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

Lebanon. In total, 82.2 million people were displaced in 2025. ## **Culture Pick:** **Cannes spotlight reverts

Trump allies cheer Iran deal announcement as Democrats call for clarity

Lebanon. US, Pakistani and Iranian officials have also said the signing of the deal would

Greek Orthodox Church sounds alarm over attacks on Christians in Jerusalem

Lebanon with a sledgehammer [caused outrage](/news/2026/4/19/outrage-after-photo-shows-israeli-soldier-smashing-jesus-statue-in-lebanon). The military said an investigation had been opened

Iran closes Strait of Hormuz again over US blockade of its ports

Lebanon. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) on Saturday said in a statement, cited by the Iranian

Iran reasserts control of Hormuz Strait as Trump warns against ‘blackmail’

Lebanon. Oil prices dropped on global markets after Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said on Friday

Failure to win seat on UN security council sparks German soul-searching

Lebanon](https://www.auswaertiges-amt.de/de/newsroom/regierungspressekonferenz-2773832). Merz himself, whose [popularity has plunged in his first year in power

Spyware firm targeted WhatsApp users in defiance of US court order, Meta says

Lebanon. It had also caught the group creating “test accounts and groups” on WhatsApp. NSO was founded

Trump says the US will 'guide' stranded ships from the Strait of Hormuz

Lebanon, according to the semiofficial Nour News and Tasnim agencies, which have close ties to Iran

‘Starmer’s referendum’: How local elections could expose a fractured UK

Lebanon [and] Gaza,” MacShane said. ## ‘The future of the UK could be challenged’ Scotland and Wales

Israel threatens Gaza war resumption to force disarmament as ‘truce’ frays

Lebanon remains an “open wound”, Abu Amer said, would present a strategic nightmare for the Israeli

Israeli ambassador to Germany condemns Bezalel Smotrich’s tirade against chancellor

Lebanon and expressed “deep concern about developments in the Palestinian territories”. A “de facto annexation

US-Iran peace talks could resume in next two days, Trump says | First Thing

Lebanon had talks yet?** Yes. The two held negotiations about their conflict in Washington – their

Pakistan PM, army chief wrap up key trips in push for more US-Iran talks

Lebanon. Tehran accused the US of violating a deal to reopen the strategically important waterway

Activists say Israel tries to expel a whole Palestinian neighborhood in East Jerusalem

Lebanon have drawn away much of the world's attention. Arieh King, a deputy mayor

Raffle winner thrilled to claim a $1 million Picasso with a $117 ticket

than 10 million euros for cultural work in Lebanon and water and hygiene programs in Africa.

The US border runs straight through the World Cup

Lebanon. And while World Cup cohost Canada likes to portray itself as simply the innocent

Israel sent Iron Dome anti-missile batteries and personnel to UAE: US envoy

Lebanon, Syria, Jordan and parts of Saudi Arabia. “It would be fine if they took

Iran, Kuwait, Bahrain hit: Is the war in the Gulf escalating again?

Lebanon continue. ## How have attacks escalated recently? After weeks of a lull following the ceasefire

JD Vance claims US ‘very close’ to peace deal with Iran

Lebanon they showed that they only understand the language of power,” Ghalibaf [said.](https://www.theguardian.com

What we know about Iran’s response to the latest US ceasefire proposal

Lebanon, and “a new mechanism for the Strait of Hormuz”. A day before the ceasefire