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Trump said the United States received favorable 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
Israel launched attacks on Iran on February 28. Despite Trump’s announcement, oil prices have [failed to ease](/economy/2026/5/4/oil-prices-flat-as-trumps-plan-for-strait-of-hormuz-fails-to-move-markets) as the international benchmark Brent crude was essentially flat on Monday morning. In response to Trump
Trump is facing intensifying pushback from prominent hawks within his Republican Party, including Senators Ted Cruz and Lindsey Graham, who are opposed to a negotiated end to the US-Israel war on Iran. ## Global economy
Trump accused Iran of getting “a little cute” with its recent moves and warned Tehran not to try to “blackmail” Washington by flip-flopping on the strait. - “We have very good conversations going
Trump acknowledged a [recent tense exchange](/news/2026/6/2/trump-berated-netanyahu-scepticism-abounds-about-us-israel-feud-rumour) with Netanyahu and said he was “a little bit perturbed at his constantly fighting with Lebanon”. Netanyahu, for his part, insisted that Israel had to “disarm Hezbollah
Trump, as it comes after the US president reportedly told Netanyahu not to retaliate to Iran’s missiles fired at northern Israel. ## In Lebanon - Explosions were heard in the Lebanese capital Beirut early on Monday
statement carried by the official IRNA news agency, the IRGC claimed it had struck the US military installations in response to the strike on Qeshm Island. “FALSE,” CENTCOM said in a post
ceasefire. Israeli warplanes “launched a series of heavy strikes … less than an hour after” the warning, the state-run National News Agency said. , the ministry expressed its solidarity with the UAE but stressed that it rejected all “hostile and escalatory acts” as it urged for dialogue to address regional issues
Trump’s visit to Beijing, will be replaced by his adviser Michael Needham, State Department official Jay Mens, and US ambassadors to Israel, Mike Huckabee, and Lebanon, Michel Issa. ## How is Lebanon viewing this
ceasefire." In other regional developments, direct talks between Israel and Lebanon were scheduled to resume next week in Washington, according to a U.S. official speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss plans for the closed
statements by the shipping companies and Iran’s semi-official Tasnim news agency – the first time Iran has seized ships since the war began in late February. In other key developments: - **Trump was “satisfied” with
ceasefire agreement in the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/3942x3942+653+0/resize/100/quality/85/format/jpeg/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fef%2F43%2Fe0ecc238444bb4083f74ed74ee02%2Fnetanyahu-trump-gettyimages-2240432293.jpg)](https://www.npr.org/2026/06/03/g-s1-125631/trump-confirms-calling-netanyahu-crazy-says-they-still-get-along) ### [Middle East conflict](https://www.npr.org/series/1205445976/middle-east-crisis) ### [Trump confirms calling Netanyahu 'crazy,' says they still get along](https://www.npr.org/2026/06/03/g-s1-125631/trump-confirms-calling-netanyahu-crazy-says-they-still-get-along) A senior U.S. official
statement led by Bahrain, dozens of countries renewed calls for the “urgent and unimpeded opening” of the Strait of Hormuz. United Nations chief Antonio Guterres warned the impasse risks the “worst supply chain disruption since
ceasefire, and instead allowed Hezbollah to engage with Israel,” she told Al Jazeera before Israel bombed Beirut suburbs on Sunday. “I think the stalemate cannot continue for too long, so it will be going back
statement gave no details of the attacks and said only that the targets included missile launch sites and boats trying to “emplace mines”. The strikes threatened an already fragile ceasefire that began on 8 April
statements over the past week about the ceasefire and the chance for further talks. On Tuesday, US President Trump suggested talks could resume within days. “You should stay there, really, because something could be happening
Trump's efforts to strike a deal to end the war between the US, Israel and Iran. Lebanese media reported that Israeli air and artillery strikes across southern Lebanon killed at least 13 people