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Pakistan scrambles to salvage US-Iran diplomacy as ceasefire faces collapse

striking US bases in the Gulf”. Seloom pointed to recent comments from US Energy Secretary Chris Wright on going “back to the military method to open the strait”. That, the analyst told Al Jazeera, revealed

U.S. strikes Iran. And, immigration courts use new tactic to speed up deportations

news you need to start your day.* ### Today's top stories **The U.S. military announced that it launched attacks yesterday on Iranian boats and missile launch sites** in Southern Iran. U.S. Central Command Spokesman Capt

Iran war: What is happening on day 52 of the US-Israeli conflict?

News reporter Jonathan Karl posted on X on Sunday. Trump added that a peace deal “will happen. ⁠One way or another”. ## In Israel - Argentine President Javier Milei, has reaffirmed his country’s support

Lebanese return to devastated south as fragile 10-day truce takes hold

News Agency also reported that unexploded ordnance killed a boy in the town of Majdal Selem, while rescuers uncovered the bodies of at least a dozen people killed in earlier attacks in Tyre. French President

Pakistan’s army chief in Iran as US’s Rubio says ‘slight progress’ in talks

Israel and the United States’s war that began on February 28. Munir arrived in Tehran on Friday, Iran’s state-run IRNA news agency reported, citing the Pakistan Army. “On arrival, he was received

Boiling milk and worrying about the Iran war: A New Year dawns in Sri Lanka

Iran war: A New Year dawns in Sri Lanka ![Members of the Sri Lankan community are boiling fresh milk in a new clay pot and allowing it to overflow as a traditional way of invoking

How long can Iran survive the US’s Hormuz blockade?

news outlet, at least two vessels that have transited the strait so far have paid fees in yuan, China’s currency. Lloyd’s List reported that one “transit was brokered by a Chinese maritime services

Two paramedics among 10 killed in Israeli strikes in south Lebanon

News Agency (NNA). On Tuesday afternoon, Lebanon's health ministry said two paramedics from the state-run Lebanese Civil Defense emergency service were killed and a third was injured in an Israeli strike on Nabatieh

Hopes grow for a breakthrough in US-Iran talks as Pakistan mediates

strikes by Israeli forces](/video/newsfeed/2026/4/15/israel-bombs-homes-in-southern-lebanon) on Lebanon have continued. Separately on Wednesday, Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif also travelled to Saudi Arabia as part of a regional tour that also includes stops in Qatar

Palestine weekly wrap: Under cover of ceasefire, Israel increases grip

Israel has officially agreed to ceasefires in Gaza, Lebanon, and Iran. But that has not meant any de-escalation, as Israeli forces and settlers press further into Palestinian-administered areas of the occupied West Bank

Lebanon says Israeli strike on south kills seven including child

News Agency (NNA) reported Israeli strikes across the south, including in Saksakiyeh. The health ministry said that raid "resulted in an initial toll of seven martyrs, including a girl, and 15 wounded, including three children

Trump doubts shooter motivated by Iran war as peace talks on hold

news on the war in the Middle East: ### **Iran war mediator sends message to Trump** Numerous heads of state and officials sent well-wishes to Trump after the correspondent's dinner shooting incident. Among them

Iran’s currency falls to new low as US blockade, sanctions impact trade

strikes](/news/2026/4/7/iran-warns-region-and-beyond-as-tension-builds-ahead-of-us-ultimatum) against ports, naval facilities, airports, and railway networks across the country. Iran’s top steel and petrochemical producers were also extensively bombed, as were oil and gas facilities, power stations, and major industrial

Oil price slumps as Trump says he called off Iran attacks

news agency said the US had accepted a temporary waiver on sanctions of Iran's crude oil during the negotiations, raising hopes of progress in peace talks. Later on Monday, Trump said "serious negotiations

What is the Ukrainian anti-drone system Sky Map being used in the Gulf?

Israel use expensive interceptor missiles for defence. To counter the drone threat, Gulf states and their US partners have turned to Ukrainian-made anti-drone technology, battle-tested against Russian drone attacks. In late March

Can Pakistan secure Iran-US nuclear compromise, as Trump says deal ‘close’?

strikes in [June last year](/news/2025/6/22/us-joins-israel-in-attacks-against-iran-strikes-key-nuclear-sites). A deal, he added, could come “over the weekend”. Trump said he would consider travelling to Islamabad himself if an agreement was signed there. “If the deal is signed

First Thing: White House correspondents’ dinner suspect to be charged as motive examined

Iran can telephone if it wants to negotiate an end to the war and that it must agree never to have a nuclear weapon, while Pakistan’s leaders have sought to revive the stalled peace

US and Iran close to temporary truce, Pakistani officials claim

news agency divulged no information about its content, saying merely that the two diplomats had reviewed the “latest developments and current trends in the region, emphasised the importance of continuing the path of dialogue

Trump says he's called off Iran strike at request of Gulf allies

strike sparked a fire on the edge of the UAE's sole nuclear power plant in what authorities called an "unprovoked terrorist attack" while not assigning blame. Trump in recent days has also spoken with

U.S. attempt to open Strait of Hormuz tests fragile Iran war ceasefire

strikes against the UAE. Saudi's condemnation, in a statement from its foreign ministry, called on Iran "to cease these attacks, comply with the principles of international law and relevant United Nations Security Council resolutions