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Iran to end the Middle East war. Trump’s so-called “Project Freedom” to help vessels leave the strait began on Monday. - ****Shipping incident reported:**** A cargo vessel has been struck by an unknown projectile
negotiator, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, said US bases and assets in the region had become “legitimate targets” after the Israeli strike. “They are neither committed to a ceasefire nor believe in dialogue, and through the naval
statement continued. Posting on Truth Social, Trump said that the US had destroyed multiple small boats that "dropped ever so beautifully down to the Ocean, very much like a butterfly dropping to its grave!" "Great
negotiations” towards peace would proceed “subject to ignorance or stupidity getting in its way”. He also called Netanyahu and told him to stop the strikes, according to media reports. In an interview with Axios, Trump
Trump’s announcement, Netanyahu said [Israel](https://www.theguardian.com/world/israel) would continue military operations in southern Lebanon, where ground forces are pushing toward the **Zahrani River**, their deepest incursion in Lebanon in 25 years. His statement
Trump warns against ‘blackmail’ Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy (IRGC) says the Strait of Hormuz is closed and that any ship that attempts to pass through the waterway will be targeted, a dramatic
statement on social media on Thursday, Iran’s parliamentary speaker and lead negotiator of the ceasefire talks, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, said a full ceasefire could only work if the US naval blockade is lifted
Trump rejecting Tehran’s latest proposal as unacceptable. The comments come as diplomatic efforts continue to prevent a collapse in the fragile ceasefire between Washington and Tehran. Meanwhile, Brigadier-General Mohammad Akrami Nia says Iran
Trump claimed the Touska was hit after it refused to follow US orders to withdraw from its planned passage through the Strait of Hormuz. The US has been imposing a naval blockade since last Monday
negotiations with the US. The trip comes eight days before Trump’s scheduled summit with President Xi Jinping on May 14 and 15. US officials have openly pressed China to lean on Tehran to open
Iran for refusing to take part in peace negotiations. Without mentioning Trump, Merz said he believed in a Nato-led solution to the conflict in the Middle East, referring to a “reliable transatlantic partnership”. German
statement. Israel responded to that by carrying out multiple attacks across Iran on Monday, including the capital Tehran, despite US President Donald Trump reportedly telling Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu not to escalate. “I call
US military attacks Iran The U.S. military's Central Command said it carried out the strikes in Iran on Saturday and Sunday around the city of Geruk and on Qeshm Island. "The measured and deliberate
negotiations are now taking place". In a post on Truth Social, he said he had been asked to hold off a military attack on Iran planned for Tuesday by the leaders of Qatar, Saudi Arabia
statements from Trump, including his recent [warning](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/07/israel-warns-iran-lives-at-risk-if-they-use-trains-trump-deadline) that Iran’s “whole civilization will die” if it did not capitulate to his demands, and [a social media post](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/13/trump-ai-image-christ-like-figure-backlash) that depicted
Trump – just before [announcing](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/07/trump-iran-war-ceasefire) a temporary ceasefire in the conflict that continues to hold – [warned](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/07/israel-warns-iran-lives-at-risk-if-they-use-trains-trump-deadline) that a “whole civilization will die” if Iran did not agree to his demands
negotiations to resume. But Trump and Treasury secretary Scott Bessent on Tuesday both warned that the US Navy blockade will continue. Tehran’s position has been it will only take part in talks
statement on Monday. Domestically, the issue has little support. Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, a staunch Hezbollah ally, has said negotiations with Israel cannot begin before the end of the war, while Druze leader Walid Jumblatt
statement that armed forces under his command will “maintain and manage security of the Strait of Hormuz with all strength” in response to US President Donald Trump’s [announcement](/news/2026/5/3/trump-says-us-will-help-free-up-ships-stuck-in-hormuz-strait) on Sunday that the US
US President Donald Trump announced a ceasefire on April 16, and extended into early July. That has eased attacks on Beirut and its suburbs, but the assault on the south has continued, killing [paramedics](/news/2026/5/24/israeli-strikes-kill-six-in-southern-lebanon-amid-fresh-evacuation-orders