Archives for April, 2026

First responders at the site of an April 10, 2026 Israeli airstrike on the Lebanese State Security Center in the southern Lebanese city of Nabatieh

Lebanon PM says working to get Israeli troop withdrawal

Agence France-Presse

A vessel at the Strait of Hormuz, off the coast of Oman’s Musandam province, April 12, 2026. REUTERS/File Photo

US military says it will start blockade of all ships going to and from Iran on Monday

Reuters

Israel's Military Secretary to the Prime Minister Roman Gofman waits before a joint press conference of U.S. President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the State Dining Room at the White House, in Washington, D.C., U.S., September 29, 2025. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

Israel approves appointment of new intelligence agency chief

Reuters

Israel kept up its airstrikes on Lebanon Sunday

War in the Middle East: latest developments

Agence France-Presse

US President Donald Trump has threatened a US naval blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, but will that help him get the upper hand with Iran?

After unsuccessful US-Iran talks, what next for Trump?

Agence France-Presse

FILE PHOTO: A map showing the Strait of Hormuz is seen in this illustration taken March 23, 2026. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo

Iran's Guards will view military vessels approaching strait as ceasefire breach

Reuters

A man walks as a Saudi flag flutters in the background at Al Qaisareyah Market, amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, March 4, 2026. Picture taken with a mobile phone. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa

Saudi Arabia summons Iraq envoy over drone threats from Iraqi territory

Reuters

In Iran, many had hoped for an end to the war sparked by US-Israeli strikes

'No other way': Mideast prepares for more fighting as talks fail

Agence France-Presse

Pakistan's Chief of Defence Forces and Chief of Army Staff Field Marshal Asim Munir (R) has been at the center of the historic Iran-US talks in Islamabad

At US-Iran talks, Pakistan's field marshal takes centre stage

Agence France-Presse

A vessel at the Strait of Hormuz, off the coast of Oman’s Musandam province, April 12, 2026. REUTERS

Trump says it will take a little while for US to blockade the Strait of Hormuz

Reuters

US President Donald Trump says marathon negotiations with Iran had gone 'well' despite the peace talks ending in failure, and he is ordering a US naval blockade of the Strait of Hormuz

Trump orders US naval blockade of Strait of Hormuz

Agence France-Presse

FILE PHOTO: President Donald Trump arrives from the Blue Room to speak about the Iran war from the Cross Hall of the White House on Wednesday, April 1, 2026, in Washington. Alex Brandon/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo

Trump says US to start blockading the Strait of Hormuz immediately

Reuters

Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese leaves Lakemba Mosque after a visit for Eid al-Fitr in Sydney, Australia, March 20, 2026. REUTERS/Hollie Adams/File Photo

Australia PM Albanese to visit Brunei, Malaysia to shore up fuel supply

Reuters

A young woman mourns over the body of her sister Hawraa, 22, during the funeral service of six women and a man killed in Israeli strikes yesterday in Abbasiyeh, at a mosque in Tyre, Lebanon, April 10, 2026. REUTERS/Louisa Gouliamaki

Israeli strike kills infant girl in south Lebanon during father's funeral

Reuters

FILE PHOTO: Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir visits Al-Aqsa compound also known to Jews as the Temple Mount, in Jerusalem's Old City August 13, 2024, in this screengrab obtained from a handout video. Temple Mount Administration/Handout via REUTERS.

Israel's Ben-Gvir visits flashpoint Al-Aqsa Mosque compound

Reuters

In Tehran, a vendor pushes his cart past a giant billboard reading 'The Strait of Hormuz remains closed'

US military to begin blockade of Iranian ports on Monday

Agence France-Presse