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Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Iran has suspended exchanging texts with the U.S. over a preliminary agreement aimed at ending the war, in response to Israel’s escalating military strikes in Lebanon, the Tasnim news agency reported on Monday (June 1, 2026). “Due to the continuation of the Zionist regime’s [Israel]…
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Image used for representational purposes. File | Photo Credit: Reuters U.S. and Iranian negotiators have reached a tentative agreement to extend the ceasefire by 60 days and launch talks on Iran’s nuclear program, according to a U.S. official familiar with the matter. The official, who was not authorised to comment publicly and spoke on condition…
President Donald Trump with Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. File | Photo Credit: AP U.S. President Donald Trump and Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had a tense phone call over the future course of the war on Iran as Washington appeared to be in favour of a deal instead of the resumption of strikes, U.S….
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U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to the press aboard Air Force One en route to the U.S. File | Photo Credit: Reuters U.S. President Donald Trump issued a veiled warning over rising tensions in the West Asia, posting an AI-generated image and message that read, “It was the calm before the storm,” amid reports that…
Logo of the the UAE Defence Ministry. Photo: X@modgovae The United Arab Emirates’ Ministry of Defence on Friday (May 8, 2026) announced that the country’s air defences are “actively engaging” with a missile and drone attack as the Iran war’s shaky ceasefire was again challenged. The Ministry advised residents not to approach, photograph or touch…
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U.S. President Donald Trump said the ceasefire with Iran was still in place Thursday, despite exchanges of fire with Iranian forces in the Strait of Hormuz. “They trifled with us today. We blew them away,” he told reporters in Washington, insisting that talks were “going very well.” -AFP Source link
U.S. President Donald Trump. File | Photo Credit: Reuters The United States is pressing ahead with plans for an international coalition to open the Strait of Hormuz, according to a State Department cable seen by Reuters, as oil prices surge on fears of lengthy disruptions to global fuel supplies. Two months into the war that…
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In this photo released by the Pakistan Prime Minister Office, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, left, greets Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi before their meeting in Islamabad, Pakistan, on April 25, 2026. Photo: Pakistan Prime Minister Office via AP Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, after arrival in Russia on Monday (April 27, 2026), said that his…
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Ships and tankers in the Strait of Hormuz off the coast of Musandam, Oman. The Strait of Hormuz remained closed on April 19, 2026 in the stand-off between Iran and the United States | Photo Credit: Reuters The Strait of Hormuz remained closed on Sunday (April 19, 2026) in the stand-off between Iran and the…
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Iran announced on April 18, 2026, it was reimposing restrictions on Strait of Hormuz in response to a U.S. blockade on Iranian shipping and ports. File photo for representational purposes only. | Photo Credit: Reuters The British military said on Saturday (April 18, 2026) that two gunboats from Iran’s Revolutionary Guard opened fire on a…
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