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WASHINGTON/DUBAI (Reuters) — Hopes for a peace deal on Iran faded ​on Tuesday after Donald Trump said a ceasefire with Iran was “on life support” as Tehran rejected a U.S. proposal to end the conflict and stuck to a ‌list of demands the U.S. president described as “garbage.”

DUBAI/WASHINGTON (Reuters) — President Donald Trump’s swift rejection of Iran’s response to a U.S. peace proposal ​sent oil prices surging on Monday amid concerns the 10-week-old conflict will drag on, keeping shipping through the Strait of Hormuz paralyzed.

(Reuters) — Virginia’s top court on Friday threw out a new electoral map that was crafted to flip four Republican-held U.S. congressional seats to Democrats, in a setback to Democratic hopes of retaking the House of Representatives in ​November’s midterm elections.

WASHINGTON/CAIRO (Reuters) — The U.S. and Iran appeared no closer on Saturday to finding an end ​to their war after the two sides traded fire in the Gulf amid a tenuous ceasefire, while a U.S. intelligence analysis concluded Tehran could ‌withstand a naval blockade for months.

WASHINGTON/CAIRO (Reuters) — U.S. and Iranian forces clashed in the Gulf, and the UAE came under renewed attack, endangering a month-old ceasefire and ‌shaking hopes for a diplomatic solution to the crisis.

An Iranian foreign ministry spokesperson cited by Iran’s ISNA news agency said Tehran would convey its response, while Iranian lawmaker Ebrahim Rezaei, a spokesperson for parliament’s powerful foreign policy and national security committee, described the proposal as “more of an Am…

ISLAMABAD/WASHINGTON (Reuters) — The United States and Iran are closing in on an agreement on a one-page memorandum ​to end the war in the Gulf, a source from mediator Pakistan familiar with the negotiations said.

DUBAI/WASHINGTON (Reuters) — A fragile truce in the Middle East was under strain on Tuesday after the U.S. and Iran exchanged fire ​in the Gulf as they wrestled for control of the Strait of Hormuz.

DUBAI/DORAL, Florida (Reuters) — President Donald Trump said the United States would start helping to free ships stranded in the Gulf by the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran ​from Monday, as a tanker reported being hit by unknown projectiles in the Strait of Hormuz.

WEST PALM BEACH, Florida/DUBAI (Reuters) — President Donald Trump said on Saturday he had been told about the concept of a deal with Iran, but was ​waiting for the exact wording, while warning there was still the possibility of restarting strikes on the country if Tehran misbehaves.