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Trump Says Iran Wants a Deal

US President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with travel executives in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, DC, US, September 2, 2026. (Reuters)
US President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with travel executives in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, DC, US, September 2, 2026. (Reuters)
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Trump Says Iran Wants a Deal

US President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with travel executives in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, DC, US, September 2, 2026. (Reuters)
US President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with travel executives in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, DC, US, September 2, 2026. (Reuters)

US President Donald Trump said on Monday that Iran wanted to reach a deal with Washington, signaling a possible diplomatic opening as fighting across the Middle East widened and threatened global oil supplies.

"The failing Nation of Iran wants to make a deal, quickly and badly. I will determine whether or not the USA will choose to engage - The concept of which we are open to," Trump wrote on Truth Social.

He made his comments came after Gulf Arab states postponed a planned meeting with Iran and as the Houthis have made rapid advances in Yemen, including the capture of Mayyun Island at the mouth of the Red Sea on Friday.

Crude oil prices rose more than 4% on Monday when the market reopened after the weekend's developments, before paring some gains during US morning trade.

The politically sensitive average retail price of diesel in the United States hit a new all-time high above $6.23 a gallon.

Oman had been due to host a meeting on Monday with Iran and Gulf states to discuss ⁠negotiations aimed at reopening Hormuz, the world's most important oil shipping lane, largely closed since the US and ‌Israel attacked Iran at the end of February.

But Oman's Foreign Minister Badr Albusaidi ‌announced overnight that the meeting had been postponed.

Iran meanwhile published a list of 77 ships ‌it said had violated its operating protocols in Hormuz and warned they could face fines, detention or confiscation on future transits.

US Energy Secretary ‌Chris Wright said on Monday the average number of ships crossing the strait covertly with US support was increasing. But independent monitors have suggested oil flows could have dropped off this month since fighting intensified again after a quiet August.

Trump, who attended a golf tournament at one of his resorts in Ireland, said over the weekend he expected the Iran war to end shortly after November's US midterm elections, after which oil prices would "drop like a rock".

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Netanyahu Threatens Retaliation if Israel’s Enemies Attack

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivers a statement to members of the press, in Jerusalem, September 8, 2026. (Reuters)
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivers a statement to members of the press, in Jerusalem, September 8, 2026. (Reuters)
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Netanyahu Threatens Retaliation if Israel’s Enemies Attack

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivers a statement to members of the press, in Jerusalem, September 8, 2026. (Reuters)
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivers a statement to members of the press, in Jerusalem, September 8, 2026. (Reuters)

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned on Monday of heavy reprisals on Israel's enemies if they attacked, as he lauded the recent demolition of a Hezbollah tunnel network in southern Lebanon.

Netanyahu said Israel's destruction of Hezbollah positions at the Beaufort castle and Ali al-Taher ridge was a "massive victory" and vowed to "continue to destroy terrorist infrastructure".

"I say to our enemies: If you haven't learned the lesson by now, and you choose to attack us again, you will suffer even heavier blows. There is still work to complete," Netanyahu added, according to a video published by his office.

On Thursday, Israel blew up what it described as a vast network of tunnels under the Ali al-Taher ridge where Hezbollah kept a command center, living quarters and stocks of weapons with which to strike northern Israel and invading Israeli troops.

A huge fireball was seen in the area, with the US Geological Survey recording a tremor equivalent to a 4.1 magnitude earthquake.

The blast came a week after Israeli troops said they had seized the strategic highlands as they solidified control of an occupied "security zone" in southern Lebanon.

Israel said the tunnel network was built over two decades with the help of Hezbollah's patron Iran, whose clerical government has also backed Hamas in the Gaza Strip.

Israel and the United States attacked Iran in late February, sparking the Middle East war.

Hezbollah dragged Lebanon into the wider conflict when it fired rockets at Israel in solidarity with Iran.

Israel has struck south Lebanon during the war and its forces continue to occupy what it calls a "security zone" there.

The Ali al-Taher ridge lies on the edge of Israel's security zone just a few kilometers from the UNESCO-listed Beaufort castle, another strategic site that Israel captured in recent months.

Lebanon and Israel signed a US-sponsored framework agreement in late June that involves the disarmament of Hezbollah, a gradual withdrawal of Israeli forces from Lebanon's south and the deployment of the Lebanese army to the region, starting in test areas known as "pilot zones".

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Trump Says US Has Tools to Keep AI Safe, Concerns Part of ‘Sick Conspiracy’

President Donald Trump speaks with reporters while in flight on Air Force One from Shannon, Ireland to Joint Base Andrews, Md., Sunday, Sept. 13, 2026. (AP)
President Donald Trump speaks with reporters while in flight on Air Force One from Shannon, Ireland to Joint Base Andrews, Md., Sunday, Sept. 13, 2026. (AP)
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Trump Says US Has Tools to Keep AI Safe, Concerns Part of ‘Sick Conspiracy’

President Donald Trump speaks with reporters while in flight on Air Force One from Shannon, Ireland to Joint Base Andrews, Md., Sunday, Sept. 13, 2026. (AP)
President Donald Trump speaks with reporters while in flight on Air Force One from Shannon, Ireland to Joint Base Andrews, Md., Sunday, Sept. 13, 2026. (AP)

President Donald Trump said on Monday that the US already has guardrails in place to regulate and prosecute AI companies, appearing to play down concerns expressed by industry leaders over the weekend about misuse of artificial intelligence.

"The only control or 'guardrails' that AI needs is a STRONG AND SMART (High IQ!) PRESIDENT, and the USA has that, in spades!" Trump wrote on Truth Social, adding that China would benefit from the doubt being cast on artificial intelligence development.

"We already ‌have tremendous CRIMINAL ‌and REGULATORY power over these companies! There is ‌a ⁠SICK conspiracy going ⁠on against AI and Data Centers, and the only one that is happy about it is China."

Alarm about the potential harm from AI grew last week when Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon said he had resigned, and that the "people building AI earnestly believe that it could kill us all by the end of the decade."

AI-related stocks ⁠fell sharply worldwide on Monday after leaders of some ‌of the industry's largest companies called ‌for slowing the pace of the technology's development.

US Senator Mark Warner, a Virginia ‌Democrat and a leader on technology legislation, spoke with Anthropic ‌CEO Dario Amodei and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman about the AI safety concerns over the weekend, his spokesperson told Reuters.

On Saturday, Amodei outlined a three-step framework intended to pace development and create more time to manage its ‌risks. The proposal was immediately endorsed by several other executives at major AI companies, including Elon Musk, ⁠who runs xAI, ⁠and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman.

Trump said the tools intended to keep AI safe had already been used on Amodei.

"The Trump Administration has stopped AI 'people' from doing bad, or potentially bad, 'things,' like Dario (Anthropic!), who is now pretending to be a 'perfect little angel' — and we will continue to do so," Trump said.

The Republican president has resisted stirring concerns about artificial intelligence and has largely embraced AI companies in his second term.

Trump is scheduled to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping next week in Washington. Reuters previously reported that the two countries were planning a separate meeting in mid-September to discuss the risks of AI, led by lower-level government officials.

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Trump Says Ukraine, Russia Agree Not to Hit Energy Targets

A rescuer works at a site of an apartment building damaged during a Russian air strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in the frontline city of Kramatorsk, Ukraine September 13, 2026. (Reuters)
A rescuer works at a site of an apartment building damaged during a Russian air strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in the frontline city of Kramatorsk, Ukraine September 13, 2026. (Reuters)
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Trump Says Ukraine, Russia Agree Not to Hit Energy Targets

A rescuer works at a site of an apartment building damaged during a Russian air strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in the frontline city of Kramatorsk, Ukraine September 13, 2026. (Reuters)
A rescuer works at a site of an apartment building damaged during a Russian air strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in the frontline city of Kramatorsk, Ukraine September 13, 2026. (Reuters)

US President Donald Trump said Monday that Ukraine and Russia had agreed not to target each other's energy facilities, a day after he chastised Kyiv for hitting Russian oil refineries.

"Ukraine has agreed not to hit Russian Energy targets. Russia has agreed to do, likewise!" Trump said on his Truth Social network.

"The World's Diesel price rise is mostly caused by the Russia/Ukraine War, not Iran."

There was no immediate confirmation from Kyiv or Moscow of any deal.

Trump's claim comes as oil prices continue to soar in the seventh month of the Iran war, raising American fuel costs and inflation just weeks before crunch US midterm elections.

The US leader has insisted that the Iran war will finish immediately after the midterms and gas prices will drop, but has in the meantime apparently found a new target to blame for the cost at the pump.

Trump had lashed out at Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky during a trip to Ireland on Sunday, saying he had to do "one thing" and "stop knocking out diesel fuel" refineries in Russia due to growing shortages.

"Let him go after targets, but not diesel fuel, because he's causing a shortage of diesel," Trump said, again insisting the Russia-Ukraine war -- not the US-Israel conflict with Iran -- was to blame.

Trump added he had spoken to Ukraine's leader about the country's stepped-up attacks on such sites over recent months.

"There are plenty of other targets. Don't hit diesel fuel because that's hurting. That's hurting the world. We don't want him to hit diesel fuel... He's hitting diesel refineries."

Ukraine has hit numerous Russian oil refineries far from its border with Russia, while Moscow has also intensified its long-range attacks in recent months, leading to a jump in civilian deaths.

Kyiv has been firing record numbers of drones at Russia, while Moscow has been launching all-time high missile attacks.

Trump said last week he had a "great conversation" with Russian President Vladimir Putin, insisting that Putin wanted to make a deal to end Moscow's war on Ukraine.

Putin "is wanting to make a deal, and if Zelensky is wanting to make a deal, that'd be very nice," Trump told reporters on Wednesday.

Zelensky said last week he would be willing to meet Putin at the G20 summit at Trump's own Doral resort in Miami in December, but the Kremlin immediately ruled it out.