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Newest first · UTC+11:00Trump threatens to ‘blow up whole country’ if Iran does not sign deal
US President Donald Trump told Fox News that America will “blow up the whole country” if Iran does not sign a peace deal.
· Middleeasteye
Islamabad police impose traffic restrictions ahead of further talks
Islamabad police have given notice to residents that restrictions will be in place due to “foreign delegations” visiting the capital - a further sign that potential talks will resume between Iran and the US in Islamabad.
· Middleeasteye
Trump says U.S. negotiators will be in Pakistan on Mon. for peace talks with Iran
WASHINGTON, April 19 (Yonhap) -- U.S. President Donald Trump said Sunday that U.S. negotiators will be in Pakistan the following day for peace talks with Iran, renewing his threat to destroy Iranian power plants and bridges if the Islamic Republic does not agree to a deal.
· Song Sang-ho
'No more Mr. Nice Guy!': Trump says Iran committed 'serious' ceasefire violation, still wants deal
US President Donald Trump said Iran has committed a "serious violation" of the ceasefire but still thinks he can get a peace deal, ABC News reporter Jonathan Karl posted on X/Twitter on Sunday.
· JERUSALEM POST STAFF, REUTERS
U.S. Navy Deploys Sea Robots To Sweep Hormuz Chokepoint For Mines
The US military is deploying unmanned and autonomous surface platforms that can tow an advanced mine-hunting sonar system to detect sea mines that were deployed by Iranian naval forces. This development comes even as Iran closed the Hormuz chokepoint on Saturday morning.
· Tyler Durden
Iran mocks EU calls to reopen Strait of Hormuz
BRUSSELS — The Iranian government ridiculed EU top diplomat Kaja Kallas’ calls to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and respect international law.
· Gregorio Sorgi
Middle East crisis live: Iran says handing over enriched uranium a ‘non-starter’ as strait of Hormuz remains shut
Donald Trump said on Truth Social that his representatives were going to be in Islamabad on Monday night for more negotiations.
· Vivian Ho, Wendy Frew, Patrickwintour
Iran War negotiations will resume this week — as Witkoff and Kushner head to Pakistan for talks, Trump tells The Post
ISLAMABAD — President Trump’s Middle East envoy is headed to Pakistan this week to restart negotiations to end the Iran War, the commander-in-chief told The Post Sunday.
· Caitlin Doornbos
Turkey Could Be 'Next Iran' For Israel: US Envoy Scrambles To Calm Tensions
US Envoy Tom Barrack has downplayed escalating tensions between Turkey and Israel as just "rhetoric" and pushed for regional cooperation between the two countries in security and energy projects.
· Tyler Durden
Iran will ‘stand to the end’ against US pressure – top negotiator
Iran will not yield to US pressure, parliament speaker and top negotiator Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf has said. He stressed that progress has been made in the negotiations, though fundamental issues are still unresolved.
· RT
Iran war: 10 frequently used words and their meanings
Nearly two months into the US–Israel war on Iran, the conflict has killed thousands of people and disrupted major energy flows. At the centre of the crisis is the Strait of Hormuz, the vital chokepoint where about 20 percent of the world’s oil supplies normally flow, which has been repeatedly restricted or threatene…
· Alma Milisic
Grateful for the elimination of Ali Larijani - opinion
As a South Azerbaijani dissident journalist, I am overjoyed to live in a world without the tyrant Ali Larijani, Iran’s former Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council. He was the mastermind behind much of the Iranian regime’s policy and a man with a long history of oppressing the Azerbaijani nation.
· AHMED OBALI
Iran claims it replenishes missile launchers faster than before Operation Roaring Lion - report
Iran claims it is replenishing its missile and drone launchers at a higher speed than it did prior to the war with the US and Israel, the Revolutionary Guards Aerospace Force commander, Majid Mousavi, said on Sunday, according to Nournews.
· JERUSALEM POST STAFF
Turkey's Fidan says Iran and US 'has will' to continue talks to end the war
Turkey's Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said on Sunday that both Iran and the United States had the will to continue talks to end the war.
· Middleeasteye
U.S.-Iran peace talks: disputes, tensions and global implications
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Iran turns back two tankers attempting to cross Strait of Hormuz
Iran’s armed forces turned back two tankers attempting to transit the Strait of Hormuz on Sunday after issuing warnings, semi-official Tasnim news agency reported, saying this came as a result of the continuing U.S. maritime blockade on Iran.
· Middleeasteye
Iran says final deal still far off as Hormuz Strait shuttered
The Strait of Hormuz remained closed on Sunday in the stand-off between Iran and the United States, with Iran's powerful speaker of parliament signalling a final peace deal was "far" off despite movement in negotiations.
· AFP
Iran says it is replenishing missile launchers faster than before the war
Iran is updating and replenishing its missiles and drone launchers at a higher rate than it did before the war with the US and Israel, an Iranian Revolutionary Guards Aerospace Force commander claimed on Sunday.
· Middleeasteye
Why military brass kept Trump sidelined during high-stakes Iranian extraction operation - report
Military advisers intentionally excluded President Donald Trump from the command room during the recent high-stakes extraction of a downed American airman in Iran, fearing his erratic temper would jeopardize the mission, the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday, citing a senior administration official.
· JERUSALEM POST STAFF
Pakistan preparing for potential new talks in Islamabad: Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera is reporting that a second round of talks could take place in Islamabad between Tehran and Washington.
· Middleeasteye
Iran says talks continue while it retains control of Strait of Hormuz traffic
Iran ratcheted up its rhetoric against the U.S. on Sunday, a day after it said it had reasserted control of the Strait of Hormuz. President Donald Trump confirmed peace talks with Iran are continuing, while warning Tehran not to try to use blackmail.
· Azhar Sukri, Terri Cullen, Spencer Kimball
Israel had a bad week in Europe. Does it herald a wider shift in EU relations?
With Orbán gone and Meloni distancing herself, EU sanctions on trade and settlers are looking more likely
· Emma Graham Harrison, Jennifer Rankin, Lorenzo Tondo, Ashifa Kassam, Deborah Cole
Zelensky condemns US extension of Russian sanctions waiver
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky has condemned a US decision to extend the period during which Russia is allowed to sell oil despite Western sanctions.
· Paulin Kola
War on Iran: Why Israel and the US are the ultimate losers
Taking into account the continuously changing objectives of the US-Israeli war on Iran - which range from inciting internal turmoil and regime change, to dismantling Iran’s civilian nuclear programme, eliminating its missile capacity and unconditionally opening the Strait of Hormuz - it is clear that none have been …
· Middleeasteye
Islamabad hotels, transportation close Sunday as city braces for possible round two of negotiations
ISLAMABAD — Major hotels are sold out for reservations this week and some transportation and other services have shut down in and near Pakistan’s capital city on Sunday, as the world waits in hope for a second round of peace talks between Iran and the US to take place.
· Caitlin Doornbos
Australia pledges to help keep Strait of Hormuz open if deal is reached
Auto news: Public electric car charging cables cut and stolen at shopping centre
· Sarah Swain
Iranian women's soccer players 'were misled,' in Australia, Pezeshkian says in video address
Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian released a lengthy statement on Sunday, distributed by the semi-official Iranian Students' News Agency (ISNA), that addressed a number of topics, including the Iranian athletes who were offered asylum in Australia in March.
· JERUSALEM POST STAFF
Iran war day 51: What is happening in Lebanon and the Strait of Hormuz?
The strategic Strait of Hormuz was closed again amid the standoff between Iran and the United States, as the influential Iranian parliamentary speaker indicated that a conclusive peace agreement was still “far” away, even though talks made some headway.
· Al Jazeera Staff
AI colonialism: Pitfalls of overreliance on US expertise
U.S. forces under President Donald Trump have extensively used artificial intelligence in strikes against Iran during the war between the two countries.
· HIROYUKI AKITA
Iran keen on deal to end war but has higher ‘pain tolerance’: think tank chief
Mohamed Amersi, who is close to Iranian negotiators, says regime is prepared for long haul and will not give up its missile programme
· Zuraidah Ibrahim
Iran keen on deal to end war but has higher ‘pain tolerance’: think tank chief
Mohamed Amersi, who is close to Iranian negotiators, says regime is prepared for long haul and will not give up its missile programme
· Zuraidah Ibrahim
Iranian President insists on country's nuclear rights, ISNA reports
U.S. President Donald Trump has no justification to deprive Iran of its nuclear rights, the Iranian Student News Agency quoted Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian as saying on Sunday, as Washington and Tehran continue to face disagreements over nuclear issues.
· Middleeasteye
Iran sees progress in talks with US on ending war but deal still distant | The National
Iran’s parliament speaker said talks with the US on ending the war had made progress but stressed the arch-foes are some way from reaching a deal.
· The National
Ghazal, youngest female Kurdish Peshmerga, dies after IRGC strike and medical neglect
Friends and comrades of Ghazal Molan, a 19-year-old Peshmerga from Mahabad opposed to the Islamic Republic, laid her to rest on Thursday afternoon in Sulaymaniyah, in the Kurdistan Region, amid deep sorrow, as Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) drone and missile strikes continued across the area.
· REUTERS
Iran truce remains uncertain
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Irán insiste en cerrar el estrecho de Ormuz mientras se agota el plazo de tregua
El sol sale tras varios petroleros fondeados en el estrecho de Ormuz en la costa de la isla de Queshm, Irán, el sábado 18 de abril de 2026. (AP Foto/Asghar Besharati)
· Sam Metz
Zelensky Says Oil Sanctions Relief Provides Billions for Russian Military
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Sunday condemned the easing of sanctions on Russian oil after the United States extended a waiver meant to soften surging energy prices driven by the Middle East war.
· AFP
US reverses on pledge not to renew Russian oil waiver
The US has renewed a sanctions exemption allowing Russian crude and petroleum products already loaded onto tankers to be delivered and sold freely, the US Treasury Department has announced. The move came despite a pledge by Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent made two days prior that the waiver would not be extended.
· RT
US 'more coordinated' with China amid Hormuz struggle than people assume, fmr. Navy commander says
The US is more coordinated with China than many assume, former Israeli Navy commander Maj.-Gen. (res.) Eliezer Marom told 103FM on Wednesday.
· 103FM
Iran vows to restrict ships in Strait of Hormuz over US blockade
Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister Saeed Khatibzadeh said his country isn’t for a new round of face-to-face talks with the US because the Americans “have not abandoned their maximalist position.” On Friday, US President Donald Trump said the US would go into Iran and “get all the nuclear dust,” referring to the 970 poun…
· Sam Metz
Luck plays a role in repatriation of some OFWs in Dubai
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· Jodesz Gavilan
Iran says final deal still far off as Hormuz Strait shuttered
TEHRAN — The strategic Strait of Hormuz was again closed on Sunday in the stand-off between Iran and the United States, with Iran's powerful parliament speaker signaling a final peace deal remained "far" off despite some movement in negotiations.
· Agence France-Presse
Global Village is back: What to expect from rides, food and pavilions | The National
Global Village is reopening on Monday, bringing one of Dubai’s most popular outdoor attractions back for the remainder of its 30th season.
· David Tusing
Video: Trump says Iran cannot 'blackmail' US over strait of Hormuz
US President Donald Trump said Iran cannot “blackmail” the United States over threats to close the Strait of Hormuz, as tensions escalated following Tehran’s announcement that it would resume blocking the key shipping route.
· Middleeasteye
Iran’s secret weapon in its war against the US is also its biggest bargaining chip
The United States and Israel launched their war against Iran on the argument that if Iran one day got a nuclear weapon, it would have the ultimate deterrent against future attacks.
· Mark Mazzetti, Adam Entous, Julian E. Barnes
WSJ: Aides kept Trump out of Iran war room fearing 'impatience wouldn’t help'
Aides kept US President Donald Trump out of the room during minute-by-minute updates on operations involving Iran, instead briefing him at key moments because they believed his impatience would not be helpful, a senior administration official told The Wall Street Journal.
· Middleeasteye
North Korea fires missiles ahead of possible US, South Korea talks
North Korea fired ballistic missiles into the sea on Sunday, accelerating its missile launches amid Iran war tensions and talk of possible meetings with the US and South Korea.
· REUTERS
Hong Kong property may see uptick in ‘safe haven’ demand as Iran war rattles Dubai market
Early signs of capital inflows and tenant movement emerge as Dubai property softens and investors rethink regional bets
· Peggy Ye
Hong Kong real estate gains as Middle East tensions rattle Dubai market
Early signs of capital inflows and tenant movement emerge as Dubai property softens and investors rethink regional bets
· Peggy Ye