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Macron to meet Trump, Rouhani to push mediation efforts

French President Emmanuel Macron said he would meet Iranian President Hassan Rouhani Monday and U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday as he seeks to defuse tensions between Washington and Tehran. An attack on Saudi oil facilities on Sept. 14, which the United States and Saudi Arabia blamed...

Iran says seized British-flagged tanker 'free' to leave

Iran said Monday that a British-flagged oil tanker is "free" to leave more than two months after it was seized in the Gulf. "The legal process has finished and based on that the conditions for letting the oil tanker go free have been fulfilled and the oil tanker can move," government...

Egyptian officials say police kill 15 militants in Sinai

Egyptian security forces say police have killed 15 suspected militants in a shootout in the restive northern part of the Sinai Peninsula. They say the shootout took place Sunday when police raided the militants' hideout west of the Mediterranean city of al-Arish. Security...

Iran responsible for Aramco attack, UK's Johnson says

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said the U.K. would consider joining US-led military efforts to protect Saudi Arabia on Monday. Speaking to reporters on his way to the U.S. for the UN’s General Assembly meeting early on Monday, Johnson said "the U.K. is attributing responsibility...