Archives for April, 2026

People walk next to a mural depicting the late leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini and the late Supreme Leader of Iran Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, after U.S. President Donald Trump said that he had agreed to a two-week ceasefire with Iran, in Tehran, Iran, April 8, 2026. Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS

Trump warns of major war escalation if Iran peace process fails

Reuters

FILE PHOTO: Iran's Minister of Science Hossein Simaee Sarraf inspects the damage at the research building of the Shahid Beheshti University, which was damaged by a strike, amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, in Tehran, Iran, April 4, 2026. Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS /File Photo

Iranian delegation to reach Islamabad Thursday, Iran's ambassador to Pakistan says

Reuters

FILE PHOTO: A cargo ship in the Gulf, near the Strait of Hormuz, as seen from northern Ras al-Khaimah, near the border with Oman’s Musandam governance, amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, in United Arab Emirates, March 11, 2026. REUTERS/Stringer/File Photo

UK to call for toll-free Strait of Hormuz, wants Lebanon in ceasefire deal

Reuters

FILE PHOTO: Smoke of an explosion is seen at Kafr Kila following Israel army activity across the border between Israel and Lebanon, as seen from Metula on the Israeli side of the border, April 8, 2026. REUTERS/Avi Ohayon/File Photo

Analysis-As US and Iran talk truce, Israel digs in for a 'forever war'

Reuters

US President Donald Trump mimics firing a gun as he speaks in the White House about the war against Iran

Trump says US military to stay deployed near Iran until 'real agreement' reached

Agence France-Presse

President Donald Trump pauses as he finishes speaking about the Iran war from the Cross Hall of the White House on Wednesday, April 1, 2026, in Washington. Alex Brandon/Pool via REUTERS

Trump says US military to stay around Iran until Tehran complies with deal

Reuters

An Israeli strike in the southern Lebanese city of Sidon on April 8, 2026. Invesors worry the continued strikes on Lebanon threaten a ceasefire between Iran and the US

US stocks extend gains, shrugging off ceasefire worries

Agence France-Presse

Iran's sanctions-hit economy was fragile before the war

Iran's economy was weak before the war, now it's worse

Agence France-Presse

U.S. President Donald Trump, flanked by Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, speaks during a press conference in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., April 6, 2026. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

Analysis-Trump's abrupt Iran reversal exposes limits of his leverage

Reuters

French President Emmanuel Macron attends a meeting of France's defence and security council following the Iran war ceasefire announcement and to address the return of Cecile Kohler and Jacques Paris, two French nationals freed by Iran after three and a half years in detention, at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, April 8, 2026. REUTERS/Tom Nicholson/Pool

France's Macron urges US, Iran to respect ceasefire in Lebanon

Reuters

FILE PHOTO: A cargo ship in the Gulf, near the Strait of Hormuz, as seen from northern Ras al-Khaimah, near the border with Oman’s Musandam governance, amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, in United Arab Emirates, March 11, 2026. REUTERS/Stringer/File Photo

Greek PM says tolls for ships to cross Hormuz would be unacceptable, a risk to freedom of navigation

Reuters

Iranians welcomed news of the US-Iran ceasefire, which has seen oil prices slump and stocks rocket

Oil prices plunge, stocks surge on US-Iran ceasefire

Agence France-Presse

While some Iranians in capital Tehran fear the ceasefire with the United States will lead to little, others declared victory and most breathed a sigh of relief after weeks of war

Tehran residents relieved but divided by Trump truce

Agence France-Presse

An emergency responder works at the site of an Israeli strike, in Al-Mazraa in Beirut, Lebanon, April 8, 2026. REUTERS/Yara Nardi

UN condemns Israeli strikes on Lebanon, calls casualty reports 'appalling'

Reuters

US Vice President JD Vance speaks to the media before boarding Air Force Two in Budapest

Vance says up to Iran if it wants truce to 'fall apart' over Lebanon

Agence France-Presse

U.S. Vice President JD Vance delivers remarks at a Day of Friendship event with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban at MTK Sportpark in Budapest, Hungary, April 7, 2026. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/Pool/File Photo

US did not agree that ceasefire would cover Lebanon, Vance says

Reuters