Trump calls Iranian proposal to end war 'totally unacceptable'
US President Donald Trump called the latest Iranian proposal to end the war "totally unacceptable" on Sunday, in a Truth Social post.
· JERUSALEM POST STAFF, REUTERS
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· Sbsaustralia
Trump set to 'apply pressure' on Xi over Iran
WASHINGTON — US President Donald Trump will press China's Xi Jinping on Iran when they meet in Beijing in coming days, but their "highly symbolic" superpower summit will focus on easing trade tensions, officials said Sunday.
· Agence France-Presse
Netanyahu says Iran war is 'not over' as peace deal remains elusive
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday that the war with Iran is "not over," as the U.S. and Israel still aim to bring an end to Tehran's nuclear ambitions.
· Garrett Downs
Fiscal policy response to Iran war risks worsening inflation: BIS chief
BIS General Manager Pablo Hernandez de Cos says the Middle East conflict is expected to "drive inflation upwards and growth downwards." (Photo by Akikazu Ishii)
· Staff Writer
'Greatest sucker': Trump's extraordinary spray at Obama
Hello and welcome to our live rolling coverage of the war in Iran, this Monday, May 11.
La Nobel iraní Narges Mohammadi es trasladada a hospital de Teherán, afirma su fundación
En la imagen, proporcionada por la Fundación Narges Mohammadi, aparece Narges Mohammadi posando para un retrato en Teherán, Irán, el 9 de febrero de 2025. (Nooshin Jafari/Fundación Narges Mohammadi vía AP)
· Sarah El Deeb
Iran’s Supreme Leader orders armed forces to maintain readiness
Iran’s Supreme Leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, instructed the country’s armed forces to continue confronting “enemies” with strength and determination, Iranian State television said yesterday (10).
· Gayan Abeykoon
Kennedy scion Jack Schlossberg opposes military support for Israel, claims US already lost war in Iran
Manhattan congressional candidate Jack Schlossberg says he supports the effort to block arms sales to Israel and claims that the US has already lost the war in Iran.
· Carl Campanile
Iran offers to move uranium abroad but rejects dismantling nuclear sites: Report
Iran has indicated it is willing to transfer its enriched uranium out of the country but has refused to dismantle its nuclear facilities, leaving key gaps with the United States, according to a report by The Wall Street Journal citing sources familiar with the response.
· Middleeasteye
Inflation could hit 7 per cent – this is what it would mean
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· Tilli Andrew
Trump warns Iran will 'be laughing no longer', condemns behavior of past 47 years
US President Donald Trump wrote that while Iran has been playing games and laughing at the US for 47 years, "they will be laughing no longer," he wrote on Truth Social on Sunday.
· DANYA SAPERSTEIN
Secret Israeli Base Hidden In Iraqi Desert Backed Operations Inside Iran
In a revelation sure to outrage Baghdad and broad swathes of the Iraqi public, Israel established a secret military base in Iraq's desert region to support air operations against Iran, related to the start of Trump's Operation Epic Fury, The Wall Street Journal reported Saturday.
· Tyler Durden
Trump accuses Iran of 'playing games' after ceasefire response
US President Donald Trump has accused Iran of “playing games” in his first public remarks since Tehran responded to Washington’s ceasefire proposal.
· Middleeasteye
Trump: Iran 'will be laughing no longer' | The National
US President Donald Trump said that Iran had been "playing games" with the US and the "the rest of the world", in a long social media post on Sunday.
· Cody Combs
Iraqi parliament ‘to summon defence minister’ over alleged secret Israeli base
Iraq’s parliament is set to summon the defence and interior ministers following reports that Israel established a secret military post inside the country during the war on Iran, according to The New Arab.
· Middleeasteye
Trump responds with warning after Iran refuses to discuss nuclear program in latest peace offer: ‘They will be laughing no longer’
President Trump warned Iran against “playing games” on Sunday after the Islamic republic refused to discuss its nuclear program in the latest peace deal offer.
· Ronny Reyes
Bahrain Intensifies Crackdown On Shia Communities, Arrests Dozens Over Alleged IRGC Links
Bahrain’s Interior Ministry announced on Saturday the arrest of 41 citizens, including multiple Shia religious leaders, over alleged ties to Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).
· Tyler Durden
Nobel laureate Narges Mohammadi is transferred to a Tehran hospital, her foundation says
This photo provided by the Narges Mohammadi Foundation shows Narges Mohammadi posing for a portrait in Tehran, Iran on Feb. 9, 2025. (Nooshin Jafari/Narges Mohammadi Foundation via AP)
· Sarah El Deeb
Putin’s shadow fleet faces fresh EU sanctions blitz
BRUSSELS — Moscow’s shadow fleet is back in the EU’s crosshairs.
· Nicholas Vinocur
What threat model did the UAE confront, and why should we care? - opinion
The recent statement by the United Arab Emirates State Security Service announcing the dismantling of a terrorist organization linked to Iran’s Velayat-e Faqih – which advocates Shi’ite clerical rule over the state and fealty to the supreme religious leader – should not be treated as a routine security incident, but…
· SALEM ALKETBI
UAE cybersecurity prioritisation pays off amid Iran tensions, official says | The National
Efforts to combat cyber attacks against the UAE amid the Iran conflict have been successful and continue to be a major focus, the UAE's assistant foreign minister for advanced science and technology said.
· Cody Combs
Trump says US will not allow Iran to reach enriched uranium
President Donald Trump has warned that the United States will target any Iranian trying to reach the country’s highly enriched uranium, saying that the nuclear material is under constant surveillance by the US military.
· Al Jazeera Staff
How injured is Mojtaba Khamenei? Iran says supreme leader just has a scratch | The National
Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei is in good health apart from an injured ankle and a “small crack” behind his ear, an aide has claimed.
· The National
Iran's enriched uranium under US surveillance, will be extracted 'at some point', Trump says
US President Donald Trump said that the US has Iran’s enriched uranium surveilled, and is prepared to take action if it receives intelligence that action is being taken at the site in an interview with Full Measure on Sunday.
· DANYA SAPERSTEIN
Macron says France 'never considered' Hormuz deployment, backs Iran coordination
French President Emmanuel Macron has said Paris has “never considered” deploying warships to the Strait of Hormuz, instead supporting a maritime security effort “coordinated with Iran”, according to AFP.
· Middleeasteye
Food inflation hammers households in war-hit Iran
Tehran, Iran – Skyrocketing inflation is jeopardising food security among households in conflict-hit Iran, new figures show, as diplomatic efforts to end the war launched by the United States and Israel intensify.
· Maziar Motamedi
One billion barrels of oil lost since Iran war started
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· Reuters
Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu warns Iran war is 'not over' unless uranium removed | The National
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that amid the continuing negotiations between the US and Iran to end the current war, he wouldn’t consider the conflict ended until Iran's enriched uranium was removed.
· Cody Combs
Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu warns Iran war is 'not over' unless uranium removed | The National
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that amid the continuing negotiations between the US and Iran to end the current war, he wouldn’t consider the conflict ended until Iran's enriched uranium was removed.
· Cody Combs
Trump vows to confiscate Iran’s nuclear material, says it’s monitored by Space Force
President Trump on Sunday vowed to confiscate Iran’s leftover nuclear material and warned the Islamic Republic that America is carefully watching its facilities from space.
· Ryan King
Iran warns of response to French and British warships in Hormuz
An Iranian official has warned that Tehran will confront the presence of French and British warships in the Strait of Hormuz, raising tensions in the strategic waterway.
· Middleeasteye
Iraqi parliament ‘to summon defence minister’ over alleged secret Israeli army post
Iraq’s parliament is set to summon the defence and interior ministers following reports that Israel established a secret military post inside the country during the war on Iran, according to The New Arab.
· Middleeasteye
Iraqi parliament ‘to summon defence minister’ over alleged secret Israeli base
Iraq’s parliament is set to summon the defence and interior ministers following reports that Israel established a secret military post inside the country during the war on Iran, according to The New Arab.
· Middleeasteye
Iran refuses to address nuclear program in latest peace deal response to US
Iran’s response to the latest US peace proposal refuses to address its nuclear program — focusing instead on ending the fighting across the region, Iranian state media said Sunday.
· Emily Crane
Israel reportedly operates covert base in Iraq during Iran campaign
A covert IDF outpost operated deep inside the Iraqi desert during the opening phase of the war with Iran, according to a report by The Jerusalem Post's senior military correspondent and intelligence analyst, Yonah Jeremy Bob.
· JERUSALEM POST PODCASTS
High Court questions comptroller’s authority to probe core Oct. 7 failures
The High Court of Justice on Sunday pressed State Comptroller Matanyahu Englman over whether he has the legal authority to examine the core failures surrounding the October 7 massacre and the Iran war, repeatedly questioning whether parts of his review belong instead before a future commission of inquiry.
· SARAH BEN-NUN
Trump-Netanyahu bond fraying as Iran conflict continues without resolution - report
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Donald Trump’s relationship has been fraying after Netanyahu talked Trump into a war against an Iranian regime presented as too weak to fight back effectively, according to an analysis published in the Guardian on Saturday.
· JERUSALEM POST STAFF
Netanyahu says Iran war 'not over' amid fragile US ceasefire
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has warned that the war with Iran is “not over”, despite a fragile US-brokered ceasefire.
· Middleeasteye
Iran sends response to US proposals to end war - DailyNews
Iran has sent its response to US proposals to end the war via mediators in Pakistan, Iranian state media report.
· Supuni Kulasinghe
Dubai's Global Village to stay open three extra weeks following Iran war disruption | The National
Dubai’s Global Village has extended its milestone 30th season until May 31, with the attraction set to mark Eid Al Adha with special celebrations during its final weeks.
· Evelyn Lau
Dubai's Global Village to stay open three extra weeks following Iran war disruption | The National
Dubai’s Global Village has extended its milestone 30th season until May 31, with the attraction set to mark Eid Al Adha with special celebrations during its final weeks.
· Evelyn Lau
Saudi oil giant Aramco sees Q1 profits rise 25% by shifting exports to its East-West Pipeline
Oil tankers sit at anchor offshore in the Strait of Hormuz off Bandar Abbas, Iran, Saturday, May 2, 2026. (Amirhosein Khorgooi/ISNA via AP)
Iran war to make Trump's big China trip very different
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· Associated Press
Anxiety, anticipation as World Cup one-month countdown begins
LOS ANGELES, United States — The one-month countdown to the 2026 World Cup gets under way on Monday with anticipation crashing into anxiety as soaring ticket prices, political tensions in Donald Trump's America and the war in Iran cast an early shadow over the football showpiece.
· Agence France-Presse
Property, a visa and a university job: the Australian links forged by a powerful Iranian politician’s son in Melbourne
The son of Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf – now leading Iran’s peace negotiations with US – lived and worked in Melbourne, raising questions about national security and sanctions
· Adeshola Ore, Mark Schliebs
‘Unidentified aircraft’ hit Korean cargo ship in Hormuz on Monday: Seoul
Iran has denied responsibility for the attack, with its embassy in Seoul stating that it rejects and denies any allegations of involvement
· Agence France-Presse
‘Unidentified aircraft’ hit Korean cargo ship in Hormuz on Monday: Seoul
Iran has denied responsibility for the attack, with its embassy in Seoul stating that it rejects and denies any allegations of involvement
· Agence France-Presse
Tehran responds to US peace proposal, Iran state media says
Tehran has formally submitted its response to a United States proposal to end the war, Iranian state media reported on Sunday without providing details.
· Jordyn Dahl
Iran's Ayatollah 'difficult to get a hold of,' US ambassador Mike Waltz says | The National
Difficulty in reaching Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei was one of several reasons cited by White House UN Ambassador Mike Waltz as to why there's been no response from Tehran to US proposals to end the war.
· Cody Combs