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Lebanon was seen as a boost to efforts for an agreement to end the US-Israel war on Iran. Pakistani Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar said fighting between Israel and Hezbollah had been a key sticking
talks between the US and Iran, welcomed the Israel-Lebanon truce on Friday and expressed “hope that it will pave the way for sustainable peace”. He also praised the mediation [role
Israel said it did not. UN Secretary General António Guterres commended the role of the US in facilitating the ceasefire, and urged all parties to "fully respect" and "comply with international law at all times
Israel ‘agreements’:** President Joseph Aoun says Lebanon is nearing a [“new phase”](/news/2026/4/17/lebanon-president-says-country-is-no-longer-a-pawn-amid-israel-ceasefire) of lasting deals after the ceasefire and is no longer “an arena for others’ wars”. - **France, UK Hormuz mission:** France and Britain
US president and hardliners in Tehran, were on Monday trying to coax both sides to put the conditions in place for a second round of talks in Islamabad this week, including easing the standoff
Israel’s “ongoing aggression against Lebanon”. Netanyahu had insisted Lebanon was not included in the Tuesday night ceasefire agreed by Donald Trump, and vowed the Israeli military would continue to strike Hezbollah targets “wherever necessary
Israel and Lebanon also threatens to complicate negotiations. ## Russia’s role in diplomacy Reporting from Tehran, Al Jazeera’s Tohid Asadi said Russia was likely to play a central role in any next phase
talks:** The US vice president says he believes progress is being made in negotiations with Iran. “I think that we are making progress. The fundamental question is, do we make enough progress that we satisfy
US and Israel have since insisted that is a separate issue. Iran’s president, Masoud Pezeshkian, has said that any peace negotiations would be “meaningless” if they took place as bombs continued to fall
Lebanon truce to hold and ideally include “some form of assurance against violations”. ![U.S. Vice President JD Vance meets with Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif for talks about Iran, in Islamabad, Pakistan, April
role in achieving this mission,” he added. On Thursday, Trump revealed that Israel’s Prime Minister Netanyahu and Lebanon’s President Aoun could meet in Washington over the next week or two to discuss
role will change from mediator to crisis manager. If hostilities resume, Pakistan will focus again on brokering a ceasefire,” he said. Despite uncertainty, signals from both Washington and Tehran have remained cautiously optimistic. White House
Lebanon, where US ally Israel is fighting Iranian-backed Hezbollah. Iran has also insisted that any settlement recognise its sovereignty over the Strait of Hormuz, a demand Washington has described as unacceptable. Iran’s Deputy
role was played by China. They became a guarantor of the ceasefire and pledged that the US would standby the agreement and that talks would go smoothly in Islamabad. They told Iran to accept this
role of the **United States** in facilitating” it, Guterres spokesperson **Stephane Dujarric** said in a statement, adding he hoped the temporary halt to fighting would “pave the way for negotiations”. The ceasefire took effect
talks. Pakistan for its part is trying to put together a string of confidence-building measures, which started with Trump applying pressure on the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, to agree to a ceasefire
role in expanding US missile defence cooperation with Israel. Questions surrounding the FDD’s relationship with Israel have intensified after media reporting about the Israeli lobby in the US. The FDD has rejected accusations that
roles. Microsoft announced to employees, for the first time, that it would offer voluntary retirement to about 7% of its US workforce of roughly 125,000. - **What have they said about AI?** Mark Zuckerberg said
talks on a final settlement of the conflict launched 10 weeks ago with US-Israeli strikes on Iran. A reporter for French broadcaster LCI, Margot Haddad, said on Saturday that Trump had told
role:** Mohammad Akraminia said Iran’s air force carried out strikes on “enemy bases” across the region and penetrated US-designed defences, saying more than 170 aircraft were hit during the six weeks