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announced](/news/liveblog/2026/5/6/iran-war-live-trump-says-hormuz-operation-paused-amid-us-tehran-talks) a temporary pause to the US military’s “Project Freedom” operation to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, saying “great progress” had been made towards a potential agreement with Iran. Trump said the operation
ceasefire holds significant potential if it works**, but NPR's Greg Myre says there are plenty of reasons to remain skeptical. The agreement is between the Israeli and Lebanese governments, and the militant group Hezbollah
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announces “self-defence” strikes on Iran’s Qeshm Island. According to Kuwait’s state news agency KUNA, the country’s international airport was hit by drones and missiles on Wednesday morning, causing injuries, severe damage
announcements, particularly involving oil trades on the futures market. After so many false dawns and hoax armageddons, why are traders still reacting to Trump’s rhetoric? One theory is that, while individual traders
Trump speaks to the press outside the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, DC, on April 13, 2026. **Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images** Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images However, he left open
announced on Wednesday that Saudi Arabia would provide Pakistan with $3bn to help bolster the country’s foreign reserves. Sharif will also travel to Qatar and Turkey. In Turkey, Sharif is expected to participate
announcement, but there are growing indications that neither side wants a return to full-scale conflict, experts say. While the fragile, Pakistan-brokered April ceasefire between the US and Iran remains in place
ceasefire. Tehran has been effectively blocking nearly all shipping from the Gulf for more than two months, after the US and Israel attacked Iran two months ago, disrupting global energy supplies. “We have told these
announcement – then rapid pause – of a new naval mission aimed at opening the strategic waterway. On Friday US forces fired on and disabled two Iranian-flagged tankers that attempted to violate the American blockade
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announced on April 8 days away from expiring. But it added that no date had been set for that next round of negotiations, even as [Islamabad stepped up](/news/2026/4/16/hopes-grow-for-a-breakthrough-in-us-iran-talks-as-pakistan-mediates) a parallel diplomatic push to keep
ceasefire” in October last year. International activists said the flotillas are intended to deliver aid and draw attention to the blockade, which rights groups and United Nations experts have described as collective punishment of Palestinians
announced on Truth Social that the US Navy guided missile destroyer USS Spruance had intercepted an Iranian-flagged cargo ship, the Touska, nearly 900 feet (274 metres) long, in the Gulf of Oman after