Live Updates: IDF, Hezbollah trade blows as negotiators prepare to broker peace with Iran
Trump: US military to stay near Iran until ceasefire complied with • Costa Rica designates IRGC, Houthis, Hezbollah, Hamas as terrorists • US, Iran delegations arriving in Pakistan on Friday
An Anti-war demonstrator holds up a sign with a symbol of peace as they gather near the White House to protest the war in Iran on April 7, 2026 in Washington, DC. (photo credit: Alex Wong/Getty Images)
Costa Rica declares IRGC, Hezbollah, Hamas, Houthis as terrorists
Trump: US military will stay deployed near Iran until Tehran complies with ceasefire deal
Trump added that he thinks it is unlikely the deal will not be complied with, but if not, then the "Shootin' Starts, bigger, and better, and stronger than anyone has ever seen before," he wrote.
ByJAMES GENNUS President Donald Trump gives a press conference in the White House, April 6, 2026.(photo credit: REUTERS/KEVIN LAMARQUE/FILE PHOTO)Go to the full article > >
Lebanon reports 182 killed in Israeli strikes, toll expected to rise
Hezbollah fires rockets at northern Israel, citing ceasefire breaches
ByREUTERS
Israel offered to check itself in Lebanon strikes to promote Iran ceasefire, VP Vance claims
Vance added that Israel's actions were not because Lebanon was included in the ceasefire.
ByTZVI JASPERUS VICE President JD Vance speaks to the media before boarding Air Force Two to return to Washington, DC, after the White House announced he would be leading the US delegation in upcoming peace talks with Iran, from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport in Budapest, Hungary, April 8, 202(photo credit: REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/Pool)Go to the full article > >
Iran's Araghchi seen as country's most powerful foreign minister yet - explainer
Iranian and US officials are expected to hold talks on Friday to discuss a long-term settlement.
ByREUTERSIran's Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi speaks at a weekly news conference in Tehran, Iran, on March 16, 2026. (photo credit: Shadati/Xinhua via Getty Images)Go to the full article > >
Inside the situation room: How did Netanyahu pitch the Iran war to Trump? - report
Netanyahu made a "hard sell" for attacking Iran, the report claimed.
ByJERUSALEM POST STAFFPrime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Donald Trump are seen shaking hands at a press conference in 2025.(photo credit: JONATHAN ERNST/REUTERS)Go to the full article > >Operation Roaring Lion: What you need to know
Israel and the US launched Operations Roaring Lion and Epic Fury on February 28, with the stated aim of creating conditions for regime change
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed by an Israeli strike on a Tehran bunker, Iran’s defense minister and several IRGC generals were also killed in the largest-ever aerial attack by the IAF
Iran retaliated by firing across the Middle East at Gulf nations and US military bases in the region
Twelve IDF soldiers and 23 civilians have been killed, and at least 6,951 more injured in ballistic missile attacks across Israel since February 28 • Eleven US soldiers killed
A ceasefire deal was announced on April 7 and went into effect on April 8.
