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military chief, Field Marshal Asim Munir, and interior minister, Mohsin Naqvi, arrived in Iran on Wednesday as part of a Pakistani delegation after “numerous messages” were exchanged with the US [through mediators](/news/2026/4/14/pakistan-pm-headed-to-saudi-and-turkiye-amid-prospect-of-new-us-iran-talks) since
tensions in the Middle East. While a fragile ceasefire between the warring sides in the US-Israel war on Iran holds following six weeks of strikes, a naval battle is playing out in the Gulf
tensions with US escalate **Tehran, Iran –** Iranian media say a United States warship trying to transit the Strait of Hormuz has been hit with two missiles after ignoring warnings. The unnamed warship had to withdraw
Iran and the US was called. That series of strikes killed hundreds of people in one of the country’s worst mass slaughters since the end of the country’s civil war in 1990. Observers
Tensions remain, however. A [US Navy blockade](/news/2026/4/15/iran-warns-us-naval-blockade-threatens-ceasefire) on Iranian ports – which began following the end of the talks – remains in effect in the [Strait of Hormuz](/news/2026/4/14/how-many-ships-have-passed-the-strait-of-hormuz-and-how-many-were-attacked). The US Central Command claimed
Tensions remain high [across the region](/news/liveblog/2026/5/1/iran-war-live-tehran-says-us-ports-siege-intolerable-trump-mulls-action), with Iran, the United States and Israel trading warnings as violence continues. Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian has described the US naval siege of Iranian ports
US military has seized at least one Iranian vessel, and it has ordered 28 other ships to turn around. With tensions still high, Iranian officials have cast doubt over the fate of the talks
Iran and Lebanon fronts leads Israel to put more pressure on Gaza militarily or regional and global factors could prevent Israel from resuming military operations like those before the October “ceasefire” in Gaza. Analysts said
tensions rise, with United States President Donald Trump warning Iran would be “blown off the face of the earth” if US Navy ships are targeted in the Strait of Hormuz. Iran had claimed a US
tensions remain high:** Adviser Mohsen Rezaei warned that Iran could target US ships, if Washington continues to enforce its naval blockade in the Strait of Hormuz. The warning comes as the US tightens restrictions
US, despite its military presence and political involvement, the war is another military adventure. What does all this mean for the current dynamics and search for solutions? There are at least four conclusions that
military seized an Iranian container ship near the Gulf in the early hours of Monday, sending tensions spiralling hours before Washington is due to send negotiators to Pakistan for talks aimed at ending their
US and Israel in bombing Iran, and Trump’s complaints about British trade policy. The address followed an arrival ceremony full of pomp at the White House, in which Trump declared “Americans have no closer
Tensions between Rome and Washington have sharpened in recent weeks. Trump [criticised](/news/2026/4/15/trump-turns-on-meloni-saying-she-lacks-courage-over-us-israel-war-on-iran) Meloni’s stance, accusing her of lacking resolve and warning that the US could reconsider its military presence in Italy. Meloni said
tensions over Iran follow a period of warming ties between China and the US after the two countries reached a preliminary [trade deal](/economy/2025/10/30/trump-says-xi-agreed-to-one-year-trade-deal-after-amazing-talks) late last year. For years, the US has portrayed China
Tensions rise over Hormuz as Trump threatens to blow Iran ‘off the face of the earth’ Good morning. Donald Trump has again raised the stakes in the Gulf region with the Monday [launch of “Project
tensions between the US and Iran continue to foment over another key waterway, the Strait of Hormuz, which has been in effect closed for weeks since the launch of US-Israeli attacks on Iran
tensions in the strait, a strategic waterway through which a fifth of the world’s oil and natural gas is shipped during peacetime. **Iran has kept its stranglehold on traffic through the strait**, attacking three
Iran’s hardliner-dominated parliament oppose any agreement that could signal weakness, disappoint [backers of the establishment on the streets](/news/2026/3/27/guns-in-the-streets-as-us-israel-intensify-month-long-attacks-across) and potentially invite future attacks. Mahdi Mohammadi, Ghalibaf’s strategic affairs adviser, said
US troop withdrawal from Germany could far exceed 5,000 soldiers as tensions between the two allies rise over the war on Iran. ## In Lebanon - At least 41 people have been killed as Israel launched