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Saturday April 11, 2026 Police officers walk towards bus for their deployment in Islamabad, Pakistan before planned US-Iran ceasefire talks With negotiators already on the move, the next round of US-Iran ceasefire talks has been plunged into fresh uncertainty. The United States delegation has left for Saturday’s planned discussions in Islamabad, Pakistan, while Iran’s government says its representatives have already landed. Yet even before the two sides sit down, Friday brought a new burst of friction that cast a shadow…

Fresh uncertainty hung over planned peace talks in Pakistan after Iran said negotiations cannot begin unless blocked Iranian assets are released and a ceasefire in Lebanon is firmly in place. Iran's parliament ⁠speaker, Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf, said on X that both conditions had already been agreed with the US and said the talks would not go ahead until they are met. Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi repeated that message and likewise demanded an end to Israeli airstrikes on Lebanon. Pakistani sources said both Mr Qalibaf and Mr…

Tensions are mounting around a fragile two-week ceasefire between the US and Iran, with Washington accusing Tehran of failing to honour commitments on the Strait of Hormuz and Israel launching strikes on Lebanon that Iran says breach the truce. There was still no indication that Iran intended to ease its near-total blockade of the strait, a choke point that has triggered the most severe disruption ever seen in global energy supplies. Iran pointed to Israel's continuing assault on Lebanon, including what were described as the…

Osmond ChiaBusiness reporterThursday April 9, 2026 Oil prices climbed in Asian trading on Thursday as markets tracked the increasingly shaky US-Iran ceasefire and what it could mean for shipments through the Strait of Hormuz. The two-week truce, already described as conditional, came under fresh pressure after Israel carried out a series of deadly strikes in Lebanon, drawing a warning from Tehran of a "regret‑inducing response" if the attacks go on. Oil prices plunged on Wednesday after the announcement of the agreement…

As the aftermath of Lebanon’s deadliest day of the war continued to unfold, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said today he wants direct negotiations with Beirut, raising the stakes just one day after bombardments killed more than 300 people and cast fresh doubt over Donald Trump’s US-Iran ceasefire. Mr Trump declared a ceasefire in the six-week Iran conflict late on Tuesday, only hours before a deadline after which he had warned he would wipe out Iran’s entire civilisation. In Pakistan, officials were making…

Thursday April 9, 2026 Rescuers stand amid rubble at the site of an Israeli strike in Tyre, Lebanon, on April 8 President Donald Trump said Lebanon was left out of the ceasefire between the United States and Iran, a position that directly undercut Pakistan’s claim that it had helped secure a truce covering the wider region. The comment came after Israel unleashed a sweeping assault on Lebanon on Wednesday that killed and wounded more than 1,400 people in crowded areas. Trump brushed off the fighting between Israel and…

Thursday April 9, 2026 Mogadishu (AX) — Somalia on Wednesday welcomed the ceasefire agreement between the United States and Iran, describing it as a meaningful step toward lowering tensions and protecting regional and international stability. In a statement released in Mogadishu, the Federal Government said that, as a member of the United Nations Security Council, Somalia considers the ceasefire a timely and significant move toward de-escalation, confidence-building and the preservation of peace and security. The government…

The ceasefire struck between the US and Iran has ended the fighting without delivering Israel’s core war aims, analysts say, prompting swift condemnation from Israeli opposition figures who cast the outcome as a serious strategic setback. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had framed the conflict around a central objective: eliminating, or at minimum sharply crippling, Iran’s nuclear programme, which he has long portrayed as an "existential threat" to Israel. He also said Israel sought to dismantle Iran’s ballistic…

Anthony ZurcherWednesday April 8, 2026 For now, at least, the crisis stepped back from the brink. At 18:32 Washington time, President Donald Trump announced on his social media platform that the US and Iran were "very far along" toward a "definitive" peace agreement and that he had accepted a two-week ceasefire to keep talks moving. It was not quite the final bell, but it came close: Trump’s deadline of 20:00 EDT (00:00 GMT on Wednesday) had been looming, with the warning that if no deal emerged, the US would unleash major…

With barely an hour to spare before President Donald Trump's deadline to unleash a devastating assault on Iran, Washington and Tehran agreed overnight to a two-week ceasefire, prompting a wave of global relief tempered by deep uncertainty. Iran has also agreed to temporarily reopen the Strait of Hormuz, a vital artery for global shipments of oil, gas and fertiliser, easing immediate fears for an already battered world economy. Even so, international leaders warned the breakthrough remained fragile. UN chief Antonio Guterres…