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Iran targets American base in region after US strikes Iranian air defences

terms by both sides. Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said on Monday it had targeted an airbase used by the US for an attack on southern Iran, without identifying which base. It is assumed

Iran denies deal with US is imminent despite some progress

ceasefire in Lebanon had to be included in the memorandum of understanding that would lead to [Iran](https://www.theguardian.com/world/iran) allowing commercial shipping through the strait, and the US lifting its blockade of Iran

Tensions rise in two ceasefires in the Middle East. And, the Navy secretary ousted

ceasefire extension "means nothing."](https://www.npr.org/2026/04/22/nx-s1-5795405/iran-middle-east-updates) Meanwhile in Lebanon, Israeli airstrikes killed at least five people, including Lebanese journalist Amal Khalil. Israeli and Lebanese diplomats are expected to meet in Washington for a second

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

ceasefire expires on 22 April. A Pakistani official said on Tuesday that he expected talks to restart soon, but that it may take a day or two longer than Trump suggested. ![Men collecting scrap near

Israel’s attacks and pressure sowing seeds for division in tense Lebanon

ceasefire was extended by Donald Trump, but Israel has continued attacks in southern Lebanon, and Hezbollah has responded in turn by battling Israeli troops. Lebanon has agreed to direct negotiations with Israel in attempts

Trump says he does not make bad deals, but even Republican hawks doubt that now

terms of forcing Iran to make concessions over its nuclear programme. Instead, the US has apparently had to promise to unfreeze billions of Iranian assets upfront, handing them over to a regime that is more

Is Egypt threatening Israel through its military exercises on the border?

terms of the 1979 peace treaty between the two countries, Israeli residents, including those living close to Gaza, are reported to be concerned about their proximity. Israeli media suggest that many fear a return

Iran considering US proposal to end war, official says

terms laid out in the memo would be contingent on a final agreement being reached. The Reuters news agency reported that two sources briefed on the mediation between the US and Iran had confirmed

Trump says Iran attack on ‘hold’: What we know about latest negotiations

ceasefire is “on life support”. While the specific proposals in the latest plan from Iran have not been made public, Baghaei said demands include the release of its assets frozen abroad and the lifting

Board of Peace focus on Hamas risks return to war in Gaza, critics say

ceasefire was declared in October.  Palestinians inspecting the rubble of a building in a Gazan refugee camp that was destroyed by an Israeli airstrike

What’s Iran’s 14-point proposal to end the war? And will Trump accept it?

Lebanon, and “a new mechanism for the Strait of Hormuz”. Iran, which was also attacked by the US and Israel last June, wants a guarantee against future aggression. Israel has previously targeted Iranian nuclear scientists

US is being ‘humiliated’ by Iran’s leadership, says Friedrich Merz

ceasefire deal focused on opening the strait of Hormuz, setting aside discussions on nuclear weapons, missiles, sanctions and other issues for later, according to officials in the region. Under a bill being prepared by Iran

Israel’s war creating a ‘lost generation’ of Lebanese students

ceasefire between the two sides. Since March, Israeli attacks have displaced more than 1.2 million people in Lebanon, among them 500,000 school-aged children, according to UNESCO. Not only are hundreds of thousands

Ships attacked in Strait of Hormuz after ceasefire extension

terms." Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi said earlier that "blockading Iranian ports is an act of war and thus a violation of the ceasefire." He added that the U.S. seizure of an Iranian ship

‘Unacceptable’: What’s Iran’s peace proposal that Trump has rejected?

ceasefire deal, has heightened tensions. The US and Iran have also been continuing to attack, capture and intercept ships, while countries in the Gulf region have also come under attack again. So what’s Iran

Is Israel’s ‘buffer zone’ inside Lebanon an attempt to grab gas reserves?

ceasefire](/news/2026/4/19/does-israels-yellow-line-violate-the-lebanon-ceasefire) but also absorbs Lebanon’s Qana gas project, whose exploration rights were explicitly guaranteed to Lebanon under a 2022 US-brokered maritime border agreement with Israel. Israel’s new [demarcation line](https://x.com