What is in Iran’s 10-point ceasefire plan and will the US agree to it...

Jonathan Yerushalmy The Guardian  /  April 8, 2026 Two-week ceasefire comes after Trump spoke to Pakistan’s leaders, with China also believed to be exerting influence over...

US and Iran agree to provisional ceasefire as Tehran says it will reopen strait...

Andrew Roth The Guardian  /  April 8, 2026 US president abandons threat for Iran to surrender or face destruction with last-minute intervention led by Pakistan. Washington –...

[Pew Research Center] Americans’ view of Israel, Netanyahu have turned negative

Pew Research Center  /  April 7, 2026 A new Pew poll: 60% of Americans have a negative opinion of Israel Just 37% favorable 80% of Democrats & 41%...

Trump tells Iran: ‘A whole civilization will die tonight’

MEE Staff Middle East Eye  /  April 7, 2026 US president ramps up threats in attempt to force Tehran to strike a deal. US President Donald Trump...

The last temptation of Trump at the end of a failed war

Hussein Banai New Lines Magazine  /  April 7, 2026 The president has backed himself into a corner where making a deal with Iran risks appearing, in...

How Trump took the U.S. to war with Iran

Jonathan Swan & Maggie Haberman The New York Times  /  April 7, 2026 Jonathan Swan and Maggie Haberman, both White House reporters for The Times, are the co-authors...

Iran defiant on eve of Trump’s ceasefire deadline

Reuters  /  April 7, 2026 DUBAI/WASHINGTON – Iran and Israel traded attacks on Tuesday as Tehran defiantly refused to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and...

Russia supplies Iran with cyber support, spy imagery to hone attacks, Ukraine says

Tom Balmforth & John Irish Reuters  /  April 7, 2026 LONDON/PARIS – Russian satellites have made dozens of detailed imagery surveys of military facilities and critical sites across...

Egypt and the Gulf states: sharp differences over the Iran war

Mahmoud Hassan Middle East Monitor  /  April 7, 2026 When Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi used his well-known phrase “just a step away” years ago, referring...

US-Israeli strikes ‘completely destroy’ synagogue in Tehran

Alex MacDonald Middle East Eye  /  April 7, 2026 Israeli army says it is reviewing 'collateral' damage which reduced Rafi-Nia Synagogue in central Tehran to rubble. US-Israeli strikes...