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The United States on Wednesday released the official text of the memorandum of understanding reached over the weekend with Iran.

The Strait of Hormuz will be “completely open” from Friday after a deal between Iran and the US to end the Middle East war that limited shipping in the critical bottleneck

Iran, the US and mediator Pakistan all said on Saturday that progress had been made in talks on ending almost three months of war.

A senior European official says the situation in the Middle East has highlighted how exposed the interconnected global economy is to external shocks.

Taiwan said Saturday it is an “independent” nation, hours after US President Donald Trump warned the democratic island against declaring formal independence.

US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Friday that a US blockade on Iran is going global, adding Tehran had a chance to make a “good deal” with Washington.

Oil prices rose Wednesday, as Iran claimed to have seized two ships in the Strait of Hormuz shortly after President Donald Trump extended the ceasefire.

A convoy of oil tankers was crossing the Strait of Hormuz on Saturday, the first major movement of ships in the crucial waterway since the US and Israel launched their war on Iran

President Donald Trump told reporters on Friday that the US will have the Strait of Hormuz “open fairly soon” but did not elaborate and acknowledged that it will not be an easy step.

US and Iranian negotiators held their highest-level talks in half a century in Pakistan on Saturday to try to end their six-week war

This is the latest effort by France to reduce its dependence on U.S. tech giants and use technology and cloud services originated within its borders, known as digital sovereignty

The Trump administration issued a new license allowing countries to temporarily purchase certain Russian oil products, the same day Brent crude prices settled above $100 per barrel