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US and Iran agree to 2-week ceasefire as Trump pulls back on threats

President Donald Trump speakS with reporters during a news conference in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House, Monday, April 6, 2026, in Washington. (Photo: AP)

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump pulled back on his threats to launch devastating strikes on Iran late Tuesday, as the U.S. and Iran agreed to a two-week ceasefire that includes the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz. Trump swerved to deescalate the war less than two hours before the deadline he set for Tehran to capitulate to a deal or face attacks on its bridges and power plants meant to destroy Iranian “civilization.” Iran’s Supreme National Security Council said it has accepted the ceasefire and that it would negotiate with the United States in Islamabad beginning Friday. Neither Iran nor the United States

Gautam Adani will seek to dismiss US SEC fraud case

NEW YORK, April 7 (Reuters) – Gautam Adani, one of ​India’s richest people, ‌will ask a judge to dismiss the U.S. ​Securities and Exchange ​Commission’s civil fraud case ⁠against him, his ​lawyers said on Tuesday. In ​a filing in the Brooklyn, New York federal ​court, Adani’s lawyers ​said the SEC’s claims were “impermissibly ‌extraterritorial,” ⁠and no statements challenged by the regulator were actionable. Adani ​and his ​nephew ⁠Sagar Adani, who is also ​a defendant, also ​disputed ⁠there was any credible evidence supporting the ⁠bribery ​scheme that ​the SEC alleged.

Trump worse than Hitler: Srinagar Lok Sabha MP

Srinagar, Apr 7 (PTI) Srinagar Lok Sabha MP Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi on Tuesday called US President Donald Trump “worse than Hitler.” He was reacting to a social media post in which the president of the country at war with Iran threatened that “a whole civilization will die tonight.” “This is worse than Hitler. This is Genghis Khan. Calling him a terrorist would be an understatement. If this does not open the eyes of the world, I don’t know what would,” Mehdi said in a post on X. This is worse than Hitler. This is Genghis Khan. Calling him a

‘A whole civilisation will die tonight’ says Trump as Iran defies looming deadline

DUBAI/WASHINGTON, April 7 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump threatened that “a whole civilization will die tonight” as Iran showed no sign of accepting his ultimatum to open the Strait of Hormuz by Tuesday evening, Washington ​time. Trump has given Iran until 8 p.m. in Washington – 3:30 a.m. in Tehran – to end its blockade of Gulf oil or see the U.S. destroy every bridge and power plant in Iran. Iran says it ‌would retaliate against U.S. allies in the Gulf, whose desert cities would be uninhabitable without power or water. As the clock ticked down on Trump’s deadline,

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