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June 16, 2026, 04:10 PM - 7 min read
The current 60-day deferral is not a resolution. It is the same unsolved problem with a clock attached. The Strait is open, the oil is flowing, and the question the war was fought over sits exactly where it began. Thousands of lives were lost to arrive back to square one. Nobody has won, though both sides will say they did.
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May 28, 2026, 07:47 PM - 2 min read
Fresh exchanges between the US and Iran have strained an already fragile ceasefire, with Kuwait and Lebanon also drawn into the widening regional tensions.
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May 24, 2026, 09:50 PM - 3 min read
US President Donald Trump said the US and Iran have “largely negotiated” a peace pact to end the conflict, but warned negotiators against rushing the agreement, saying “there can be no mistakes”.
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April 22, 2026, 10:07 PM - 3 min read
US signals a possible ceasefire extension and fresh talks with Iran, even as tensions escalate in the Strait of Hormuz after Iran’s IRGC seized vessels, including a ship bound for Gujarat, and reported attacks on merchant ships.
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April 22, 2026, 03:18 PM - 7 min read
A frozen conflict is not static, but is an unresolved war that continues at a low-level below the threshold of full-scale combat.
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April 21, 2026, 03:35 PM - 2 min read
Petraeus, a former general who also served as CIA director, said there are strong signals that the ongoing ceasefire could be extended amid ongoing peace negotiations. “I think both the US and Iran want to extend the ceasefire,” he said during an interview aired on Monday.
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April 18, 2026, 03:01 PM - 4 min read
The announcement came the morning after US President Donald Trump said that even after Iran announced the strait's reopening on Friday, the American blockade “will remain in full force” until Tehran reaches a deal with the US, including on its nuclear programme.
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April 17, 2026, 09:11 AM - 3 min read
The two-week fragile ceasefire, which was agreed upon in April, is just days away from coming to an end.
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April 16, 2026, 09:41 PM - 6 min read
US warns of renewed combat if Iran rejects a deal as ceasefire nears expiry, while Pakistan steps up mediation and Washington reinforces military presence across the region.
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April 15, 2026, 09:15 AM - 3 min read
The President's comments follow a period of intense regional instability, characterised by a US naval blockade in the Strait of Hormuz.
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April 13, 2026, 09:17 AM - 2 min read
Japan’s equity benchmark Nikkei 225 fell by 0.9 per cent in early trade, while South Korea’s KOSPI declined more than 1 per cent.
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April 13, 2026, 09:09 AM - 2 min read
Brent crude, the primary international benchmark, rose by more than 8 per cent on Sunday to climb to $103 per barrel.
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