Strait of Hormuz

Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi meets with Pakistan's Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar, as Pakistan prepares to host the U.S. and Iran for the second phase of peace talks, in a location given as Islamabad, Pakistan, released April 25, 2026. ESMAEIL BAQAEI VIA X/Handout via REUTERS

Iran’s foreign minister arrives in Pakistan, Trump expects offer satisfying US demands

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ISLAMABAD/WASHINGTON, April 24 (Reuters) – Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi arrived in the Pakistani capital Islamabad on Friday to discuss proposals ​for restarting peace talks with the U.S., offering some hope for an end to the eight-week war that has killed thousands and sown turmoil in global markets. U.S. President Donald Trump told Reuters on Friday that Iran ‌plans

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Ships and boats in the Strait of Hormuz, Musandam, Oman, April 24, 2026. (Photo: Reuters)

Iran war leaves seafarers stranded in the Gulf

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NEW DELHI, April 24 (Reuters) – Ankit Yadav, a seafarer from India, has been stuck on a boat at an ​inland Iranian port for about 2-1/2 weeks, surviving with his three fellow mariners on limited rations of tomatoes ‌and potatoes. He is one among thousands of seafarers from India and other nations who are stranded

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  • The sun sets behind an oil pump outside Vaudoy-en-Brie, near Paris, France, March 18, 2026. (Photo: Reuters)
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Oil prices rises on concerns over escalating military tensions in the Middle East

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BEIJING/PERTH April 24 (Reuters) – Oil prices ​rose on Friday due to fears of a renewed military escalation in the Middle East after Iran released footage of commandos ‌boarding a cargo ship in the Strait of Hormuz and on reports Tehran’s air defences had engaged “hostile targets.” Brent crude futures rose 99 cents, or 0.94%,

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  • From left, Israeli Ambassador to the U.S. Yechiel Leiter, Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and Lebanese Ambassador to the U.S. Nada Hamadeh Moawad, listen to President Donald Trump speak in the Oval Office at the White House, Thursday, April 23, 2026, in Washington. (Photo: AP)
  • U.S. Ambassador to Lebanon Michel Issa, right, speaks as Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Lebanese Ambassador to the U.S. Nada Hamadeh Moawad, listen during a meeting between the ambassadors of Israel and Lebanon in the Oval Office at the White House, Thursday, April 23, 2026, in Washington. (Photo: AP)
  • From left, U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee, Israeli Ambassador to the U.S. Yechiel Leiter, Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Lebanese Ambassador to the U.S. Nada Hamadeh Moawad, U.S. Ambassador to Lebanon Michel Issa, listen to President Donald Trump speak in the Oval Office at the White House, Thursday, April 23, 2026, in Washington. (Photo: AP)
  • Mourners hold posters that show portraits of Lebanese journalist Amal Khalil, who was killed Wednesday in an Israeli airstrike, during her funeral procession in the village of Baysariyeh in southern Lebanon on Thursday, April 23, 2026. (Photo: AP)

Trump says Israel and Lebanon agree to extend ceasefire by 3 weeks

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Washington April 24, 2026 (AP) — President Donald Trump said Israel and Lebanon have agreed to extend a ceasefire between Israel and the Hezbollah militant group by three weeks after talks at the White House on Thursday. Trump said the meeting between the Israeli and Lebanese ambassadors to the United States, the second in the

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