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Trump by Netanyahu, the US president finds himself enmeshed in precisely the kind of expensive and costly “forever war” he campaigned against. Israel and Netanyahu are caught between a war in Lebanon that domestic audiences
announced sanctions on three Iranian foreign currency exchange houses on Friday, saying they have converted oil revenue into more usable currencies. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said his agency would "relentlessly target the regime's ability
bombing of the country, prior to which the strait was open and free for all vessels to pass. 
bombs to Israel was rejected by a 36-63 vote.) Most importantly, said observers, a number of Democratic senators who flipped to support the resolutions are considering presidential runs in 2028. “None of the senators
Trump's efforts to strike a deal to end the war between the US, Israel and Iran. Lebanese media reported that Israeli air and artillery strikes across southern Lebanon killed at least 13 people
Trump said the United States received favorable news related to Iran just prior to landing at Joint Base Andrews. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/683x683+171+0/resize/100/quality/85/format/jpeg/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F95%2F9f%2Fe40ec65f42bbad8ad2570e1746e7%2Fgettyimages-2271863466.jpg)](https://www.npr.org/2026/04/18/nx-s1-5789780/iran-middle-east-updates) ### [Middle East conflict](https://www.npr.org/series/1205445976/middle-east-crisis) ### [Iran says
bombings in Tyre, Israel issued a forced evacuation warning for Palestinian refugee camps in the city, as well as for the Christian quarter, claiming members of Hezbollah had infiltrated the area and could attack. Hundreds
announces [near-daily executions](/news/2026/3/19/iran-executes-three-convicted-of-killing-police-in-recent-pre-war-unrest) and arrests of dissidents, and the hardline-dominated parliament were untouched during the war. State television and other media outlets remain directly controlled or influenced by the IRGC or factions
announced on Monday that it had named a [replacement for Tim Cook as CEO](https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/apr/20/tim-cook-apple-ceo-replacement) after nearly 15 years, with head of hardware engineering John Ternus succeeding him on 1 September. Cook will
Iran’s Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Israel also invaded southern Lebanon, where it has gone about systematically destroying towns and villages in what experts – and [Israeli officials](/news/2026/3/29/netanyahu-announces-expansion-of-security-buffer-zone-in-south-lebanon) – said is an effort to create an uninhabitable
bombing Iran and is now blockading all ships connected to Iran. Meanwhile, there are questions about whether China has assisted Iran. And yet, the state visit is moving ahead as planned. "It suggests that both
Trump in Beijing, where the White House said both sides agreed on the shared goal of denuclearizing North Korea. Beijing did not publicly echo Washington's claim. And this week in Pyongyang, Xi made
Trump has told Netanyahu to stop, or at least scale back attacks in Lebanon, because it's making it harder to reach a deal with Iran. ![An Israeli airstrike hits the southern Lebanese coastal town
announced a naval blockade targeting maritime traffic entering and leaving Iranian ports, heightening tensions. On April 18, Iranian forces fired on two Indian ships in the Strait of Hormuz that it said did not have
bomb Iran’s bridges and power station on Tuesday night is being widely described as leaving the conflict in limbo, but that is anything but the truth. Pakistan insists the prospect of talks in Islamabad
announced by US President Donald Trump on April 7, should expire at 8pm Washington, DC, time on Tuesday (midnight GMT, 3:30am in Tehran and 5am in Islamabad on Wednesday). However, Trump has in recent
bombs to drop on them in Gaza and Iran,” he told supporters in Portland recently. He often leans on his combat experience – and the health care he says he receives from being “blown up enough
Iran on Sunday, Israel sealed Gaza’s last open crossings entirely, before announcing they would reopen on Tuesday. And in the occupied West Bank, Israeli settler violence, land seizures and military raids continued to intensify
bombing, this has not been officially confirmed. If it is, Yunas Samad, an emeritus professor of South Asian Studies at the University of Bradford in the UK, told Al Jazeera, “this would reflect tactics that