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April 23, 2026 9:48 AM

Trump says eight Iranian women won’t be executed, Iran disputes entire account

President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that Iran had agreed not to execute eight women protesters in a sign of respect for him, while officials in Tehran denied the executions had been planned and accused the U.S. president of spreading falsehoods. "Very good news," Trump said in a social media post a day after granting a unilateral ceasefire in the war started by the U.S. and Israel on February 28. Trump said four of the eight women would be released immediately and four would be sentenced ...

April 23, 2026 9:39 AM

Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon kill Lebanese journalist, wound another

Israeli strikes on southern Lebanon on Wednesday killed Lebanese journalist Amal Khalil and wounded a photographer accompanying her, according to a senior Lebanese military official and Khalil's employer, the Al-Akhbar newspaper. There was no immediate comment from the Israeli military on Khalil's death. Earlier, the Israeli military said in a statement it had received reports that two journalists were injured as a result of its strikes. The death of Khalil, 43, brought the death toll on We...

April 23, 2026 10:10 AM

Strait of Hormuz Tensions Escalate as Iran Seizes Ships, US Maintains Pressure Amid Fragile Diplomacy

A volatile standoff in the Strait of Hormuz is deepening in the past few hours as the naval blockade of Iran intensifies, with new incidents reported in and around . Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps says it has seized two container ships for “disrupting order and safety” within a declared maritime exclusion zone. Maritime monitoring agencies also report a third vessel was fired upon near the coast of Oman, sustaining significant damage to its bridge, though no casualties have been ...

April 23, 2026 9:39 AM

Iran seizes ships in Strait of Hormuz after US calls off renewed attacks

Iran seized two ships in the Strait of Hormuz on Wednesday, tightening its grip on the strategic waterway a day after U.S. President Donald Trump announced he was indefinitely calling off attacks, with no sign of peace talks restarting. The status of a two-week-old ceasefire, due to expire earlier this week, remained unclear. In a sharp about-face hours after threatening renewed violence, Trump made what appeared to be a unilateral announcement on Tuesday that the U.S. would extend a ceasefire ...

April 22, 2026 1:03 PM

EXPLAINER-How the Iran war oil and gas supply shock compares with past disruptions

The U.S.-Israeli war with Iran and the closure of the Strait of Hormuz have caused the biggest oil supply disruption on record by daily output lost, though at least one earlier shock had a greater cumulative impact, according to Reuters calculations based on International Energy Agency and U.S. Department of Energy data. The IEA said on Tuesday that the conflict is the worst energy crisis the world has faced, when combined with the tail end of the European gas crisis caused by Russia's invasion...

April 22, 2026 9:33 AM

Fed nominee Kevin Warsh says he made no rate-cut promises to Trump, plans ‘robust’ reforms

Federal Reserve chief nominee Kevin Warsh said on Tuesday he had made no promises to President Donald Trump about cutting interest rates, as he tried to assure U.S. senators mulling his confirmation to lead the U.S. central bank that he would act independently of the White House while pursuing broad reforms. In a hearing that ranged from Warsh's calls for "regime change" at the Fed to contentious exchanges over his personal finances, the 56-year-old lawyer and financier said that in his convers...

April 21, 2026 12:58 PM

US positive on Iran deal but talks still uncertain as ceasefire end nears

The United States expressed confidence that peace talks with Iran would go ahead in Pakistan and a senior Iranian official said Tehran was considering joining, but significant hurdles and uncertainty remained as the end of a ceasefire loomed. The two-week truce in the war is set to expire within days and despite Iran earlier ruling out a second round of negotiations this week, a Pakistani source involved in the discussions told Reuters there was momentum for talks to recommence on Wednesday. "...

April 21, 2026 12:55 PM

Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’ holds talks with DP World on rebuilding Gaza, FT says

Representatives of U.S. President Donald Trump’s "Board of Peace" have held talks with state-owned Dubai multinational DP World about managing supply chains and infrastructure projects in Gaza, the Financial Times said on Tuesday. Rehabilitation of Gaza, where two years of Israeli bombardment have destroyed four-fifths of buildings, has been projected by global institutions to cost around $70 billion. Citing three people familiar with the matter, the paper said the talks centred on prospects...

April 21, 2026 12:53 PM

Trump cites defense production act to sign energy-related memorandums

President Donald Trump invoked the Defense Production Act on Monday to sign a series of energy-related presidential memorandums, the White House announced, as his administration aims to tackle rising fuel prices as a result of U.S. and Israel's war on Iran. * Trump signed memorandums on coal supply chains, domestic petroleum production, natural gas transmission and liquefied natural gas capacity. * The U.S. president also signed memorandums on grid infrastructure and other energy-related infra...

April 21, 2026 12:52 PM

Trump: New deal with Iran will be better than old one

President Donald Trump said on Monday he believed a nuclear deal the U.S. is currently negotiating with Iran will be better than a 2015 international agreement to curb Tehran's nuclear program. "The DEAL that we are making with Iran will be FAR BETTER than the JCPOA, commonly referred to as 'The Iran Nuclear Deal',” Trump wrote in a social media post after concerns expressed by Democrats and some nuclear experts that he is rushing negotiations on a highly complex topic. During his first Whit...