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news you need to start your day.* ### Today's top stories **Tensions are rising in the two ceasefires in the Middle East.** Iran has [not officially recognized](https://one.npr.org/?sharedMediaId=nx-s1-5796726:x) the ceasefire that President Trump
Lebanon, and “a new mechanism for the Strait of Hormuz”. A day before the ceasefire between the US and Iran had come into effect, Iran had submitted a 10-point peace [plan](/news/2026/4/7/whats-irans-10-point-peace-plan-that-trump-says-is-not-good-enough), which included
ceasefire with Tehran took effect about a month ago. - **In Oman, two people were injured by an attack on a residential building in Bukha**, on the Hormuz strait’s coastline, an Omani state news agency
news” and some of the women had been released while others faced charges that would lead to imprisonment. According to Iran Human Rights (IHR), a Norway-based NGO, Iranian authorities have arrested more than
News on Wednesday that there was "no time pressure" either on the truce or setting a new date for talks. Iran dismissed Trump's extension as "meaningless" and said it would not return to negotiations
ceasefire,” Al Jazeera’s Tohid Asadi reported from Tehran. - Minister of Education Alireza Kazemi has said the government does not have plans to resume “in-person education” at the moment. - The Tasnim News Agency, citing
news agency, citing an official briefed on the meeting, said Trump wants the nuclear issue addressed at the start of any negotiations. CNN, citing two sources familiar with the matter, said Trump was unlikely
News Agency)/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS PICTURE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. BEST QUALITY AVAILABLE.](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/2026-04-11T124538Z_796892744_RC20NKAJB1SM_RTRMADP_3_IRAN-CRISIS-CEASEFIRE-PAKISTAN-1776628567.jpg?w=770&resize=770%2C513&quality=80) Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif with Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf before
Israel mural, in Tehran on April 21 2026, amid a ceasefire in the region. With the end of a two-week ceasefire approaching, the White House said US Vice President was ready to return
ceasefire. Israel has been accused of multiple war crimes since it launched ground operations in Lebanon in [mid-March](/news/2026/3/16/israeli-military-launches-limited-ground-operations-in-southern-lebanon), including that it used a “quadruple tap” method intended to maximise civilian harm from
News has reported that Washington may give Israel the "green light" to resume "operations". One of the main options it says Israel is considering is to expand the so-called "Yellow Line" marking some
News Agency, the IRGC navy said on Saturday the strait will be closed until the United States lifts its naval blockade on Iranian vessels and ports. It said the blockade was a violation
Israel and Lebanon was completely unrelated to Iran. Amid Pakistan’s [ongoing efforts](/news/2026/4/18/pakistan-pm-army-chief-wrap-up-key-trips-in-push-for-more-us-iran-talks) to mediate another round of negotiations, Iran’s Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, who led the Iranian delegation to the Islamabad
ceasefires” reached in Lebanon and the Gaza Strip. In March, when Iran was retaliating against the US-Israeli strikes by attacking US military assets and infrastructure in the Middle East, Ankara [reported](/news/2026/3/18/turkiye-says-nato-bringing-in-more-defences-after-missile-interceptions#:~:text=NATO
ceasefire in the war](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/01/trump-iran-war-hostilities-letter) – launched by the United States and Israel in late February – has been in effect since 8 April, with one failed round of peace talks having taken place
Israel started on February 28. On Wednesday, Iran’s parliament speaker and former IRGC and police commander Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, who led the Iranian delegation at the weekend talks in Pakistan, held a rare phone
news related to Iran just prior to landing at Joint Base Andrews. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/683x683+171+0/resize/100/quality/85/format/jpeg/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F95%2F9f%2Fe40ec65f42bbad8ad2570e1746e7%2Fgettyimages-2271863466.jpg)](https://www.npr.org/2026/04/18/nx-s1-5789780/iran-middle-east-updates) ### [Middle East conflict](https://www.npr.org/series/1205445976/middle-east-crisis) ### [Iran says it has closed the Strait of Hormuz
News Agency (NNA), despite a temporary United States-mediated “ceasefire”. In the municipality of Jebchit, three people were killed and seven wounded in an attack that destroyed a residential building. A seperate attacked killed four
news. The Cac index in Paris and Dax in Frankfurt both climbed by more than 2%, while London's FTSE 100 rose by around 0.5%. The Strait of Hormuz has been effectively shut by Iran
Lebanon quite tolerable. Once again, calculation intervened: She could not afford to alienate conservative Catholic voters who form the backbone of her political base. Meloni’s foreign policy follows this script of moral performativity. Italy