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Listen to this article Estimated 4 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. Russia continued to strike Ukrainian positions with drones after a Kremlin-declared Orthodox Easter ceasefire took effect …
Read More »Sporadic attacks reported in Iran, Gulf countries hours after Trump announces ceasefire
Relief over a truce between the United States and Iran gave way on Wednesday to alarm that fighting was still raging across the region, as Israel launched its biggest attacks yet on Lebanon, and Iran struck Gulf neighbours’ oil facilities. World financial markets rose after U.S. President Donald Trump announced …
Read More »No sign Iran ceding control of Strait of Hormuz in ceasefire, with logjam expected to continue for weeks
Shippers looking to revive the passage of tankers through the Strait of Hormuz were seeking clarity on the logistics on Wednesday, while refiners inquired about new crude loadings, in response to a ceasefire deal between the U.S. and Iran. Most stranded oil and gas tankers remained inside the Gulf, LSEG …
Read More »Lebanon death toll reaches 112 after Israel launches assault despite U.S.-Iran ceasefire
Listen to this article Estimated 4 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. A wave of Israeli airstrikes swept across Lebanon on Wednesday, leaving at least 112 dead and …
Read More »Iran denies Trump’s claim that it wants a ceasefire
Listen to this article Estimated 3 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. U.S. President Donald Trump said Wednesday that Iran’s president wants a ceasefire in the Mideast war, …
Read More »Iran rejects U.S. ceasefire plan as missiles continue to fly across Middle East
Iran on Wednesday dismissed an American plan to pause the war in the Middle East and launched more attacks on Israel and Gulf Arab countries, including an assault that sparked a huge fire at Kuwait International Airport. Iran’s defiance came as Israel launched airstrikes on Tehran and as the United …
Read More »Israeli strikes kill at least 30 Palestinians, as Gaza ceasefire inches forward
Listen to this article Estimated 4 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. Hospitals in Gaza said Israeli strikes killed at least 30 Palestinians on Saturday — one of the highest …
Read More »Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’ proposal met with skepticism, caution amid shaky Gaza ceasefire
Winter hasn’t been kind to Gaza. Freezing rain has lashed the coast, and brisk Mediterranean winds have blown down tents that house many of Gaza’s population of close to two million homeless Palestinians. There is neither peace nor reconstruction. The two-year war eased with a ceasefire three months ago, but …
Read More »Coalition’s Ukraine security guarantees include deploying troops if ceasefire is reached
Listen to this article Estimated 4 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. After almost four years of major conflict, Ukraine has been given a series of concrete security …
Read More »Fighting rages on Thai-Cambodian border despite Trump’s ceasefire claim
Listen to this article Estimated 5 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. Fighting raged Saturday morning along the border of Thailand and Cambodia, even after U.S. President Donald …
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