Chinese President Xi Jinping said Monday that normal passage through the Strait of Hormuz should be maintained, his first comments on the key waterway a month into its closure by Iran following the U.S.-Israeli strikes on Tehran. Xi made the comments in a phone call with Saudi Crown Prince Mohamed bin Salman, according to China’s...

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on Monday said his country’s “mistrust” for the U.S. government remains as the second round of peace talks will soon kick off in Islamabad, Pakistan. “Honoring commitments is the basis of meaningful dialogue,” Pezeshkian wrote in a post on the social platform X. “Deep historical mistrust in Iran toward U.S. gov...