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Rubble and debris from an Israeli attack on a building in Tyre, Lebanon

Israel and Lebanon agree 45-day ceasefire extension - US

Israel and Lebanon have agreed to a 45-day extension of a ceasefire US President Donald Trump declared on 16 April, the US State Department has said.

An Iranian patrol boat in the Strait of Hormuz (Reuters)

Ship reported seized off UAE as Strait traffic increases

First responders intervene on a vehicle targeted by an Israeli drone strike on a highway near the town of Jiyeh, south of Beirut

Israeli strikes kill 22 people in Lebanon

Smoke rises following an Israeli airstrike in Jarjoua, southern Lebanon.

Lebanon, Israel hold new talks in US as strikes continue

US President Donald Trump (L) shakes hands with China's President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.

Xi warns Trump mishandling of Taiwan may spark 'conflict'

Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel's prime minister

UAE denies Israeli claim that Netanyahu visited country

A view of the vessels heading towards the Strait of Hormuz

Millions face hunger risk over Hormuz blockage, warns UN

Department of Foreign Affairs building in Dublin, Ireland. Government of Republic of Ireland.

Dept accused of pushing OTB into 'legislative purgatory'

WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 11: U.S. President Donald Trump answers a question from a reporter during an event on maternal healthcare in the Oval Office of the White House on May 11, 2026 in Washington, DC. The Trump administration recently launched Moms.gov, a

US-Iran ceasefire on 'life support', Trump says

The Israeli military has said it has sentenced two soldiers to imprisonment after one of them was photographed placing a cigarette in the mouth of a statue of the Virgin Mary in southern Lebanon

Israel jails soldiers for desecrating Virgin Mary statue

This photograph taken from the southern Lebanese area of Nabatieh shows smoke rising from the site of an Israeli airstrike that targeted the village of Kfar Tibnit on May 11, 2026. Lebanon was drawn into the Middle East war on March 2 when Tehran-backed m

Israel targets 30 locations in Lebanon with strikes - NNA

First responders affiliated with the Islamic Risala Scout Association gather at the scene following Israeli bombardment that hit one of their facilities in the village of Arnoun in southern Lebanon

Lebanon says Israeli strikes have killed 380 since truce

US President Donald Trump

Trump calls Iran's peace proposal response 'unacceptable'

A poster in Tehran depicts Iranian soldiers holding a net in the shape of the Strait of Hormuz, with US military aircraft ensnared in it.

Iran questions seriousness of US diplomacy after attack

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