Tehran, Iran – United States President Donald Trump’s announcements about securing major concessions from Tehran have riled supporters of the Iranian establishment, prompting rejections and clarifications from the authorities.Several current and former senior officials, state media and the Islamic Republic’s hardcore backers expressed anger, ...
On March 25, the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade, the United Nations General Assembly passed a landmark resolution. Proposed by Ghana, it recognised the transatlantic slave trade as the “gravest crime against humanity” and called for reparations. A total of 123
NewsFeedIn a message read on Iranian state TV, Iran’s Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei warned the navy was ready to inflict ‘new bitter defeats’ on the US and Israel, as tensions escalated in the Strait of Hormuz where at least two merchant vessels reported coming under gunfire.Published On 18 Apr 2026
UN peacekeeper killed, three wounded in south Lebanon shooting, UNIFIL says Reuters
NewsFeedIran’s Deputy Foreign Minister, Saeed Khatibzadeh, said that talks with the US cannot happen until the two sides agree on a shared ‘framework’. He stressed that whatever Iran agrees to in negotiations must preserve its rights under international law.Published On 18 Apr 202618 Apr 2026Click here to share on
Reports of Iranian gunboats opening fire on a tanker in strait, after Tehran said it is closing the waterway until the US lifts the blockade of its ports.Published On 18 Apr 202618 Apr 2026Iran says it has closed the Strait of Hormuz again, calling the decision a response
NewsFeedA maritime agency reported that a tanker was fired on by gunboats in the Strait of Hormuz. The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations agency says it received a report of a tanker being fired upon by what it said were two gunboats linked to Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps. The vessel
Al Jazeera correspondents on the ground report that Israeli bulldozers are also continuing home demolitions.Published On 18 Apr 202618 Apr 2026Beirut, Lebanon – Tens of thousands of displaced Lebanese families are returning home despite ongoing reports of Israeli shelling and demolitions of homes near the country’s southern border.Cars
For Turkiye’s government, the Iran war has complicated efforts to turn around an economy still reeling from one of the worst financial crises in the country’s history.But even as the conflict has driven up Turkiye’s fuel prices and forced authorities to dip into their precious foreign currency reserves to defend
QuotableMichael Shoebridge, Director of Strategic Analysis Australia, says the US may be forced to end its blockade of Iran in order to see the full reopening of the Strait of Hormuz.Published On 18 Apr 202618 Apr 2026Click here to share on social mediashare-nodesSharegoogleAdd Al Jazeera on Google
A fragile ceasefire between the US and Iran holds – but the information war intensifies. At the centre: the Strait of Hormuz, where competing US and Iranian narratives have collided.During any truce, even when the bombs stop falling, the information war goes on. Moments like this test journalism. Because
NewsFeedAmbulance workers in Lebanon recalled Israeli ‘triple-tap’ targeted strikes which killed four paramedics and wounded six. Video from the attack showed a barrage of fire hitting the medics as they aided their colleagues injured in two previous bombings. At least 100 medical workers have been killed in deliberate Israeli attacks.Published
Tehran, Iran – United States President Donald Trump’s announcements about securing major concessions from Tehran have riled supporters of the Iranian establishment, prompting rejections and clarifications from the authorities.Several current and former senior officials, state media and the Islamic Republic’s hardcore backers expressed anger, ...
On March 25, the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade, the United Nations General Assembly passed a landmark resolution. Proposed by Ghana, it recognised the transatlantic slave trade as the “gravest crime against humanity” and called for reparations. A total of 123
NewsFeedIn a message read on Iranian state TV, Iran’s Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei warned the navy was ready to inflict ‘new bitter defeats’ on the US and Israel, as tensions escalated in the Strait of Hormuz where at least two merchant vessels reported coming under gunfire.Published On 18 Apr 2026
UN peacekeeper killed, three wounded in south Lebanon shooting, UNIFIL says Reuters
NewsFeedIran’s Deputy Foreign Minister, Saeed Khatibzadeh, said that talks with the US cannot happen until the two sides agree on a shared ‘framework’. He stressed that whatever Iran agrees to in negotiations must preserve its rights under international law.Published On 18 Apr 202618 Apr 2026Click here to share on
Reports of Iranian gunboats opening fire on a tanker in strait, after Tehran said it is closing the waterway until the US lifts the blockade of its ports.Published On 18 Apr 202618 Apr 2026Iran says it has closed the Strait of Hormuz again, calling the decision a response
NewsFeedA maritime agency reported that a tanker was fired on by gunboats in the Strait of Hormuz. The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations agency says it received a report of a tanker being fired upon by what it said were two gunboats linked to Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps. The vessel
Al Jazeera correspondents on the ground report that Israeli bulldozers are also continuing home demolitions.Published On 18 Apr 202618 Apr 2026Beirut, Lebanon – Tens of thousands of displaced Lebanese families are returning home despite ongoing reports of Israeli shelling and demolitions of homes near the country’s southern border.Cars
For Turkiye’s government, the Iran war has complicated efforts to turn around an economy still reeling from one of the worst financial crises in the country’s history.But even as the conflict has driven up Turkiye’s fuel prices and forced authorities to dip into their precious foreign currency reserves to defend
QuotableMichael Shoebridge, Director of Strategic Analysis Australia, says the US may be forced to end its blockade of Iran in order to see the full reopening of the Strait of Hormuz.Published On 18 Apr 202618 Apr 2026Click here to share on social mediashare-nodesSharegoogleAdd Al Jazeera on Google
A fragile ceasefire between the US and Iran holds – but the information war intensifies. At the centre: the Strait of Hormuz, where competing US and Iranian narratives have collided.During any truce, even when the bombs stop falling, the information war goes on. Moments like this test journalism. Because
NewsFeedAmbulance workers in Lebanon recalled Israeli ‘triple-tap’ targeted strikes which killed four paramedics and wounded six. Video from the attack showed a barrage of fire hitting the medics as they aided their colleagues injured in two previous bombings. At least 100 medical workers have been killed in deliberate Israeli attacks.Published