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General Randy George appeared troubled by the encounter with General Chris LaNeve, the Army’s No. 2 officer now favoured for the service’s top job, people familiar with the matter told The Post.

The announcement from Iran came came after an oil tanker was disabled in an attack off the coast of Oman on Monday night.

It’s believed 34 Australians are among the hundreds of people reported missing in the massive flash floods that have so far left at least 98 people dead.

It is the second time in a month that Kyiv’s long-range drones have struck a major warehouse belonging to Russia’s biggest online retailer.

THE NEW YORK TIMES: For months, threats and ultimatums delivered results. Now world leaders are testing what happens when they simply say no.

Iran says while it is willing to continue peace talks, it denounces expanded US sanctions, while Washington begins sending diplomats back to the region.

Iran is pledging to fight back against expanded US sanctions aimed at isolating its economy, expressing confidence that major trading partners will resist Washington’s pressure campaign.

LATIKA M BOURKE: The energy chief says the winners in the fallout from the war on Iran and oil uncertainty will be coal, renewables and nuclear options.

The United Nations says two of its peacekeepers have been killed in an attack carried out by unknown perpetrators on a patrol in South Sudan.

The trade war between Canada and the US has deepened with US President Donald Trump flagging a new wave of 50 per cent tariffs on cars, trucks, auto parts and steel.

The US Trade Representative told CNBC tariff talks between the US and Canada collapsed after Ottawa changed its demands at the eleventh hour.

The currency was already under pressure before the US and Israel attacked Iran on February 28, but has hit new record lows after nearly six months of war. 

THE WASHINGTON POST: The shocking collapse of US-Canada trade talks is the latest sign that President Donald Trump’s bulldozer approach to remaking the nation’s trade relationships may be reaching its limits.

THE NEW YORK TIMES: Prince Laurent of Belgium has formally recognised an adult son who was born before he was married and whom he had not acknowledged publicly until last year.

For weeks, there has been no diplomatic progress, but also no full-scale fighting, as both sides seem to believe they can hold out longer than the other.

Four people working on a railway track in Japan have died after an express train hit them north of Tokyo.