Social post that the United States would not launch an attack on Iran before the November 3 congressional elections. He gave no further details about who is taking part in the talks, where they are being held or what has been discussed. The pledge is also narrow. It covers only the weeks before the vote and says nothing abo...

Yemen’s Government Announces Major Offensive Against Houthis as Fighting Nears Taiz and Bab el-Mandeb

4 | YamanOct | Yaman

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Yemen’s Government Announces Major Offensive Against Houthis as Fighting Nears Taiz and Bab el-Mandeb

The announcement comes weeks after the Houthis seized the Red Sea coast, as UN agencies report mass displacement and the group claims new strikes on Saudi energy sites. YEMEN — Yemen's internationally recognized government announced a major military operation on Sunday, October 4, 2026, aimed at retaking territory held by the Houthis, weeks after a Houthi offensive in Yemen put the Iran-backed group in control of the Bab el-Mandeb Strait. Rashad al-Alimi, head of the Presidential Leadership Council, made the announcement from Saudi Arabia and called on the international community to support the government. The Houthis have held the initiative on the ground in recent weeks, according to Reuters, and have been pushing forward near the southwestern city of Taiz. The size, objectives and...

Iran Expects US Answer on Hormuz Ceasefire Plan That Trump Has Already Rejected

29Sep

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Iran Expects US Answer on Hormuz Ceasefire Plan That Trump Has Already Rejected

Iran's foreign minister said late Monday that Qatari mediators would present Washington with new ideas on meeting Tehran's conditions for reopening the Strait of Hormuz, and that a US response could reach Tehran on Tuesday. He made the comments to Iranian reporters in New York, two days after President Donald Trump publicly rejected the plan. The Strait of Hormuz ceasefire proposal remains the central issue between the two sides. No formal US reply had been made public when this report was written. aaj Abbas Araghchi said he had met the Qatari mediators again to discuss how Iran's conditions could be fulfilled, and that the mediators would take those ideas to the US side. He said he would leave New York for Tehran within hours. Communication through Qatari and Pakistani mediators had st...

US Forces Set to Leave Iraq’s Last Bases by Wednesday as Iran’s Allies Claim Victory

29Sep

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US Forces Set to Leave Iraq’s Last Bases by Wednesday as Iran’s Allies Claim Victory

The US withdrawal from Iraq is due to finish by Wednesday, when the last American forces are set to leave their remaining bases after more than two decades, according to Reuters' reporting on the final pullout. Iran and its Iraqi allies are celebrating the exit as a victory, while some Iraqi security experts warn it could expose the country to Tehran's influence and to Islamic State. Baghdad agreed the pullout with Washington in 2024 under President Joe Biden, and the Trump administration is carrying it out while waging war against Iran. HCN has not seen a final US statement declaring the withdrawal complete. How the US withdrawal from Iraq reached its final days The American presence began with the 2003 invasion that toppled Saddam Hussein and peaked at about 170,000 troops. Preside...

Trump Calls US-Iran Meeting at the UN ‘Very Good’ After Warning He Could ‘Annihilate’ the Islamic Republic

23Sep

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Trump Calls US-Iran Meeting at the UN ‘Very Good’ After Warning He Could ‘Annihilate’ the Islamic Republic

The Iran talks at the UN wrapped after three hours on Tuesday, Donald Trump told reporters, a strikingly calm coda to a speech in which he'd spent the morning threatening to erase the country entirely. Addressing the UN General Assembly in New York, the American president framed the nearly seven-month war with Iran as a binary choice. Iran could accept a deal and rebuild into, in his words, one of the greatest countries in the Middle East, or he could "annihilate the Islamic Republic" and give it no chance of recovery. He lingered on the second option rhetorically, then turned hours later to describe the day's actual diplomacy in far cooler terms. What the Iran Talks at the UN Actually Produced The substance behind the podium theatrics was a closed-door meeting between US and Iran...