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Iran suspends US talks amid renewed threats by Trump against country and negotiating team
US president made series of aggressive statements on social media and TV despite some progress being made on oil exports
Vance calls for sides to work together as Iran peace talks begin in Switzerland
Tehran’s leadership says it has closed Strait of Hormuz over Israeli ‘crimes’ in Lebanon
‘You just gotta calm down’: Trump says he told Israel
Israeli military carried out a wave of deadly strikes in Lebanon on Friday after planned US-Iran talks in Switzerland were cancelled
Israel and Hizbullah agree ceasefire; Oil price falls on hopes agreement will bolster US-Iran deal
US vice-president JD Vance changes travel plans at last minute
Trump’s Iran deal leaves him facing a Carter-like dilemma
An ill-judged conflict revives the dynamics that once humbled a US president and emboldened Iran
Israeli strikes in Lebanon raise doubts over new peace agreement
JD Vance says oil is being transported through Strait of Hormuz after Trump signs deal with Tehran
‘A city of ghosts’: Grief and defiance in Lebanon’s shattered south
Residents return after ceasefire to assess destruction, mourn the dead and weigh an uncertain future
What’s in the US-Iran deal? Reopening shipping, waiving oil sanctions and Lebanon
US officials have revealed a memorandum of understanding between Washington and Tehran to end the costly 110-day conflict
US officials reveal details of Iran agreement to halt war
Donald Trump and Iranian counterpart Masoud Pezeshkian could sign deal to end the war on Friday, says Iran’s foreign ministry
Trump threatens to bomb again if Iran does not stick to the deal
G7 leaders say they will diversify energy supply routes to reduce dependence on the Strait of Hormuz
Israel blindsided by US–Iran pact tying Gulf ceasefire to Lebanon
Trump’s sidelining of Israel and criticism of its Lebanon campaign deepen domestic political and security anxieties
Oil dips despite uncertainty on Strait of Hormuz
Israel has distanced itself from both the April ceasefire and the latest US-Iran pact, fuelling uncertainty about whether it will hold
Netanyahu and Israel hindering peace efforts with Iran, says Trump
Tehran insists Israel must stop attacks on Lebanon for preliminary deal to hold before formal signing
‘It’s just a Big Band-Aid’: Fragile US‑Iran truce masks deep faultlines
Few analysts believe final settlement can be reached in 60 days – and even if it is, war and instability could soon return
US and Iran agree tentative peace deal but Israel says it will not withdraw from Lebanon
Deal would ‘not be a one-way ceasefire’, Us official says, meaning that Israel could respond if attacked
Israeli drone kills one person in southern Lebanon as UN-Iran deal eases fighting
Authorities warn displaced people not to rush home as Israel says it will keep troops in the south
‘This is from in our soul’: Paramedics and doctors work through Lebanon’s ‘hardest days’
In a southern city battered by Israeli strikes, returning residents confront a devastated region while grieving medical workers refuse to leave
Iran-US deal is opposed across Israel’s political spectrum
‘Israel won the battle but Netanyahu lost the war’, head of Knesset opposition says
Donald Trump says US and Iran have agreed deal
US president says Strait of Hormuz will reopen and US blockade will end
Israeli military attacks Hizbullah targets in Beirut’s southern suburbs
Lebanese militant group says it fired missiles and drones towards Israeli troops
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Lebanon’s displaced people: War, poverty and rising tensions on Beirut’s Corniche
An elderly poet is among thousands enduring displacement and hardship as conflict in southern Lebanon drags on with no end in sight
Israel and Iran halt their most direct confrontation since April
US president Donald Trump intervenes after both sides exchange strikes
Iran launches missiles at Israel in first such bombardment since April ceasefire
Tehran last week said any Israeli attack on Beirut would be a violation of US-Iran ceasefire and draw an Iranian attack on Israel
US shoots down two Iranian drones over Strait of Hormuz
Fresh exchange of fire in the Gulf tests fragile ceasefire as conflict enters its 100th day
Iran reaffirms support for Hizbullah with wider peace deal in doubt
UN warns standoff is pushing millions closer to hunger
Mick Lynch: FAI must take a stand and refuse to participate in Israel game
Only fair for football association to be compensated for deciding Ireland team cannot in all conscience fulfil fixture
Hizbullah rejects Lebanon ceasefire as Israel says it will not withdraw troops
Hizbullah leader says ‘resistance will continue’ as Israel keeps up strikes in southern Lebanon
Oil falls and stocks rise after investors weigh Israel and Lebanon ceasefire
Euronext Dublin finished up 0.2% but lagged European peers as it was dragged back by some of its bigger names
Inside southern Lebanon’s temporary graveyards: ‘People are dying day by day. No one is batting an eye’
Makeshift cemeteries across the south provide a place for the dead until it is safe to hold a proper funeral in their home towns
US continues strikes near Strait of Hormuz after one killed in Iranian attacks on Kuwait
Representatives back resolution aimed at stopping war until hostilities are authorised by US Congress in blow to Trump
Iran insists any US-Israel ceasefire must cover conflict in Lebanon
Donald Trump is demanding an end to Tehran’s nuclear programme
The US will face a reckoning one day. In the meantime, Trump just gets more volatile
Middle East chaos, looting of public purse and collapse in respect for US just 16 months into his second term
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