A top Trump advisor has sternly threatened the EU not to bypass US sanctions on Iran, after a meeting on Monday where leaders planned to develop a special payment mechanism to facilitate continued trade.

May will signal that Britain is ready to compete with the EU if they force a “no deal” Brexit.

Russia has broken its promise to keep out of the Middle East crisis by arming war-torn Syria with advanced surface-to-air missiles.

The world is on the brink of a financial meltdown if Donald Trump’s import tariffs descend into a full-blown trade war - with the European Union wiping £255billion from its GDP, the World Trade Organisation has warned.

Iran’s President, Hassan Rouhani, has refused to meet Donald Trump at this week’s UN summit in New York, as he blames the US President for the escalating tensions between their countries.

May has been given a two-week ultimatum by her Cabinet to make progress with the EU on her Chequers proposal or she could be forced to finally bin it.

May is to hold trade talks with Donald Trump on Wednesday as she prepares for Britain’s successful future after Brexit.

Oil prices rose more than 2 percent today as U.S. sanctions restricted Iranian crude exports and tightened global supply. Some traders are forecasting a spike in crude to as much as $100 per barrel.

Tensions between the US and Iran threatened to hit fever pitch on Monday as a US envoy urged the Iranian leader to “look in the mirror” for the cause of Saturday’s terrorist attack in the Middle Eastern country.

MAY’s team are reported to be considering holding a snap general election later this year in a bid to strengthen her Parliamentary position and rescue the ongoing Brexit talks.

Stefan Lofven lost a mandatory confidence vote in parliament today meaning he will step down, but with neither major political bloc holding a majority it remained unclear who will form the next government.

The Russian Defense Ministry again blamed Israel for the downing of a Russian plane by Syrian government forces and said Israel appeared "ungrateful" for Moscow's efforts to rein in Iran-backed fighters in Syria.

China’s actions, and its rapid emergence as a major regional military power, has led the U.S. to focus its military and strategic planning on China as one of two critical threats.

It is tempting to call most reporting on the wars in Syria, Iraq, and Afghanistan "blind and stupid."In all three cases, each war is generally being approached from one of two inherently ridiculous perspectives.

The military balance between Iran, its Arab neighbors, and the United States has been a critical military issue in the Middle East since at least the rise of Nasser in the 1950s.

On August 21, Tsipras heralded his country’s exit from the bailouts as a “day of liberation.”

Indeed, the real danger to NATO is not that Turkey will withdraw or pivot to Russia, but rather that it remains inside.

The U.S. has now reached the point where the third Administration in a row is fighting wars where the U.S. often scores serious tactical victorie, but cannot announce any clear strategy for actually ending any given war or bringing a stable peace.

Trump administration officials and Iran hawks in Washington believe sanctions will further squeeze the Islamic republic and weaken the regime.

There has been a peculiar dualism about the Trump Administration's approach to Russia since its start. The President's meeting with Putin may indicate that some consistency is still necessary.