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After more than three and a half months of fighting and intense back-and-forth negotiations, US President Donald Trump announced that Washington and Tehran, under Pakistani mediation, have reached a final agreement to end hostilities between them.
Washington: The Strait of Hormuz will be opened toll-free for 60 days under the unreleased peace agreement between the US and Iran, but its longer-term operation will be subject to negotiations, American officials said.
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Ship traffic through the Strait of Hormuz could rise to nearly 50% of prewar levels within a month if the U.S.-Iran deal is implemented without any major setbacks, analysts at the trade data firm Kpler said Monday.
Fifa isn't allowing fans to bring Iran's pre-Islamic Revolution flag to World Cup matches, so critics of Tehran hope to skirt the rules using tech.
Fifa isn't allowing fans to bring Iran's pre-Islamic Revolution flag to World Cup matches, so critics of Tehran hope to skirt the rules using tech.
The Jerusalem District Court on Sunday overturned the Education Ministry’s decision to remove the Parents Circle Families Forum’s dialogue program from the GEFEN database, allowing schools to again invite the group’s “Dialogue Meetings – From Pain to Hope” program.
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(ATTN: ADDS Trump's remarks in paras 13-14, 25-26)By Song Sang-ho
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has just given a news conference by trying to present the US-Israeli war on Iran as a success, as he fights for political survival after Washington reached a deal with Tehran.
Stock markets are rallying worldwide, and oil prices are easing after the United States and Iran reached a tentative deal to extend their ceasefire and reopen the Strait of Hormuz to get the global flow of crude going again.
The US and Iran have reached a preliminary agreement to end the hostilities in the Middle East, following weeks of direct and indirect negotiations mediated by Pakistan.
The US and Iran have reached a preliminary agreement to end the hostilities in the Middle East, following weeks of direct and indirect negotiations mediated by Pakistan.
Israel Police arrested two suspects in Tel Aviv on Sunday, who appeared to have drawn a firearm and were suspected of carrying out a robbery, the police confirmed on Monday.
The air was buzzing with excitement on Sunday, June 14th, as members of the Karnei Shomron community eagerly awaited the arrival of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Political luminaries, including Energy Minister Eli Cohen, Construction and Housing Minister Haim Katz, and Governor of the Mateh Binyamin council, Is…
The US-Iran deal appears to have handed Tehran's hardline regime a significant victory, at least in the short term. But what happens to the Iranian state further down the line is less obvious.
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The Iran soccer team were preparing to play their first match at this year's World Cup in Los Angeles on Monday, with protests expected by the city's large Iranian diaspora against both the government in Tehran and the US war.
University College London has axed its dedicated Antisemitism Programme Manager, a UCL source told The Jerusalem Post on Monday.
(ATTN: RECASTS lead, para 2-3; ADDS more info in paras 16-17)By Song Sang-ho
Deal will leave things almost exactly as they were before feckless war of choice started
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that he and US President Donald Trump don't always "see eye to eye" during a press conference on Monday evening following Sunday's announcement that the US and Iran reached a ceasefire agreement.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi says he has discussed the Lebanon-related provisions of the US-Iran agreement with Lebanese leaders.
The US ceasefire agreement with Iran has presented Israel's prime minister with a political nightmare, smashing the three cornerstones of Benjamin Netanyahu's political career, and leaving him trapped in a new security dilemma.
WASHINGTON, June 15 (Yonhap) -- U.S. President Donald Trump, Vice President JD Vance and Iran's parliamentary speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf have already signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) aimed at ending the Middle East war, with the signing ceremony scheduled for Friday, senior U.S. officials said Monday.
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While the BBC has reported that the agreement does not include Lebanon, The Times of Israel is citing a senior US official as saying the memorandum of understanding still envisions a ceasefire covering Lebanon, as well as Iran.
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Syria said on Monday it had arrested members of “espionage and bombing cells” loyal to former leader Bashar Al Assad, in its latest crackdown on remnants of the former regime.
Few analysts believe final settlement can be reached in 60 days – and even if it is, war and instability could soon return
El primer ministro israelí Benjamin Netanyahu en conferencia de prensa con el presidente Donald Trump en Mar-a-Lago, Palm Beach, Florida, el 29 de diciembre del 2025. (AP foto/Alex Brandon)
Childhood photos of a woman adopted as a toddler by an American war veteran, who he found in the 1970s in an Iranian orphanage and raised as a Christian, are displayed along with a picture of her father, a WWII Air Force veteran, at left, and additional family photos, Monday, June 24, 2024, in Henderson, Nev. (AP Ph…
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Displaced people who return to their village following the announcement of an initial ceasefire agreement between the United States and Iran, pass in front of people who check their destroyed houses in Deir Qanoun village, south Lebanon, Monday, June 15, 2026.(AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)
The US-Iran ceasefire is welcome. But the US president is trying to disguise a failed war of choice as a diplomatic victory
TEHRAN, Iran — US President Donald Trump said on Monday the Strait of Hormuz would be fully open later in the week, after Washington and Tehran announced a deal to end the Middle East war.
Tue 16 Jun 2026 at 3:25am
Middle East countries on Monday welcomed the announcement of a US-Iran peace deal as the two enemies prepared for a signing ceremony later this week.
EVIAN-LES-BAINS, France — US President Donald Trump on Monday arrived to attend a G7 summit in France, with allies hoping his outline deal with Iran translates into a swift reopening of the Strait of Hormuz.
El Estrecho de Ormuz, frente a Bandar Abbas, Irán, el 8 de junio del 2026. (Amirhosein Khorgooi/ISNA via AP)
Sojoud Al-Harazeen, 19, carries her cats, Teresa, right, and Sasha, left, in a bag at a veterinary clinic in Gaza City, Saturday, June 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
"Even if you don't agree with all Israel's government's policies, that has nothing to do with the Medical Association," Malke Borow, Director of the Division of Law and Policy at the Israel Medical Association (IMA) told The Jerusalem Post on Monday.
National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir canceled his upcoming trip to the US due to difficulties obtaining a visa, Channel 12 reported on Monday.
FIFA, the governing body of soccer worldwide, will propose a match between Israel and Palestine during the inaugural game of its under-15s football festival, to be held in September, according to reports on Monday by The Guardian and The Athletic.
LONDON — Shipping groups warned Monday it was too soon to safely resume sailing through the Strait of Hormuz following US and Iranian promises that the trade route would reopen under their agreement to end the Middle East war.
Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force has 16 minesweeping vessels, like the Takashima, seen here. (Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force)
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu listens during a news conference with President Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago, Dec. 29, 2025, in Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)