WASHINGTON, APRIL 22, 2026 — Hours after Trump announced an open-ended ceasefire extension, Iran fired on a container ship and seized two vessels near the Strait of Hormuz — a direct escalation that immediately tested the truce that had just…
WASHINGTON / ISLAMABAD, APRIL 22, 2026 — Hours before the two-week US-Iran ceasefire was set to expire Tuesday, President Trump announced an open-ended extension — then Iran dismissed it, Vance canceled his flight to Pakistan, and the prospect of a…
ISLAMABAD / WASHINGTON, APRIL 21, 2026 — The two-week ceasefire between the United States and Iran expired Tuesday evening Washington time — and as of the final hours before deadline, the American negotiating team had arrived in Islamabad while Iran…
ISLAMABAD / WASHINGTON, APRIL 21, 2026 — The two-week ceasefire between the United States and Iran expires today. And for the first time since the war began on February 28, President Donald Trump himself is signaling he may travel to…
WASHINGTON, APRIL 20, 2026 — The United States Navy fired on and seized an Iranian-flagged cargo ship in the Gulf of Oman over the weekend, Iran vowed retaliation the moment the safety of its crew is confirmed, and the two-week…
WASHINGTON, APRIL 20, 2026 — The United States and Iran are hurtling toward their most dangerous moment since the two-week ceasefire began on April 8 — and this time, the window may not be wide enough for diplomacy to squeeze…
WASHINGTON, APRIL 19, 2026 — The fragile diplomatic momentum of Friday collapsed Saturday into a new round of threats and counterclaims, as Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps declared the Strait of Hormuz would remain closed until the United States lifts its…
WASHINGTON, APRIL 18, 2026 — Iran declared the Strait of Hormuz “completely open” to commercial shipping Friday — the most significant development in the 49-day war between the United States, Israel, and Iran — as Pakistan’s foreign minister announced that…
WASHINGTON, APRIL 17, 2026 — President Donald Trump announced early Thursday that Israel and Lebanon have agreed to a 10-day ceasefire, ending weeks of intense Israeli bombardment in Lebanon and opening the door to the first direct peace negotiations between…
NEW YORK, APRIL 16, 2026 — Wall Street hit an all-time high Wednesday as blockbuster bank earnings collided with growing optimism about a U.S.-Iran peace deal — pushing the S&P 500 to a fresh record and capping one of the…
WASHINGTON, APRIL 16, 2026 — President Donald Trump declared Wednesday that the U.S.-Iran war is “very close to over” and that Tehran “wants to make a deal very badly” — the most optimistic public language from the administration since peace…
SAIPAN, APRIL 15, 2026 — One of the most powerful tropical cyclones ever recorded this early in the year slammed into American territory in the Pacific on Tuesday, pounding the Northern Mariana Islands and Guam with catastrophic winds, torrential rainfall,…