1+ hour, 53+ min ago  (1031+ words) US Vice-President JD Vance said negotiations ended early on Sunday between the United States and Iran without a peace deal after the Iranians refused to accept terms not to develop a nuclear weapon. Talks ended after 21 hours in Islamabad, Pakistan,…...

19+ hour, 42+ min ago  (614+ words) Police have begun removing protesters from a mass demonstration against the ban on Palestine Action in central London. Hundreds of protesters have gathered in Trafalgar Square with signs reading "I oppose genocide. I support Palestine Action. Many of the mostly…...

1+ day, 17+ hour ago  (504+ words) A trade body for European airports has warned over a "systemic" shortage of jet fuel ahead of the peak summer season if the Strait of Hormuz does not reopen in the weeks ahead. Airports Council International (ACI), which represents more…...

2+ day, 14+ hour ago  (993+ words) At the time of writing, the precarious ceasefire between the USA and Iran is holding, even as Israel bombards Lebanon and the Strait of Hormuz is, once again, restricted. Donald Trump's belief in the "madman strategy' he outlined in his…...

2+ day, 16+ hour ago  (347+ words) Israeli strikes on Lebanon following the US-Iran ceasefire deal are "wrong" and "should stop", Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has said during a trip to Gulf nations. Israel's bombardment of Beirut is imperilling the two-week truce agreed to by US…...

3+ day, 2+ hour ago  (656+ words) Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper has said she is "deeply troubled" by Israel's strikes on Lebanon and pressed for the country to be part of the Iran ceasefire deal. It comes as Iran's deputy foreign minister said his country sent a…...

3+ day, 13+ hour ago  (1152+ words) The US has demanded that Iran reopen the Strait of Hormuz after the Islamic Republic closed the waterway in response to Israeli attacks against the Hezbollah militant group in Lebanon. Tehran's move cast doubt over whether an already precarious ceasefire…...

3+ day, 20+ hour ago  (558+ words) Israeli strikes hit several dense commercial and residential areas in central Beirut without warning, hours after a ceasefire was announced in the US-Israeli war with Iran. Israel has said the agreement does not extend to its war with the Iran-backed…...

4+ day, 19+ hour ago  (501+ words) The UK urged Donald Trump to step back from his threat to wipe out "a whole civilisation" as his deadline for Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz drew closer. The US president has given Tehran until 1am on Wednesday UK…...

5+ day, 14+ hour ago  (1283+ words) Iran rejected a 45-day ceasefire proposal and said it wants a permanent end to the war, while US President Donald Trump appeared to widen his threat from civilian targets to the whole Islamic Republic as his ultimatum ticked closer. "The…...