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With Iran deal, Trump told ships to 'start your engines.' That's not happening yet

news agency, residents fish from the shore as cargo and commercial vessels lie at anchor in the Strait of Hormuz off Bandar Abbas on June 8. **Amirhossein Khorgooei/ISNA/AFP via Getty Images** Amirhossein Khorgooei/ISNA/AFP via Getty

How Pakistan secured ‘biggest diplomatic win in years’ with Iran ceasefire

news of the Pakistan-brokered ceasefire in Karachi, Pakistan, on Wednesday. Photograph: Rehan Khan/EPA For Pakistan’s government and its military, the country’s de facto rulers, helping to mediate

Trump says the US will 'guide' stranded ships from the Strait of Hormuz

conflict](https://www.npr.org/series/1205445976/middle-east-crisis) ### [Iran submits a 14-point response to a U.S. proposal to end war](https://www.npr.org/2026/05/02/nx-s1-5808924/iran-response-trump-proposal) Trump gave few details about what could be a sweeping attempt to help hundreds

Another day, another pivot as Trump flails in an Iran trap of his own making

news agency, reported that the US, Iran and their Pakistani mediators were getting close to an agreement on a one-page “memorandum of understanding” to declare an end to the war and begin

Is Israel’s ‘buffer zone’ inside Lebanon an attempt to grab gas reserves?

Iran, France’s TotalEnergies, Italy’s Eni and QatarEnergy signed an offshore exploration permit with the Lebanese government for Block 8. Reports of potential gas and mineral reserves off the Levantine coast go back

Iran shuts Hormuz strait: But wasn’t it already closed?

Lebanon. But Washington announced a blockade of Iranian ports, including those in the Strait of Hormuz, on April 13, following the collapse of the Islamabad talks. So, on April 18, Iran said it had closed

First Thing: Trump tells critics to ‘sit back and relax’ as Iran claims to target US base

Iran and Lebanon – and caused global economic pain by pushing up energy prices. ## **Lead prosecutor withdraws from criminal case against James Comey**  The former FBI director James

Does Trump hold ‘all the cards’ against Iran in the Strait of Hormuz?

conflict could further escalate, despite the near-month-long fragile ceasefire. Tehran has been effectively blocking nearly all shipping from the Gulf for more than two months, after the US and Israel attacked Iran

Wednesday briefing: In a new era of far-right organising, how can we tackle hate?

Iran’s top diplomat has said a peace deal with the US would require Israel to withdraw from Lebanon, [as concern grows](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jun/16/irans-top-envoy-says-peace-deal-with-the-us-dependent-on-israels-withdrawal-from-lebanon) that Israel could undermine diplomatic efforts to finally

Middle East crisis live: Witkoff and Kushner head to Pakistan for Iran negotiations

Lebanon, as seen from the Israeli side of the border. Photograph: Florion Goga/Reuters Islamabad is getting ready for what is hoped to be the latest round of talks between the US and [Iran](https://www.theguardian.com

First Thing: Trump announces 10-day ceasefire in Lebanon after ‘excellent conversations’

Iran. The ceasefire took effect at midnight local time in Lebanon, where Israel had been conducting devastating airstrikes aimed at wiping out the Iranian-backed Hezbollah militia. Trump said on social media that the truce

Leaders urge for restraint as 10-day Israel-Lebanon ceasefire takes effect

News images showed crowds celebrating in parts of Lebanon and thousands of displaced families began returning to their homes Friday, even as Lebanese officials urged caution amid fears the ceasefire could still unravel. Hezbollah acknowledged

Here's how much the the Iran war cost -- and how its effects will linger

Lebanon, nearly 60 in Israel and dozens across Gulf states, according to authorities in those countries. [![President Trump speaks during a media conference at the end of the G7 summit in Evian-les-Bains, France