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Iran’s Revolutionary Guards threaten US sites in Middle East if tankers come under fire

news agency. On Friday, a US fighter jet fired on and disabled two Iranian-flagged tankers that Washington accused of challenging its blockade of Iran’s ports. An Iranian military official told local media

Where does Iran deal leave US-Israel relationship as they reach ‘a fork in the road’?

news of Donald Trump’s deal with Iran went public for [Benjamin Netanyahu](https://www.theguardian.com/world/benjamin-netanyahu) to speak out. When he [finally appeared](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jun/15/israel-territory-lebanon-defence-minister-israel-katz) at a press conference on Monday evening, the Israeli

Are Iran, US really close to a breakthrough ‘deal’?

news agency also reported that Iran wants all sanctions on the sale of its oil to be lifted and all frozen Iranian assets to be released. It then proposes a 60-day negotiation period

Iran considering US proposal to end war, official says

News Agency (ISNA). Responding to the Axios report, Ebrahim Rezaei, the spokesperson of the Iranian Parliament's national security and foreign policy commission, wrote on X: "The Americans will not gain anything

Trump cancels his envoys’ Pakistan trip for Iran ceasefire negotiations

News: “They can call us anytime they want.” The White House on Friday said Steve Witkoff and [Jared Kushner](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/jared-kushner) would travel to Pakistan’s capital to attempt to revive ceasefire negotiations. Iran

First Thing: China trip winds down but Trump-Xi Iran accord remains elusive

strike on 14 May. Photograph: Gleb Garanich/Reuters At least 24 people, including three children, were [reported killed in yesterday’s Russian attacks on Kyiv](https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2026/may/15/russian-attack-kyiv-ukraine-europe-live-updates-latest?page=with%3Ablock-6a06cc078f08f817fdb23e86#block-6a06cc078f08f817fdb23e86), Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelenskyy said. “The Russians

Tehran labels US attacks ‘gross violation’, says it is prepared to respond

southern Hormozgan province represent a “gross violation” ⁠of the [fragile ceasefire](/news/2026/5/26/us-strikes-iran-again-what-we-know-and-is-the-ceasefire-over) in place since early April. The commander of the Revolutionary Guard’s Aerospace Force, Seyed Majid Moosavi, said it is prepared to respond

Lebanese rush back to their devastated homes in south after US-Iran deal

news of a deal between Iran and the United States to end the war that included Lebanon. He is one of thousands joining a steady stream of traffic heading towards southern Lebanon, which bore

As the U.S.-Iran ceasefire deadline looms, here are the main sticking points

News](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-04-20/trump-says-iran-truce-extension-unlikely-hormuz-to-stay-blocked) on Monday that a renewal of the ceasefire was "highly unlikely." Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf, Iran's chief negotiator and parliament speaker, accused the United States late Monday of forcing Iran

What’s happening on day 96 of Iran war as US, Iran engage in new attacks

news agency reported the latest exchange began when US forces struck an Iranian oil tanker near the Strait of Hormuz, damaging its engine room. The IRGC said it responded by targeting a US-Israeli vessel

How Pakistan mediated a US-Iran agreement after more than 100 days of war

Lebanon. US President Donald Trump confirmed the deal shortly afterwards on his Truth Social platform. “The Deal with the Islamic Republic of Iran is now complete,” he wrote. A signing ceremony hosted by Pakistan

WHCA dinner shooter charged. And, Charles III to address Congress

news you need to start your day.* ### Today's top stories **Federal prosecutors have charged Cole Allen, the alleged gunman at the White House Correspondents' Dinner,** with attempting to assassinate President Trump. Allen made

Is Egypt threatening Israel through its military exercises on the border?

news. “How, after everything we’ve been through, does the [Israeli military] approve a foreign army operating with live fire right on the contact line?” “Gunfire noise is the perfect cover for smuggling or even

Turkiye unveils its first intercontinental ballistic missile: What we know

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%20air%20defences%20shot

US strikes Iran missile sites and mine laying vessels as Trump’s promised peace deal remains elusive

southern [Iran](https://www.theguardian.com/world/iran) in a test of the seven week-long ceasefire, as both sides played down hopes for an imminent peace deal even as negotiators from Tehran began new talks in Qatar

Cloud over US-Iran talks: What are the key sticking points?

News Agency reported that Iranian forces had sent drones in the direction of US military ships. Ebrahim Azizi, the head of the Iranian parliament’s National Security Committee, told Al Jazeera that Iran’s actions

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

strikes hit the villages of Deir al-Zahrani, Kfar Reman and al-Sama’iya, which are **north of where IDF forces are located in southern Lebanon.** On Thursday, [Donald Trump](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/donaldtrump) announced that

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

southern Sirik region. The US Central Command (CENTCOM) described the strikes as “self-defense”. It said they were “a proportional response to recent attacks on US forces and international commercial ships transiting regional waters”, including