Middle East crisis live: Trump warns ‘clock is ticking’ for Iran to reach peace deal

YL Yohannes LoweThe Guardian - World NewsFiled 2026-05-18 · 07:48 GMTLean · Center-LeftRead · 1 min

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The United Arab Emirates has blamed Iran or its proxies for a drone strike that caused a fire near the Barakah nuclear power plant on Sunday. Oman's foreign ministry condemned the drone strike, expressing solidarity with the UAE and rejecting hostile acts while urging for dialogue and respect for international law. US President Trump warned that "the clock is ticking" for Iran to reach a peace deal, stating that "there won’t be anything left" of the country if an agreement is not reached.

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Oman urged for dialogue to address regional issues and called for international law to be respected.

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Oman's foreign ministry condemned the drone strike and expressed solidarity with the UAE.

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US president warns 'clock is ticking' for Iran to reach a peace deal.

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UAE blames Iran or its proxies for a drone strike fire near a nuclear plant.

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US president says there ‘won’t be anything left’ of country if it doesn’t come to an agreement UAE blames Iran or its proxies for drone strike fire near nuclear plant Oman’s foreign ministry has condemned the drone strike that caused a fire at the perimeter of UAE’s Barakah nuclear power plant on Sunday. In a statement shared to X , the ministry expressed its solidarity with the UAE but stressed that it rejected all “hostile and escalatory acts” as it urged for dialogue to address regional issues and called for international law to be respected by all parties. Continue reading...

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