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A projectile streaks through the sky over central Israel during an Iranian missile attack, Sunday, June 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

US and Iran launch airstrikes after Trump blamed Tehran for downing Army helicopter

June 9, 2026 at 9:51 p.m.

President Donald Trump blamed Iran on Tuesday for shooting down a U.S. Army helicopter close to the Strait of Hormuz and said the United States must respond. Iran's top diplomat said foreign military forces...

Israel and Iran appear to pause strikes after trading fire for the first time since April ceasefire

June 8, 2026 at 4:10 p.m.

Israel and Iran traded fire early Monday in their first attacks since the U.S. struck a ceasefire two months ago, threatening to drag the Middle East back into a full-scale...

An Israeli flag hangs on a destroyed building in southern Lebanon as seen from northern Israel, Thursday June 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Hezbollah rejects latest ceasefire agreement and demands Israel withdraw from Lebanon

June 4, 2026 at 7:50 a.m.

The leader of the Iran-backed Hezbollah militant group has rejected the latest ceasefire agreement reached between Israel and the Lebanese government, demanding a complete Israeli withdrawal.

People carry packages at Tehran’s historic Grand Bazaar, Iran, Monday, June 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Iran fires missiles and US strikes Iran facility after reports of faltering peace talks

June 2, 2026 at 8:24 p.m.

Year-on-year inflation in Iran reached a level in May unseen since World War II, underlining the economic pain average Iranians face as the Islamic Republic worries about the war with...

A woman rides a bicycle as others cross a street in downtown Tehran, Iran, Sunday, May 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

US and Iranian negotiators reach tentative deal to extend ceasefire and start new nuclear talks

May 28, 2026 at 5:28 p.m.

U.S. and Iranian negotiators reached a tentative agreement Thursday to extend the ceasefire in the 3-month-old war by 60 days.

Motorbikes drive past a billboard with graphic showing the late Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed in the U.S. and Israel strikes on Feb. 28, with his framed fist amongst his supporters framed fists in downtown Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, May 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Trump says Iran ceasefire is on ‘life support’ and proposes gas tax pause as strait stays closed

May 11, 2026 at 12:50 p.m.

U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday said the Iran ceasefire is on “life support” after rejecting Tehran’s latest proposal, which officials said included some nuclear concessions. Trump also proposed suspending...

Container ships sit at anchor in the Strait of Hormuz off Bandar Abbas, Iran, Saturday, May 2, 2026.(Amirhosein Khorgooi/ISNA via AP)

Iran responds to US ceasefire proposal but Trump rejects it as ‘unacceptable’

May 10, 2026 at 4:36 p.m.

Iran has sent its response to the latest U.S. ceasefire proposal via Pakistani mediators and wants negotiations to focus on permanently ending the war, Iran’s state-run media said Sunday.

Girls sing a song as they show the movement of missiles with their hands next to the portraits of the late Iranian revolutionary founder Ayatollah Khomeini, left, late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, center, and Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, in a state-organised rally celebrating the birthday of Imam Reza, the 8th Shiite Muslims’ Imam, and supporting the supreme leader, in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, April 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Iran’s supreme leader vows to protect nuclear and missile capabilities

April 30, 2026 at 6:29 p.m.

Iran’s supreme leader said Thursday that the Islamic Republic will protect its “nuclear and missile capabilities” as a national asset, likely seeking to draw a hard line as U.S. President...

This is a locator map for United Arab Emirates with its capital, Abu Dhabi. (AP Photo)

United Arab Emirates will leave OPEC in a blow to the oil cartel

April 28, 2026 at 8:11 p.m.

The United Arab Emirates said Tuesday it will leave OPEC effective May 1, stripping the oil cartel of its third-largest producer and further weakening its leverage over global oil supplies...

FILE – Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi stands waiting to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin for the talks at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, June 23, 2025. (Alexander Kazakov/Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File)

Iran offers to reopen Strait of Hormuz if US lifts its blockade and the war ends, officials say

April 27, 2026 at 4:44 p.m.

Iran has offered to end its chokehold on the Strait of Hormuz in exchange for the U.S. lifting its blockade on the country and an end to the war.

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