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Iran would open Strait of Hormuz 30 days after peace deal, Nikkei reports citing source

May 25 (Reuters) - The U.S. and Iran are discussing a plan to open the Strait of Hormuz about 30 days after the two countries reach a deal to end hostilities, the Nikkei newspaper reported on Monday citing a Middle East diplomatic source.

Iran would proceed to clear mines from the strait during a 30-day window following an agreement, after which ships from all countries would be able to navigate freely and safely, and Iran would stop collecting transit fees, Nikkei said.

A drone view shows vessels sailing through the Strait of Hormuz, as seen from Musandam, Oman, May 25, 2026. REUTERS/Stringer

Migrants step up to support community in war-hit Beirut

At a busy Beirut centre, migrant volunteers stirred pots of okra soup and shaped balls of the African staple fufu, keeping food coming for those caught between the latest Israel-Hezbollah war.

Here, Lebanon's migrant workers, among those hit hardest by the fighting, have stepped up to support others in their community now struggling to get by.

People drifted in and out, collecting bags of food or hot plates, as the air filled with the scent of cooking.

A volunteer serves food at REMAN, an organisation supporting migrant workers

Iran hangs another protester as dozens more risk execution: rights groups

Iran on Monday executed a man on charges related to protests this year, the latest in a spree of hangings on political or security accusations since the start of the US-Israeli war with dozens more risking execution, rights groups said.

Some three dozen men have been hanged on charges related to protests, membership of banned opposition groups, or espionage since wartime executions resumed in March, according to rights groups.

Executions have surged in Iran

Israeli fire kills six-year-old girl and a woman in Gaza, medics say

CAIRO/GAZA, May 25 (Reuters) - An Israeli airstrike on a tent in the southern Gaza Strip on Monday killed two people including a six-year-old girl and wounded 17 other people, including children, Palestinian health officials said.

Medics said the Israeli airstrike on a tent encampment of displaced families in the Mawasi area of Khan Younis, in the south of the enclave, had killed six-year-old MennatallahAbu Libda and a 31-year-old woman, Hanan Mahmoud.

The attack was carried out by two helicopters, witnesses said.

A mourner carries the body of six-year-old Palestinian girl Mennatallah Abu Libda, who was killed in an Israeli strike on a tent encampment for displaced families, according to medics, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip May 25, 2026. REUTERS/Ramadan Abed

Turkey's pro-Kurdish party condemns ousting of main opposition

By Huseyin Hayatsever

ANKARA, May 25 (Reuters) - Turkey's pro-Kurdish DEM Party condemned on Monday a court ruling that ousted the leadership of the main opposition CHP last week, calling a police operation to evict the leaders from the party's headquarters a "disgrace to democracy".

Riot police fired tear gas and forced their way into the Republican People's Party's (CHP) headquarters in Ankara on Sunday, evicting ousted leader Ozgur Ozel, whose party has rejected the ruling as a "judicial coup" and vowed to fight it.

Turkish riot police enter the headquarters of the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) to evict its ousted leadership, after authorities ordered enforcement of a court ruling removing the party’s leadership from the building, in Ankara, Turkey, May 24, 2026. REUTERS/Efekan Akyuz

Iran war poses new threat to harvests in hunger-stricken Sudan

By El Tayeb Siddig, Nafisa Eltahir and Khalid Abdelaziz

OMDURMAN, Sudan, May 25 (Reuters) - Farmers across Sudan say the hike in global fuel and fertilizer costs resulting from the Iran conflict will force them to cut back on planting this summer, restricting food production in a country where war has causedacute hunger.

A tractor is used to plow the land at an agricultural project in South Omdurman, Sudan May, 21, 2026. REUTERS/El Tayeb Siddig

Trump links Abraham Accords to Iran deal

WASHINGTON, May 25 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday it should be mandatory for countries including Qatar, Pakistan, Egypt, Jordan and Turkey to join the Abraham Accords en masse as part of an effort to reach a deal with Iran.

Trump said he spoke on Saturday to leaders of those countries, as well as Saudi Arabia and Bahrain, which already have signed the accords, a set of agreements to normalize relations with Israel.

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump delivers remarks on artificial intelligence at the "Winning the AI Race" Summit in Washington D.C., U.S., July 23, 2025. REUTERS/Kent Nishimura/File Photo

Trump demands widespread sign-up to Abraham Accords as part of Iran peace deal

US President Donald Trump recast his bid for peace with Iran on Monday as an attempt to strike a grand bargain across the Middle East, urging Muslim-majority countries from the region and beyond to settle their disputes with Israel.

In a lengthy social media post, Trump listed countries whose leaders he spoke with in a conference call on Saturday about efforts to end the war with Iran.

US President Trump is linking an Iran peace deal to the Abraham Accords, which govern the normalization of diplomatic relations between Israel and countries that have historically been hostile to it

Pakistan train bombing kills more than 30 people, official says

By Saleem Ahmed

ISLAMABAD, May 25 (Reuters) - More than 30 people died in a suicide bombing of a train in southwestern Pakistan on Sunday, officials said on Monday, in the latest attack claimed by separatist Balochistan militants.

Two provincial officials, speaking on condition of anonymity as they were not authorised to disclose the information, said on Monday the death toll had risen to more than 30.

At least 24 people were initially reported as dead on Sunday after a suicide bomber rammed an explosive-laden car into the train.

Residents walk past a damaged building, rubble and destroyed cars a day after a blast in Quetta, Pakistan May 25, 2026. REUTERS/Naseer Ahmed

Israeli right-wing ministers urge Netanyahu to resume Beirut strikes to counter Hezbollah drone attacks

By Steven Scheer and Maya Gebeily

JERUSALEM/BEIRUT, May 25 (Reuters) - Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich on Monday called on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to resume bombing Beirut in response to increased explosive drone attacks by Hezbollah on Israeli troops and northern Israel towns.

Smotrich's comments came after an Israeli soldier was killed by a Hezbollah drone attack on Sunday. Israeli media reported that Smotrich made similar remarks at a cabinet meeting on Sunday.

FILE PHOTO: Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich speaks at a press conference in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, August 14, 2025. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun/File Photo