Irans foreign minister details new offer to reopen strait, and other Mideast developments
Word of an offer from Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and resume talks on its nuclear program is emerging from the sidelines of the U. N. General Assembly. Meanwhile, Saudi Arabia’s top cleric issued a rare statement, calling on the kingdom’s troops to defend the country from neighboring Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebelsIn New York, where the wars in Iran and Gaza have dominated the U. N. agenda, the leaders of Iraq, Lebanon and Egypt were scheduled to address world leaders later is...
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Mon, 21 Sep 2026
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- The Netherlands is bracing for potentially devastating US sanctions against the ICC
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