Truce

Fresh violence in the Strait of Hormuz has thrown a fragile US-Iran ceasefire into doubt, with Tehran accusing واشنگتن of violating the truce and both sides trading blame for an overnight confrontation in one of the world’s most strategically sensitive waterways. "The action carried out last night was both a blatant violation of international law and a breach of the ceasefire," foreign ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei said, according to the ISNA news agency. "At the same time, the country's defenders delivered a 'major…

With the clock ticking down on a fragile pause in fighting, Iran said it has yet to dispatch a delegation for fresh peace talks with the United States, even as the temporary ceasefire that halted the Middle East war edged toward expiry. Tehran and Washington have traded blame over alleged violations of the two-week truce, which is due to end by tomorrow, deepening doubts over whether diplomacy can prevent the conflict from flaring again. At the first round of talks in Pakistan earlier this month — the most senior contacts…

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Hours after a brief Orthodox Easter truce expired, Ukraine and Russia returned to overnight drone warfare, with both sides trading accusations that the 32-hour pause had been violated on a massive scale. Ukraine’s air force said Russia launched 98 drones overnight and reported that air defence units shot down 87 of them. Officials in Ukraine said an infrastructure site in the central-eastern Dnipropetrovsk region was struck, adding that casualty details were still being established. Russia, for its part, said that “on April…

Hamas backs technocratic committee for post-war Gaza as ceasefire advances to second stage A senior Hamas official has welcomed the creation of a technocratic committee to administer post-war Gaza, framing the step as vital to consolidating the fragile ceasefire and preventing a slide back into fighting. Egypt, a mediator in indirect ceasefire talks between Israel and Hamas, announced the formation of a 15-member Palestinian technocratic committee. The body would operate under the overall supervision of a so-called “Board of…

Ceasefire’s fragile calm: a pause that forces questions about Gaza’s future The quiet that fell over Gaza for a third day was not the deep silence of peace so much as the cautious hush of people catching their breath. A US-mediated truce has created a narrow corridor for the release of hostages, the return of displaced families and a summit in Egypt billed as the moment to “end the war.” But beneath the immediate relief — and the carefully choreographed optimism in Jerusalem and Sharm el-Sheikh — lie hard political choices…

In a recent dialogue, Egypt’s Foreign Affairs Minister Badr Abdelatty reiterated the nation’s unwavering dedication to facilitating an immediate ceasefire, political reconciliation, and enduring peace in Sudan, while also ensuring that humanitarian assistance is promptly and effectively provided. This dialogue occurred during Minister Abdelatty’s engagement with Annette Weber, the EU's Special Representative for the Horn of Africa, on the fringes of the Sir Bani Yas Forum held in the United Arab Emirates. The core…