Alex Marquardt

1 week ago | cnn.com | Alex Marquardt |Abbas Al Lawati |Kylie Atwood

CNN  —  Iran and the United States will begin crucial talks on Saturday to reach a new nuclear deal in an effort to ease tensions and avert another conflict in the Middle East that could further engulf the wider region. The meeting, to be held in the Gulf Arab nation of Oman, could be the first direct talks between Iranian and American officials in a decade, though Iran insists they will be indirect - with mediators acting as go-betweens for the two nations.

1 week ago | kadn.com | Alex Marquardt |Jeremy Diamond

(CNN) — When discussions began over releasing Israeli hostages shortly after the October 7 attack by Hamas, the negotiators tasked to strike a deal were mostly intelligence and security professionals. But in February, Israel made an important change that those now involved say has had a profound slowing effect on the discussions to resurrect the broken ceasefire: The file was taken over by the prime minister’s closest political aide, Ron Dermer.

2 weeks ago | cnn.com | Alex Marquardt |Jeremy Diamond

CNN  —  When discussions began over releasing Israeli hostages shortly after the October 7 attack by Hamas, the negotiators tasked to strike a deal were mostly intelligence and security professionals. But in February, Israel made an important change that those now involved say has had a profound slowing effect on the discussions to resurrect the broken ceasefire: The file was taken over by the prime minister’s closest political aide, Ron Dermer.

2 weeks ago | cnnbrasil.com.br | Alex Marquardt

O secretário de Estado dos EUA, Marco Rubio, revelou, nesta sexta-feira (4), que se reuniu com um enviado do presidente Vladimir Putin esta semana e o enviou de volta a Moscou com uma mensagem: o relógio está correndo para quando será necessário haver um avanço nas negociações de paz para encerrar a guerra na Ucrânia. “Esse momento está chegando”, disse Rubio.

2 weeks ago | cnnespanol.cnn.com | Alex Marquardt

El secretario de Estado de EE.UU., Marco Rubio, a la izquierda, con el embajador de EE.UU. ante la OTAN, Matthew Whitaker, hablan con la prensa como parte de la reunión de ministros de Asuntos Exteriores de la Organización del Tratado del Atlántico Norte (OTAN) en Bruselas el 4 de abril.