Japan is poised to start trade talks with Mercosur, seeking oil supplies and increased car exports, Nikkei reports

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Iran is insisting on receiving half of its frozen funds when a memorandum of understanding is announced, a diplomatic source told Al Arabiya

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US CENTCOM says recent media reporting claims that the US Navy has restarted escorting or assisting commercial vessels during transits through the Strait of Hormuz is false

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Japan is poised to start trade talks with Mercosur, seeking oil supplies and increased car exports, Nikkei reports

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Israel’s diplomatic-security cabinet is meeting as a senior US administration official briefed Israeli figures on efforts to reach an Iran-US agreement, Hayom reports

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Iranian Deputy FM Gharibabadi said a bill on the Convention on the Legal Regime of the Caspian Sea is under government review

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