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Crown Prince and Prime Minister of Saudi Arabia Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud discussed with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer in Jeddah the latest regional and international developments, particularly those in the region and their security and economic repercussions. The Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported Thursday that the meeting emphasized support for all efforts aimed at strengthening regional security and stability, in addition to discussing several issues of mutual interest, including aspects of the strategic partnership. Source link
US President Donald Trump said yesterday that imports from countries supplying Iran with military weapons will face immediate 50% tariffs with no exemptions, threatening the new duties just hours after agreeing to a two-week ceasefire with Tehran. After more than five weeks of air strikes against Iran’s missile launchers, military installations and weapons industry, Trump returned to a favourite foreign policy pressure tool — tariffs — effectively warning China and Russia in a social media post against restocking Tehran’s military inventories. But the US Supreme Court stripped the US president of his fastest and broadest tariff authority, the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, in February when it ruled that his broadest global tariffs imposed under the 1977 law were illegal. “A Country supplying Military Weapons to Iran will be immediately tariffed, on any and all goods sold to the US of America, 50%, effective immediately, There will be no exclusions or exemptions! President DJT,” Trump wrote on the Truth Social site, without naming any countries. China and Russia have helped Iran build military capacity to counter US and Israeli pressure, supplying missiles, air-defence systems and dual-use technologies intended to bolster deterrence. That support appeared capped during the U.S.-Israeli attacks on Iran. Both Beijing and Moscow have denied supplying any weapons recently, although allegations against Russia have persisted. Reuters reported in February, prior to the first U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran, that Tehran was considering a purchase of supersonic anti-ship cruise missiles from China. Reuters also reported in March that China’s top semiconductor maker, SMIC , has sent chipmaking tools to Iran’s military, according to two senior Trump administration officials. “This is a China-related threat, the way I read it. And China will read it that way,” said Josh Lipsky, vice president and chair of international economics at the Atlantic Council. Although drone and missile parts routinely flow from Chinese entities to Iran, evading US sanctions, Lipsky said Trump was unlikely to follow through with new tariffs in the near term because that would derail his planned trip to Beijing to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping. On Tuesday, US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said Trump would seek to maintain the current stability in the US-China relationship, to preserve US access to Chinese-produced rare-earth minerals and magnets while maintaining prior tariff levels. Greer said Trump wanted to avoid a “massive confrontation” with Xi. Of Trump’s still available trade tools, an active “Section 301” unfair trade practices action against Chinese goods from his first term would be the most likely vehicle for adding new tariffs quickly, Lipsky said.A more limited tool would be Section 232 of the Cold War-era Trade Expansion Act of 1962, aimed at protecting strategic domestic industries on national security grounds, but it would limit duties to specific sectors, lacking the broad economy-wide impact of the prior IEEPA-based tariffs. Trump’s tariffs on Chinese goods over nearly eight years already have cut US imports from China sharply, from a peak of $538.5bn in 2018 to $308.4bn in 2025, with further declines recorded in January and February of 2026. Russia has been another source of arms technology for Iran, but US imports of Russian goods also have shrivelled since the invasion of Ukraine in 2022 and the wave of financial sanctions imposed on Moscow as a result of that move. US imports from Russia, one of the only countries not subject to Trump’s now-cancelled “reciprocal” tariffs, jumped 26.1% to $3.8bn in 2025. These imports are dominated by palladium, which is used in automotive catalytic converters, fertilisers and their ingredients, and enriched uranium for nuclear reactors. The Commerce Department already is moving to impose punitive tariffs on Russian palladium after an anti-dumping investigation. Source link
Medical sources in the Gaza Strip announced Thursday that the death toll from the Israeli occupation’s aggression against the Strip, since Oct. 7, 2023, has risen to 72,317, in addition ti 172,158 wounded.The same sources said that hospitals in the Gaza Strip received two bodies and 21 wounded individuals in the past 24 hours.The sources indicated that the total number of martyrs since the ceasefire on Oct. 11 has risen to 738, and the total number of wounded to 2,036, while 759 bodies have been recovered.A number of victims remain under the rubble and on the streets, as ambulance and rescue crews have been unable to reach them so far Source link
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni on Thursday pledged to work with her partners to restore freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz, stressing that this is a vital interest for her country and the entire European Union.In a speech before the Italian Chamber of Deputies, Meloni said that if Iran succeeds in gaining the authority to impose additional fees on ships transiting the Strait, this could lead to economic repercussions and changes in trade flows. She revealed that Italy is working with the British-led coalition on the Strait of Hormuz, which includes more than 30 countries, in an effort to create the security conditions that would allow for the full restoration of freedom of navigation and supplies. She condemned all violations of the ceasefire agreement reached between the United States and Iran, which is in effect for two weeks, stating that the world now faces “a fragile horizon for peace that must be pursued with determination and resolve.” In her address, Meloni also called on the Israeli occupation to end its military operations in Lebanon, stressing the importance of reaching a comprehensive ceasefire in the Middle East. Regarding domestic affairs, the Italian Prime Minister ruled out a major cabinet reshuffle and pledged to remain in office until the end of her term, which is scheduled to last until the second half of next year.It is worth noting that this was Meloni’s first address to Parliament since her crushing defeat in a referendum on judicial reforms held two weeks prior, which led to the resignation of some members of her government Source link
