Somayeh Malekian

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The Iranian Foreign Ministry announced that the second round on Tuesday. This handout picture provided by Khabar Online on April 12, 2025, shows Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi (2nd-L) speaking with members of the Iranian delegation after a meeting in Muscat.

1 week ago | abc7.com | Somayeh Malekian

LONDON -- The Iranian Foreign Ministry announced that the second round of indirect talks with the United States are expected to take place in Oman on Saturday, according to the official Islamic Republic News Agency. The first round of talks were "well executed" in their "initial steps," Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said in a post on his official X account on Tuesday. "The Oman talks is a movement that's been decided upon and well executed in its initial steps," he said in a post.

2 weeks ago | abcnews.go.com | David Brennan |Somayeh Malekian

The talks are expected to be held on Saturday in Oman. ByDavid Brennan and Somayeh MalekianPresident Donald Trump meets with Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Oval Office of the White House, April 7, 2025, in Washington.

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(BANGKOK) -- A desperate search for survivors continued Sunday -- from a collapsed high-rise building that was under construction in Bangkok, Thailand, to the rubble of ancient buildings in neighboring Myanmar -- as a series of powerful aftershocks from Friday's 7.7-magnitude earthquake made it precarious for rescuers digging through debris, officials said. The death toll in the Bangkok metropolitan region rose to 18 on Sunday, according to government officials.

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(LONDON) -- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called for further "tough measures" against Russia to push President Vladimir Putin into a ceasefire agreement, suggesting after another round of drone strikes that Moscow "couldn't care less about diplomacy."Long-range cross-border strikes have continued throughout U.S.-mediated efforts to secure a ceasefire in Ukraine, intended as a springboard for a broader peace deal to end Russia's 3-year-old invasion of its neighbor.