This is a particularly opportune moment for Donald Trump to alter the world order in the face of China and Russia and to reshape geopolitics in the Middle East. For now, Beijing and Moscow are hesitant to intervene and even abstained from voting on a Security Council resolution condemning Iran.

The US president disclosed the alleged "good-faith" gesture at a cabinet meeting Thursday, saying ten fully laden ships crossed the Strait of Hormuz under a Pakistani flag.

A 30-year-old man was killed and a man in his 50s left critically wounded after a projectile fired from Lebanon struck a residential building.

A senior Iranian official tells Reuters Washington's offer would strip Tehran of its defenses for vague sanctions relief, while signaling talks remain possible.

Three diplomatic sources say direct high-level contacts between Israel and at least two Gulf states have intensified as Trump signals progress in Iran talks, with both sides demanding baseline conditions before any ceasefire.