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Wednesday, February 4, 2026, saw the U.S. confirm the meeting's scheduled location in Muscat, which was also stated by Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi. The Iranian Foreign Minister said that the United States and Iran will hold nuclear negotiations in Oman on Friday, February 6, 2026. Tensions between the two nations are still high after Tehran's brutal suppression of widespread rallies last month. Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi made the declaration on Wednesday, February 4, 2026, following hours of signs that the planned negotiations were stalling due to modifications to the format and subject matter. Mr. Araghchi posted on X on Wednesday evening, February 4, 2026, saying, "I'm grateful to our Omani brothers for making all necessary arrangements." A regional official earlier on Wednesday, February 4, 2026, stated that Iran was looking for a "different" kind of meeting than the one Turkiye had suggested, one that was only focused on Ira...

Almost one-third of the Washington Post's employees were let go, including the head of the New Delhi bureau, and important sections like sports and foreign were shut down. At one of the top newspapers in America, the cuts raise questions about the future of international journalism. In one of the largest layoffs in media history, The Washington Post laid off roughly one-third of its employees on Wednesday, cutting its sports section, closing multiple overseas offices, and ceasing to cover its book. Those impacted included the head of the paper's New Delhi bureau and all of its editors and journalists in the Middle East. In the massive layoffs, Ishaan Tharoor was one of almost 300 workers let go. In a social media article, Tharoor, a prominent foreign affairs journalist and the son of Congress MP Shashi Tharoor, announced his leave and wrote about his years with the newspaper and the abrupt termination of his position. "I have been laid off today from the Washington Post, ...

NEW DELHI: US Ambassador to India Sergio Gor reported Monday that US President Donald Trump had a conversation with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. According to Trump, the two leaders completed the eagerly anticipated trade agreement between the US and India with "immediate" effect.Trump wrote on Truth Social, "Talking with Indian Prime Minister Modi this morning was an honor. He is a powerful and well-respected leader of his nation and one of my closest friends. Among the numerous topics we discussed were trade and putting a stop to the conflict between Russia and Ukraine. He consented to stop purchasing Russian oil and to increase his purchases from the US and possibly Venezuela.This will aid in putting an end to the ongoing conflict in Ukraine, where thousands of people are losing their lives every week. "Out of friendship and respect for Prime Minister Modi and, as per his request, effective immediately, we agreed to a Trade Deal between the United States and Indi...

Confusion surrounds the pilot opening of the Rafa border into Egypt, as patients in Gaza deal with imprecise requirements, constrained travel times, and continuous medical disregard. Gaza City — From her family's tent in an-Nazla, Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip, Nebal al-Hessi uses what's left of her injured forearms to browse through her phone in order to stay informed about the reopening of the Rafah border crossing. On October 7, 2024, an Israeli artillery strike on the house where Nebal, her husband, and her daughter had sought refuge in the Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza resulted in the amputation of Nebal's hands. Youth in Gaza are coming up with unusual ideas as a result of the country's failing economy (list 2 of 3).How media coverage and Western officials worked to undermine the Gaza death toll list 3 of 3 Israel claims it will prohibit MSF from working in Gaza Over a year later, the 25-year-old mother is among thousands of injured individuals hoping ...

It is the best of times, and it is (far from, actually,) the worst of time for NASA, with two large astronaut flights converging toward the same week, while a rare Arctic cold front throws mission schedules into a logistical maelstrom. It tells the story of NASA's most well-known mission in over fifty years, the Artemis 2 manned journey around the moon, which coincided with SpaceX's Crew-12 mission to the International Space Station (ISS). In order to replace the Crew-11 astronauts, who were forced to return to Earth early owing to an undisclosed medical concern with one of the astronauts, that liftoff has been moved up the schedule. Schedule conflicts resulting from the amount of astronaut flights launching into space are a major issue for NASA, but they also show how far the organization has come in bringing human spaceflight back to American soil. However, Crew-12's launch options have become a complex dance around Artemis 2 due to the overlap with exceptionally cold con...

Iran stated that negotiations cannot take place under threats, despite US President Donald Trump's Friday declaration that Iran was prepared to reach an agreement to prevent US military action. "They do want to make a deal," Trump stated to reporters at the White House. He went on to say that he had given Iran a timetable to start negotiations, but he did not specify it. "Hopefully, we can reach an agreement. "We'll see what happens if we don't make a deal," Trump stated, alluding to the US naval carrier group's deployment close to Iran. Tehran was "ready to begin negotiations if they take place on an equal footing, based on mutual interests and mutual respect," according to Iran's foreign minister Abbas Araghchi. However, he emphasized that "I want to state firmly that Iran's defensive and missile capabilities will never be subject to negotiation" and that there were no plans to meet with US officials to resume negot...