Stocks down with eyes on Mideast, dollar hit by Trump Fed comment

Uncertainty over the US president's trade war was also keeping sentiment subdued, with most countries still not reaching deals with Washington to avert the reimposition of steep tariffs ahead of a July 9 deadline. With a shaky peace between Iran and Israel holding for now, Trump said he would hold nuclear talks with Tehran next week, even after insisting that US strikes had set its atomic programme back "decades". "We may sign an agreement. I don't know," he told reporters. Iranian President Masoud...