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Edificios dañados por ataques israelíes, vistos a través de una ventana rota del hospital Jabal Amel, en la ciudad portuaria de Tiro, en el sur de Líbano, el 18 de junio de 2026. (AP Foto/Hassan Ammar)
Progressive Jewish group calls for more focus on the threat from the far right and the recognition of a diversity of views within the community
Buildings damaged by Israeli strikes are seen through shattered glass from the Jabal Amel Hospital in the southern port city of Tyre, Lebanon, Thursday, June 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
The long-awaited Memorandum of Understanding between Iran and the United States was electronically signed on June 14, Donald Trump’s 80th birthday.
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US President Donald Trump jumbled his justification to launch the war on Iran, whose nuclear programme he claimed was already obliterated in a June 2025 attack.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Republican leaders on Capitol Hill, including top national security figures, were voicing strong reservations Thursday — and some outright condemnation — of the Trump administration's agreement to end the fighting in Iran.
A statue is placed on a bench near monitors showing Japan’s Nikkei 225 index, hanging in a business building in Tokyo, Thursday, June 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae)
NEW YORK — The average US price for a gallon of gas fell below $4 on Thursday, hitting a level not seen since the first full month of the war with Iran and providing a bit of relief to consumers squeezed by soaring costs.
JD Vance’s staff were at the airbase ready to fly to summit in Bürgenstock for Iran talks before trip was suddenly cancelled
Mitsui OSK Lines, the world's biggest tanker operator, has said navigation of the Strait of Hormuz would resume only when safety was fully assured. (Photo courtesy of Mitsui OSK Lines) © Kyodo
French President Emmanuel Macron called on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to "show a sense of responsibility" amid increased military action in the region.
As he defended the US-Iran deal at the White House press briefing on Thursday, Vice-President JD Vance brushed aside a question about whether President Donald Trump had positioned him as the "fall guy" for an agreement that is broadly unpopular with Republicans in Washington.
HSBC has a pipeline of 45 mergers and acquisitions and initial public offering mandates across the Gulf and Europe's biggest lender expects listing activity to resume in the fourth quarter, following the signing of the US-Iran agreement to end the war.
Vice President JD Vance has embraced the role of being the chief defender of the agreement he and President Donald Trump signed with Iran over the weekend.
Israeli Ambassador to the US, Yechiel Leiter, reaffirmed on Thursday that Tel Aviv remains committed to a truce deal reached with Lebanon under the condition that Hezbollah does not breach it.
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Latest updatesIran war latest: Vance says 12.5 million barrels of oil have passed through Strait of Hormuz
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US Vice President J.D. Vance has criticized Israeli hardliners opposed to President Donald Trump’s Iran deal, warning that the country cannot “kill” its way out of every security problem.
The US and Iran are set to begin on Friday the first round of negotiations aimed at securing a lasting peace agreement within 60 days, with mediators hoping the serenity of Burgenstock will help ease the complex talks ahead.
Oil was in choppy trade on Friday, as markets assess the implications of the interim U.S.-Iran deal and signs that shipping activity through the Strait of Hormuz is recovering.
The Pentagon needs $80 billion to cover costs from the Iran war as well as other non-war-related bills, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday, citing people familiar with the matter.
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I could have written the other column in 20 minutes: The deal is bad for Israel. We were kept out of the room, told to stand down in Lebanon, and lectured by the administration that called us its closest partner – an hour before it signed a deal with the regime that spent four months trying to kill us.
US Vice President JD Vance will not travel to Switzerland for talks with Iranian negotiators, the White House said in a statement on Thursday, citing logistical issues.
The newly exposed Hamas files have forced Israel to confront one of the most painful truths of the October 7 massacre: Hamas caught Israel off guard by studying it, feeding it the signals it wanted to see, and turning its wish for quiet into part of the battlefield.
With a sweep of his pen in France’s historic Palace of Versailles on Wednesday, US President Donald Trump added his distinctive signature to what may become one of the most consequential documents for the future of the Middle East.
Iranians are sceptical that the action plan signed between Tehran and Washington will usher in long lasting stability, after months of limbo trapping them between war and peace.
Hezbollah said its fighters launched attacks on Israeli forces attempting to advance into Lebanese territory.
EVIAN-LES-BAINS, France – When U.S. President Donald Trump, flanked by the French president, signed the Iran memorandum in the opulent Palace of Versailles, the optics were vintage Emmanuel Macron: the full weight of French history, glamor and pomp deployed to win over a difficult counterpart.
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Announcement follows reports Tehran has suspended its delegation’s departure because of attacks on southern Lebanon
Announcement follows reports Tehran has suspended its delegation’s departure because of attacks on southern Lebanon
Vice-president says Israeli cabinet members shouldn’t attack the country’s ‘only powerful ally’ left; Iran says it will impose fees on strait of Hormuz – key US politics stories from Thursday 18 June
The US and Iran signed a memorandum of understanding this week, agreeing to a ceasefire after two months of negotiations and over three months of conflict - but no binding treaty exists yet, and the critical details around nuclear dismantlement timelines and sanctions relief still need to be worked out.
The US and Iran have signed their framework agreement to end the war.
Israel advanced two major seizures of religiously significant Palestinian territory this week, the most recent steps in a dramatic push to advance settlements ahead of elections that are due at the latest in October.
MANILA, Philippines — Diesel and gasoline prices are estimated to decrease next week, as the global market reacted to the interim peace deal signed between US and Iran, local oil industry sources said on Friday.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. — The White House says Vice President JD Vance isn’t leaving Thursday for Switzerland to lead a new round of talks with Iran about its nuclear program, citing difficult logistics for negotiations meant to add details to an agreement signed by President Donald Trump a day ago.
American power is not what it used to be. American hubris, on the other hand, is stronger than ever.
The first signs of a post-war recovery are emerging across the Middle East after the U.S. and Iran signed a memorandum aimed at ending the conflict. Oil tankers are once again transiting the Strait of Hormuz, and daily routines are returning to the streets of Tehran.
WASHINGTON – U.S. President Donald Trump has insisted that the deal he has reached with Iran is superior to the one that former U.S. President Barack Obama sealed in 2015.
Washington – U.S. President Donald Trump’s deal with Iran has opened a rare breach with Republican hawks, who warn that the agreement falls far short of the sweeping victory he promised and could leave Tehran richer, stronger and still able to threaten the region.
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US President Donald Trump's interim deal to end the Iran war met scorching public criticism from some of his fellow Republicans as copies of the signed agreement circulated on Capitol Hill on Thursday.
The US issued new sanctions against two Hezbollah-aligned Lebanese officials and other members of a Hezbollah business network overseen by a previously designated individual, the US State Department announced on Thursday.
BEIRUT – The U.S.-Iran agreement — the first signed by an American and an Iranian president since Iran’s 1979 Islamic Revolution — is being hailed by its backers as the deal of the century.