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April 11, 2026 9:38 AM

US, Iran set for peace talks but doubts emerge over Lebanon, sanctions

The U.S. and Iran were to hold negotiations in the Pakistani capital Islamabad on Saturday to end their six-week-old war, although Tehran threw the talks into doubt by saying they could not begin without commitments on Lebanon and sanctions. The U.S. delegation, led by Vice President JD Vance and including President Donald Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff and son-in-law Jared Kushner, was on its way to Islamabad after a refuelling stop in Paris. The Iranian delegation, led by ‌parliamenta...

April 10, 2026 2:45 PM

Lebanon’s hospitals may run out of vital medical supplies within days, WHO warns

Some of Lebanon's hospitals could run out of life-saving trauma medical kits within days as supplies near depletion following mass casualties from large-scale Israeli strikes over the past day, the World Health Organization said on Thursday. The life-saving trauma kits include bandages, antibiotics and anaesthetics to treat patients who sustained war-related injuries, the WHO stated. "Some of the trauma management supplies were in short (supply) and we may run out in a few days," Dr Abdinasir ...

April 10, 2026 9:30 AM

US-Iran ceasefire deal shows strain ahead of talks with oil flows squeezed

A fragile two-week ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran showed further strain on Friday, a day before they are to negotiate in Pakistan, as Washington accused Tehran of breaching promises on the Strait of Hormuz and Israel struck Lebanon with attacks that Iran has claimed violate the truce. There was no sign Iran was lifting its near-total blockade of the strait, which has caused the worst-ever disruption to global energy supplies. Tehran cited Israel's ongoing attacks on Lebanon, which included...

April 10, 2026 9:17 AM

Pakistan Defence Minister faces global outrage, condemnation over Israel remarks

A fresh diplomatic row erupted after Pakistan’s Defence Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif posted sharply critical remarks about Israel, drawing swift condemnation from Israeli authorities, US lawmakers and experts at a sensitive moment in ongoing ceasefire efforts. Asif wrote on X that “Israel is evil and a curse for humanity,” alleging that “genocide is being committed in Lebanon” and that “innocent citizens are being killed by Israel, first Gaza, then Iran and now Lebanon.” He adde...

April 9, 2026 4:57 PM

Israel launches fresh strikes on Lebanon after huge attacks jeopardise truce

Israel bombed more targets in Lebanon on Thursday, putting the Middle East ceasefire in further jeopardy after its biggest attacks of the war on its neighbour killed more than 250 people and threatened to torpedo Donald Trump's truce from the outset. Iranian negotiators were expected to set off later on Thursday for Pakistan for the first peace talks of the war, due to meet a U.S. delegation on Saturday. But there was no sign Iran had lifted its blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, which has caus...

April 6, 2026 10:39 AM

At least 11 killed in Israeli airstrikes in Lebanon on Easter Sunday

An Israeli airstrike on Kfarhata, a village in south Lebanon, killed seven people on Sunday, including a 4-year-old child, Lebanon's health ministry said in a statement. Another Israeli attack on the Jnah neighbourhood in Beirut killed four people and injured 39 others, the ministry added. The strike on Kfarhata followed an overnight evacuation order by the Israeli military instructing residents to leave the village. As Lebanese Christians, who make up roughly a third of the population, marke...

March 31, 2026 10:38 AM

Conflict widens across West Asia as strikes hit multiple fronts

The West Asia conflict is entering a more dangerous phase, with military activity spreading across several fronts, direct threats exchanged between major players, and Gulf countries increasingly drawn into the fallout of the escalating confrontation.Israel says it intercepted multiple incoming threats earlier today, though a missile strike still triggered a fire at an oil refinery in the south. The Israeli military also confirmed expanding ground operations against Hezbollah in southern Lebanon,...

March 30, 2026 10:50 AM

Israel expands Mount Hermon operations as strikes intensify across Lebanon

Israeli military operations across Lebanon have intensified in the latest escalation, with Israel expanding its buffer zone in southern Lebanon and launching fresh strikes. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered the expansion, saying the move is aimed at preventing Hezbollah infiltration and strengthening security along Israel’s northern frontier. Israeli forces also reported killing Hezbollah fighters allegedly planting explosives near the border, as artillery and airstrikes target...

March 24, 2026 3:36 PM

Israeli minister calls for annexation of southern Lebanon as death toll mounts

Israeli strikes continued on the ground in Lebanon even as US president Donald Trump announced a ceasefire proposal for Iran. An airstrike on a residential apartment building in Bchamoun, approximately ten kilometres southeast of Beirut, killed at least two people and wounded five others in the early hours of Tuesday. The strike came without warning, with footage circulating online showing the building engulfed in flames. Overnight, Israeli forces targeted seven areas in Beirut's southern suburb...

March 19, 2026 11:38 AM

How many people have been killed in the US-Israeli war on Iran?

Thousands of people have been killed across the Middle East since the U.S. and Israel attacked Iran on February 28 and Iran launched strikes in response. Here are the tolls reported by Thursday, which Reuters has not independently verified. IRAN U.S.-based rights group HRANA said on Tuesday that 3,114 people have been killed. It said 1,354 of those were civilians including 207 children. The group says its data comes from field reports, local contacts, medical and emergency sources, civil soc...