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Rubio starts Middle East trip as allies seek answers on Iran

ABU DHABI:  U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio began a Middle East tour in earnest on Wednesday, seeking to reassure Gulf allies who view concessions in President Donald Trump’s Iran deal that include a proposed...

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio talks to the United Arab Emirates' Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan before boarding a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III transport aircraft at Al Bateen Executive Airport, en route to Kuwait during his visit to the Middle East

Israel, Lebanon extend ceasefire as Iran peace talks stall

US Vice President JD Vance and US President Donald Trump listen to US Secretary of State Marco Rubio speak during a meeting with Lebanese Ambassador to the US and Israeli Ambassador to the US, at the White House in Washington, DC. — AFP

Israel, Lebanon extend ceasefire as Trump seeks 'best deal' with Iran

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Sudan refugee crisis driving Chad measles, meningitis outbreaks: MSF

A boy sits atop a hill overlooking a refugee camp near the Chad-Sudan border. — Reuters file photo

Lebanon accuses Israel of war crime after journalist killed

A photograph shows Amal Khalil, a veteran correspondent for the daily newspaper Al Akhbar, in the southern Lebanese border village of Jebbayn in 2024.

Lebanon to request truce extension in Washington talks

Diggers are used by rescue teams working to remove the rubble from a building previously hit by the Israeli army, in the southern Lebanese village of Hanaouay. — AFP

Iran war impact seeps ever deeper into global economy

A woman walks past the graves of people killed during the US-Israeli war against the Islamic republic at the Behesht Zahra Cemetery in Tehran on Thursday. — AFP

Clearing Hormuz Strait mines could take six months: report

Ships and tankers in the Strait of Hormuz off the coast of Musandam

Iran tightens control of Hormuz after US calls off renewed attacks

Ships and boats in the Strait of Hormuz

Iran seizes ships in Hormuz as Trump halts attacks

Iranian walks past a giant billboard reading 'The Strait of Hormuz remains closed' at the Revolution Square in Tehran. — AFP

Israeli strikes kill 3 in as Lebanon to seek truce extension

Mourners hold up portraits of killed ones during a mass funeral procession in the southern Lebanon. — AFP

Fertilizer shipments cannot be stopped due to the war: UN

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Pakistan PM thanks Trump for ceasefire extension

Qatar's Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani and Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif speak as they attend Antalya Diplomacy Forum in Antalya, Turkey, April 17, 2026. REUTERS/Umit Bektas

Trump extends ceasefire with Iran

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Vance’s trip to peace talks in Pakistan is on hold

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TRUMP REJECTS EXTENDING WAR TRUCE

A woman walks past an anti-US and anti-Israel mural, in Tehran. — AFP
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