Qatari mediators traveled to Tehran on Sunday to finalize a potential agreement between the U.S. and Iran that could halt hostilities, reopen the Strait of Hormuz, and set the stage for broader talks on Tehran's nuclear program.
June 13 (Reuters) — Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant was reconnected to the national grid on Saturday after repairs carried out under a localized ceasefire negotiated by the International Atomic Energy Agency, following a nearly three-day complete loss of off-site power.
Meeting in Paris, Palestinian and Israeli civil society groups issued a joint call for G7 leaders to urgently support a two-state solution, warning that the window of opportunity is shrinking. The appeal comes ahead of next week’s G7 summit in France.
President Donald Trump said two American pilots survived an Apache helicopter crash near the Iranian-controlled waterway, as questions mount over what caused the incident amid heightened tensions in the region.
Israel’s military launched precision airstrikes on two apartment buildings in Beirut’s southern suburbs on Sunday, hours after intercepting rockets fired by Hezbollah into northern Israel. The rare strike on the densely populated area, a Hezbollah stronghold, escalates a monthslong conflict that has drawn in Iran and complicated ceasefire efforts.
An Israeli airstrike in southern Lebanon killed three soldiers on Saturday, the Lebanese military said, as the country's army chief traveled to Pakistan to meet a key mediator in U.S.-Iran talks. The attack threatens to derail fragile cease-fire efforts and deepens tensions between Hezbollah and the Lebanese state.
Iran’s foreign minister acknowledged stalled negotiations with the U.S., while Hezbollah dismissed a new Lebanon-Israel truce, raising fears of a broader conflict.
The U.S.-brokered agreement, announced by the State Department, requires a full cessation of fire from Hezbollah and the withdrawal of its operatives from southern Lebanon. Both sides are set to resume talks in June.
Iran launched a deadly missile and drone attack on Kuwait International Airport early Wednesday, killing one person and wounding dozens, in what Tehran called retaliation for the latest U.S. airstrikes. The assault came hours after President Trump insisted talks were ongoing, but the fragile ceasefire appeared increasingly strained as regional tensions escalated.
The U.S. military carried out a new round of strikes against an Iranian military site on Wednesday, a move that tests the fragile ceasefire between the two nations even as diplomatic talks continue.
The U.S. military conducted new strikes in Iran overnight, targeting a ground control station and intercepting four one-way attack drones near the Strait of Hormuz, a U.S. official said, as fragile ceasefire talks continue.
Israel confirmed Wednesday it killed Mohammed Odeh, the recently installed head of Hamas's armed wing in Gaza, marking the fourth time in months it has eliminated the group's top military commander despite a fragile ceasefire. The strike also killed his wife and children, drawing condemnation and signaling Israel's unrelenting pursuit of October 7 attack architects.
The Israeli military on Wednesday designated a vast new area of southern Lebanon as an active combat zone, warning civilians to flee north of the Zahrani River or face intense operations against Hezbollah. The order, the broadest evacuation directive since the April ceasefire, signals a further escalation even as diplomatic efforts to contain the conflict remain fragile.
The World Health Organization has called for an immediate ceasefire in the Democratic Republic of Congo's eastern provinces, warning that intensifying fighting is accelerating the spread of a rare Ebola strain with no approved vaccine or treatment.
About a third of Palestinians killed by Israel since an October ceasefire died near the armistice boundary with Hamas, according to U.N. figures shared exclusively with Reuters. The U.N. human rights office says the pattern suggests troops may be targeting civilians simply for approaching the line, which would constitute war crimes.
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said Wednesday that a return to war with the United States is unlikely due to U.S. weakness, but cautioned that Tehran remains fully prepared to respond to any aggression, as ceasefire strains and regional tensions persist.
As fighting between Israel and Hezbollah continues, Tehran insists on a halt to those hostilities before any US-Iran peace deal can move forward. The situation remains fluid, with rejected truces, rising casualties, and competing narratives from all sides.
Iran-backed Hezbollah rejected a U.S.-brokered ceasefire in Lebanon on Thursday, while Israel refused to pull troops from the south, dealing a blow to President Trump’s diplomatic push for a broader deal with Tehran. The standoff underscores the fragile interplay between regional ceasefires and the larger Iran conflict.
Israel launches new strikes across Lebanon despite a U.S.-brokered ceasefire, as Hezbollah rejects the agreement and Iran signals continued skepticism. The death toll in Lebanon surpasses 3,500.
Washington and Tehran have reached a preliminary agreement to prolong the ceasefire by two months, though the deal requires President Trump’s final signoff. The extension aims to address Iran’s enriched uranium stockpile and revive talks to permanently end a conflict that has killed thousands and disrupted global oil flows through the Strait of Hormuz.
