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Iran defies US blockade as oil prices soar

Sayyid Badr bin Hamad al Busaidy, Foreign Minister, on Thursday received Jean-Noël Barrot, French Republic’s Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs. The meeting took place at the General Diwan of the Foreign Ministry...

Iranian women walk at the Revolution Square in Tehran on Thursday. — AFP

Iran threatens to retaliate against Gulf ports for US blockade

Smoke rises from the site of an Israeli airstrike that targeted an area in the southern Lebanese city of Nabatieh on April 12, 2026.

How would a blockade of the Strait of Hormuz Work?

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Mideast prepares for more fighting as talks fail

Relatives mourn over the bodies of four members of the Saeed family killed in an Israeli strike in the village of Srifa, at the Al Kharab mosque in Tyre, Lebanon, on Sunday. — Reuters

Trump orders US naval blockade of Hormuz

US President Donald Trump arrives at Miami International Airport in Florida. — Reuters

Talks fail as world urges respect for truce

People walk past a wall mural along the roadside in Tehran. — AFP

Strike kills infant girl in south Lebanon during father's funeral

A jeep drives past a destroyed building at the site of an Israeli strike that targeted the southern Lebanese village of Al Bazouriyah. — AFP

UK minister says 'disappointing' no breakthrough in war talks

Wes Streeting

US-Iran talks fail to find a deal, but truce holds for now

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US, Iran fail to reach agreement after marathon talks

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Pakistan FM: 'Imperative' for US, Iran to uphold ceasefire

U.S. Vice President JD Vance talks with Pakistan's Chief of Defence Forces and Chief of Army Staff Field Marshal Asim Munir and Pakistani Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammad Ishaq Dar after arriving for talks with Iranian officials in Islamabad, Pakistan, Saturday, April 11, 2026.

No one had expectations of an agreement in one session: Iran

A worker reads a freshly printed newspaper featuring a headline about the U.S. and Iran peace talks in Islamabad, at a printing press in Karachi, Pakistan, April 12, 2026. REUTERS/Insiya Syed

Hormuz Control, Iran’s uranium stockpiles, were sticking points

U.S. Vice President JD Vance shakes hands with Pakistani Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammad Ishaq Dar, as Vance prepares to board Air Force Two, after peace talks with Iran in Islamabad, Pakistan, Sunday, April 12, 2026. Jacquelyn Martin/Pool via REUTERS TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

World awaits deal

A man walks past a billboard near the media centre in Islamabad on Saturday. — Reuters

Iran, US top officials launch negotiations

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Lebanon sees more Israeli strikes ahead of direct talks

Smoke rises following an air strike in Lebanon. — Reuters
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