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Middle East peace talks in doubt as Iran says it needs to ‘reassess’ after overnight strikes

casualties or damage to its facilities. Jordan, Kuwait and Bahrain all said the Iranian projectiles had been intercepted. Hours before the US strikes, Iran’s parliament speaker, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, said in a post

The U.S. awaits Iran's response as the UAE reports another missile barrage

Israeli strikes](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/3024x3024+504+0/resize/100/quality/85/format/jpeg/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F52%2F58%2Fdbfff96442b0a2172edea7029d4a%2F99542835-2def-4b48-8a73-848a63d4d6a9.jpg)](https://www.npr.org/2026/05/06/nx-s1-5811930/gaza-recovering-bodies) ### [Middle East conflict](https://www.npr.org/series/1205445976/middle-east-crisis) ### [Skeletons in their clothing: Recovering bodies from the rubble in Gaza](https://www.npr.org/2026/05/06/nx-s1-5811930/gaza-recovering-bodies) U.S. President Donald Trump played down the exchange of fire

Trump accuses ally Meloni of lacking courage for not joining attacks on Iran

attack’, ‘insult’ and ‘Trump’s schism’](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/c0fd1f1d9078d64fae368459867c4b424eaaa4f4/0_0_8326_5551/master/8326.jpg?width=445&dpr=1&s=none&crop=none) Donald Trump’s comments about the pope were not warmly received in Italy. Photograph: Domenico Stinellis/AP Italy’s government has entered a turbulent phase in recent

Israel and Iran trade strikes, threatening to drag region back to full-scale war

Lebanon earlier Sunday were not coordinated with the U.S. and "I'm not happy about it." Speaking to The Financial Times before the Israeli strikes on Iran, Trump insisted he dictated terms to Netanyahu

Israel fires more than 120 airstrikes at Lebanon and says it is escalating offensive

attack waves of strikes using hundreds of aircraft simultaneously”. “The ground in Lebanon must tremble. Residents of Beirut, Tyre and Sidon must sit in shelters just as residents of [Israel’s] north are being forced

What was the Iran nuclear deal Trump dumped in search of ‘better’ terms?

Israeli [demands](/news/2026/1/29/iran-us-tensions-soar-what-do-both-sides-want), however, extended beyond that. Just before the war began, Washington and Israel demanded severe restrictions on Iran’s ballistic missile programme. Analysts say this demand was at least partly triggered

Trump declares US-Iran peace deal ‘all signed’ as G7 leaders battle to tie up loose ends

Israeli towns during the first week of the war, suffering new casualties against an enemy that had been previously dismissed by officials as no longer posing a serious threat. Opposition politicians were quick to capitalise

Israel-Lebanon ceasefire extended by 3 weeks as tensions rise in Strait of Hormuz

Israeli airstrike killed the Lebanese journalist and wounded another on April 22, while they were working near the border with Israel, according to their employer and rescuers. **MAHMOUD ZAYYAT/AFP via Getty Images** MAHMOUD ZAYYAT/AFP