{"events":[{"id":"e15a0f3a-ca39-45ab-accc-d07e4dec6ef4","date":"2026-03-27","title":"Day 28 - Humanitarian Crisis Worsens","description":"WHO reports 40+ hospitals damaged or destroyed across Iran. Medical supply chains collapsed. ICRC demands humanitarian corridors. US approves limited medical supply airdrops via C-17 transports.","category":"political","actor":"Multiple","severity":"critical"},{"id":"010ba0d7-15c4-401e-8911-abb13f9cc45c","date":"2026-03-28","title":"Day 29 - Coalition Casualties Update","description":"Total coalition casualties: 6 US KIA, 33+ Israeli KIA, 148 Lebanese KIA. Iranian military deaths estimated 2,800+. Civilian death toll disputed: Iran claims 4,000+, US says 800 verified.","category":"military","actor":"Multiple","severity":"high"},{"id":"94cce7a3-51ed-41db-810b-c0455175459b","date":"2026-03-30","title":"Day 31 - One Month of War","description":"Operation Epic Fury enters second month. Iran's military largely destroyed but regime refuses surrender. Trump reiterates unconditional surrender demand. International pressure for ceasefire intensifies.","category":"military","actor":"Multiple","severity":"critical"},{"id":"0aa1a619-83e0-4abc-b2ed-a9ca65dae06d","date":"2026-03-31","title":"Iranian Guerrilla Warfare Phase Begins","description":"IRGC remnants shift to guerrilla tactics. IEDs and ambushes reported against theoretical ground incursion routes. Remaining Basij militias mobilize in urban centers. Pentagon denies ground invasion plans.","category":"military","actor":"Iran","severity":"high"},{"id":"e6c752b1-b3e6-450c-ade7-79417e00c760","date":"2026-04-01","title":"Day 33 - Strait of Hormuz Partially Reopened","description":"US Navy declares southern lane of Strait of Hormuz safe for escorted convoys. First oil tanker transit in 32 days under military escort. Insurance premiums remain at wartime highs.","category":"military","actor":"United States","severity":"critical"},{"id":"16218755-e8f0-4dd4-af5d-b9a3d333f486","date":"2026-04-02","title":"Day 34 - Iranian Regime Power Struggle","description":"Reports of internal power struggle within surviving Iranian leadership. Acting Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei contested by IRGC hardliners and reformist faction. Three parallel command structures operating.","category":"political","actor":"Iran","severity":"high"},{"id":"7743b869-2dc3-4177-b0b9-a7562d98338b","date":"2026-04-03","title":"Day 35 - Fifth Ceasefire Proposal Rejected","description":"Swiss-mediated ceasefire proposal rejected by both sides. US demands denuclearization verification, Iran demands bombing halt first. Arab League condemns continued operations.","category":"diplomatic","actor":"Multiple","severity":"high"},{"id":"94e6de41-468d-4199-97d1-6d4c6dbee263","date":"2026-04-04","title":"Day 36 - Global Economic Fallout","description":"IMF emergency report: war has cost global economy $2.1T. Oil at $109/barrel. Global GDP growth revised down 1.8%. Shipping insurance in Persian Gulf at 10% hull value — highest ever recorded.","category":"political","actor":"Multiple","severity":"critical"},{"id":"c11b736a-c20e-4350-b74c-454713532b9b","date":"2026-04-05","title":"Day 37 - Continued Air Operations","description":"US reduces strike tempo to 50/day maintenance level targeting remaining military infrastructure. Iran's air defenses non-functional. B-2 and B-52 sorties continue from Diego Garcia and Al Udeid.","category":"military","actor":"United States","severity":"high"},{"id":"e7c8ad8b-0d1b-41d1-8867-95a436676dfa","date":"2026-04-06","title":"Day 38 - War Continues","description":"Active conflict ongoing. Total coalition strikes exceed 9,400. Iran's conventional military capability assessed at less than 5%. Regime survival uncertain. International calls for ceasefire growing louder.","category":"military","actor":"Multiple","severity":"critical"},{"id":"5f642cc9-6811-4d69-b59f-a13464ce3cf1","date":"2025-06-13","title":"Israel Launches Strikes on Iran","description":"Israel strikes Iranian nuclear facilities, military bases, and assassinates commanders and nuclear scientists. Operation Rising Lion begins.","category":"military","actor":"Israel","severity":"critical"},{"id":"9720b375-d589-4d28-86bb-338a42148a18","date":"2025-06-13","title":"Iran Retaliates - True Promise III","description":"Iran launches hundreds of ballistic missiles targeting Israeli cities in Operation True Promise III / Iranian Storm.","category":"military","actor":"Iran","severity":"critical"},{"id":"22c2fbbb-af11-455f-ad03-83cef6e47ef3","date":"2025-06-22","title":"US Strikes Iranian Nuclear Sites","description":"US joins with bunker-buster strikes on Natanz, Fordow, and Isfahan nuclear enrichment facilities.","category":"military","actor":"United States","severity":"critical"},{"id":"17a5c635-99f2-46db-aa24-da5e3e9a5a85","date":"2025-06-24","title":"Twelve-Day War Ceasefire","description":"US-brokered ceasefire ends 12-day conflict. Iran: 600+ killed, 33 Israelis killed.","category":"diplomatic","actor":"Multiple","severity":"critical"},{"id":"1204d59a-ad7f-408e-a161-f06b0adcb332","date":"2025-08-01","title":"Iran Mass Arrests","description":"Iran arrests ~21,000 people in post-war crackdown on dissent.","category":"political","actor":"Iran","severity":"high"},{"id":"9896d74c-d5a3-4f62-b528-c8eaee6d9eff","date":"2025-12-28","title":"Iranian Economic Protests Erupt","description":"Widespread protests as Iranian rial collapses. Regime faces severe internal pressure.","category":"political","actor":"Iran","severity":"medium"},{"id":"9f05a33f-125c-4ecd-9052-ab9623208810","date":"2026-01-08","title":"Regime Crackdown on Protesters","description":"Iranian regime orders violent suppression of mass protests. Tens of thousands arrested or killed.","category":"political","actor":"Iran","severity":"critical"},{"id":"3647eb04-fcf0-4793-af8a-1215cdb0d503","date":"2026-02-20","title":"Trump Issues 10-Day Ultimatum","description":"President Trump demands Iran accept nuclear deal within 10 days or face military consequences.","category":"diplomatic","actor":"United States","severity":"high"},{"id":"8b6961ff-efaf-49fc-9ec3-c34b46af7260","date":"2026-02-27","title":"Oman Announces 'Breakthrough' in Nuclear Talks","description":"Omani FM Badr Al-Busaidi announces Iran agreed to never stockpile enriched uranium, accept full IAEA verification. Says 'peace is within reach,' talks to resume March 2. One day later, US and Israel attack.","category":"diplomatic","actor":"Multiple","severity":"high"},{"id":"27f8fe38-09c9-4235-ae23-4cfd8875df5e","date":"2026-02-28","title":"Operation Epic Fury Launched","description":"Trump orders strikes at 20:38 UTC Feb 27; CENTCOM announces airstrikes 06:35 UTC Feb 28. 1,000+ targets hit in first 24 hours. Israel Operation Roaring Lion: 1,200+ bombs dropped in first 24 hours. AI-assisted targeting systems used at scale.","category":"military","actor":"United States","severity":"critical"},{"id":"58da72b0-ad20-4de1-9e57-ee8795e45b4a","date":"2026-02-28","title":"Supreme Leader Khamenei Killed","description":"Israel strikes central Tehran at ~9:40am targeting supreme leader's office/residence during senior officials meeting. CIA had tracked Khamenei's patterns for months. ~40 senior military commanders killed alongside Khamenei. US provided intelligence, Israel conducted strike.","category":"military","actor":"United States","severity":"critical"},{"id":"cb2cb689-b667-4a99-9ad2-705f72e2701b","date":"2026-02-28","title":"Iran Launches True Promise IV","description":"Iran retaliates with massive missile and drone attacks on Israel, US bases, and 10+ regional countries including UAE, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, Oman, Iraq, Jordan, Cyprus, Azerbaijan.","category":"military","actor":"Iran","severity":"critical"},{"id":"ea5aa455-6807-4842-a28b-60896fc7fe96","date":"2026-02-28","title":"168 Schoolgirls Killed in Minab","description":"US/Israeli missile strike destroys Shajareh Tayyebeh girls' elementary school in Shahrak-e Al-Mahdi, Minab, Hormozgan province. 168+ schoolgirls and 14 teachers killed. 'Triple tap' — second strike hit prayer room where survivors sheltered. UNICEF: 181+ children killed total.","category":"military","actor":"United States","severity":"critical"},{"id":"c07b651c-0618-4391-aeae-733076a99ee8","date":"2026-03-01","title":"9 Killed in Beit Shemesh, Israel","description":"Iranian ballistic missile strikes Tiferet Israel synagogue shelter in Ramat Lehi neighborhood, Beit Shemesh (18 mi from Jerusalem). 9 civilians killed including 4 teenagers, dozens injured. Amnesty International calls for war crime investigation.","category":"military","actor":"Iran","severity":"high"},{"id":"383deb1f-60e0-4919-a7f2-24c4a680315c","date":"2026-03-01","title":"6 US Soldiers Killed in Kuwait","description":"Iranian drone penetrates US air defenses, strikes TOC at Port Shuaiba near Camp Arifjan, Kuwait. 6 Army Reserve soldiers from 103rd Sustainment Command (Des Moines, Iowa) killed: Maj. O'Brien, Capt. Khork, CW3 Marzan, SFC Amor, SFC Tietjens, Spc. Coady. 30+ wounded.","category":"military","actor":"Iran","severity":"high"},{"id":"fcf14368-7463-440f-ae08-dd730e4dca66","date":"2026-03-02","title":"Hezbollah Opens Northern Front","description":"Hezbollah launches missile and drone attacks on Israel from Lebanon. 91 total attacks by March 4 including rockets, drones, ATGMs. Israel responds with strikes on Beirut's Dahiyeh.","category":"military","actor":"Lebanon","severity":"high"},{"id":"9f82c33c-f99e-4a95-ae6b-2e5eaa6b2575","date":"2026-03-02","title":"30+ Iranian Navy Vessels Destroyed","description":"CENTCOM Adm. Brad Cooper confirms 30+ Iranian ships destroyed by March 5. Key losses: IRIS Dena (Moudge-class frigate, torpedoed off Sri Lanka, 101 crew missing), Jamaran-class corvette sunk at Chah Bahar pier, IRIS Shahid Sayyad Shirazi catamaran sunk.","category":"military","actor":"United States","severity":"high"},{"id":"8334897f-495e-459a-a787-b5de85406c3b","date":"2026-03-03","title":"Gulf Energy Infrastructure Hit","description":"Iran strikes Qatar Ras Laffan (20% global LNG), Saudi Aramco Ras Tanura, UAE fuel terminals, Oman port facilities. Iraq Rumaila oil field (1.5M bpd) shuts down.","category":"military","actor":"Iran","severity":"critical"},{"id":"1f0e3906-c3c6-485a-9807-bad458431991","date":"2026-03-03","title":"AWS Data Centers Struck in UAE","description":"Iranian drones hit 3 Amazon Web Services data centers in UAE causing major Middle East web infrastructure outages.","category":"military","actor":"Iran","severity":"high"},{"id":"9ad2d18a-e251-454c-a6c1-dc3fcdb1559f","date":"2026-03-04","title":"CENTCOM: 2,000 Strikes on Iran","description":"US Central Command confirms 2,000 strikes carried out in Iran. Israel: 2,500+ strikes with 6,000+ weapons, 1,600 aerial sorties, 4,000 munitions dropped.","category":"military","actor":"United States","severity":"critical"},{"id":"5f98eec4-f975-42c5-9ddf-14f9a2cf532d","date":"2026-03-05","title":"Iran Attack Capacity Declining","description":"CENTCOM reports Iranian ballistic missile attacks down 90%, drone attacks down 83%. IDF destroyed 300+ missile launchers, 70% reduction in missile capability.","category":"military","actor":"Iran","severity":"high"},{"id":"5b660efe-822f-4dde-8443-dc101fbe2031","date":"2026-03-05","title":"WHO: 13 Health Sites Damaged","description":"World Health Organization reports 13 Iranian health facilities damaged in strikes.","category":"military","actor":"United States","severity":"high"},{"id":"715f5835-3d8e-49e2-b213-c8242108472f","date":"2026-03-06","title":"Day 7 - War Continues","description":"Active combat ongoing. Trump demands 'unconditional surrender.' Iran FM: 'No reason to negotiate.' NATO members increasing defense posture. 11,000+ flights canceled across 10 countries.","category":"military","actor":"Multiple","severity":"critical"},{"id":"54949529-1e12-433a-bade-b6a225d852be","date":"2026-03-07","title":"Day 8 - Iran Internet Blackout Continues","description":"Iran remains largely cut off from global internet after undersea cable disruptions and state censorship. Starlink terminals reportedly smuggled in. Iranian state TV (IRIB) still offline since Feb 28 strike.","category":"military","actor":"Multiple","severity":"high"},{"id":"7f3ff721-e100-4ba4-8c47-8c199d7b631a","date":"2026-03-07","title":"CENTCOM: 2,500+ Total Strikes","description":"US Central Command reports 2,500+ strikes conducted on Iranian military targets. Additional B-2 Spirit sorties hitting deeply buried facilities at Fordow and Natanz.","category":"military","actor":"United States","severity":"critical"},{"id":"220c627e-160c-4930-bcef-5258bc37e66a","date":"2026-03-07","title":"Iran Fires Remaining Ballistic Missiles at Israel","description":"Iran launches diminished salvo of ~40 ballistic missiles at Israeli targets. Arrow 3 and Iron Dome intercept majority. 2 impacts reported near Haifa port.","category":"military","actor":"Iran","severity":"high"},{"id":"e6992262-6d33-487e-91f7-45d652857913","date":"2026-03-08","title":"Day 9 - US Deploys Third Carrier Group","description":"USS Carl Vinson strike group transits Suez Canal to join USS Eisenhower and USS Lincoln in theater. Largest US naval deployment since 2003 Iraq invasion now has 3 carrier groups.","category":"military","actor":"United States","severity":"critical"},{"id":"9198ae0b-218c-4631-b474-69461d678cb8","date":"2026-03-08","title":"Iran Rial Crashes to 2,000,000/USD","description":"Iranian rial falls past 2 million per dollar on black market. Hyperinflation accelerating. Bread prices triple in Tehran. Banks closed for 5th consecutive day.","category":"political","actor":"Iran","severity":"high"},{"id":"080c8623-f888-4f50-bf25-0d1423c11bb5","date":"2026-03-08","title":"Hezbollah Escalates - 150+ Attacks Total","description":"Hezbollah launches additional 59 attacks since March 6, bringing total to 150+. Anti-ship missile fired at Israeli corvette near Haifa. IDF retaliates with strikes on Baalbek.","category":"military","actor":"Lebanon","severity":"high"},{"id":"c732bac8-a4b0-404d-b117-004b818ffbae","date":"2026-03-09","title":"Day 10 - War Enters Second Week","description":"Active combat continues into second week. US and Israel maintain air superiority. Iran's offensive capability severely degraded but regime refuses surrender. Humanitarian corridor discussions at UN stall.","category":"military","actor":"Multiple","severity":"critical"},{"id":"15e68e35-4c55-427e-aa05-6eb397aeb3a4","date":"2026-03-09","title":"IAEA: Fordow Enrichment Facility Destroyed","description":"IAEA inspectors confirm Fordow underground enrichment facility is no longer operational after repeated B-2 bunker-buster strikes. Natanz centrifuge halls also severely damaged.","category":"military","actor":"United States","severity":"critical"},{"id":"92eb5202-9629-4178-ad2d-1592fdddfd8b","date":"2026-03-09","title":"Oil Prices Surge Past $90/barrel","description":"Brent crude hits $91.50/barrel as Strait of Hormuz remains closed to commercial shipping. IEA announces coordinated strategic petroleum reserve release. South Korea declares energy emergency.","category":"political","actor":"Multiple","severity":"critical"},{"id":"37442d7d-763c-446a-915d-fc90cd264fec","date":"2026-03-10","title":"Day 11 - IRGC Command Structure Collapses","description":"Remaining IRGC Quds Force commanders killed in precision strikes. Chain of command effectively severed. Local IRGC units operating independently without central coordination.","category":"military","actor":"United States","severity":"critical"},{"id":"4aabef5b-f4e9-40f0-a216-886c33935794","date":"2026-03-11","title":"Day 12 - Mass Civilian Exodus from Tehran","description":"Estimated 2 million civilians flee Tehran amid ongoing strikes. Roads south and east gridlocked. UNHCR reports 500,000+ refugees crossing into Turkey and Pakistan.","category":"political","actor":"Iran","severity":"critical"},{"id":"1b903c39-bd67-4c57-8277-1ebaf929beb9","date":"2026-03-12","title":"Day 13 - Strait of Hormuz Mine Clearing Begins","description":"US Navy Mine Countermeasures Squadron begins clearing Iranian naval mines from Strait of Hormuz. 47 mines detected and neutralized in first 48 hours. Commercial shipping remains suspended.","category":"military","actor":"United States","severity":"high"},{"id":"69355bad-7c66-489a-8a9e-7b9cc12ca5c0","date":"2026-03-13","title":"Day 14 - Two Weeks of War","description":"End of second week. Iran's conventional military capability assessed at 15% of pre-war levels. 3,500+ coalition strikes total. Iranian ballistic missile inventory nearly exhausted.","category":"military","actor":"Multiple","severity":"critical"},{"id":"45f6e728-4f68-4d3b-8c3c-b10aad159e0e","date":"2026-03-14","title":"UNSC Emergency Session - Ceasefire Vetoed Again","description":"Third UN Security Council ceasefire resolution vetoed by United States. China and Russia condemn veto. UN General Assembly emergency session called.","category":"diplomatic","actor":"Multiple","severity":"high"},{"id":"b57ce6b8-a0e2-40ae-8810-7e05febe11f4","date":"2026-03-15","title":"Day 16 - Iranian Proxy Attacks Intensify","description":"Houthi forces launch anti-ship missiles at US carrier group in Red Sea. Iraqi militias fire rockets at Al Asad airbase. Hezbollah increases rocket fire to 200+ per day into northern Israel.","category":"military","actor":"Iran","severity":"high"},{"id":"883bc47f-75f5-4530-8c2c-2fbb508fb82d","date":"2026-03-17","title":"Day 18 - B-2 Strikes on Underground Bunkers Continue","description":"US Air Force confirms 40+ GBU-57 Massive Ordnance Penetrator drops on hardened Iranian facilities. Fordow facility assessed as permanently destroyed. Isfahan research reactor damaged beyond repair.","category":"military","actor":"United States","severity":"critical"},{"id":"e27ab488-0d92-4416-9b78-8239430e78e8","date":"2026-03-18","title":"Iran's Last Missile Salvo","description":"Iran launches final coordinated ballistic missile attack — 15 missiles targeting Nevatim airbase in Israel. 14 intercepted by Arrow 3. One impacts near perimeter, no casualties. Iran's offensive missile capability effectively zero.","category":"military","actor":"Iran","severity":"high"},{"id":"477ba9fe-55bb-42ee-9a4f-96aa5de94887","date":"2026-03-19","title":"Day 20 - Global Oil Crisis Deepens","description":"Brent crude exceeds $105/barrel. G7 emergency summit on energy security. Japan, South Korea implement fuel rationing. EU activates emergency oil stockpile release.","category":"political","actor":"Multiple","severity":"critical"},{"id":"a55dd2bf-3303-46f8-8c48-397eecaed240","date":"2026-03-20","title":"Nowruz Under Bombardment","description":"Iranian New Year (Nowruz) passes under continued strikes. Regime broadcasts defiant message on surviving radio stations. Mass protests in 30+ Iranian cities despite wartime martial law.","category":"political","actor":"Iran","severity":"high"},{"id":"0b852a16-a976-43b7-a694-885826a91328","date":"2026-03-21","title":"Day 22 - Cyber Attacks Escalate","description":"Iranian cyber units launch destructive attacks on US financial infrastructure. NYSE trading halted for 45 minutes. Israel's water authority systems targeted. US Cyber Command retaliates against Iranian telecom backbone.","category":"intelligence","actor":"Iran","severity":"critical"},{"id":"efff8813-c996-412e-9423-a012f22c30d4","date":"2026-03-23","title":"Day 24 - Hezbollah Ceasefire","description":"Hezbollah agrees to ceasefire after intense Israeli strikes on Beirut and Bekaa Valley. 280+ total Hezbollah attacks conducted. Lebanese army deploys to southern border. Nasrallah successor issues stand-down order.","category":"diplomatic","actor":"Lebanon","severity":"critical"},{"id":"a0be0079-edcf-4281-b474-dd50a0331ef3","date":"2026-03-25","title":"Day 26 - Iranian Air Force Eliminated","description":"CENTCOM confirms Iran's operational air force reduced to zero. All major airbases, runways, and hangars destroyed. 200+ aircraft destroyed on ground or in shelters. No Iranian fighter sorties in 10 days.","category":"military","actor":"United States","severity":"critical"}],"casualties":[{"id":"1a66b41e-782f-4388-a3c7-c6809b2b4cd0","country":"Iran","phase":"Twelve-Day War (Jun 2025)","killed":600,"injured":4700,"civilian":400,"military":200,"displaced":50000},{"id":"7d5afa58-9a0c-46d0-b820-0f3fd3ffc2d8","country":"Iran","phase":"Operation Epic Fury (Feb-Apr 2026)","killed":2076,"injured":26500,"civilian":1500,"military":576,"displaced":3200000},{"id":"0b9c4efc-aefa-4e52-98a1-68d5aa92bca0","country":"Israel","phase":"Twelve-Day War (Jun 2025)","killed":33,"injured":3491,"civilian":32,"military":1,"displaced":13000},{"id":"8ce6b837-3d73-4393-b242-09e58c102f9e","country":"Israel","phase":"Operation Epic Fury (Feb-Apr 2026)","killed":26,"injured":1200,"civilian":19,"military":7,"displaced":0},{"id":"be524af9-91d1-4baf-9af8-eddce3c37e06","country":"United States","phase":"Operation Epic Fury","killed":14,"injured":303,"civilian":0,"military":14,"displaced":0},{"id":"3ae49476-0180-4877-9dec-323852e8e732","country":"Lebanon","phase":"Operation Epic Fury","killed":1497,"injured":3200,"civilian":1100,"military":397,"displaced":750000},{"id":"fdea3208-0e60-41fd-ba95-c2b991d4b7b0","country":"UAE","phase":"Operation Epic Fury","killed":13,"injured":58,"civilian":13,"military":0,"displaced":0},{"id":"fc9a8ca2-e094-49fb-b168-0c117670ad5c","country":"Kuwait","phase":"Operation Epic Fury","killed":4,"injured":32,"civilian":4,"military":0,"displaced":0},{"id":"b5aacade-b7f8-4b6d-a2e3-f468f5027355","country":"Qatar","phase":"Operation Epic Fury","killed":0,"injured":16,"civilian":0,"military":0,"displaced":0},{"id":"2670f96a-514c-424d-8f2e-56c1a620984c","country":"Bahrain","phase":"Operation Epic Fury","killed":0,"injured":3,"civilian":0,"military":0,"displaced":0},{"id":"9a525cf1-9ac6-4b09-bd52-7c767bf3a9ba","country":"Oman","phase":"Operation Epic Fury","killed":0,"injured":5,"civilian":0,"military":0,"displaced":0},{"id":"48cb42b3-225d-4339-a24c-53e7f0e934d3","country":"Iraq","phase":"Operation Epic Fury","killed":2,"injured":3,"civilian":0,"military":2,"displaced":0}],"arsenal":[{"id":"5f2ae80a-9bde-4416-b82c-02b589d907d7","country":"Iran","category":"Missiles Launched","itemName":"Ballistic Missiles (Total)","quantity":1241,"description":"1,241 ballistic missiles fired at Israel, Jordan, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, UAE (Wikipedia/Jerusalem Post). 480 on Day 1 alone."},{"id":"6dc4eb1b-a5d2-4fbf-bde2-15ea8ae5694b","country":"Iran","category":"Drones Launched","itemName":"Shahed Attack Drones (Total)","quantity":2410,"description":"~2,410 total projectiles (all types) in first 10 days (Jerusalem Post). 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The attacks, the damage and the people caught in between.","category":"humanitarian","url":"https://www.aljazeera.com/video/by-the-numbers-3/2026/4/12/what-happened-in-40-days-of-war-on-iran?traffic_source=rss"},{"id":"58f72de5-aa6a-4dbe-8c8f-9964a44e4745","title":"Iran war: What is happening on day 44 of the US-Iran conflict?","source":"Al Jazeera","date":"2026-04-12","summary":"US-Iran talks in Islamabad end without a deal, with each side blaming the other for the failure.","category":"military","url":"https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/4/12/iran-war-what-is-happening-on-day-44-of-the-us-iran-conflict?traffic_source=rss"},{"id":"4a454f44-6dca-4325-9b03-be8cae3b287f","title":"Pakistan urges US and Iran to uphold ceasefire after talks end","source":"Al Jazeera","date":"2026-04-12","summary":"Pakistani Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar has insisted the US and Iran must uphold their ceasefire agreement.","category":"diplomatic","url":"https://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2026/4/12/pakistan-urges-us-and-iran-to-uphold-ceasefire-after-talks-end?traffic_source=rss"},{"id":"f3d4d3da-7dbe-46ed-9098-336891c4f295","title":"US and Iran fail to reach a deal after marathon talks in Pakistan","source":"Al Jazeera","date":"2026-04-12","summary":"US VP JD Vance says Iran chooses not to accept US terms while Iran says it did not expect a deal at the first meeting.","category":"military","url":"https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/4/12/us-and-iran-fail-to-reach-peace-deal-after-marathon-talks-in-pakistan?traffic_source=rss"},{"id":"95bd9758-6f09-4c6d-9399-426830bd7f65","title":"Oil tankers exit Strait of Hormuz amid fragile US-Iran ceasefire","source":"Al Jazeera","date":"2026-04-12","summary":"Three supertankers laden with oil exit waterway amid global energy crunch, shipping data shows.","category":"economic","url":"https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2026/4/12/oil-tankers-exit-strait-of-hormuz-amid-fragile-us-iran-ceasefire?traffic_source=rss"},{"id":"7cc9520b-f49d-43f7-8948-30a665c40641","title":"Why did US-Iran talks end without an agreement in Pakistan?","source":"Al Jazeera","date":"2026-04-12","summary":"Despite high-level talks for the first time in years, the US and Iran couldn't reach agreement on terms to end the war.","category":"military","url":"https://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2026/4/12/why-did-us-iran-talks-end-without-an-agreement-in-pakistan?traffic_source=rss"},{"id":"c9f065db-0dcf-4547-90b4-526b47a09191","title":"After Iran talks falter, the big question is 'what happens next?'","source":"BBC Middle East","date":"2026-04-12","summary":"Twenty-one hours was not enough to end 47 years of hostility between Iran and the US, writes the BBC's Lyse Doucet.","category":"military","url":"https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5y943x2g8qo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss"},{"id":"25a8a36c-39c0-4b33-81aa-26a01bf07000","title":"We spoke to the man making viral Lego-style AI videos for Iran. Experts say it's powerful propaganda","source":"BBC Middle East","date":"2026-04-11","summary":"\"Slopaganda\" is too weak a term to capture how powerful this \"highly sophisticated\" content is, one expert says.","category":"military","url":"https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cjd8jrd1vnyo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss"},{"id":"9ca84434-1410-4bf7-be9f-a4974a834c51","title":"Concerns after satellite provider restricts Iran images following US pressure","source":"BBC Middle East","date":"2026-04-11","summary":"Planet Labs says it is restricting coverage of Iran and parts of the Middle East indefinitely.","category":"military","url":"https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5y721yqe6ro?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss"},{"id":"9b10ec46-0a7f-4075-b39c-e66318c25268","title":"Lebanon and Israel officials to meet in US on Tuesday","source":"BBC Middle East","date":"2026-04-10","summary":"A senior Lebanese official earlier told the BBC that Lebanon would only take part in talks if a ceasefire was in place.","category":"diplomatic","url":"https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c93en5q2zl3o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss"},{"id":"868a0355-d964-4008-b248-08ba99e24e4c","title":"Palestinian shot dead during Israeli settler attack on occupied West Bank village","source":"BBC Middle East","date":"2026-04-10","summary":"The killing came as ex-security chiefs warned \"government sponsored Jewish terrorism\" was out of control.","category":"military","url":"https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/czrekrzzex1o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss"},{"id":"a5bc3dd7-fa5d-4e80-b4e5-230ecf5faa3d","title":"Historic Vance-Ghalibaf talks must bridge deep distrust","source":"BBC Middle East","date":"2026-04-10","summary":"Face-to-face talks would mark the highest-level engagement between Iran and the US since the 1979 Islamic Revolution.","category":"military","url":"https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn9qzl12537o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss"},{"id":"ad4a636e-5c09-4348-8aa2-f7ca8b53c643","title":"Ceasefire or no ceasefire, the Middle East's reshuffling is not yet done","source":"BBC Middle East","date":"2026-04-09","summary":"Both sides have reason to end the war but share no common ground.","category":"diplomatic","url":"https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cp3l4yk5rlgo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss"},{"id":"72343780-07d4-4c36-9a3f-4ae1dc73438e","title":"Trump says Iran's handling of Strait of Hormuz is 'not the agreement we have'","source":"BBC Middle East","date":"2026-04-10","summary":"The US president accused Iran of \"doing a very poor job\" with the waterway as Israel and Lebanon to begin peace talks.","category":"military","url":"https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cge0xre3d27o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss"},{"id":"4d786fff-5d46-46f1-ba30-83fbec91170e","title":"'Endless fears': Even if fighting stops, the damage to Iran's children will endure","source":"BBC Middle East","date":"2026-04-09","summary":"The BBC has been able to obtain testimony from parents and those trying to help children deal with the distress that comes with war.","category":"military","url":"https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ce84ngmjz8zo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss"},{"id":"52363bab-14a2-4016-8674-7a24f5f75943","title":"Lebanon thought there was a ceasefire - then Israel unleashed deadly blitz","source":"BBC Middle East","date":"2026-04-09","summary":"Israel says Lebanon is not included in the ceasefire the US agreed to halt the war with Iran.","category":"diplomatic","url":"https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cgk0edynpmzo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss"},{"id":"fd5dfe90-1949-47d0-9070-68ea1450ea70","title":"BBC at the site of Israeli air strikes in Beirut","source":"BBC Middle East","date":"2026-04-09","summary":"At least 182 people were killed and 890 others wounded, according to the Lebanese health ministry.","category":"military","url":"https://www.bbc.com/news/videos/cly9z7xp10wo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss"},{"id":"4fd0f210-be62-4ca4-a51a-d45de35cd251","title":"Has US achieved its war objectives in Iran?","source":"BBC Middle East","date":"2026-04-09","summary":"Key US objectives at the start of the war were to stop Iran getting a nuclear weapon and degrading its arsenal.","category":"military","url":"https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1krpjr91v2o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss"},{"id":"de230b0b-0299-4b73-87aa-0f2a7d17797a","title":"Israeli strikes in Lebanon 'grave violation' of ceasefire, Iran minister tells BBC","source":"BBC Middle East","date":"2026-04-09","summary":"Iran's deputy foreign minister says the US must choose between 'war and ceasefire'.","category":"diplomatic","url":"https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cp849k4j0y1o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss"},{"id":"99a806e3-b0eb-4bb9-ba8c-d74ad7b53c36","title":"How many ships are crossing the Strait of Hormuz?","source":"BBC Middle East","date":"2026-04-10","summary":"Only a few vessels have crossed the strait since the US-Iran ceasefire deal, according to BBC Verify analysis.","category":"diplomatic","url":"https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c3w39lg84w2o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss"},{"id":"907c2c76-a9dc-4e82-903e-6d916565aa1d","title":"Bowen: Ceasefire means respite for civilians, but it might not last long","source":"BBC Middle East","date":"2026-04-08","summary":"Whether or not a lasting peace deal can be reached, the war and its consequences are reshaping the Middle East, writes international editor Jeremy Bowen.","category":"diplomatic","url":"https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c62l597wl0yo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss"},{"id":"cd6f347e-e2c0-4c3a-bb72-48393f4f7338","title":"Negotiators face huge task to close gaps in rival Iran peace proposals","source":"BBC Middle East","date":"2026-04-08","summary":"The US has a 15-point plan to end the war, with Iran offering 10 proposals of its own. Can they be reconciled?","category":"military","url":"https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvgkv9y97n0o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss"},{"id":"b88be10a-8bde-4409-a222-844adde49642","title":"Al Jazeera condemns killing of journalist in Israeli strike in Gaza","source":"BBC Middle East","date":"2026-04-09","summary":"The Israeli military claims Mohammed Wishah was a \"Hamas terrorist\" - which the Qatar-based network has previously denied.","category":"military","url":"https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cg40nqzvwq2o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss"},{"id":"78e6f43c-3df8-46f4-b741-8c1da0aad5e3","title":"At least 182 killed across Lebanon in large wave of Israeli strikes","source":"BBC Middle East","date":"2026-04-08","summary":"Attacks hit the southern suburbs of Beirut, southern Lebanon and the eastern Bekaa Valley, hours after a US-Iran ceasefire was announced.","category":"diplomatic","url":"https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0j6d538l6qo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss"},{"id":"f081024b-3b12-4cd4-a79a-f311019a988d","title":"Israel backs US-Iran ceasefire but Netanyahu's war goals remain unfulfilled","source":"BBC Middle East","date":"2026-04-08","summary":"The Israeli prime minister's response to the ceasefire has been muted, in contrast to the triumphal statements from the US and Iran.","category":"diplomatic","url":"https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c79j7jnnpz1o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss"},{"id":"ba4b24bf-4395-4c3b-bd43-f3a657f99a2f","title":"Why ceasefire deal with US has unsettled Iran's hardliners","source":"BBC Middle East","date":"2026-04-08","summary":"The two-week truce opens up the prospect of direct talks with the US but has angered Iran's hardliners, writes BBC News Persian’s Kasra Naji.","category":"diplomatic","url":"https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5ywpe2yyg3o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss"},{"id":"f5fc48be-4d87-45e5-94a7-9e3d9c4c00a8","title":"Iran ceasefire deal gives Trump a way out of war - but at a high cost","source":"BBC Middle East","date":"2026-04-08","summary":"The path to the two-week ceasefire with Iran may have fundamentally altered the way the rest of the world views the US.","category":"diplomatic","url":"https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwyvp55xrlro?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss"},{"id":"e159a6d8-ecc8-4c22-a4ef-9c793b66a166","title":"What we know about the two-week ceasefire between the US and Iran","source":"BBC Middle East","date":"2026-04-08","summary":"The provisional truce comes more than a month after the US and Israel launched coordinated attacks on Iran.","category":"diplomatic","url":"https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ce84z6y3ke4o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss"},{"id":"ad084278-f2d0-4f89-adbb-877d7254b2e9","title":"How Pakistan helped secure a fragile ceasefire between the US and Iran","source":"BBC Middle East","date":"2026-04-08","summary":"Pakistan has a historic relationship with Iran, but an agreement was far from certain, writes the BBC’s Caroline Davies","category":"diplomatic","url":"https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cj401qvgg19o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss"},{"id":"b3005366-e6cd-4e7a-8220-e0d85e76c8f3","title":"Little sign of breakthrough as Trump's Iran deadline nears","source":"BBC Middle East","date":"2026-04-06","summary":"The US president is in a delicate political position as the final hours to Tuesday's deadline for Iran to open the Strait of Hormuz tick down.","category":"military","url":"https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/czexw94rj5jo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss"},{"id":"537c7bfa-2e06-4087-ab5d-43df65597c89","title":"How rescue of US airman in remote part of Iran unfolded","source":"BBC Middle East","date":"2026-04-06","summary":"The operation to extract him from the ground in hostile territory was hugely complex and involved multiple US government agencies.","category":"military","url":"https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx2vpz1kwreo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss"},{"id":"cbb607f7-17a3-41e9-8f23-f6dad286ee06","title":"Experts dispute US account of deadly Iran sports hall strike in Lamerd","source":"BBC Middle East","date":"2026-04-03","summary":"Six weapons experts have contested the US claim that video evidence suggests an Iranian missile could have hit the hall.","category":"military","url":"https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4gx8e1x5j3o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss"},{"id":"0a5384bb-e166-44ae-bd98-1ae7aa13d87b","title":"'I haven't slept for days': Iranians describe mounting desperation after a month of war","source":"BBC Middle East","date":"2026-04-02","summary":"Ordinary people from various parts of Iran describe expanding strikes, economic pain and fear of repression.","category":"economic","url":"https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/crm1vj941x9o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss"},{"id":"7eb717e7-46a1-4c26-9e04-91791a3351ea","title":"Iran's focus on survival means same regime still firmly in place","source":"BBC Middle East","date":"2026-04-02","summary":"Tehran is showing resilience despite Trump's claims of regime change, writes BBC Persian editor Amir Azimi.","category":"military","url":"https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cq8wzyz998xo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss"},{"id":"96ea9ff0-de7a-42fc-9836-b309c8c15a25","title":"When will the Iran war end? Tracing the Trump administration's timelines","source":"BBC Middle East","date":"2026-04-03","summary":"Experts say many US presidents have offered a timeline for a conflict - only to then shift their estimates.","category":"military","url":"https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4g4e6z9960o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss"},{"id":"aaec6d5e-68f7-4671-8687-a700209cb4c4","title":"Ros Atkins on…the cost of the Iran war","source":"BBC Middle East","date":"2026-04-02","summary":"The BBC's Analysis Editor Ros Atkins takes a closer look at US costs as it continues its war with with Iran.","category":"military","url":"https://www.bbc.com/news/videos/c1d9nnqqld0o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss"},{"id":"0de26235-ea42-4b99-9438-d6ff40dfd1f2","title":"Trump leaves key questions unanswered as he seeks to calm nerves over Iran war","source":"BBC Middle East","date":"2026-04-02","summary":"There were some glaring omissions in the US president's primetime address, writes the BBC's Gary O'Donoghue.","category":"military","url":"https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cnv81ven263o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss"},{"id":"40a9f35e-264f-4373-8768-b5df62d89055","title":"Israel's perpetual war with Iran may be hard to win with military might alone","source":"BBC Middle East","date":"2026-04-01","summary":"The war with Iran has not yet resolved any of Israel's regional conflicts in the way its prime minister suggested it would.","category":"military","url":"https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cql72k19rz4o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss"},{"id":"1f80fd12-0beb-489a-b55c-3e42ddb578a8","title":"Is conditional ceasefire a victory for US or Iran?","source":"BBC Middle East","date":"2026-04-08","summary":"BBC correspondent Frank Gardner explains the current situation as both sides claim victory - Iran says it will reopen the Strait of Hormuz and that its \"victory in the field would also be consolidated\" in upcoming talks.","category":"diplomatic","url":"https://www.bbc.com/news/videos/crm1x927gpno?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss"},{"id":"659b1c6f-e0b3-42c8-a8b3-6d5f3d19f615","title":"Watch: When will fuel prices go down?","source":"BBC Middle East","date":"2026-04-08","summary":"The BBC's Nick Marsh takes a look at whether fuel costs will get cheaper now the US and Iran have agreed a ceasefire.","category":"economic","url":"https://www.bbc.com/news/videos/c62je685v3vo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss"},{"id":"57c9cabb-155d-4f38-9daa-905c6111ce42","title":"Watch: Pro-regime Iranians gather in Tehran","source":"BBC Middle East","date":"2026-04-08","summary":"Pro-government demonstrators poured onto the streets of the Iranian capital after the announcement of the two-week conditional ceasefire between the US and Iran.","category":"diplomatic","url":"https://www.bbc.com/news/videos/cgldg5nn9d8o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss"},{"id":"ac16ac79-cc8f-4f1c-b38a-71fe211621cd","title":"Iranians form human chains at bridges and power plants","source":"BBC Middle East","date":"2026-04-07","summary":"Tehran had urged people to gather outside potential US and Israeli targets after Donald Trump threatened to attack civilian infrastructure.","category":"humanitarian","url":"https://www.bbc.com/news/videos/c4g5j33p6vno?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss"},{"id":"aa1ca91a-d341-4d5f-a1d3-2bb3d5ea941e","title":"Mum of twins who says home was bombed in Lebanon speaks to BBC","source":"BBC Middle East","date":"2026-04-07","summary":"More than one million people in Lebanon have been displaced since the start of the war as Israel expands its ground operation there.","category":"humanitarian","url":"https://www.bbc.com/news/videos/c5yx8my3724o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss"},{"id":"49f5ac79-72c7-4291-b7b8-aa6afb2f07dc","title":"U.S. and Iran fail to reach agreement during high-level talks in Islamabad","source":"NPR World","date":"2026-04-12","summary":"The U.S and Iran did not reach an agreement to end the war in Iran at a high-level meeting on Saturday.","category":"military","url":"https://www.npr.org/2026/04/12/nx-s1-5782052/u-s-and-iran-fail-to-reach-agreement-during-high-level-talks-in-islamabad"},{"id":"67d92eae-cbfb-4989-8319-c41c3de18bea","title":"A Hezbollah commander describes battling Israel in Lebanon","source":"NPR World","date":"2026-04-12","summary":"In a rare interview, a wounded Hezbollah commander tells NPR about his secretive Shia Muslim militia's new command structure and how it has managed to keep firing rockets into northern Israel.","category":"military","url":"https://www.npr.org/2026/04/12/g-s1-117045/hezbollah-commander-lebanon-israel"},{"id":"7104ff6f-f8f5-49e0-9c53-88c4b95ea278","title":"Trump claims U.S. will close strait of Hormuz after Iran peace talks collapse","source":"NPR World","date":"2026-04-12","summary":"After talks between the U.S. and Iran collapsed, President Donald Trump claimed the U.S. will \"blockade\" the Strait of Hormuz.","category":"military","url":"https://www.npr.org/2026/04/12/nx-s1-5782538/u-s-iran-peace-talks-islamabad-collapse"},{"id":"8fc9ccd2-7bfe-497e-b463-21171bf77bdc","title":"Pakistan hosts historic face-to-face talks between the US and Iran","source":"NPR World","date":"2026-04-11","summary":"In Pakistan's capital, Islamabad, officials from the US and Iran met to discuss a possible end to the war that's engulfed much of the Middle East.","category":"military","url":"https://www.npr.org/2026/04/11/nx-s1-5779725/pakistan-hosts-historic-face-to-face-talks-between-the-us-and-iran"},{"id":"eb0e63c8-3c41-4e20-bd37-0c0254c7fe5f","title":"What's it like to cover the Ukraine war as the world's attention is focused on Iran?","source":"NPR World","date":"2026-04-11","summary":"In this week's Reporter's Notebook conversation, we take a closer look at what it's like to cover the war in Ukraine, and how the war in Iran is changing that.","category":"military","url":"https://www.npr.org/2026/04/11/nx-s1-5768193/whats-it-like-to-cover-the-ukraine-war-as-the-worlds-attention-is-focused-on-iran"},{"id":"b142d496-c8bb-4fda-9640-2937bc1f5c7c","title":"Pope Leo says 'delusion of omnipotence' is fueling U.S.-Israeli war in Iran","source":"NPR World","date":"2026-04-11","summary":"In the first weeks of the war, the Chicago-born Leo was initially reluctant to publicly condemn the violence and limited his comments to muted appeals for peace and dialogue. But Leo stepped up his criticism starting on Palm Sunday.","category":"military","url":"https://www.npr.org/2026/04/11/g-s1-117150/pope-leo-us-iran-war-israel-denounce"},{"id":"6770b0b7-9b34-406d-b784-1811a02e8f64","title":"Planeloads of negotiators and too little time: US and Iran’s 21 hours of talks","source":"The Guardian Middle East","date":"2026-04-12","summary":"Two sides tested one another’s resolve but timeframe meant it was probably unrealistic to expect deal Middle East crisis – live updates It was if the two delegations in the Iran-US peace talks in Islamabad hoped that the sheer number of negotiators flown into Pakistan could overcome the handicap of having only a finite number of hours in which to settle a 20-year dispute over Iran’s nuclear ambitions, now overlaid by complex new issues such as future control of the strait of Hormuz and US compen","category":"military","url":"https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/12/us-iran-21-hours-talks-war-vance-pakistan"},{"id":"e7708d07-3840-45da-a336-8c366619198f","title":"JD Vance says talks failed due to Iran’s refusal to give up nuclear programme","source":"The Guardian Middle East","date":"2026-04-12","summary":"Iranian delegates in Islamabad say Washington needs to do more to win their trust if talks to resolve US-Iran conflict are to be successful Middle East crisis – live updates The US vice-president, JD Vance, has blamed the failure of marathon negotiations with Iran on the country’s refusal to abandon its nuclear weapons programme, while Iranian delegates have claimed Washington needs to do more to win their trust. Vance, who left Islamabad on Sunday morning after 21 hours of talks with Iranian of","category":"military","url":"https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/12/jd-vance-says-no-deal-us-iran-pakistan-talks-islamabad"},{"id":"ea39178b-39a2-4e6b-b2bb-5cc2e23999b7","title":"‘Everything is gone’: Israel destroys entire villages in Lebanon","source":"The Guardian Middle East","date":"2026-04-12","summary":"Rights groups fear tactic of ‘domicide’ trialled in Gaza, where entire areas are made uninhabitable, is being used again The Israeli military has demolished entire villages as part of its invasion of south Lebanon, rigging homes with explosives and razing them to the ground in massive remote detonations. The Guardian reviewed three videos posted by the Israeli military and on social media, which showed Israel carrying out mass detonations in the villages of Taybeh, Naqoura and Deir Seryan along ","category":"economic","url":"https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/12/how-israeli-offensive-destroyed-entire-villages-in-lebanon"},{"id":"23a64636-6ffb-46f6-ae42-50a8f2fc579b","title":"US and Iran hold talks in Islamabad as Pakistan seeks to broker peace deal","source":"The Guardian Middle East","date":"2026-04-11","summary":"JD Vance leads American delegation while Iran’s negotiators headed up by Iran’s parliamentary speaker Peace talks between Iran and the US began in Islamabad this afternoon, with senior negotiators from both countries meeting face to face at the highest level for the first time since 1979, in the presence of mediators from Pakistan. Pakistani state TV said US and Iranian officials were “sitting directly at the same table” – which was later confirmed by the White House – and discussions were begin","category":"military","url":"https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/11/us-iran-talks-peace-deal-islamabad-pakistan"},{"id":"76fdcff8-70f5-4283-8183-859e4ccd2dbd","title":"US state department revokes green cards of three Iranian nationals it links to regime","source":"The Guardian Middle East","date":"2026-04-11","summary":"Three arrested by federal agents had family ties to Iranian military general, regime spokesperson or security chief United States federal agents arrested three Iranian nationals – including the son of a revolutionary at the center of the 1979 Iran hostage crisis – after the US state department terminated their green cards, the department announced on Saturday. State department officials revoked the green card status of Seyed Eissa Hashemi, whose mother was an Iranian revolutionary who served as ","category":"humanitarian","url":"https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/11/state-department-revokes-green-cards-iran-arrests"},{"id":"1692f8ab-0997-4d7f-9189-3cf83414e42a","title":"‘Endless war’: inside an Israeli kibbutz near Lebanon’s volatile border","source":"The Guardian Middle East","date":"2026-04-11","summary":"Residents describe the constant disruption of life under fire and whether military action should wind down It is a day after Israel killed more than 300 in a ceasefire-defying attack in Lebanon, and five miles from the border, at kibbutz Cabri in northern Israel, the quiet of the early Thursday evening has been disrupted. Three times, as the Guardian tries to leave, air raid sirens sound, and twice Iron Dome interceptors are launched. The last of the rockets fired by Hezbollah from Lebanon is su","category":"diplomatic","url":"https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/11/inside-israeli-kibbutz-lebanon-border"},{"id":"028feda9-8c07-47f1-8015-7b34cbcca7e4","title":"Trump’s Iran fiasco has led him into the gravest territory | Sidney Blumenthal","source":"The Guardian Middle East","date":"2026-04-11","summary":"As the president spirals over his disastrous war, his threats have escalated beyond the red line of international law Donald Trump has hung nine glowering portraits of himself throughout the White House, each one projecting a variation on the theme of intimidation. But gazing into his narcissistic pool of grimacing images has not calmed him when in his mind’s eye he stares into the abyss of the worst failure of his life. Trump’s fiasco has inspired him to heightened performances of profane, vile","category":"military","url":"https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/apr/11/trump-iran-international-law"},{"id":"ac4798fc-675b-481b-a548-8ea4d4649096","title":"Is Iran Trump’s Suez crisis, or just a passing thunderstorm?","source":"The Guardian Middle East","date":"2026-04-11","summary":"Britain’s standing in the world was never the same after its assault on Egypt in 1956. Now the US risks repeating history in the Middle East Middle East crisis – live updates Donald Trump’s addiction to framing every event in the most apocalyptic terms is what allows conservative commentators such as Mark Levin to praise him as “a once-in-a-century president”. But Trump cannot play out his entire presidency on a reckless high wire without eventually falling off – potentially taking America with ","category":"military","url":"https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/11/iran-trump-suez-crisis-strait-of-hormuz"},{"id":"aecd4b5e-a520-46c9-ac2e-4f445f30676f","title":"Trump warns of fresh strikes if Iran talks fail – as it happened","source":"The Guardian Middle East","date":"2026-04-11","summary":"US president says that warships are being reloaded with weaponry to strike Iran if Saturday’s Islamabad talks fail to produce a deal JD Vance warns Iran against trying to ‘play’ the US in peace talks Netanyahu says there is no ceasefire in Lebanon as Israel launches fresh strikes The streets of Islamabad are on strict lockdown as Pakistan’s capital prepares to play host to historic negotiations between Iran and the US that have dangled the promise of an end to war that has devastated the Middle ","category":"diplomatic","url":"https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2026/apr/10/iran-war-live-updates-trump-ceasefire-strait-hormuz-israel-lebanon-hezbollah"},{"id":"6b68f6c1-7afe-42f5-9915-6ae61f290f8c","title":"JD Vance dispatched to negotiate Iran peace with few cards to play","source":"The Guardian Middle East","date":"2026-04-10","summary":"Vice-president’s war doubts and his boss’s desperation to reopen the Hormuz strait constitute a weak deck against bolstered opponents Middle East crisis – live updates As JD Vance arrives in Islamabad to negotiate a peace deal with Iran, his first high-profile assignment of the war looks to be a poisoned chalice. Vance, a vocal opponent of US wars in the Middle East gone quiet since the beginning of the current military campaign, will now face off with Iranian negotiators who feel emboldened by ","category":"diplomatic","url":"https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/11/jd-vance-dispatched-to-negotiate-iran-peace-with-few-cards-to-play"},{"id":"7172f1bd-2be7-489d-a564-e8e24f0e1cc8","title":"JD Vance warns Iran against trying to ‘play’ the US in peace talks","source":"The Guardian Middle East","date":"2026-04-10","summary":"US vice-president flies to Islamabad for negotiations as Iranians insists Israel end its offensive in Lebanon Middle East crisis – live updates JD Vance has warned Iran not to “try and play” the US at talks planned for Saturday in Islamabad, while Tehran said it would not take part until Israel stopped bombing of Lebanon. The US vice-president made the comments as he boarded a plane to Pakistan for negotiations that could determine whether a ceasefire holds or the war on Iran resumes with grave ","category":"diplomatic","url":"https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/10/jd-vance-warns-iran-against-trying-to-play-the-us-in-peace-talks"},{"id":"4421217f-ec5d-4ca9-8c1b-72f1504c351c","title":"The Guardian view on Trump’s civilisational threats: the words that fuel war must be condemned | Editorial","source":"The Guardian Middle East","date":"2026-04-10","summary":"Military euphemisms can be deadly. Yet the brutal rhetoric of the US and Israel is proving still more lethal “Metaphors can kill,” the linguist George Lakoff wrote in an influential essay on the Gulf war. “The use of a metaphor with a set of definitions becomes pernicious when it hides realities in a harmful way.” He described the effects of the US employment of business cost-and-benefit analogies, sporting comparisons and the fairytale of the just war with heroes and villains. All veiled the re","category":"economic","url":"https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/apr/10/the-guardian-view-on-trumps-civilisational-threats-the-words-that-fuel-war-must-be-condemned"},{"id":"f0c3bba8-5eed-44be-af55-39ae837a61d2","title":"Netanyahu-ism has achieved nothing for Israelis – and come at a monstrously high price | Jonathan Freedland","source":"The Guardian Middle East","date":"2026-04-10","summary":"It is the voting public in Israel that will settle their PM’s fate later this year. But all they have heard are promises of ‘total victory’ that prove to be hollow It is a record of abject failure. I am not speaking of Donald Trump, though I could be. Instead, I am talking about his partner in this terrible war. Naturally, Trump has been the star of the show. He has been the face of the 40-day war on Iran, whether dialling up the threats against the country in foul, bloodthirsty language – “a wh","category":"economic","url":"https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/apr/10/benjamin-netanyahu-israel-voting-public-total-victory"},{"id":"5d41c77f-526d-4125-8003-3095d0a75a66","title":"How Pakistan emerged as a mediator in the Iran conflict – video explainer","source":"The Guardian Middle East","date":"2026-04-10","summary":"Mediating a deal at the 11th hour between Iran and the US, Pakistan has emerged as an unexpected negotiator between the two countries and is now preparing to host their delegations for peace talks. Even as the US-Iran ceasefire looked increasingly precarious amid Israel’s continued bombardment of Lebanon, Pakistani officials insisted the make-or-break peace negotiations would be going ahead over the weekend as planned. The Guardian's South Asia correspondent, Hannah Ellis-Petersen, explains how ","category":"diplomatic","url":"https://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2026/apr/10/how-pakistan-emerged-mediator-us-iran-conflict-video-explainer"},{"id":"308983e5-da9f-4d6b-89ce-84d7c9cc0f76","title":"War has given Iran new leverage for nuclear programme, say US former envoys","source":"The Guardian Middle East","date":"2026-04-10","summary":"Negotiators of 2015 deal say Tehran has seen how cutting off Hormuz strait can help it counter asymmetry of power Middle East crisis – live updates Former US envoys who dealt with Iran have said that the US-Israeli attack on Iran and Tehran’s subsequent closure of the strait of Hormuz have given Iran new tools and resolve to resist pressure to shutter its nuclear programme. Two senior negotiators for the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), the Obama-era agreement to limit Iran’s nuclear ","category":"military","url":"https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/10/middle-east-crisis-has-given-iran-new-way-to-resist-nuclear-limits-say-former-us-iran-envoys"},{"id":"cf2a8864-4f50-4b73-ab60-78943fe22a86","title":"’He’s mentally unstable’: Iranian American in Congress condemns Trump’s war and pushes for his removal","source":"The Guardian Middle East","date":"2026-04-10","summary":"Democratic representative Yassamin Ansari says the war has only more deeply entrenched the Iranian regime Sign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inbox Donald Trump is an “evil human being” who “wants to be an emperor” and should be removed from office over the war in Iran, Yassamin Ansari, an Iranian American member of the US Congress, has told the Guardian. Ansari, the daughter of Iranian immigrants who decades ago fled the regime, spoke out after the president ","category":"humanitarian","url":"https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/10/yassamin-ansari-representative-congress-iran-trump"},{"id":"b9af6b73-9ed4-4829-b846-f91a7d21db0f","title":"Why is anyone surprised by the US and Israel’s latest war? It’s only what the world allowed them to do in Gaza | Owen Jones","source":"The Guardian Middle East","date":"2026-04-10","summary":"The price of silence from western politicians and media outlets over Israel’s actions in Palestine is now being paid by Iranian and Lebanese civilians The president of the United States threatened this week to commit genocide against Iran. As Israel engages in continued bombing in Lebanon, killing more than 200 people in a single day, that fact must never be scrubbed away, not least because there is no guarantee the threat will not be revived. But as we descend towards the abyss, we need to unde","category":"economic","url":"https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/apr/10/us-israel-war-iran-lebanon-western-silence-gaza"},{"id":"5b0241d6-bcfb-4a6f-aaa3-51f7e6c6c670","title":"Deadly Israeli strikes hit Beirut – video","source":"The Guardian Middle East","date":"2026-04-10","summary":"Footage shows bulldozers and diggers clearing rubble from central Beirut as Israeli strikes continued in Lebanon. More than 300 people were killed after the announcement of a ceasefire in the Iran war on Tuesday night. The bombardment, ostensibly aimed at Hezbollah targets, included strikes with heavy munitions on densely populated areas, which drew outrage from the International Committee of the Red Cross and other humanitarian organisations. The attack on Lebanon threatened to derail hopes of ","category":"diplomatic","url":"https://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2026/apr/10/deadly-israeli-strikes-hit-beirut-lebanon-video"},{"id":"609bc270-69b6-4352-9043-cc2722ce5d91","title":"Talks break down as both sides play hardball - what happens next?","source":"Sky News World","date":"2026-04-12","summary":"They talked for 21 hours. The highest-level meeting between the US and Iran since its revolutionary government came to power in the '70s.","category":"military","url":"https://news.sky.com/story/vance-came-to-peace-talks-with-a-naive-assumption-but-the-iranians-didnt-cave-13530847"},{"id":"5b8a9e06-ade6-4e7a-abcf-97d2ab285239","title":"Man arrested over alleged damage to US military plane at airport","source":"Sky News World","date":"2026-04-12","summary":"A man has been arrested over alleged criminal damage of a US military plane at an Irish airport.","category":"military","url":"https://news.sky.com/story/man-arrested-over-alleged-damage-to-us-military-plane-at-shannon-airport-13530859"},{"id":"00d0d635-2656-49d0-9059-d389e847713c","title":"Teenage girl whose Snapchat video captured chaos in Beirut as Israeli strikes hit","source":"Sky News World","date":"2026-04-11","summary":"After six weeks of relentless Israeli bombardment, there was a fragile hope that the ceasefire between the United States and Iran might ease tensions in Lebanon.","category":"diplomatic","url":"https://news.sky.com/story/i-was-so-scared-teenage-girl-whose-snapchat-video-captured-chaos-in-beirut-as-israeli-strikes-hit-13530533"},{"id":"1a21d9e5-dddf-4dd8-907a-f4ff773df553","title":"US, Iran fail to agree on peace deal","source":"France 24 Middle East","date":"2026-04-12","summary":"⁠Iran's ⁠Parliamentary Speaker Mohammad ​Baqer Qalibaf ​said Sunday that Iran raised \"forward-looking\" ​initiatives ‌during talks ⁠in Islamabad ‌but that the US failed ⁠to \"earn\" the trust of the Iranian delegation. US Vice President JD Vance said earlier that 21 hours of peace talks had failed to produce a deal to end the war. The latest updates with our France 24 correspondent Hoda Abdel-Hamid in Doha, Qatar.","category":"military","url":"https://www.france24.com/en/us-iran-fail-to-agree-on-peace-deal"},{"id":"5f00a183-c282-4d45-a974-d90cce02dea0","title":"US and Iran fail to reach a deal after peace talks in Islamabad","source":"France 24 Middle East","date":"2026-04-12","summary":"The United States and Iran ended peace talks on Sunday without reaching a deal to end the war, leaving a fragile two-week ceasefire in doubt as both sides blamed each other for the breakdown and signaled little progress on core disputes.","category":"diplomatic","url":"https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20260412-us-and-iran-fail-to-reach-a-deal-after-peace-talks-in-islamabad"},{"id":"9f56e9aa-3a93-4887-8a9a-fa2983bef9b5","title":"Lebanon protests talks with Israel","source":"France 24 Middle East","date":"2026-04-12","summary":"Negotiations between Israel and Lebanon are set to begin Tuesday in Washington, with Israel urging Lebanon’s government to take responsibility for disarming Hezbollah — a move widely seen as nearly impossible and one that could risk pushing the country into civil war, which some analysts say would amount to a strategic victory for Israel. Emily Boyle reports.","category":"military","url":"https://www.france24.com/en/lebanon-protests-talks-with-israel"},{"id":"afcad41b-a6cc-46c8-a93e-cb870ca18650","title":"US and Iran end 21-hour ceasefire talks without agreement before Vance departs Pakistan","source":"France 24 Middle East","date":"2026-04-12","summary":"The United States and Iran ended a historic round of face-to-face talks early Sunday without reaching an agreement and the fate of the fragile, two-week ceasefire still unclear. Vice President JD Vance, who led the US delegation during the 21 hours of talks in Pakistan's capital Islamabad, said negotiations finished without a deal after the Iranians refused to accept American terms to refrain from developing a nuclear weapon. France24 correspondent Fraser Jackson shares his analysis from Washing","category":"military","url":"https://www.france24.com/en/us-and-iran-end-21-hour-ceasefire-talks-without-agreement-before-vance-departs-pakistan"},{"id":"a7985ad7-4134-4740-bac7-e7bd0705d4c8","title":"Iran-US: Talks ended after 21 hours without reaching agreement","source":"France 24 Middle East","date":"2026-04-12","summary":"US Vice President JD Vance said on Sunday that 21 hours of peace talks in Pakistan between the US and Iran had failed to produce an agreement to end the war. Each side blamed the other for the failure of the negotiations.","category":"military","url":"https://www.france24.com/en/iran-us-talks-ended-after-21-hours-without-reaching-agreement"},{"id":"ef24215b-d485-487e-a439-ef8be4c91d14","title":"US Navy to blockade Strait of Hormuz ‘effective immediately,’ Trump says","source":"Military Times","date":"2026-04-12","summary":"“Any Iranian who fires at us, or at peaceful vessels, will be BLOWN TO HELL!” the president wrote on Sunday.","category":"humanitarian","url":"https://www.militarytimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2026/04/12/us-navy-to-blockade-strait-of-hormuz-effective-immediately-trump-says/"},{"id":"b0481cf1-9918-422f-b32a-d551619078f2","title":"Middle East war live: Trump says US will begin 'blockading' Strait of Hormuz","source":"France 24 Middle East","date":"2026-04-12","summary":"The US navy will begin blockading ships trying to enter or leave the Strait of Hormuz “effective immediately”, US President Donald Trump said in a social media post Sunday. He added that the US would ‌also “interdict” every ‌vessel in international waters that had paid a toll to Iran for passing through the critical waterway. Follow our liveblog for the latest updates.","category":"military","url":"https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20260412-middle-east-war-live-us-and-iran-fail-to-reach-deal-after-marathon-peace-talks-in-pakistan"},{"id":"ef7ba479-0bb0-47c4-bb2c-51b4c2a4c066","title":"Iran-US negotiations underway in Pakistan, US says Strait of Hormuz being 'cleared'","source":"France 24 Middle East","date":"2026-04-11","summary":"Delegations from the United States and Iran held direct negotiations on Saturday for the first time since 1979 in Islamabad,Pakistan, to end a six-week conflict, while US President Donald Trump said that the US military had begun clearing mines from the Strait of Hormuz.","category":"military","url":"https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20260411-iran-us-negotiations-underway-in-pakistan-us-says-strait-of-hormuz-being-cleared"},{"id":"8e090067-a452-461a-ae03-77128bcf5f02","title":"Iran: a mediator on the mediations","source":"France 24 Middle East","date":"2026-04-11","summary":"Gavin Lee speaks with Oliver McTernan, Director of Forward Thinking, about the current situation in Iran, the Straight of Hormuz and Pakistan.","category":"military","url":"https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/spotlight/20260411-iran-a-mediator-on-the-mediations"},{"id":"c765a462-8514-44e8-af7c-9b54deb35be0","title":"Beirut airport remains operational despite Israeli bombings","source":"France 24 Middle East","date":"2026-04-11","summary":"Despite Israeli airstrikes in the area, Beirut airport remains operational. Kept open through close coordination and international guarantees, it is operating at reduced capacity.","category":"military","url":"https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20260411-beirut-airport-remains-operational-despite-israeli-bombings"},{"id":"fe35884a-f53f-428f-a8e0-94a1bcf96599","title":"Israel army says hit over 200 Hezbollah targets in last 24 hours","source":"France 24 Middle East","date":"2026-04-11","summary":"Clouds of smoke were once again seen over villages in southern Lebanon after Israeli strikes targeted areas near the border. The attacks come as Iran and the United States begin peace talks, but Tehran has said it will not engage in negotiations until Israel halts its bombing campaign in Lebanon. Caroline Baum and Axelle Simon report.","category":"military","url":"https://www.france24.com/en/israel-army-says-hit-over-200-hezbollah-targets-in-last-24-hours"},{"id":"4d2c5efd-ee19-45f2-8b70-df34f0dd60b7","title":"Iran, US top officials meet face-to-face","source":"France 24 Middle East","date":"2026-04-11","summary":"The United States and Iran began negotiations Saturday in Pakistan, days after a fragile two-week ceasefire was announced, as the war that has killed thousands of people and shaken global markets entered its seventh week. FRANCE 24's Andrew Hilliar tells us more.","category":"diplomatic","url":"https://www.france24.com/en/iran-us-top-officials-meet-face-to-face"},{"id":"f22e3161-9ca8-4e0d-9d8a-e212269dbf5e","title":"Who is Iran's Chief negotiator Ghalibaf?","source":"France 24 Middle East","date":"2026-04-11","summary":"The 70-member Iranian delegation taking part in negotiations in Pakistan today is being led by one of Tehran’s most prominent non-clerical figures, Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf. Caroline Baum takes a look at the man Iran has entrusted with securing an end to the war on terms acceptable to Tehran.","category":"humanitarian","url":"https://www.france24.com/en/who-is-iran-s-chief-negotiator-ghalibaf"},{"id":"7982a8a7-2aae-4e1c-b01a-80c89c32b01d","title":"US, Iran sit down for talks in Islamabad","source":"France 24 Middle East","date":"2026-04-11","summary":"Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and US Vice President JD Vance met in Islamabad on Saturday as peace talks to end the broadening war in the Middle East got under way. The US delegation is set to meet Iranian officials later in the day. The latest updates with our France 24 correspondent Shazaib Wallah in Islamabad, Pakistan.","category":"military","url":"https://www.france24.com/en/us-iran-sit-down-for-talks-in-islamabad"},{"id":"13a95aa6-ad5f-428a-9ce0-adfaca45896e","title":"Israel refuses ceasefire with Hezbollah","source":"France 24 Middle East","date":"2026-04-11","summary":"Israel and Lebanon are due to hold talks in Washington on Tuesday, though a ceasefire remains a distant prospect. Israel says it will not discuss any halt to the fighting with Hezbollah, which it considers the main obstacle to peace. The meeting will mark the first formal contact between the two countries, which have no diplomatic relations. Meanwhile, Lebanese authorities say Israeli strikes have killed more than 1,950 people, including over 350 on the first day of the US-Iran ceasefire alone. ","category":"diplomatic","url":"https://www.france24.com/en/israel-refuses-ceasefire-with-hezbollah"},{"id":"b1f8ac60-c7b9-41b7-a8b0-55f6e2d6b5e7","title":"Iran, US delegations to start negotiations in Pakistan","source":"France 24 Middle East","date":"2026-04-11","summary":"A US ​government plane carrying ​top US officials landed in the ​Pakistani ‌capital Islamabad ⁠on Saturday for ‌peace talks with Iran. Washington and ​Tehran are ‌set to begin negotiations to permanently end the six-week-old Iran ​war that has killed thousands of people across ​the Middle ​East. Daniel Quinlan reports.","category":"military","url":"https://www.france24.com/en/iran-us-delegations-to-start-negotiations-in-pakistan"},{"id":"2bbd46f9-25bd-46cd-8e78-0f90fab4fa27","title":"'Iran has put up a demand that Lebanon should be included in the ceasefire'","source":"France 24 Middle East","date":"2026-04-11","summary":"A US ​government plane carrying ​top US officials landed in the ​Pakistani ‌capital Islamabad ⁠on Saturday for ‌peace talks with Iran. Washington and ​Tehran are ‌set to begin negotiations to permanently end the six-week-old Iran ​war that has killed thousands of people across ​the Middle ​East. \"These talks are supposed to begin in the coming hours\", said Shazaib Wallah, France 24 correspondent in Islamabad, Pakistan. Yet in a last-minute hurdle, the \"Iranian side has put up a demand that Leban","category":"diplomatic","url":"https://www.france24.com/en/iran-has-put-up-a-demand-that-lebanon-should-be-included-in-the-ceasefire"},{"id":"fa25afe9-50d6-4f9f-afc6-1ebe14c2acad","title":"Ceasefire & Peacetalks, Hungary 'False Flags' & Final Rallies","source":"France 24 Middle East","date":"2026-04-11","summary":"In a week that started with US President Donald Trump threatening to wipe out a whole civilisation in Iran if the regime failed to respond to his ultimatum, pesidential decorum went out of the window, with Trump unfiltered, f-ing and jeffing on Easter Sunday as he warned Iran to open the Strait of Hormuz, followed up by surreal scenes on the White House lawn as he hammered home the message, sandwiched between the First Lady and the Easter Bunny to an audience of families and children.","category":"diplomatic","url":"https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/the-world-this-week/20260411-ceasefire-peacetalks-hungary-false-flags-final-rallies"},{"id":"a7d0303a-2b69-4a57-b067-ba5bb26f0d38","title":"Trump says makes 'no difference' to him if Iran, US reach deal","source":"France 24 Middle East","date":"2026-04-11","summary":"US President Donald Trump said Saturday he was not bothered about the outcome of US-Iran talks in Pakistan, insisting that the United States had come out ahead from the war. Earlier, a ⁠new ​round of ​talks between Iranian and US delegations ​began ‌in ⁠Islamabad, with Pakistani officials ⁠acting as mediators, Iran's semi-official ​Tasnim news ‌agency reported. Read about the day’s events as they unfolded on our liveblog.","category":"military","url":"https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20260411-live-vance-in-pakistan-for-peace-talks-with-iranian-officials"},{"id":"9c0f381e-ce28-4389-9ca1-ec46351ee459","title":"‘We thought Beirut was going to collapse’: recounting the deadliest day of the war with Israel","source":"France 24 Middle East","date":"2026-04-10","summary":"In a series of unannounced and unexpected attacks, Israel struck Beirut and several other parts of Lebanon without warning on Wednesday, killing more than 300 people and wounding at least 1,000. Local residents, lawyers, doctors and aid workers contacted by phone describe the “bloody” day that plunged the country into chaos.","category":"military","url":"https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20260410-we-thought-beirut-was-going-to-collapse-recounting-the-deadliest-day-of-the-war-with-israel"},{"id":"55eadfa8-a281-4b7d-b02c-18982550145a","title":"Relentless airstrikes on Beirut's residential areas 'remind Lebanese that Israel is enemy as well'","source":"France 24 Middle East","date":"2026-04-10","summary":"Nadia Massih is pleased to welcome Dr. Randa Slim, Director of the Conflict Resolution and Track II Dialogues Program at the Middle East Institute and Fellow at the Foreign Policy Institute of the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS). According to Dr. Slim, Israeli strikes on Lebanon cannot be credibly framed as targeted operations against Hezbollah, but rather indiscriminate violence causing widespread civilian casualties and intensifying regional tensions. S","category":"humanitarian","url":"https://www.france24.com/en/relentless-airstrikes-on-beirut-s-residential-areas-remind-lebanese-that-israel-is-enemy-as-well"},{"id":"437f95de-4681-4e23-a7fa-e3130448cb90","title":"Under the fog of ceasefire: How journalists are covering efforts to end the war","source":"France 24 Middle East","date":"2026-04-10","summary":"This week on FRANCE 24’s media show Scoop, we examine confusion over whether the US–Iran ceasefire includes Lebanon. The United States and Israel say it does not, while Iran and mediator Pakistan insist it does. Despite hopes for a lasting truce, the information war continues. Our guests this week are Joyce Karam, editor-in-chief of Al-Monitor, and Barry Malone, former Africa and Middle East correspondent for Reuters.","category":"diplomatic","url":"https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/scoop/20260410-under-the-fog-of-ceasefire-competing-narratives-over-the-peace-talks"},{"id":"cbec3232-b98d-4302-83c8-a52c1afe8b9b","title":"Iran sets 'preconditions' ahead of ceasefire talks as Vance warns Tehran not to 'play' US","source":"France 24 Middle East","date":"2026-04-10","summary":"Iranian and US delegations headed for Islamabad on Friday ahead of ceasefire negotiations between the two countries that threaten to be derailed by deep disagreements. While Iran said it would only begin talks if ‌Washington accepted its \"preconditions\", Vice President JD Vance warned Tehran not to \"play\" the US.","category":"diplomatic","url":"https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20260410-iran-sets-preconditions-ahead-of-ceasefire-talks-as-vance-warns-tehran-not-to-play-us"},{"id":"56ecba74-6c3a-46ad-9c6c-f8ab1e7f5b2b","title":"Iranian delegation arrives in Pakistan for talks with US","source":"France 24 Middle East","date":"2026-04-10","summary":"Iranian officials led by Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf arrived in Islamabad on Friday ahead of talks with US negotiators, including Vice President JD Vance. Earlier President Donald Trump said that the US was preparing to strike Iran if the talks failed to produce a deal to end the war. Read our liveblog to see how the day's events unfolded.","category":"military","url":"https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20260410-middle-east-live-khamenei-says-iran-does-not-want-war-but-will-defend-its-rights"},{"id":"be681b73-6515-46e5-bd80-e2e14fba31ce","title":"Netanyahu greenlights Israel-Lebanon talks in Washington amid ceasefire tensions","source":"France 24 Middle East","date":"2026-04-10","summary":"Israel and Lebanon are set to hold talks in Washington next week as tensions escalate over continued fighting in Lebanon and concerns grow that the fragile US-Iran ceasefire could collapse. The meeting comes amid heavy strikes, rising casualties and renewed disputes over the scope of the truce and regional security arrangements.","category":"diplomatic","url":"https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20260410-netanyahu-greenlights-israel-lebanon-talks-in-washington-amid-ceasefire-tensions"},{"id":"00922285-a42b-4180-988b-d9e4a8f098ed","title":"Sidelined by Trump’s truce with Iran, Israel pummels Lebanon – then agrees to talks","source":"France 24 Middle East","date":"2026-04-09","summary":"The ceasefire between the US and Iran has sidelined Israel and left its war goals largely unmet, leading Benjamin Netanyahu’s critics to lament a “strategic failure” that has damaged Israel’s standing in Washington. With his hands tied on Iran, the Israeli PM has agreed to peace talks with Lebanon under pressure from the US, just hours after vowing to pursue his country’s deadly campaign.","category":"diplomatic","url":"https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20260409-sidelined-trump-ceasefire-iran-israel-pummels-lebanon-agrees-talks-netanyahu"},{"id":"066dd9c5-222a-43a8-ae6d-fa2c77e5007f","title":"Who profits from the Iran war? Strait of Hormuz toll talk fuels outrage","source":"France 24 Middle East","date":"2026-04-09","summary":"A most confusing Wednesday it was. In the space of six minutes, during a single press conference, the White House spokesperson first hailed the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, then called on Iran to reopen the world’s most oil-sensitive shipping lane. Five weeks of contradictory statements have bred wider uncertainty over the true contents of the ceasefire deal – and even who is party to it. Confusion moves markets, and in a war that has triggered the most severe energy crisis in decades, oil","category":"economic","url":"https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/the-debate/20260409-who-profits-off-iran-war-strait-of-hormuz-toll-talk-fuels-outrage"},{"id":"1ba84750-12c9-4b28-9e5f-5e40fac7c45e","title":"'Trump abandoned us': Ceasefire sparks anger, fear, division among Iranians","source":"France 24 Middle East","date":"2026-04-09","summary":"Iranians are divided between relief, disappointment, fear and anger after the announcement of a two-week ceasefire and possible peace plan between the USA and Israel on one side, and Iran on the other. The FRANCE 24 Observers team talked to several Iranians inside Iran to capture their responses and first-hand impressions of the ceasefire after five weeks of armed conflict in their country.","category":"diplomatic","url":"https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20260409-iran-ceasefire-reactions-trump-anger-division-war-regime-change-debate"},{"id":"1eac544c-2e68-463b-b00e-7c14104b330e","title":"Pakistan plays major role trying to mediate an end to Iran war","source":"France 24 Middle East","date":"2026-04-09","summary":"Pakistan has emerged as a key mediator between the US and Iran, playing a crucial role in brokering the two-week ceasefire agreement and working with both camps, as well as regional powers, to end the war. Islamabad has ties to Tehran and Washington and is set to hold talks this weekend.","category":"diplomatic","url":"https://www.france24.com/en/pakistan-plays-major-role-trying-to-mediate-an-end-to-iran-war"},{"id":"c37c62cb-c458-4c4e-b491-facec1f8f8f6","title":"What could come after a rules-based world order?","source":"DW News","date":"2026-04-12","summary":"The war between the US, Israel and Iran was, for many, a sign that the rules-based world order, a set of principles developed after World War II, is collapsing. If that era is over, what could be next?","category":"military","url":"https://www.dw.com/en/what-could-come-after-a-rules-based-world-order/a-76742441?maca=en-rss-en-world-4025-xml-mrss"},{"id":"25c44f21-f98e-487a-9fc9-14532c3656cf","title":"After Iran talks falter, the big question is what happens next?","source":"BBC Middle East","date":"2026-04-12","summary":"Twenty-one hours was not enough to end 47 years of hostility between Iran and the US, writes the BBC's Lyse Doucet.","category":"military","url":"https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5y943x2g8qo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss"},{"id":"54a1278a-d0c2-4e90-a564-8ac87c1d5be7","title":"Trump says points agreed to in talks 'don't matter' due to Iran's 'nuclear ambitions'","source":"Middle East Eye","date":"2026-04-12","summary":"Trump says points agreed to in talks 'don't matter' due to Iran's 'nuclear ambitions' US President Donald Trump said in a post on Truth Social that Iran is \"UNWILLING TO GIVE UP ITS NUCLEAR AMBITIONS\". The US president said: \"In many ways, the points that were agreed to are better than us continuing our Military Operations to conclusion, but all of those points don’t matter compared to allowing Nuclear Power to be in the hands of such volatile, difficult, unpredictable people. \"IRAN WILL NEVER H","category":"military","url":"https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/trump-says-points-agreed-talks-dont-matter-due-irans-nuclear-ambitions"},{"id":"9a3ae4e4-2005-4542-9cc3-fd2a8e36c2b9","title":"Trump says US military is 'locked and loaded' to 'finish up' Iran","source":"Middle East Eye","date":"2026-04-12","summary":"Trump says US military is 'locked and loaded' to 'finish up' Iran US President Donald Trump has said on his Truth Social platform that the US military is \"locked and loaded\" to \"finish up the little that is left of Iran\" at the appropriate moment. He also said the US will \"begin the process of BLOCKADING any and all Ships trying to enter, or leave, the Strait of Hormuz\".","category":"military","url":"https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/trump-says-us-military-locked-and-loaded-finish-iran"},{"id":"76cddc5e-b1ca-48bd-8eb5-577fc0326ecd","title":"Trump says US will 'blockade all ships entering or leaving Hormuz'","source":"Middle East Eye","date":"2026-04-12","summary":"Trump says US will 'blockade all ships entering or leaving Hormuz' US President Donald Trump has announced that US forces will \"begin the process of BLOCKADING any and all Ships trying to enter, or leave, the Strait of Hormuz\". He said on his Truth Social platform: \"At some point, we will reach an ‘ALL BEING ALLOWED TO GO IN, ALL BEING ALLOWED TO GO OUT’ basis, but Iran has not allowed that to happen. \"I have also instructed our Navy to seek and interdict every vessel in International Waters tha","category":"military","url":"https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/trump-says-us-will-blockade-all-ships-entering-or-leaving-hormuz"},{"id":"def80c9d-c629-449d-aea7-5c9fa59c5d63","title":"How Iran's universities became a target of US-Israeli attacks","source":"Middle East Eye","date":"2026-04-12","summary":"How Iran's universities became a target of US-Israeli attacks Katherine Hearst on Fri, 04/10/2026 - 09:26 Some 30 universities came under fire in what Iranian academics and students say is an attempt to erase sovereignty and technological autonomy Iran's science minister Hossein Simaee Sarraf inspects the damage at Shahid Beheshti University amid the US-Israeli war on Iran, in Tehran, 4 April 2026 (Majid Asgaripour/WANA) Off On 6 April, a blast ripped through Iran's top engineering university. N","category":"military","url":"https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/how-iran-universities-became-target-us-israeli-attacks"},{"id":"b73bb5e6-4a9b-433e-94c2-cf5f4cdd0437","title":"Putin says he is ready to help mediate peace efforts","source":"Middle East Eye","date":"2026-04-12","summary":"Putin says he is ready to help mediate peace efforts Russian President Vladimir Putin has told his Iranian counterpart, Masoud Pezeshkian, in a phone call that he is ready to help mediate efforts to achieve peace. The Kremlin said that Putin \"emphasised his readiness to further facilitate the search for a political and diplomatic settlement to the conflict, and to mediate efforts to achieve a just and lasting peace in the Middle East\".","category":"military","url":"https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/putin-says-ready-help-mediate-peace-efforts"},{"id":"e9c34ddf-441f-47e2-8436-4cdef4486601","title":"Hezbollah claims attack on Israeli military vehicle in occupied West Bank","source":"Middle East Eye","date":"2026-04-12","summary":"Hezbollah claims attack on Israeli military vehicle in occupied West Bank Hezbollah said it had launched a drone attack targeting a military vehicle carrying an Israeli command crew in Taybeh, a town in the occupied West Bank. The group also said it launched multiple drones towards the Kiryat Shmona barracks in northern Israel.","category":"military","url":"https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/hezbollah-claims-attack-israeli-military-vehicle-west-bank"},{"id":"6ef0e743-62a2-4d46-b736-005811b4d476","title":"Iranian officials say 3,375 killed in US-Israel attacks","source":"Middle East Eye","date":"2026-04-12","summary":"Iranian officials say 3,375 killed in US-Israel attacks Iran’s Forensic Medicine Organisation chief, Abbas Masjedi Arani, said authorities have identified the bodies of 3,375 people killed during the US-Israeli attacks on Iran. He announced that the death toll included 2,875 men and nearly 500 women.","category":"military","url":"https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/uk-israel-attacks-killed-3375-people-iran-says"},{"id":"1a189481-7b06-4126-b5ad-2a10cf143414","title":"Ben Gvir visits Al-Aqsa Mosque complex, says 'I feel like the owner'","source":"Middle East Eye","date":"2026-04-12","summary":"Ben Gvir visits Al-Aqsa Mosque complex, says 'I feel like the owner' Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir visited Al-Aqsa Mosque complex in occupied Jerusalem. In a video posted by his office, he was seen at the site saying: \"Today, I feel like the owner here. \"There is still more to do, more to improve. I keep pushing the prime minister to do more and more; we ⁠must keep rising higher and higher.\" In response, the Jordanian foreign ministry said Ben Gvir's visit violated the Statu","category":"military","url":"https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/ben-gvir-visits-al-aqsa-compound-says-i-feel-owner"},{"id":"27b65141-a62a-434a-b9c3-034c0d0d5369","title":"Israeli energy minister calls for bombing Lebanese civilian infrastructure","source":"Middle East Eye","date":"2026-04-12","summary":"Israeli energy minister calls for bombing Lebanese civilian infrastructure Israel's energy and infrastructure minister, Eli Cohen, has said it should bomb civilian infrastructure in Lebanon. \"In my opinion, we should not only strike Beirut's southern suburb, but also sites and infrastructure linked to the Lebanese state itself, and I have said this within the cabinet,\" Cohen said in an interview with Ynet. He is a member of the State Security Cabinet of Israel \"I don't give these negotiations st","category":"humanitarian","url":"https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-energy-minister-calls-bombing-lebanese-civilian-infrastructure"},{"id":"d81f3a29-8272-4a05-a0d8-e17194830826","title":"Ghalibaf says US 'failed to gain the trust of the Iranian delegation'","source":"Middle East Eye","date":"2026-04-12","summary":"Ghalibaf says US 'failed to gain the trust of the Iranian delegation' Iranian parliamentary speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, who was one of the negotiators, wrote on X that \"we have the necessary good faith and will, but due to the experiences of the two previous wars, we have no trust in the opposing side\". He added: \"The opposing side ultimately failed to gain the trust of the Iranian delegation in this round of negotiations.\"","category":"humanitarian","url":"https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/ghalibaf-says-us-failed-gain-trust-iranian-delegation"},{"id":"6ed9248e-2141-4ad9-8b9a-ef28bdb1cb12","title":"Trump threatens to block Strait of Hormuz, says US ready to 'finish up' Iran","source":"Middle East Eye","date":"2026-04-12","summary":"Trump threatens to block Strait of Hormuz, says US ready to 'finish up' Iran Imran Mulla on Sun, 04/12/2026 - 09:54 Iran says progress depends on US 'seriousness and good faith' as Washington's allies urge return to negotiations US Vice President JD Vance arrives for a meeting with Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif amid the US-Iran peace talks in Islamabad on 11 April 2026 (AFP) Off The world's eyes were on Islamabad for nearly 21 hours as marathon ceasefire talks took place between the Un","category":"diplomatic","url":"https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/how-talks-broke-down-islamabad-both-sides-blaming-each-other"},{"id":"36a0d41d-4989-4570-92ae-f5e3d069e107","title":"US-Israeli attacks killed 26 healthcare workers: Iranian media","source":"Middle East Eye","date":"2026-04-12","summary":"US-Israeli attacks killed 26 healthcare workers: Iranian media US-Israeli attacks on Iran killed 26 healthcare workers and wounded 118 others, Iran's Mehr News Agency reported.","category":"military","url":"https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/us-israeli-attacks-killed-26-healthcare-workers-iranian-media-says"},{"id":"e3893529-ff4c-46d9-bb64-41995990e2fa","title":"UK expresses disappointment over negotiations stalling","source":"Middle East Eye","date":"2026-04-12","summary":"UK expresses disappointment over negotiations stalling British Health Secretary Wes Streeting has said the UK is disappointed that talks in Islamabad stalled. \"It’s obviously disappointing that we haven’t yet seen a breakthrough in negotiations and an end to this war in Iran that is a sustainable one,\" Streeting told Sky News. \"As ever in diplomacy, you’re failing until you succeed. So while these talks may not have ended in success, doesn’t mean there isn’t merit in continuing to try.\"","category":"diplomatic","url":"https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/uk-expresses-disappointment-over-negotiations-stalling"},{"id":"24732996-901c-42ba-9a34-92e55757b18d","title":"Israel launches fresh attacks on Lebanon","source":"Middle East Eye","date":"2026-04-12","summary":"Israel launches fresh attacks on Lebanon Israel has launched heavy attacks in Lebanon on Sunday morning. At least 13 people were killed overnight in a strike on the town of Tefahta, according to Al Jazeera. An Israeli raid on the town of Maaroub in Tyre, in southern Lebanon, killed six people, Lebanon's National News Agency (NNA) reported. Israeli forces also killed five people in the southern town of Qana, according to NNA. Meanwhile, Israeli raids were reported in the towns of Bazourieh, Qalil","category":"military","url":"https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israel-launches-fresh-attacks-lebanon"},{"id":"dfbbcc4f-2600-401a-85f2-546019fd37ca","title":"Morning update","source":"Middle East Eye","date":"2026-04-12","summary":"Morning update Hello Middle East Eye readers, If you are joining us now, here are the major developments from the past few hours: Iran’s negotiating delegation has departed Pakistan following talks with the United States that ended without an agreement. US Vice President JD Vance has also left Islamabad, saying the two sides failed to reach a deal after marathon negotiations. The talks, which lasted more than 20 hours, broke down over key disputes, including Iran’s nuclear programme and control ","category":"military","url":"https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/morning-update-510"},{"id":"3f4d9ce3-f7d5-452f-8060-726f3c6bc796","title":"Iran says more than 2,000 children wounded in US-Israeli attacks","source":"Middle East Eye","date":"2026-04-12","summary":"Iran says more than 2,000 children wounded in US-Israeli attacks More than 2,000 children have been wounded in US-Israeli attacks on Iran, according to the head of the country’s emergency department. Jafar Miadfar said 2,115 people under 18 were injured, including 124 children under five and 24 under the age of two. Miadfar told the Mehr news agency that about 5,000 women were also wounded, with most attacks concentrated in provinces including Tehran, Khuzestan, Lorestan, Isfahan, Kermanshah and","category":"military","url":"https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/iran-says-more-2000-children-wounded-us-israeli-attacks"},{"id":"4dfd2626-d4a4-49c1-a429-515f88222619","title":"Iran delegation leaves Pakistan after failed US talks","source":"Middle East Eye","date":"2026-04-12","summary":"Iran delegation leaves Pakistan after failed US talks Iran’s negotiating delegation has departed Pakistan following the conclusion of talks with the United States that ended without an agreement, according to Iran’s Mehr news agency. The delegation included Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf and Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi. The departure comes shortly after US Vice President JD Vance also left Islamabad, saying the two sides failed to reach a deal after marathon negotiations. The ta","category":"military","url":"https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/iran-delegation-leaves-pakistan-after-failed-us-talks"},{"id":"5d83503f-240e-4d6f-b5ff-5ba22016b823","title":"Iran says ‘diplomacy never ends’ as consultations continue","source":"Middle East Eye","date":"2026-04-12","summary":"Iran says ‘diplomacy never ends’ as consultations continue Iran’s foreign ministry said diplomatic efforts will continue despite stalled talks with the United States, with spokesperson, Esmaeil Baghaei, saying “diplomacy never ends,” according to IRNA. Baghaei said diplomacy remains a key tool to “secure, protect and preserve national interests,” adding that consultations with Pakistan and other friendly and neighbouring countries will continue. A Pakistani Ranger walks past a billboard for the ","category":"diplomatic","url":"https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/iran-says-diplomacy-never-ends-consultations-continue"},{"id":"1169f85b-cd15-4948-9892-df754d23cbbb","title":"Israel and Turkey trade accusations as tensions widen over Syria and Gaza","source":"Middle East Eye","date":"2026-04-12","summary":"Israel and Turkey trade accusations as tensions widen over Syria and Gaza MEE staff on Sun, 04/12/2026 - 06:02 Netanyahu’s speech adds to concerns over expanded Israeli control of Palestinian areas Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at a press conference in Jerusalem on 4 September 2024 (Reuters) Off Tensions between Israel and Turkey escalated over the past week, as leaders exchanged pointed accusations amid a deepening geopolitical rift centred on the ongoing war in Gaza and the ","category":"military","url":"https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-and-turkey-trade-accusations-tensions-widen-over-syria-and-gaza"},{"id":"617eb783-744b-4d8a-8fe9-02aba5047daf","title":"Iran believes they hold the cards amid 'dysfunction & chaos in US national security decision-making'","source":"France 24 Middle East","date":"2026-04-12","summary":"François Picard is pleased to welcome Aaron David Miller, former State Department Middle East negotiator, and Senior Fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Miller has spent decades working in diplomacy, and he does not see a coherent strategy playing out here, just improvisation shaped by pressure, personality, and shifting leverage. The current negotiations surrounding Iran, Israel, and Lebanon are not driven by trust or a shared vision of resolution, but by tactical necessit","category":"diplomatic","url":"https://www.france24.com/en/iran-believes-they-hold-the-cards-amid-dysfunction-chaos-in-us-national-security-decision-making"},{"id":"86b8ca50-b46d-4371-b25e-8e931c68c894","title":"Israel’s Ben Gvir says he feels like the 'owner' of Al-Aqsa Mosque compound","source":"Middle East Eye","date":"2026-04-12","summary":"Israel’s Ben Gvir says he feels like the 'owner' of Al-Aqsa Mosque compound MEE staff on Sun, 04/12/2026 - 14:43 The far-right minister raided the holy site days after it was reopened to Palestinians following weeks of closure Muslim worshippers take part in Friday prayers at Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem's Old City, 10 April 2026 (Reuters/Ammar Awad) Off Israel’s National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir said on Sunday that he feels like the “owner” of Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem's Old City and ","category":"military","url":"https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israels-ben-gvir-says-he-feels-owner-al-aqsa-mosque-compound"},{"id":"0f8a07c0-9d90-48f1-ae63-59815370b5fc","title":"Trump announces Strait of Hormuz blockade after US-Iran peace talks end","source":"Al Jazeera","date":"2026-04-12","summary":"US Navy to enforce blockade, Trump says after condemning Iran for blocking waterway, complaining of no deal in Pakistan.","category":"military","url":"https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/4/12/trump-announces-strait-of-hormuz-blockade-after-us-iran-peace-talks-end?traffic_source=rss"},{"id":"b7567942-1afd-4374-8513-dc43e546732a","title":"Space Force programs supporting Golden Dome see big FY27 budget boost","source":"Breaking Defense","date":"2026-04-10","summary":"Missile warning and tracking programs, and the emerging Space Data Network being developed to ferry space sensor data to shooters on the ground, in the air and at sea are among the programs seeing huge increases.","category":"military","url":"https://breakingdefense.com/2026/04/golden-dome-spending-plan-fy27-budget-space-force/"},{"id":"65bf93ea-20be-4f9c-9243-2abe5e586e98","title":"Trump’s $1.5T defense budget to weather harsh scrutiny on Capitol Hill","source":"Breaking Defense","date":"2026-04-10","summary":"Operations in Iran, midterm elections and GOP intraparty politics could all complicate the defense budget’s path to President Donald Trump’s desk.","category":"military","url":"https://breakingdefense.com/2026/04/trumps-1-5t-defense-budget-to-weather-harsh-scrutiny-on-capitol-hill/"},{"id":"e6b88e95-865c-4aac-a57b-8ce0adcdca41","title":"The Golden Dome’s missing layer: On-orbit logistics for a resilient missile defense","source":"Breaking Defense","date":"2026-04-10","summary":"[Sponsored] Building on-orbit servicing into the architecture of the constellation is foundational to sustaining missile defense in space.","category":"military","url":"https://breakingdefense.com/2026/04/the-golden-domes-missing-layer-on-orbit-logistics-for-a-resilient-missile-defense/"},{"id":"17d89553-9f72-4108-830c-dfdbc71be62f","title":"How the Army is developing its C2 plans","source":"Breaking Defense","date":"2026-04-10","summary":"Joseph Welch, the Army’s PAE C5ISR, talks with Mark Pomerleau on the Pentagon Buzz this week.","category":"military","url":"https://breakingdefense.com/2026/04/how-the-army-is-developing-its-c2-plans/"},{"id":"2a66b9e2-f7a3-475f-a3df-9a1b6163ddac","title":"Israel to ramp up production of Arrow interceptors","source":"Breaking Defense","date":"2026-04-09","summary":"The announcement came before the US and Iran came to what has turned out to be a shaky ceasefire, one that didn’t restrain Israel from striking targets in Lebanon.","category":"diplomatic","url":"https://breakingdefense.com/2026/04/israel-to-ramp-up-production-of-arrow-interceptors/"},{"id":"35c3da72-749a-4dbe-9c55-4f89b6aa883b","title":"China’s dual-use ambitions could severely threaten America’s force posture","source":"Breaking Defense","date":"2026-04-09","summary":"The Pentagon already closely tracks dual-use technology, but The Heritage Foundation’s Brent Sadler and Allen Zhang write in this op-ed that it’s past time to keep an eye on potential dual-use maritime infrastructure.","category":"infrastructure","url":"https://breakingdefense.com/2026/04/chinas-dual-use-ambitions-could-severely-threaten-americas-force-posture/"},{"id":"9d9b72eb-cfe9-47bf-87fc-195a7c1ec996","title":"How the Iran conflict might change defense investments in the Gulf","source":"Breaking Defense","date":"2026-04-09","summary":"Middle East Bureau Chief Agnes Helou talks Iran and interviews the CEO of SCOPA in this edition of the Middle East Defense Digest.","category":"military","url":"https://breakingdefense.com/2026/04/iran-war-defense-investments-middle-east-defense/"},{"id":"ccb4aa8e-9ccb-4af8-aa59-a90b6f5fc902","title":"How the Army could spend nearly $19 billion in RDT&E funding","source":"Breaking Defense","date":"2026-04-09","summary":"The programs taking up the majority of the Army’s RDT&E funding include FLRAA, THAAD, UAS launched effects, artillery systems, hypersonic weapons, counter drone tech and M-SHORAD.","category":"military","url":"https://breakingdefense.com/2026/04/how-the-army-could-spend-nearly-19-billion-in-rdte-funding/"},{"id":"b82549c9-f66c-44de-942c-462add3d1085","title":"Trump vows to block Strait of Hormuz, says US ready to 'finish up' Iran","source":"Middle East Eye","date":"2026-04-12","summary":"Trump vows to block Strait of Hormuz, says US ready to 'finish up' Iran Imran Mulla on Sun, 04/12/2026 - 09:54 The statement comes as direct US-Iran talks in Islamabad end without an agreement US Vice President JD Vance arrives for a meeting with Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif amid the US-Iran peace talks in Islamabad on 11 April 2026 (AFP) Off US President Donald Trump on Sunday said the navy would immediately start blockading the Strait of Hormuz, hours afters marathon ceasefire talks","category":"diplomatic","url":"https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/how-talks-broke-down-islamabad-both-sides-blaming-each-other"},{"id":"795620ac-ca7b-4935-9433-217a857541fc","title":"DOGE Cuts Left U.S. Unable to Help Americans Stranded in Iran War Zone","source":"The Intercept","date":"2026-04-12","summary":"Foreign service officers fired in Elon Musk’s workforce purge warn the State Department is unable to help Americans stranded in the Middle East. The post DOGE Cuts Left U.S. Unable to Help Americans Stranded in Iran War Zone appeared first on The Intercept.","category":"military","url":"https://theintercept.com/2026/04/12/americans-stranded-middle-east-iran-war-doge-cuts/"},{"id":"10208d63-b355-47dd-b7d1-e9f1afeef77d","title":"“I Want to Occupy”: Inside the Israeli Movement Pushing to Raze and Settle Southern Lebanon","source":"The Intercept","date":"2026-04-11","summary":"In the communities closest to Israel’s northern border, residents argue the only way to keep themselves safe is to displace their Lebanese neighbors. The post “I Want to Occupy”: Inside the Israeli Movement Pushing to Raze and Settle Southern Lebanon appeared first on The Intercept.","category":"military","url":"https://theintercept.com/2026/04/11/israel-lebanon-hezbollah-attacks-iran-war/"},{"id":"0494b5be-20b0-41ab-b3a3-ec80cb652ee8","title":"Putting Fuel on a Ceasefire: Israel Tries to Kill U.S.–Iran Talks","source":"The Intercept","date":"2026-04-10","summary":"“In many ways, what actually has potentially led to this ceasefire is the fact that Iran is able to create a chokehold over 20 percent of the world’s oil.” The post Putting Fuel on a Ceasefire: Israel Tries to Kill U.S.–Iran Talks appeared first on The Intercept.","category":"economic","url":"https://theintercept.com/2026/04/10/iran-ceasefire-israel/"},{"id":"e3b7b3fe-1765-4f1f-8665-bba6c4c5c71f","title":"DNC Shoots Down Resolutions Calling Out AIPAC and Limiting Arms to Israel","source":"The Intercept","date":"2026-04-09","summary":"The party just kicked the can down the road again on Israel, deepening the divide between party members and their leaders. The post DNC Shoots Down Resolutions Calling Out AIPAC and Limiting Arms to Israel appeared first on The Intercept.","category":"military","url":"https://theintercept.com/2026/04/09/democrats-dnc-israel-aipac-resolution/"},{"id":"93f00a87-9753-48ec-a537-9618da8c42d2","title":"The Forever Spoiler: Netanyahu Has Been Blowing Up Diplomacy With Iran for Decades","source":"The Intercept","date":"2026-04-09","summary":"Israel’s vicious attack on Lebanon emerged as the biggest threat to the Iran ceasefire. That might be intentional. The post The Forever Spoiler: Netanyahu Has Been Blowing Up Diplomacy With Iran for Decades appeared first on The Intercept.","category":"economic","url":"https://theintercept.com/2026/04/09/netanyahu-iran-ceasefire-israel-lebanon/"},{"id":"177c9a28-eb44-4779-89da-043878ca96ef","title":"We Called Out the Pentagon for Undercounting U.S. Casualties in Iran. They Keep Doing It.","source":"The Intercept","date":"2026-04-08","summary":"After we exposed what one source called a “casualty cover-up,” the Pentagon offered another lowball count. The post We Called Out the Pentagon for Undercounting U.S. Casualties in Iran. They Keep Doing It. appeared first on The Intercept.","category":"military","url":"https://theintercept.com/2026/04/08/us-military-casualties-wounded-iran-war/"},{"id":"0d2d4f32-99d1-4f28-b119-ae452d61fdfc","title":"How the War Strengthened Iran’s Hand Against the U.S. and Israel","source":"The Intercept","date":"2026-04-08","summary":"Survival of the regime alone was a victory — but its demonstration of control over the Strait of Hormuz may be a strategic game-changer. The post How the War Strengthened Iran’s Hand Against the U.S. and Israel appeared first on The Intercept.","category":"military","url":"https://theintercept.com/2026/04/08/ceasefire-iran-war-israel-us/"},{"id":"f24f1877-131f-42fe-b463-79645aa8a042","title":"Iranian Women Elected to Office in U.S. Reject Trump’s Iran War","source":"The Intercept","date":"2026-04-07","summary":"Netanyahu and Trump have invoked the Woman, Life, Freedom movement to justify war. Politicians like Rep. Yassamin Ansari rejected the idea. The post Iranian Women Elected to Office in U.S. Reject Trump’s Iran War appeared first on The Intercept.","category":"military","url":"https://theintercept.com/2026/04/07/iranian-american-women-trump-letter/"},{"id":"a82192bc-e181-4924-bf1d-04c1cd19e0e6","title":"With Trump Threatening Genocide in Iran, Military Must Disobey His Orders, Former Pentagon Officials Say","source":"The Intercept","date":"2026-04-07","summary":"“What President Trump is describing as the destruction of ‘a whole civilization’ would be a war crime, plain and simple.” The post With Trump Threatening Genocide in Iran, Military Must Disobey His Orders, Former Pentagon Officials Say appeared first on The Intercept.","category":"humanitarian","url":"https://theintercept.com/2026/04/07/trump-iran-civilian-power-plants-bridges/"},{"id":"14e10e82-d69b-45ed-ab3e-f2588be99b22","title":"The Media Just Can’t Help Turning Iran Fighter Jet Rescue Into “Black Hawk Down”","source":"The Intercept","date":"2026-04-06","summary":"Everyone reported the exact same story at the exact same time — and they all relied on the same liars who got us into this mess. The post The Media Just Can’t Help Turning Iran Fighter Jet Rescue Into “Black Hawk Down” appeared first on The Intercept.","category":"humanitarian","url":"https://theintercept.com/2026/04/06/iran-fighter-jet-rescue-media-coverage/"},{"id":"edaf15aa-8cb9-4318-9d08-87effc7f6b2d","title":"Far-Right Religious Leaders Advising Trump See Iran as an End Times Holy War","source":"The Intercept","date":"2026-04-04","summary":"By making Iran into a religious crusade, Trump’s spiritual advisers are making the war that much more difficult to end. The post Far-Right Religious Leaders Advising Trump See Iran as an End Times Holy War appeared first on The Intercept.","category":"military","url":"https://theintercept.com/2026/04/04/paula-white-iran-war-christian-evangelicals/"},{"id":"6262d5e2-eb7b-4617-84fc-b48c6481920c","title":"Iran Shoots Down F-15 Fighter Jet After Trump Bragged They Had No Capability","source":"The Intercept","date":"2026-04-03","summary":"“We are unstoppable as a military force,” Trump boasted before Iran shot down one U.S. plane and another crashed near the Strait of Hormuz. The post Iran Shoots Down F-15 Fighter Jet After Trump Bragged They Had No Capability appeared first on The Intercept.","category":"military","url":"https://theintercept.com/2026/04/03/iran-war-fighter-jet-shot-down-trump/"},{"id":"eb22d120-88dd-43be-a87b-c5f8e4b9a9c1","title":"What Trump’s blowup with Rutte was really about","source":"Politico","date":"2026-04-09","summary":"The president’s tirade against NATO chief Mark Rutte stemmed from his frustration that allies wouldn’t let the U.S. access military bases for attacks against Iran.","category":"military","url":"https://www.politico.com/news/2026/04/09/trump-rutte-meeting-iran-nato-00866031"},{"id":"810595ae-8521-4dd1-a3d1-c0b64386a204","title":"NATO chief insists Europe is ‘scrambling’ to help with Iran war after latest Trump attacks","source":"Politico","date":"2026-04-09","summary":"The head of the alliance tried to thread the needle between an irate U.S. president and NATO members who feel unfairly maligned.","category":"humanitarian","url":"https://www.politico.com/news/2026/04/09/nato-chief-iran-war-00865308"},{"id":"4d227e72-1c5c-42ac-b920-7386b81d4c01","title":"‘Seems like losing’: What the US hasn’t won in Iran","source":"Politico","date":"2026-04-08","summary":"As negotiations begin this weekend in Pakistan, the war has reaffirmed Iran’s regional significance.","category":"military","url":"https://www.politico.com/news/2026/04/08/us-not-won-iran-war-00864337"},{"id":"0d91c260-4e47-4736-bb7f-8ff42af128b5","title":"Hegseth declares victory in Iran but says US forces will remain in region","source":"Politico","date":"2026-04-08","summary":"The Defense Secretary repeatedly referred to the U.S. military operation in the past tense.","category":"military","url":"https://www.politico.com/news/2026/04/08/hegseth-declares-victory-iran-00863487"},{"id":"22a2ba15-5fb8-4458-950e-9c9f64944172","title":"Pentagon’s new plans in Iran give Trump a way out of war crime accusations","source":"Politico","date":"2026-04-06","summary":"Defense officials are expanding a list of strike options.","category":"military","url":"https://www.politico.com/news/2026/04/06/pentagon-iran-war-crime-accusations-00860468"},{"id":"5c44ef6b-46f7-4e92-9a61-e84608d1e583","title":"NATO’s Rutte to meet with Trump at White House amid attacks on alliance","source":"Politico","date":"2026-04-03","summary":"The president has grown increasingly furious with the decades-old alliance amid the war in Iran.","category":"military","url":"https://www.politico.com/news/2026/04/03/nato-mark-rutte-donald-trump-meeting-00858701"},{"id":"0fe76095-e9cd-4b77-a74d-e59367fa26cd","title":"One pilot rescued after fighter jet crash in Iran","source":"Politico","date":"2026-04-03","summary":"The second crew member’s fate is unknown.","category":"military","url":"https://www.politico.com/news/2026/04/03/us-military-launches-rescue-mission-for-pilots-who-crashed-in-iran-00857479"},{"id":"385f62b3-05ae-47a7-8288-4e73a593ae1a","title":"Hegseth ousts top Army general","source":"Politico","date":"2026-04-02","summary":"The departure of Army Chief of State Gen. Randy George follows a string of high-level firings under Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and comes amid the Iran war.","category":"military","url":"https://www.politico.com/news/2026/04/02/hegseth-ousts-top-army-general-00856755"},{"id":"1bfc0632-089f-4900-b33b-9732e543a5dc","title":"Iran war puts Cuba on the back burner","source":"Politico","date":"2026-04-02","summary":"The administration has a lot to deal with in the Middle East – and doesn’t want to hassle with Russia.","category":"military","url":"https://www.politico.com/news/2026/04/02/iran-war-puts-cuba-on-the-back-burner-00856586"},{"id":"fabbcc50-554d-42ee-8cf9-2ee68dc346bc","title":"Officials warn US is running out of targets to strike in Iran","source":"Politico","date":"2026-04-02","summary":"Iran is fighting a different kind of war, one less focused on military tactics than economics.","category":"economic","url":"https://www.politico.com/news/2026/04/02/trump-vows-to-keep-attacking-iran-but-hes-running-out-of-targets-to-hit-00856497"},{"id":"aa921230-4380-4b37-942b-4bae10039016","title":"Trump has threatened to leave NATO over Iran. There are few signs that’s happening.","source":"Politico","date":"2026-04-01","summary":"A withdrawal from the alliance would require discussions with lawmakers and a defined process that does not appear to have started.","category":"military","url":"https://www.politico.com/news/2026/04/01/trump-nato-no-plans-withdrawal-00854455"},{"id":"9ce1241e-ad69-4eac-baba-9bf3dd247274","title":"Trump says he expects US to leave Iran in ‘2 or 3 weeks’","source":"Politico","date":"2026-03-31","summary":"The president will address the nation Wednesday evening on the war.","category":"military","url":"https://www.politico.com/news/2026/03/31/trump-expects-leave-iran-two-three-weeks-00853548"},{"id":"3dc50e22-83c2-478a-9ea3-83575edceed2","title":"IRGC threatens to trap 'enemies' in 'deadly vortex' in Hormuz","source":"Middle East Eye","date":"2026-04-12","summary":"IRGC threatens to trap 'enemies' in 'deadly vortex' in Hormuz Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has responded to US President Donald Trump's announcement of a US naval blockade of the Strait of Hormuz. The IRGC said in a statement: \"The enemy will become trapped in a deadly vortex in the Strait if it makes the wrong move.\" It added that \"all traffic... is under the full control of the armed forces\".","category":"military","url":"https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/irgc-threatens-trap-enemies-deadly-vortex-hormuz"},{"id":"daf146af-5e52-46e3-8926-ff8c768d8d21","title":"US-Iran talks: What prevented a deal and what's next?","source":"DW News","date":"2026-04-12","summary":"The United States and Iran concluded 21 hours of direct talks in Pakistan on Sunday without reaching a deal to end the war, casting uncertainty over a fragile two-week ceasefire.","category":"diplomatic","url":"https://www.dw.com/en/us-iran-talks-what-prevented-a-deal-and-what-s-next/a-76755660?maca=en-rss-en-world-4025-xml-mrss"},{"id":"9f4abcf3-58f5-4ebc-907d-8a47b5a15128","title":"Trump threatens China with 'staggering' tariffs if it helps Iran","source":"Middle East Eye","date":"2026-04-12","summary":"Trump threatens China with 'staggering' tariffs if it helps Iran US President Donald Trump has threatened China with \"staggering\" new tariffs if the country provides military assistance to Iran. \"If we catch them doing that, they get a 50 percent tariff, which is a staggering - that's a staggering amount,\" the president said in an interview with Fox News. Trump said: \"We’re not going to let Iran make money on selling oil to people that they like. \"I could take out Iran in one day… I could have t","category":"economic","url":"https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/trump-threatens-china-staggering-tariffs-if-it-helps-iran"},{"id":"973c64ff-942c-460c-a3f9-650ac107d9fd","title":"Trump claims U.S. will close Strait of Hormuz as Iran peace talks collapse","source":"NPR World","date":"2026-04-12","summary":"After talks between the U.S. and Iran collapsed, President Trump claimed the U.S. will \"blockade\" the Strait of Hormuz.","category":"military","url":"https://www.npr.org/2026/04/12/nx-s1-5782538/u-s-iran-peace-talks-islamabad-collapse"},{"id":"253104d8-6cca-4d8f-8a28-e6d2a7df35f4","title":"These are people Israel killed in Lebanon on a single day","source":"Al Jazeera","date":"2026-04-12","summary":"In a matter of minutes, Israel killed more than 350 people across Lebanon on Wednesday, April 8.","category":"military","url":"https://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2026/4/12/these-are-people-israel-killed-in-lebanon-on-a-single-day?traffic_source=rss"},{"id":"d2530fe3-557e-4307-9c32-8fd5d50579b1","title":"Iran navy chief mocks Trump Hormuz blockade threat as ‘ridiculous’","source":"Middle East Eye","date":"2026-04-12","summary":"Iran navy chief mocks Trump Hormuz blockade threat as ‘ridiculous’ Iran’s navy chief has dismissed US President Donald Trump’s threat to blockade the Strait of Hormuz, calling it “ridiculous” after talks between Tehran and Washington failed to reach a deal. State television quoted Shahram Irani as saying Iranian forces are closely tracking US military activity across the region. \"The brave men of the naval force of the Army of the Islamic Republic of Iran are monitoring and supervising all the m","category":"military","url":"https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/iran-navy-chief-mocks-trump-hormuz-blockade-threat-ridiculous"},{"id":"7e8637a4-ebee-4c5b-9aea-79c01515c14a","title":"Iran in crisis as US talks collapse, Mojtaba’s ‘mafia’ regime blocks Khamenei burial: analyst","source":"Fox News World","date":"2026-04-12","summary":"Analyst says Iran's delay in burying Supreme Leader Khamenei over 40 days after his killing reveals a deepening crisis inside the Islamic Republic.","category":"economic","url":"https://www.foxnews.com/world/iran-crisis-us-talks-collapse-mojtabas-mafia-regime-blocks-khamenei-burial-analyst"},{"id":"83f14a68-9697-42ef-82bc-08f2d359d3a6","title":"Oil tops $100 after US-Iran talks collapse","source":"Middle East Eye","date":"2026-04-12","summary":"Oil tops $100 after US-Iran talks collapse Oil prices have surged past $100 a barrel following the breakdown of negotiations between the United States and Iran. According to Reuters, Brent crude futures climbed to $102.60 a barrel, while US crude reached a session high of $105.25.","category":"economic","url":"https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/oil-tops-100-after-us-iran-talks-collapse"},{"id":"906b544e-7d92-45a4-86da-ef9f724b74fe","title":"Trump weighs renewed strikes on Iran after talks collapse","source":"Middle East Eye","date":"2026-04-12","summary":"Trump weighs renewed strikes on Iran after talks collapse US President Donald Trump is considering restarting limited military strikes on Iran alongside the planned blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, the Wall Street Journal reported. Officials and sources familiar with the discussions said the options were under review on Sunday, hours after talks in Pakistan ended without agreement. They said Trump is also weighing a broader bombing campaign, though that remains less likely due to concerns about","category":"military","url":"https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/trump-weighs-renewed-strikes-iran-after-talks-collapse"},{"id":"732b6eda-4c68-4963-84f8-178fbfa1ba7e","title":"Trump says U.S. to blockade ships in Strait of Hormuz after failed peace talks","source":"CBS News World","date":"2026-04-12","summary":"Vice President JD Vance told reporters that \"we have not reached an agreement\" following face-to-face talks with Iranian leaders and Pakistani negotiators.","category":"military","url":"https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/iran-war-trump-strait-of-hormuz-israel-ceasefire-talks/"},{"id":"bbc018c5-23f9-4a46-a01b-ab9189322ffb","title":"Trump says U.S. will blockade Strait of Hormuz, intercept ships that paid Iran","source":"CBS News World","date":"2026-04-12","summary":"President Trump said the U.S. Navy will begin blockading ships from entering or exiting the Strait of Hormuz and intercept vessels that have paid tolls to Iran.","category":"military","url":"https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-strait-of-hormuz-blockade-iran/"},{"id":"98b31365-e4a1-415c-af3d-fcf88673b2bb","title":"CBS News poll finds few see U.S. goals being met in Iran yet","source":"CBS News World","date":"2026-04-12","summary":"Gas prices put pressure on pocketbooks — and President Trump's ratings — as Iran war continues.","category":"economic","url":"https://www.cbsnews.com/news/iran-war-opinion-poll-2026-04-12/"},{"id":"b2b86095-0bcb-4599-9389-7f9536d60032","title":"Ukraine, Russia accuse each other of violating Putin's Easter ceasefire","source":"CBS News World","date":"2026-04-12","summary":"Russian President Vladimir Putin​ on Thursday declared a 32-hour ceasefire over the Orthodox Easter weekend.","category":"diplomatic","url":"https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ukraine-russia-accuse-violating-putin-orthodox-easter-ceasefire/"},{"id":"f2d947cc-8a5a-426f-941c-1d664c1fedb7","title":"U.S. naval destroyers have crossed the Strait of Hormuz, CENTCOM says","source":"CBS News World","date":"2026-04-12","summary":"The destroyers were beginning mine-clearing operations in the vital waterway, U.S. Central Command said Saturday.","category":"military","url":"https://www.cbsnews.com/news/strait-of-hormuz-naval-destroyers-cross-centcom-iran-mines/"},{"id":"9a011a77-87e1-4e69-a89e-5eaf0c36ef88","title":"Pope Leo issues latest rebuke of Iran conflict: \"Enough with war!\"","source":"CBS News World","date":"2026-04-11","summary":"Pope Leo XIV offered his strongest condemnation yet of the war in Iran on Saturday, appearing to take multiple veiled shots at President Trump.","category":"military","url":"https://www.cbsnews.com/news/pope-leo-offers-latest-rebuke-iran-war/"},{"id":"675f26a5-82be-493d-91c4-ffdb9253a5cd","title":"04/11: Saturday Morning","source":"CBS News World","date":"2026-04-11","summary":"The Artemis II crew is back on Earth after a successful splashdown. Meanwhile, the world awaits results of U.S. and Iranian talks in Pakistan.","category":"military","url":"https://www.cbsnews.com/video/041126-saturday-morning/"},{"id":"7f89c08a-28e6-44ee-b625-a75bb3cf7e57","title":"U.S. set to deport family of Iranian propagandist \"Screaming Mary\"","source":"CBS News World","date":"2026-04-11","summary":"The State Department said on Saturday it has revoked the green cards and detained the family of the Iranian regime propagandist known as \"Screaming Mary.\"","category":"military","url":"https://www.cbsnews.com/news/us-terminates-green-cards-set-to-deport-iranian-regime-propagandist/"},{"id":"f75692f8-2d1b-4e8b-b203-8111489e72a7","title":"Russian drone strikes kill 2 in Ukraine ahead of holiday ceasefire","source":"CBS News World","date":"2026-04-11","summary":"Russian drone strikes killed at least two people in the Ukrainian city of Odesa overnight into Saturday, local authorities reported.","category":"diplomatic","url":"https://www.cbsnews.com/news/russian-drone-strikes-ukraine-ahead-of-orthodox-easter-ceasefire/"},{"id":"e7b31dc8-51e9-4263-827e-d7d3216b69e5","title":"U.S. and Iran negotiations underway in Pakistan as fragile ceasefire holds","source":"CBS News World","date":"2026-04-11","summary":"U.S. and Iranian negotiations are underway in Islamabad, as the fragile two-week ceasefire holds. Meanwhile, traffic in the Strait of Hormuz remains low.","category":"diplomatic","url":"https://www.cbsnews.com/video/us-and-iran-negotiations-underway-in-pakistan-as-fragile-ceasefire-holds/"},{"id":"532ef2f0-3757-4032-b33a-5c470c4014ae","title":"Vance heads to Pakistan for peace talks as Trump issues new threats against Iran","source":"CBS News World","date":"2026-04-10","summary":"As Vice President JD Vance is on his way to Pakistan for direct peace talks with Iran, President Trump issued new threats and demands Friday as a fragile ceasefire continues to hold. Ed O'Keefe reports from Washington.","category":"diplomatic","url":"https://www.cbsnews.com/video/vance-heads-to-pakistan-for-peace-talks-as-trump-issues-new-threats-against-iran/"},{"id":"5ab7692d-6f64-4550-a580-dd208f0f4dc4","title":"4/10: The Takeout with Major Garrett","source":"CBS News World","date":"2026-04-10","summary":"Artemis II crew to splash down off the coast of California; Vice President JD Vance warns Iran not to \"play us\" ahead of peace talks.","category":"military","url":"https://www.cbsnews.com/video/041026-the-takeout-with-major-garrett/"},{"id":"b0cd82d9-1d16-433d-aaad-ebbb7e99fe8d","title":"Why a Strait of Hormuz \"toll\" would pose economic and geopolitical risks","source":"CBS News World","date":"2026-04-10","summary":"Energy industry experts warn that allowing Iran to charge ships to ensure safe passage through the strait would raise energy costs.","category":"economic","url":"https://www.cbsnews.com/news/iran-war-oil-gas-prices-strait-of-hormuz/"},{"id":"7938c254-8edd-40ff-9606-c9916b942bea","title":"Trump warns Iran against charging tolls to go through Strait of Hormuz","source":"CBS News World","date":"2026-04-10","summary":"Only about a dozen ships passed through the Strait of Hormuz in the first two days of the ceasefire, far below normal traffic levels before the war, data shows.","category":"diplomatic","url":"https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/iran-war-trump-lebanon-israel-strait-of-hormuz-ceasefire-dispute/"},{"id":"563ea1fd-3bc7-4e23-b051-b1f9b82c21ea","title":"Army survivors of deadly attack in Kuwait dispute Pentagon's account","source":"CBS News World","date":"2026-04-10","summary":"Survivors of an Iranian attack that killed six U.S. service members have disputed the Pentagon's description of events and said their unit in Kuwait was left dangerously exposed.","category":"military","url":"https://www.cbsnews.com/news/iran-war-kuwait-drone-attack-survivors-us-army/"},{"id":"64f6bf42-52c8-4ddb-8c54-dc64020c1c6c","title":"Strait of Hormuz still seeing significantly lower traffic despite ceasefire","source":"CBS News World","date":"2026-04-10","summary":"Few ships passed through the waterway Wednesday and Thursday despite a ceasefire agreement that was supposed to open the waterway key to transiting oil across the globe.","category":"economic","url":"https://www.cbsnews.com/news/strait-of-hormuz-lower-traffic-despite-iran-war-ceasefire/"},{"id":"ef29ff20-e62e-4800-8d37-c57a45eb8cac","title":"Putin declares 32-hour ceasefire in Ukraine for Orthodox Easter","source":"CBS News World","date":"2026-04-09","summary":"Russia's President Vladimir Putin has declared a ceasefire in Ukraine over the Orthodox Easter.","category":"diplomatic","url":"https://www.cbsnews.com/news/russia-putin-ceasefire-ukraine-orthodox-easter/"},{"id":"d58fccc2-e4d6-4e3c-8526-e54477b5adbe","title":"After failed peace talks, President Trump threatens to blockade the Strait of Hormuz","source":"NPR World","date":"2026-04-12","summary":"Less than a day after peace talks between the US and Iran failed, President Trump said that he will blockade the Strait of Hormuz.","category":"military","url":"https://www.npr.org/2026/04/12/nx-s1-5782653/after-failed-peace-talks-president-trump-threatens-to-blockade-the-strait-of-hormuz"},{"id":"7d8d05d9-84a4-4657-924c-088ca8e79b53","title":"Amid the Iran war, Ukraine makes gains against the Kremlin","source":"NPR World","date":"2026-04-12","summary":"With attention focused on Iran, Ukraine has made economic, battlefield and diplomatic gains against the Kremlin.","category":"economic","url":"https://www.npr.org/2026/04/12/nx-s1-5779257/amid-the-iran-war-ukraine-makes-gains-against-the-kremlin"},{"id":"ff5a49a3-4e2d-497d-91a9-995e87999351","title":"Iran-US conflict fought amid censorships and digital fog of war","source":"NPR World","date":"2026-04-12","summary":"Amid the war in Iran, countries have been censoring and policing what their citizens are saying about the conflict and what information they have access to.","category":"military","url":"https://www.npr.org/2026/04/12/nx-s1-5779592/iran-us-conflict-fought-amid-censorships-and-digital-fog-of-war"},{"id":"ada78480-1c4c-436c-81e9-b0be4df9ab09","title":"US-Iran peace talks end without deal as delegations leave Pakistan","source":"Military Times","date":"2026-04-12","summary":"Each side blamed the other for the failure of the 21-hour negotiations to end fighting that has killed thousands and roiled the global economy.","category":"economic","url":"https://www.militarytimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2026/04/12/us-iran-peace-talks-end-without-deal-as-delegations-leave-pakistan/"},{"id":"413bacc0-04e8-4fb8-9417-6739e4e4232e","title":"US military begins clearing Strait of Hormuz, Trump says","source":"Military Times","date":"2026-04-11","summary":"Reports emerged Saturday about the presence of U.S. Navy ships in the strait.","category":"military","url":"https://www.militarytimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2026/04/11/us-military-begins-clearing-strait-of-hormuz-trump-says/"},{"id":"a1b378e1-35f7-427d-96b9-95efbe69f66d","title":"The president who threatened to end a civilization is supposed to guarantee Ukraine’s survival","source":"Military Times","date":"2026-04-10","summary":"Trump's Iran war has diverted diplomats and drained interceptor stockpiles — just as his envoys were supposed to deliver security guarantees to Kyiv.","category":"humanitarian","url":"https://www.militarytimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2026/04/10/the-president-who-threatened-to-end-a-civilization-is-supposed-to-guarantee-ukraines-survival/"},{"id":"7117d4de-f859-4ff2-b43c-acdd5c916634","title":"Pentagon, FAA sign agreement on deploying anti-drone laser system near Mexico","source":"Military Times","date":"2026-04-10","summary":"The agreement came after the FAA conducted testing in New Mexico on the laser system used by the Pentagon and Homeland Security Department.","category":"military","url":"https://www.militarytimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2026/04/10/pentagon-faa-sign-agreement-on-deploying-anti-drone-laser-system-near-mexico/"},{"id":"200268f2-8432-4814-89fe-da4cff4f2115","title":"Pentagon, Lockheed Martin agree to $4.7 billion PAC-3 interceptor deal","source":"Military Times","date":"2026-04-10","summary":"Lockheed in January discussed a target of increasing annual PAC-3 interceptor production from approximately 600 to 2,000 over a span of seven years.","category":"military","url":"https://www.militarytimes.com/industry/techwatch/2026/04/10/pentagon-lockheed-martin-agree-to-47-billion-pac-3-interceptor-deal/"},{"id":"d5bfd2e6-9eec-4e90-a6c9-3c7705163a78","title":"Trump again chides NATO for failing to back US operations in Iran","source":"Military Times","date":"2026-04-09","summary":"The president's remarks came just a day after a tense private meeting with the alliance's Secretary General Mark Rutte at the White House.","category":"military","url":"https://www.militarytimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2026/04/09/trump-again-chides-nato-for-failing-to-back-us-operations-in-iran/"},{"id":"daf722dc-69bd-4345-811e-59b043bcaed5","title":"Drone warfare has dramatically changed the battlefield. Is the US medical corps ready?","source":"Military Times","date":"2026-04-09","summary":"Studies from the Ukraine war show drone-delivered explosives are more destructive and lead to a wider range and higher severity of traumatic injury.","category":"military","url":"https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2026/04/09/drone-warfare-has-dramatically-changed-the-battlefield-is-the-us-medical-corps-ready/"},{"id":"f8e714ae-b4ae-4354-a914-b56941fe674e","title":"Former USNS Carson City skipper accused of 2021 rape surrenders license","source":"Military Times","date":"2026-04-09","summary":"A lawyer for the alleged victim says he will continue to pursue criminal accountability for the ship's captain.","category":"military","url":"https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2026/04/09/former-usns-carson-city-skipper-accused-of-2021-rape-surrenders-license/"},{"id":"9001982a-c3a8-40cb-9258-140f10d4cc71","title":"Pentagon’s ouster of Anthropic opens doors for small AI 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Vladimir Putin's 32-hour Orthodox Easter ceasefire appeared to unravel as Russia and Ukraine traded accusations of thousands of violations, deepening mutual mistrust.","category":"diplomatic","url":"https://www.foxnews.com/world/ukraine-russia-claim-thousands-violations-putin-imposed-holiday-ceasefire"},{"id":"4d4f294b-ece5-4b62-934f-ed15774ada81","title":"Pope Leo calls out 'delusion of omnipotence' fueling Iran war in vigil for peace at St. Peter's Basilica","source":"Fox News World","date":"2026-04-12","summary":"Pope Leo decries the \"delusion of omnipotence\" he says is driving the war in Iran, urging peace during a Saturday vigil at St. Peter's Basilica.","category":"military","url":"https://www.foxnews.com/world/pope-leo-calls-delusion-omnipotence-fueling-iran-war-vigil-peace-st-peters-basilica"},{"id":"39b2b1ec-e264-419d-be1b-bc21ffe5865a","title":"Man climbs onto US military aircraft in Ireland, attacks it with hatchet: report","source":"Fox News 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committed U.S. ally, Georgia has quietly aligned with Iran, raising concerns about IRGC influence and sanctions evasion, a new report claims.","category":"economic","url":"https://www.foxnews.com/world/iran-regime-uses-former-soviet-republic-dodge-sanctions-fund-war-machine-report"},{"id":"e7e5ca69-0aa0-4f96-bb21-2e03bd7bd74b","title":"Iran’s ‘Godfather of propaganda’ tactics resurface in war with US and Israel","source":"Fox News World","date":"2026-04-10","summary":"Experts say Iran uses civilians and children as human shields for propaganda purposes, caring nothing for the safety and fate of its own people.","category":"humanitarian","url":"https://www.foxnews.com/world/irans-godfather-propaganda-tactics-resurface-war-us-israel"},{"id":"9c319e4b-4aea-4fb7-83f1-ca7fadeb2fb0","title":"Inside Tehran after strikes: Iranian woman describes fear, checkpoints and people used as ‘human shields’","source":"Fox News World","date":"2026-04-09","summary":"An anonymous Iranian woman detailed to The Australian the nightly explosions, celebrations and fear in Tehran as Trump's two-week ceasefire with Iran tentatively took hold.","category":"diplomatic","url":"https://www.foxnews.com/world/inside-tehran-after-strikes-iranian-woman-describes-fear-checkpoints-people-human-shields"},{"id":"09e49a79-93d8-4e37-8cf3-8f1ae55025ce","title":"Israeli man built bomb lab for Iranian plot targeting ex-PM Bennett, authorities say","source":"Fox News World","date":"2026-04-09","summary":"A Haifa man was allegedly recruited by an Iranian handler to build bombs for an assassination plot believed to target ex-PM Naftali Bennett.","category":"military","url":"https://www.foxnews.com/world/israeli-man-built-bomb-lab-iranian-plot-targeting-ex-pm-bennett-authorities-say"},{"id":"8be1d297-759d-4200-a976-3cfcf827fc27","title":"Strait of Hormuz toll would set 'dangerous precedent,' UN shipping agency warns","source":"Fox News World","date":"2026-04-09","summary":"The U.N.'s shipping agency warned on Thursday that any toll imposed on ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz would set a \"dangerous precedent.\"","category":"military","url":"https://www.foxnews.com/world/strait-hormuz-toll-would-set-dangerous-precedent-un-shipping-agency-warns"},{"id":"5d32466d-ac5c-4a10-9276-e2d70ffd2b1e","title":"Chief prosecutor behind Israel war crimes charges faces disciplinary action amid sexual misconduct allegations","source":"Fox News World","date":"2026-04-09","summary":"ICC Chief Prosecutor Karim Khan faces disciplinary proceedings over alleged sexual misconduct after the Bureau of the Assembly of States Parties voted to move forward with action.","category":"military","url":"https://www.foxnews.com/world/chief-prosecutor-behind-israel-war-crimes-charges-faces-disciplinary-action-amid-sexual-misconduct-allegations"},{"id":"49ab4c4c-6c5b-47d5-963d-caa36d8442a4","title":"Iran threatens to end ceasefire over Hezbollah's exclusion from truce deal","source":"Fox News 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World","date":"2026-04-07","summary":"Iran's UN ambassador is calling one of President Donald Trump's posts on Truth Social on Tuesday “deeply irresponsible\" and “profoundly alarming.\"","category":"military","url":"https://www.foxnews.com/world/irans-un-ambassador-takes-swipe-trump-final-hours-strait-hormuz-deadline"},{"id":"7176e6c4-bbac-41d2-9db7-e6953064ee47","title":"China aiding Iran missile program amid US-Israeli strikes, reports say","source":"Fox News World","date":"2026-04-07","summary":"China is reportedly sending missile fuel materials to Iran to help rebuild its missile program amid continuing U.S.-Israeli strikes aimed against the Tehran regime.","category":"economic","url":"https://www.foxnews.com/world/china-aiding-iran-missile-program-amid-us-israeli-strikes-reports-say"},{"id":"64fc84c9-3165-45c4-9a7c-278d3ad494ae","title":"Russia, China veto UN resolution aimed at reopening Strait of Hormuz, hours before Trump deadline","source":"Fox News 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impact could last well beyond conflict.","category":"military","url":"https://www.aljazeera.com/video/inside-story/2026/4/12/could-the-iran-war-pose-lasting-risks-to-global-food-security?traffic_source=rss"},{"id":"db8a0279-f12f-46f2-b7f0-9bfe07817f14","title":"History of flotilla campaigns to end Israel’s siege of Gaza","source":"Al Jazeera","date":"2026-04-12","summary":"A 70-boat flotilla sets sail from Spain, aiming to break Israel's naval blockade on Gaza amid history of interceptions.","category":"military","url":"https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/4/12/history-of-flotilla-campaigns-to-end-israels-siege-of-gaza?traffic_source=rss"},{"id":"a88441aa-827f-4434-9d89-95648aa38b4a","title":"Hezbollah Ramping Up FPV Drone Attacks On IDF In Lebanon","source":"The War Zone","date":"2026-04-10","summary":"As Israel drives deeper into Lebanon, it is presenting more targets for Hezbollah's FPV drones. The post Hezbollah Ramping Up FPV Drone Attacks On IDF In Lebanon appeared first on The War Zone.","category":"military","url":"https://www.twz.com/air/hezbollah-ramping-up-fpv-drone-attacks-on-idf-in-lebanon"},{"id":"c9e151e3-8e28-4de0-b95f-50fafda28b4c","title":"Iran’s Chokehold On Hormuz Remains On The Eve Of Peace Talks In Pakistan (Updated)","source":"The War Zone","date":"2026-04-10","summary":"The list of contested issues that the U.S. and Iran will have to come to some form of agreement on is long and complex. The post Iran’s Chokehold On Hormuz Remains On The Eve Of Peace Talks In Pakistan (Updated) appeared first on The War Zone.","category":"military","url":"https://www.twz.com/news-features/irans-chokehold-on-hormuz-remains-on-the-eve-of-peace-talks-in-pakistan"},{"id":"77128ffe-ef94-4527-9a9b-46f64e591492","title":"Operation Epic Fury U.S. Aircraft Losses Visualized","source":"The War Zone","date":"2026-04-10","summary":"Here are all the known American aircraft losses during the nearly six week-long war with Iran. The post Operation Epic Fury U.S. Aircraft Losses Visualized appeared first on The War Zone.","category":"military","url":"https://www.twz.com/air/operation-epic-fury-u-s-aircraft-losses-visualized"},{"id":"8166328a-b525-4a45-ac1d-2439855e25ab","title":"Bahrain First To Claim F-16 Block 70 Air-To-Air Kills","source":"The War Zone","date":"2026-04-10","summary":"The Bahraini advanced F-16 shot down two Iranian drones during the conflict in the Middle East earlier this month. The post Bahrain First To Claim F-16 Block 70 Air-To-Air Kills appeared first on The War Zone.","category":"military","url":"https://www.twz.com/air/bahrain-first-to-claim-f-16-block-70-air-to-air-kills"},{"id":"1744b48a-f4f0-4aa3-a7ee-8550b9628ace","title":"How America’s Shahed-136 Kamikaze Drone Clone Suddenly Became An “Indispensable” Weapon Of War","source":"The War Zone","date":"2026-04-09","summary":"Michael Horowitz, who pushed for the LUCAS drone program while at the Pentagon, offers unique insights into its genesis and future. The post How America’s Shahed-136 Kamikaze Drone Clone Suddenly Became An “Indispensable” Weapon Of War appeared first on The War Zone.","category":"humanitarian","url":"https://www.twz.com/news-features/how-americas-shahed-136-clone-became-an-indispensible-weapon-of-war"},{"id":"258340e9-a825-4616-bb50-4f78b4fe388b","title":"Iran Ceasefire Hangs In Balance As Israel Bombards Lebanon (Updated)","source":"The War Zone","date":"2026-04-09","summary":"Energy prices are climbing amid concerns that shipping through the strait remains minimal even after the U.S.‑Iran ceasefire announcement. The post Iran Ceasefire Hangs In Balance As Israel Bombards Lebanon (Updated) appeared first on The War Zone.","category":"economic","url":"https://www.twz.com/news-features/iran-ceasefire-hangs-in-balance-as-israel-bombards-lebanon"},{"id":"7bfef2fe-fab7-4507-960f-4af3bbed61de","title":"Navy MQ-4C Triton’s Fate Unknown After Disappearing From Flight Tracking Over Persian Gulf","source":"The War Zone","date":"2026-04-09","summary":"Tracking data shows the MQ-4C rapidly losing altitude after declaring an unspecified in-flight emergency. The post Navy MQ-4C Triton’s Fate Unknown After Disappearing From Flight Tracking Over Persian Gulf appeared first on The War Zone.","category":"military","url":"https://www.twz.com/air/navy-mq-4c-tritons-fate-unknown-after-disappearing-from-flight-tracking-over-persian-gulf"},{"id":"b0dd1562-c4b4-4ea7-8058-0d99a8a4ef83","title":"Questions Loom Over Iran Ceasefire","source":"The War Zone","date":"2026-04-08","summary":"Both sides are claiming a triumphant victory, but the peace that’s in place now is very delicate and will have to survive tumultuous negotiations. The post Questions Loom Over Iran Ceasefire appeared first on The War Zone.","category":"diplomatic","url":"https://www.twz.com/news-features/questions-loom-over-iran-ceasefire"},{"id":"926dc5cc-525e-4e18-a252-18943fce7eb0","title":"Eurofighter Typhoon Test Fires Laser-Guided Counter-Drone Rockets","source":"The War Zone","date":"2026-04-08","summary":"The trial couldn't come soon enough as Typhoons battle Iranian drones in the Persian Gulf. The post Eurofighter Typhoon Test Fires Laser-Guided Counter-Drone Rockets appeared first on The War Zone.","category":"economic","url":"https://www.twz.com/air/eurofighter-typhoon-test-fires-laser-guided-counter-drone-rockets"},{"id":"57e59a42-f77c-4805-92b7-7ed5e29a09a5","title":"Trump Agrees To Ceasefire With Iran","source":"The War Zone","date":"2026-04-08","summary":"Trump is stepping back from his threat to end Iran as a civilization predicated on the Strait of Hormuz being quickly opened. The post Trump Agrees To Ceasefire With Iran appeared first on The War Zone.","category":"diplomatic","url":"https://www.twz.com/news-features/on-the-eve-of-destruction-clock-ticks-down-on-trumps-iran-deadline"},{"id":"23e7051c-2222-45f2-8962-4131020d3c9b","title":"New Views Of Massive RQ-180 Stealth Drone Flying Over Greece","source":"The War Zone","date":"2026-04-07","summary":"The secretive drone continues to be spotted flying during the day, offering new insights into its features. The post New Views Of Massive RQ-180 Stealth Drone Flying Over Greece appeared first on The War Zone.","category":"military","url":"https://www.twz.com/air/new-views-of-massive-rq-180-stealth-drone-flying-over-greece"},{"id":"e97f75fe-4d5a-4c98-b958-3727e9935808","title":"Everything We Now Know About The Operation To Rescue The F-15E WSO (Updated)","source":"The War Zone","date":"2026-04-07","summary":"We have gotten many new details about how the high-risk extraction effort deep in Iranian territory went down. The post Everything We Now Know About The Operation To Rescue The F-15E WSO (Updated) appeared first on The War Zone.","category":"military","url":"https://www.twz.com/news-features/everything-we-now-know-about-the-operation-to-rescue-the-f-15e-wso"},{"id":"73f7704d-51a7-4f2b-bc3b-5978346f5ddd","title":"THAAD Kill Vehicle’s Infrared Seeker Appears To Have Been Found In Syria Intact","source":"The War Zone","date":"2026-04-07","summary":"The recovery of much of a kill vehicle from a THAAD ballistic missile interceptor could be major intelligence loss. The post THAAD Kill Vehicle’s Infrared Seeker Appears To Have Been Found In Syria Intact appeared first on The War Zone.","category":"military","url":"https://www.twz.com/land/thaad-kill-vehicles-infrared-seeker-appears-to-have-been-found-in-syria-intact"},{"id":"ca58d47c-7811-4262-a712-2ae4a1362a2a","title":"RQ-180’s Likely Role Over Iran Foreshadowed By Secret Cold War Stealth Drone Program","source":"The War Zone","date":"2026-04-06","summary":"Large sums of money were spent trying to build a spy drone just like the RQ-180 for a very specific mission decades beforehand. The post RQ-180’s Likely Role Over Iran Foreshadowed By Secret Cold War Stealth Drone Program appeared first on The War Zone.","category":"military","url":"https://www.twz.com/news-features/rq-180s-likely-role-over-iran-foreshadowed-by-secret-cold-war-stealth-drone-program"},{"id":"20181913-be1b-4774-9eab-496bd37e13c3","title":"How A Dusty Strip Deep In Iran Can Be Turned Into A U.S. Special Operations Base In Hours","source":"The War Zone","date":"2026-04-06","summary":"An ex-USAF Special Tactics Squadron member tells how the impromptu airfield in Iran would have been rapidly established and defended. The post How A Dusty Strip Deep In Iran Can Be Turned Into A U.S. Special Operations Base In Hours appeared first on The War Zone.","category":"military","url":"https://www.twz.com/news-features/how-a-dusty-stri-deep-in-iran-can-be-turned-into-a-u-s-special-operations-base-in-hours"},{"id":"021962ae-aae9-4577-a5bc-019ca80c881f","title":"Iran Rejects Ceasefire Deal (Updated)","source":"The War Zone","date":"2026-04-06","summary":"As Trump's deadline for making Iran into a \"living hell\" fast approaches, a chasm remains between the two foes on a way to even temporarily pause the war. The post Iran Rejects Ceasefire Deal (Updated) appeared first on The War Zone.","category":"diplomatic","url":"https://www.twz.com/news-features/iran-rejects-u-s-ceasefire-deal"},{"id":"fc6c48e6-5f89-4e4d-9402-2e4378aa7321","title":"Night Stalker AH-6 Little Bird Helicopters Destroyed At Forward Landing Site In Iran","source":"The War Zone","date":"2026-04-05","summary":"At least one burned-out AH/MH-6 Little Bird can be seen in photos of the austere airfield that served as a hub for the rescue of the F-15E WSO. The post Night Stalker AH-6 Little Bird Helicopters Destroyed At Forward Landing Site In Iran appeared first on The War Zone.","category":"military","url":"https://www.twz.com/air/night-stalker-little-bird-helicopters-destroyed-at-forward-landing-site-in-iran"},{"id":"e7636455-8318-4381-b940-a3bc89f4f69d","title":"F-15E Weapon Systems Officer Shot Down Over Iran Has Been Rescued (Updated)","source":"The War Zone","date":"2026-04-05","summary":"The airman was rescued by U.S. special operations forces reportedly after a fierce firefight that was the culmination of a massive high-risk search operation. The post F-15E Weapon Systems Officer Shot Down Over Iran Has Been Rescued (Updated) appeared first on The War Zone.","category":"military","url":"https://www.twz.com/news-features/f-15e-weapon-systems-officer-shot-down-over-iran-has-been-rescued"},{"id":"25dca622-efa9-4e31-ac94-a57c270f7ebb","title":"Iran Is Piercing Israel’s Ballistic Missile Defenses With High Altitude Cluster Warhead Releases","source":"The War Zone","date":"2026-04-04","summary":"Unleashing submunitions at high altitudes has helped Iran to get through Israel's terminal missile defenses, and is a tactic others will likely seize upon. The post Iran Is Piercing Israel’s Ballistic Missile Defenses With High Altitude Cluster Warhead Releases appeared first on The War Zone.","category":"military","url":"https://www.twz.com/land/iran-is-piercing-israels-ballistic-missile-defenses-with-high-altitude-cluster-warhead-releases"},{"id":"7cf41317-80d2-4a0b-99b4-c23930491986","title":"F-15E Down In Iran, Rescue Operation Ongoing (Updated)","source":"The War Zone","date":"2026-04-04","summary":"The F-15E went down under unknown circumstances and U.S. combat search and rescue assets have been seen deep in Iran. The post F-15E Down In Iran, Rescue Operation Ongoing (Updated) appeared first on The War Zone.","category":"military","url":"https://www.twz.com/air/photos-of-f-15e-wreckage-emerge-amid-iranian-claims-it-shot-down-an-american-fighter"},{"id":"b4fa6a79-0423-4c14-a188-d40b406db0da","title":"Carrier Tracker As Of April 3, 2026","source":"The War Zone","date":"2026-04-03","summary":"Third American carrier strike group deployed this week in support of Operation Epic Fury The post Carrier Tracker As Of April 3, 2026 appeared first on The War Zone.","category":"military","url":"https://www.twz.com/sea/carrier-tracker-as-of-april-3-2026"},{"id":"f366a514-ae85-4d29-963e-2cfa9141e55f","title":"Key Iranian Bridge Severed By Airstrikes (Updated)","source":"The War Zone","date":"2026-04-02","summary":"The bridge near Tehran, a critical artery and source of pride for Iran, was taken out soon after Trump’s threat to bomb the country “back to the Stone Ages.” The post Key Iranian Bridge Severed By Airstrikes (Updated) appeared first on The War Zone.","category":"military","url":"https://www.twz.com/news-features/key-iranian-bridge-severed-by-airstrikes"},{"id":"f344b1e1-8fd3-494d-8243-fbd4ebc6910c","title":"Iran Is Losing Its Grip On Iraqi Militias","source":"The War Zone","date":"2026-04-02","summary":"A former tier one operator in Iraq offers candid insights into the spike in attacks against U.S. interests by Iranian-backed militias. The post Iran Is Losing Its Grip On Iraqi Militias appeared first on The War Zone.","category":"military","url":"https://www.twz.com/news-features/iran-is-losing-its-grip-on-iraqi-militias"},{"id":"b2643ae7-5fd1-44f7-aa60-964772b0bcb8","title":"Trump Threatens NATO Departure, Claims Iran Wants A Ceasefire Ahead Of National Address (Updated)","source":"The War Zone","date":"2026-04-02","summary":"Iran has pushed back on Trump’s ceasefire claim as key allies distance themselves further from Epic Fury. The post Trump Threatens NATO Departure, Claims Iran Wants A Ceasefire Ahead Of National Address (Updated) appeared first on The War Zone.","category":"diplomatic","url":"https://www.twz.com/news-features/trump-threatens-nato-departure-claims-iran-wants-a-ceasefire-ahead-of-national-address"},{"id":"f7dcbf04-07c8-4221-95a1-22ee5ea70493","title":"Trump orders blockade of Hormuz Strait","source":"France 24 Middle East","date":"2026-04-12","summary":"US navy will begin blockading ships trying to enter or leave the Strait of Hormuz “effective immediately”, US President Donald Trump said in a social media post Sunday. He added that the US would ‌also “interdict” every ‌vessel in international waters that had paid a toll to Iran for passing through the critical waterway. France 24 correspondent Fraser Jackson tells us the latest.","category":"military","url":"https://www.france24.com/en/trump-orders-blockade-of-hormuz-strait"},{"id":"cb3251be-1789-49fe-9c45-e78cc70a6aa8","title":"FIFA rejects Iran’s request to relocate World Cup games amid US-Israel war","source":"Al Jazeera","date":"2026-04-12","summary":"Mexican President Sheinbaum says FIFA will not relocate Iran's fixtures from US despite repeated requests.","category":"military","url":"https://www.aljazeera.com/sports/2026/4/12/fifa-rejects-irans-request-to-relocate-world-cup-games-amid-us-israel-war?traffic_source=rss"},{"id":"13dffa5f-7de0-496e-bde3-f9c8de395597","title":"‘Blown to hell’: Trump orders Hormuz blockade after US-Iran peace talks end","source":"Al Jazeera","date":"2026-04-12","summary":"US Navy to enforce blockade, Trump says after condemning Iran for blocking waterway, complaining of no deal in Pakistan.","category":"military","url":"https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/4/12/trump-announces-strait-of-hormuz-blockade-after-us-iran-peace-talks-end?traffic_source=rss"},{"id":"40af6951-ce38-4eb9-84be-568bb9f1ca00","title":"Middle East war live: Israeli strikes kill at least 5 people in southern Lebanon","source":"France 24 Middle East","date":"2026-04-12","summary":"Extensive Israeli air strikes across southern Lebanon killed at least five people on Sunday, three of them women, the country’s health ministry said. The deaths bring the war’s overall toll to 2,055 dead. Israel maintains that the Middle East ceasefire announced by Tehran and Washington does not apply to its war with the Iran-aligned Shiite group Hezbollah. Follow our liveblog for the latest updates.","category":"diplomatic","url":"https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20260412-middle-east-war-live-us-and-iran-fail-to-reach-deal-after-marathon-peace-talks-in-pakistan"},{"id":"1d2cc10b-85d2-4ef0-a429-84e58c610ef0","title":"UK rules out role in Hormuz blockade, backs navigation coalition","source":"Middle East Eye","date":"2026-04-12","summary":"UK rules out role in Hormuz blockade, backs navigation coalition The United Kingdom will not take part in any blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, according to a report by the Financial Times citing informed sources. Quoting a British government spokesperson, the report said London opposes imposing fees on vessels transiting the vital waterway. “We are working with France and other partners to form a coalition to protect freedom of navigation.”","category":"military","url":"https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/uk-rules-out-role-hormuz-blockade-backs-navigation-coalition"},{"id":"d975584c-d4fe-420e-bf49-7bd295d4b810","title":"Trump says US to blockade ships crossing Strait of Hormuz","source":"Al Jazeera","date":"2026-04-12","summary":"US President Donald Trump says the US Navy will immediately blockade the Strait of Hormuz.","category":"military","url":"https://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2026/4/12/james-bays-on-trump-blocking-strait-of-hormuz?traffic_source=rss"},{"id":"ebe0a488-b03a-4a8a-8174-d3c49bf6084a","title":"Battle Damaged KC-135 Seen Covered In Shrapnel Patches","source":"The War Zone","date":"2026-04-12","summary":"A KC-135 damaged in an Iranian strike has made its way to RAF Mildenhall in the UK thanks to field repairs. The post Battle Damaged KC-135 Seen Covered In Shrapnel Patches appeared first on The War Zone.","category":"military","url":"https://www.twz.com/air/battle-damaged-kc-135-seen-covered-in-shrapnel-patches"},{"id":"40b416e5-9e9c-4f8d-96d5-51a38d3817fa","title":"Iran says goodwill steps advanced US talks, dismisses Trump threats","source":"Middle East Eye","date":"2026-04-12","summary":"Iran says goodwill steps advanced US talks, dismisses Trump threats Iran’s senior negotiator says Tehran’s goodwill gestures helped push forward negotiations with the United States, according to remarks carried by state media. Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf said on Sunday that recent initiatives by Iran created momentum in the talks, signalling progress despite ongoing tensions. He also dismissed fresh warnings from US President Donald Trump, saying they would not influence Iran’s position. \"If you figh","category":"military","url":"https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/iran-says-goodwill-steps-advanced-us-talks-dismisses-trump-threats"},{"id":"e3df92f8-3586-49bd-b339-850428309b04","title":"Trump says US will begin 'blockading' the Strait of Hormuz","source":"France 24 Middle East","date":"2026-04-12","summary":"The US navy will begin blockading ships trying to enter or leave the Strait of Hormuz “effective immediately”, US President Donald Trump said in a social media post Sunday. He added that the US would ‌also “interdict” every ‌vessel in international waters that had paid a toll to Iran for passing through the critical waterway.","category":"military","url":"https://www.france24.com/en/video/20260412-trump-says-us-will-begin-blockading-the-strait-of-hormuz"},{"id":"f7297aeb-e534-4835-81e9-4e930a5f38dd","title":"UN says Israeli tank rammed peacekeeper vehicles in south Lebanon","source":"Middle East Eye","date":"2026-04-12","summary":"UN says Israeli tank rammed peacekeeper vehicles in south Lebanon The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (Unifil) says Israeli forces rammed its vehicles twice on Sunday, causing significant damage in at least one attack. In a statement, Unifil said an Israeli Merkava tank struck clearly marked peacekeeping vehicles during the encounters. “Over the past week, Israeli soldiers have fired ‘warning shots’ in the area, striking and damaging clearly identifiable Unifil vehicles. In one case, a ‘","category":"military","url":"https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/un-says-israeli-tank-rammed-peacekeeper-vehicles-south-lebanon"},{"id":"c2eb582f-2e71-4d41-9a94-a3c97919343e","title":"How shaky is the Iran-US ceasefire?","source":"Al Jazeera","date":"2026-04-12","summary":"Will the Iran-US truce lead to peace, or more war?","category":"diplomatic","url":"https://www.aljazeera.com/video/the-bottom-line/2026/4/12/how-shaky-is-the-iran-us-ceasefire?traffic_source=rss"},{"id":"5e583ee2-d913-408f-bc27-e330da943316","title":"Ukraine and Russia accuse each other of violating Easter ceasefire","source":"Sky News World","date":"2026-04-11","summary":"Ukraine and Russia have accused each other of violating an Orthodox Easter ceasefire.","category":"diplomatic","url":"https://news.sky.com/story/ukraine-and-russia-accuse-each-other-of-violating-easter-ceasefire-13530807"},{"id":"9065b4ba-a789-444d-9029-84a4ecd88f7a","title":"Russian strikes on Odesa kill 2 ahead of Orthodox Easter ceasefire","source":"ABC News International","date":"2026-04-11","summary":"Russian drone strikes killed at least two people and wounded two others in the Ukrainian city of Odesa overnight Saturday, hitting a residential area","category":"diplomatic","url":"https://abcnews.com/International/wireStory/russian-strikes-odesa-kill-2-ahead-orthodox-easter-131946305"},{"id":"0b74e778-359c-436e-88be-4dcaba3957a5","title":"Haitians cut back on already scarce food and ask how they'll survive rising fuel prices","source":"ABC News International","date":"2026-04-12","summary":"Haitians are struggling with rising oil prices due to the conflict in Iran","category":"economic","url":"https://abcnews.com/International/wireStory/haitians-cut-back-scarce-food-survive-rising-fuel-131965991"},{"id":"cb5c3471-d773-4ed3-920b-7e1897341340","title":"Pope Leo XIV blasts 'delusion of omnipotence' fueling US-Israeli war in Iran","source":"ABC News International","date":"2026-04-11","summary":"The pope demanded political leaders stop and negotiate peace.","category":"diplomatic","url":"https://abcnews.com/International/wireStory/pope-leo-xiv-blasts-delusion-omnipotence-fueling-us-131953097"},{"id":"17508e71-88c7-484e-84c2-d7680cd4ef9a","title":"Russia and Ukraine accuse each other of violating Orthodox Easter ceasefire","source":"ABC News International","date":"2026-04-12","summary":"Russia and Ukraine are accusing each other of violating a Kremlin-declared Easter ceasefire","category":"diplomatic","url":"https://abcnews.com/International/wireStory/russia-ukraine-accuse-violating-orthodox-easter-ceasefire-131966392"},{"id":"1520d6b7-e45a-47fb-ae2a-2ccefae3f1c8","title":"A Syrian man buries his wife and 4 children killed in Israeli strikes on Beirut","source":"ABC News International","date":"2026-04-11","summary":"A Syrian man has buried his wife and four of his five children after Israeli strikes hit Beirut earlier this week","category":"military","url":"https://abcnews.com/International/wireStory/syrian-man-buries-wife-4-children-killed-israeli-131948425"},{"id":"832b3c44-f56e-46c0-84dd-15779d6a8c85","title":"Pro-Iran groups have used AI to troll Trump and try to control the war narrative","source":"ABC News International","date":"2026-04-09","summary":"Pro-Iran groups have used artificial intelligence to create slick internet memes in English to try to shape the narrative during the war against the U.S. and Israel, and foster opposition to it","category":"infrastructure","url":"https://abcnews.com/International/wireStory/pro-iran-groups-ai-troll-trump-control-war-131867909"},{"id":"1191fa42-068b-4b02-a4ea-5339d688d286","title":"Croatian fishermen feel the strain after Iran war ramps up fuel prices","source":"ABC News International","date":"2026-04-10","summary":"Croatian fishermen are facing tough times as rising fuel prices, driven by the war in Iran, impact the industry","category":"economic","url":"https://abcnews.com/International/wireStory/croatian-fishermen-feel-strain-after-iran-war-ramps-131906377"},{"id":"ccdf25eb-26b9-4257-b6b5-817fe752ec14","title":"Two destroyers cross Strait of Hormuz ahead of mine clearance mission","source":"Task & Purpose","date":"2026-04-11","summary":"The USS Frank E. Petersen and USS Michael Murphy sailed into the Persian Gulf to start preparations for sweeping the waterway for explosives. The post Two destroyers cross Strait of Hormuz ahead of mine clearance mission appeared first on Task & Purpose.","category":"military","url":"https://taskandpurpose.com/news/navy-destroyers-strait-of-hormuz-mines/"},{"id":"659b6fca-4124-4f0f-8e79-59447e187543","title":"A 2023 special ops exercise in Wyoming was a preview of the Iran rescue mission","source":"Task & Purpose","date":"2026-04-10","summary":"In 2023, special ops cargo planes delivered commandos and folded helicopters to a Wyoming airstrip in search of a “missing pilot\" — the same tactics behind the rescue in Iran. The post A 2023 special ops exercise in Wyoming was a preview of the Iran rescue mission appeared first on Task & Purpose.","category":"military","url":"https://taskandpurpose.com/news/2023-preview-of-iran-rescue/"},{"id":"4f2290ec-52e9-4b2f-90bb-5cb3683a6d19","title":"Air Force names 2 bases that could host nuclear ‘microreactors’","source":"Task & Purpose","date":"2026-04-09","summary":"Buckley Space Force Base, Colorado, and Malmstrom Air Force Base, Montana, could have on-site nuclear microreactors by 2030. The post Air Force names 2 bases that could host nuclear ‘microreactors’ appeared first on Task & Purpose.","category":"military","url":"https://taskandpurpose.com/news/air-force-bases-nuclear-reactors/"},{"id":"529fb718-54f2-4029-8d9c-22b0334bd77c","title":"US troops downed ‘2 million’ energy drinks during Iran war, top general says","source":"Task & Purpose","date":"2026-04-08","summary":"Troops in Epic Fury did some epic chugging of nearly a million gallons of coffee and two million energy drinks. \"I am not saying that we have a problem,\" said Gen. Dan Caine. The post US troops downed ‘2 million’ energy drinks during Iran war, top general says appeared first on Task & Purpose.","category":"military","url":"https://taskandpurpose.com/news/military-iran-energy-drinks/"},{"id":"3ea97309-99a6-4531-8b67-165beacc5111","title":"Pentagon calls Individual Ready Reserve a ‘mobilization asset’ in new policy","source":"Task & Purpose","date":"2026-04-06","summary":"The new Pentagon policy was likely in the works before the Iran war began, but it still holds relevance as the military plans for any future mass mobilization, experts say. The post Pentagon calls Individual Ready Reserve a ‘mobilization asset’ in new policy appeared first on Task & Purpose.","category":"military","url":"https://taskandpurpose.com/news/individual-ready-reserve-policy-2026/"},{"id":"737d8bf0-bc93-487a-9c8e-45fa8448b875","title":"General confirms A-10 lost, helicopter damaged during F-15 rescue in Iran","source":"Task & Purpose","date":"2026-04-06","summary":"The pilot of an A-10 Warthog had to eject due to damage sustained during an operation to rescue one of the two downed F-15 crew members. The post General confirms A-10 lost, helicopter damaged during F-15 rescue in Iran appeared first on Task & Purpose.","category":"military","url":"https://taskandpurpose.com/news/military-iran-rescue-2026/"},{"id":"d883a1d4-5952-4bd9-bd35-886ca4bf8e44","title":"Army lets soldiers deployed for Operation Epic Fury reenlist two years early","source":"Task & Purpose","date":"2026-04-06","summary":"The Army aims to “maximize benefits for personnel who are serving deployed in support” of the war with Iran. The post Army lets soldiers deployed for Operation Epic Fury reenlist two years early appeared first on Task & Purpose.","category":"humanitarian","url":"https://taskandpurpose.com/news/army-epic-fury-reenlistment-widened/"},{"id":"33b0ba4d-ba84-4f98-ac72-2c1a96e79a72","title":"What we know about the commando raid to recover the F-15 crew member in Iran","source":"Task & Purpose","date":"2026-04-05","summary":"Special operations teams raced against Iran to locate the missing airman, setting up a temporary airstrip to extract U.S. forces. The post What we know about the commando raid to recover the F-15 crew member in Iran appeared first on Task & Purpose.","category":"military","url":"https://taskandpurpose.com/news/f15-airman-rescue-iran-special-operations/"},{"id":"456ad73c-01d0-4e11-8195-774a49aa393b","title":"What we know about a downed US F-15 and its crew in Iran","source":"Task & Purpose","date":"2026-04-03","summary":"Several reports indicate one of the two flyers on board was rescued in a large-scale rescue operation. The post What we know about a downed US F-15 and its crew in Iran appeared first on Task & Purpose.","category":"military","url":"https://taskandpurpose.com/news/military-f-15-iran/"},{"id":"559ce6eb-6c50-48e9-b33b-2b6bbe80ebe3","title":"Right to repair: Why the US military can’t fix much of its own equipment","source":"Task & Purpose","date":"2026-04-03","summary":"Restrictive agreements with defense contractors leave service members unable to fix the expensive ships, fighter jets, and ground vehicles they depend on. The post Right to repair: Why the US military can’t fix much of its own equipment appeared first on Task & Purpose.","category":"military","url":"https://taskandpurpose.com/tech-tactics/us-military-right-to-repair/"},{"id":"533e10e6-655e-48e0-b2da-2774063567fa","title":"Hegseth asks top Army officer to step down","source":"Task & Purpose","date":"2026-04-02","summary":"A Pentagon official confirmed that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has asked Army Chief of Staff Gen. Randy George to step down. The post Hegseth asks top Army officer to step down appeared first on Task & Purpose.","category":"military","url":"https://taskandpurpose.com/news/army-randy-george-fired/"},{"id":"69774ac8-1946-42f5-a8e5-d38290c3dc27","title":"How does the Iran war end?","source":"Task & Purpose","date":"2026-04-02","summary":"One month into the Iran war, the U.S. military finds itself in a familiar position: Despite apparent battlefield successes, it's not clear how the conflict will end. The post How does the Iran war end? appeared first on Task & Purpose.","category":"military","url":"https://taskandpurpose.com/opinion/military-iran-war-end/"},{"id":"0a4dd72c-da58-47a1-a502-4b9ce866fb14","title":"82nd Airborne Division cancels All American Week amid Iran war deployments","source":"Task & Purpose","date":"2026-04-02","summary":"Officials said the event was cancelled “due to competing requirements.\" The post 82nd Airborne Division cancels All American Week amid Iran war deployments appeared first on Task & Purpose.","category":"military","url":"https://taskandpurpose.com/news/82nd-airbone-event-cancelled-iran-war/"},{"id":"baef2ef7-8344-4971-8e4e-51c8fd603d72","title":"Update 346 – IAEA Director General Statement on Situation in Ukraine","source":"IAEA News","date":"2026-04-12","summary":"Update 346 – IAEA Director General Statement on Situation in Ukraine","category":"military","url":"http://www.iaea.org/newscenter/pressreleases/update-346-iaea-director-general-statement-on-situation-in-ukraine"},{"id":"fc395699-128e-4805-906a-a1bf03fbbae8","title":"Powering Change: A Nuclear Engineer’s Journey from Brazil to the IAEA","source":"IAEA News","date":"2026-04-12","summary":"Powering Change: A Nuclear Engineer’s Journey from Brazil to the IAEA","category":"military","url":"http://www.iaea.org/newscenter/news/powering-change-a-nuclear-engineers-journey-from-brazil-to-the-iaea"},{"id":"958ac99b-46d0-406f-8df7-595c7af41c2c","title":"Six Ways the IAEA Supports Global Health Through Nuclear Science","source":"IAEA News","date":"2026-04-12","summary":"Six Ways the IAEA Supports Global Health Through Nuclear Science","category":"military","url":"http://www.iaea.org/newscenter/news/six-ways-the-iaea-supports-global-health-through-nuclear-science"},{"id":"def0ea76-773e-4680-9c05-1c6e3bd30473","title":"Nuclear Science Enhances Malawi’s Food Safety and Export Systems","source":"IAEA News","date":"2026-04-12","summary":"Nuclear Science Enhances Malawi’s Food Safety and Export Systems","category":"military","url":"http://www.iaea.org/newscenter/news/nuclear-science-enhances-malawis-food-safety-and-export-systems"},{"id":"ad81f8c6-33db-4904-8e4a-a5f8cc7e32e6","title":"Tritium Level Far Below Japan’s Operational Limit in 19th Batch of ALPS Treated Water, IAEA Confirms","source":"IAEA News","date":"2026-04-12","summary":"Tritium Level Far Below Japan’s Operational Limit in 19th Batch of ALPS Treated Water, IAEA Confirms","category":"military","url":"http://www.iaea.org/newscenter/pressreleases/tritium-level-far-below-japans-operational-limit-in-19th-batch-of-alps-treated-water-iaea-confirms"},{"id":"84774f48-1336-4928-8d05-4b7baca46721","title":"How Nuclear Science Helps Tackle Food Waste","source":"IAEA News","date":"2026-04-12","summary":"How Nuclear Science Helps Tackle Food Waste","category":"military","url":"http://www.iaea.org/newscenter/news/how-nuclear-science-helps-tackle-food-waste"},{"id":"8e5ec223-ea66-4923-843e-b385385a9aa3","title":"IAEA Mission Recognizes Belgium’s Continued Commitment to Strengthen Nuclear and Radiation Safety","source":"IAEA News","date":"2026-04-12","summary":"IAEA Mission Recognizes Belgium’s Continued Commitment to Strengthen Nuclear and Radiation Safety","category":"military","url":"http://www.iaea.org/newscenter/pressreleases/iaea-mission-recognizes-belgiums-continued-commitment-to-strengthen-nuclear-and-radiation-safety"},{"id":"27abcbb0-ca8e-408b-bdea-6f468bb7ad9f","title":"Update 345 – IAEA Director General Statement on Situation in Ukraine","source":"IAEA News","date":"2026-04-12","summary":"Update 345 – IAEA Director General Statement on Situation in 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Transport","category":"economic","url":"http://www.iaea.org/newscenter/pressreleases/iaea-database-about-55-of-nuclear-and-other-radioactive-material-thefts-since-1993-occurred-during-transport"},{"id":"6364a1e9-9d2e-40a2-9a74-f63a628a5aba","title":"IAEA Hosts Conference on the Safe and Secure Transport of Nuclear and Radioactive Material","source":"IAEA News","date":"2026-04-12","summary":"IAEA Hosts Conference on the Safe and Secure Transport of Nuclear and Radioactive Material","category":"economic","url":"http://www.iaea.org/newscenter/news/iaea-hosts-conference-on-the-safe-and-secure-transport-of-nuclear-and-radioactive-material"},{"id":"11652069-6eb5-49ce-aec9-03eefa405c3e","title":"Nuclear Scientists Return to Lake Tanganyika 50 Years After First Scientific Mission","source":"IAEA News","date":"2026-04-12","summary":"Nuclear Scientists Return to Lake Tanganyika 50 Years After First Scientific Mission","category":"military","url":"http://www.iaea.org/newscenter/news/nuclear-scientists-return-to-lake-tanganyika-50-years-after-first-scientific-mission"},{"id":"22b01bae-99f0-428e-9fe4-56e9552f7329","title":"Update 344 – IAEA Director General Statement on Situation in Ukraine","source":"IAEA News","date":"2026-04-12","summary":"Update 344 – IAEA Director General Statement on Situation in Ukraine","category":"military","url":"http://www.iaea.org/newscenter/pressreleases/update-344-iaea-director-general-statement-on-situation-in-ukraine"},{"id":"7c15c6ce-9c1c-4516-92f7-5a24e146ed5d","title":"Analysis: U.S. Negotiators Were Ill-Prepared for Serious Nuclear Talks With Iran","source":"Arms Control Association","date":"2026-04-01","summary":"Analysis: U.S. Negotiators Were Ill-Prepared for Serious Nuclear Talks With Iran","category":"military","url":"https://www.armscontrol.org/act/2026-04/features/analysis-us-negotiators-were-ill-prepared-serious-nuclear-talks-iran"},{"id":"211be2e1-0bcf-4e5b-8d29-f7b2850a44d3","title":"Trump Seeks Deal With Iran to End War","source":"Arms Control Association","date":"2026-04-01","summary":"Trump Seeks Deal With Iran to End War","category":"military","url":"https://www.armscontrol.org/act/2026-04/news/trump-seeks-deal-iran-end-war"},{"id":"40f7122e-6794-4f4b-b5ce-6a58553505be","title":"4/11: Saturday Morning","source":"CBS News World","date":"2026-04-11","summary":"The Artemis II crew is back on Earth after a successful splashdown. Meanwhile, the world awaits results of U.S. and Iranian talks in Pakistan.","category":"military","url":"https://www.cbsnews.com/video/041126-saturday-morning/"},{"id":"fe9528cd-47e8-4a2a-a948-13d698bb73d4","title":"US to enforce maritime blockade on Iranian ports from April 13","source":"Middle East Eye","date":"2026-04-12","summary":"US to enforce maritime blockade on Iranian ports from April 13 The US military’s Central Command (Centcom) says it will begin enforcing a sweeping maritime blockade targeting Iranian ports from 13 April. In a statement, Centcom said the operation will start at 10am EST (1500 GMT) “in accordance with the President’s proclamation”, marking a major escalation in pressure on Tehran. The move follows comments by US President Donald Trump, who said Washington would impose a blockade after talks with I","category":"humanitarian","url":"https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/us-enforce-maritime-blockade-iranian-ports-april-13"},{"id":"e97d5e85-2689-4bec-aa04-022f12ad4af4","title":"US threatens to ‘vigorously prosecute’ Iran oil sanctions breaches","source":"Middle East Eye","date":"2026-04-12","summary":"US threatens to ‘vigorously prosecute’ Iran oil sanctions breaches A senior US justice official says Washington will take a hard line against those trading in sanctioned Iranian oil. Acting Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said in a post on X that authorities will “vigorously prosecute” anyone involved in buying or selling Iranian crude under sanctions. He added that the Department of Justice “fully supports” US President Donald Trump and the military.","category":"economic","url":"https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/us-threatens-vigorously-prosecute-iran-oil-sanctions-breaches"},{"id":"449d0cd7-de0f-42d5-88bd-a3808523cdb0","title":"Iran president urges US to abandon 'totalitarianism' negotiating position","source":"Middle East Eye","date":"2026-04-12","summary":"Iran president urges US to abandon 'totalitarianism' negotiating position Iran’s president has weighed in on efforts to reach a lasting settlement with the United States, calling on Washington to change its approach. In a post on X, he said a deal remains possible if the US shifts course. “If the American government abandons its totalitarianism and respects the rights of the Iranian nation, ways to reach an agreement will certainly be found”. He also praised Iran’s negotiating team, highlighting","category":"military","url":"https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/iran-president-urges-us-abandon-totalitarianism-negotiating-position"},{"id":"7adb8689-acd7-48fa-99bd-63e4de6703c8","title":"Transcript: Israeli Ambassador Michael Leiter on \"Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan\"","source":"CBS News World","date":"2026-04-12","summary":"The following is the transcript of the interview with Israeli Ambassador to the U.S. Michael Leiter that aired on \"Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan\" on April 12, 2026.","category":"military","url":"https://www.cbsnews.com/news/michael-leiter-transcript-face-the-nation-04-12-2026/"},{"id":"2e20dbb3-8a38-4035-b09b-22f1fea1c6ad","title":"4/12: Face The Nation","source":"CBS News World","date":"2026-04-12","summary":"This week on \"Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan,\" Sen. Mark Warner, Rep. Mike Turner and Israeli Ambassador to the U.S. Michael Leiter join. Plus, IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva and CBS News' Anthony Salvanto.","category":"military","url":"https://www.cbsnews.com/video/041226-face-the-nation/"},{"id":"65ab6b9b-3c19-4ecf-bc8e-ba9f0ac8c4cd","title":"Trump says US will blockade strait of Hormuz after Iran peace talks fail","source":"The Guardian Middle East","date":"2026-04-12","summary":"Iran warns move would breach ceasefire as US president also repeats threats to strike critical infrastructure Middle East crisis – live updates Donald Trump has said the US will begin blockading the strait of Hormuz in an attempt to take control of the strategic waterway from Iran in the aftermath of failed peace negotiations between the countries in Pakistan. 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Zvika Fogel, who chairs the Knesset’s National Security Committee and belongs to Itamar Ben-Gvir’s far-right Jewish Power party in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s governing coalition, made the remarks in a public statement. “Donald, if you have to shoot, shoot. Don’t quack”.","category":"humanitarian","url":"https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-lawmaker-taunts-trump-apparent-call-attack-iran"},{"id":"436c97c1-b6d0-40cd-8f6b-d0fec3be5b5e","title":"Iran says Hormuz open to civilian vessels, warns military ships","source":"Middle East Eye","date":"2026-04-12","summary":"Iran says Hormuz open to civilian vessels, warns military ships Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps says the Strait of Hormuz remains open to civilian traffic, while warning military vessels against entering the strategic waterway. In a statement, the IRGC said the strait is “open to the harmless passage of civilian vessels” in compliance with international law. 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The appointment was approved on Sunday, with Gofman set to take over on June 2, 2026, when current director David Barnea completes his five-year term. 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