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Iran War Live Updates: Cease-Fire Tested by Confusion Over Strait and Strikes on Lebanon

What to Know About the U.S.-Iran Cease-Fire

Pro-government demonstrators in Tehran early on Wednesday, after the cease-fire was announced.

Greece Plans to Block Social Media for Children Under 15

Children checking their tablets and smartphones at a summer camp in Agios Andreas, Greece, last year.

He Got Rich Buying and Selling Luxury Watches. Was It a Ponzi Scheme?

Luxury watches bought from a business called the WatchFund.

Canada’s Mark Carney Poised to Secure Liberal Party Majority After Gladu’s Defection

Prime Minister Mark Carney of Canada during a visit to Norway last month.

Even as They Praise Iran Cease-Fire, World Leaders Are Whipsawed by Trump

President Trump addresses the media at the White House on Monday.

Gas Prices Won’t Quickly Return to Prewar Levels, Even if the Strait of Hormuz Reopens

‘I Love Viktor’: Trump and Vance Cheer on Orban in Hungarian Race

Vice President JD Vance, right, and Prime Minister Viktor Orban of Hungary at a rally in Budapest on Tuesday.

China Pressed Iran Toward Cease-Fire, Iranian Officials Say

Beijing backed Iran in vetoing a Security Council resolution to open the Strait of Hormuz, at the United Nations on Tuesday.

Ukraine Ramps Up Attacks on Russian Oil, Aiming to Curb Iran War Windfall

A satellite near-infrared image shows smoke rising from Russia’s Baltic port of Ust-Luga after a Ukrainian attack late last month.

Pakistan Says It Hit a Military Target. Investigations Suggest It Was a Rehab Center.

Kanye West ‘Should Never Have Been Invited,’ Starmer Says After Barring Rapper From UK

Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer speaking during a news conference at Downing Street in London, last week.

Shelly Kittleson, American Journalist Abducted in Iraq, Is Freed

Shelly Kittleson in Baghdad last month.

Kim Jong-un’s Daughter Drives a Tank as Talk Accelerates Around North Korea Succession

A photograph released by North Korea’s state media appeared to show the country’s leader, Kim Jong-un, and his daughter, Kim Ju-ae, riding a tank last month.

Vance Says Lebanon Was Never Part of U.S.-Iran Cease-Fire Deal

Vice President JD Vance speaking to reporters in Budapest, on Wednesday.

White House Knew About Pakistan’s Cease-Fire Post on X Before It Was Sent

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif of Pakistan at the White House to meet President Trump in September.

White House Secures Foreign Steel for Ballroom Project

The construction site for the new White House ballroom last month.

A Shaky Truce

A pro-government demonstration in Tehran yesterday.

How War in the Middle East Paralyzed an Asian Food Giant

A boat transporting newly harvested rice in My Thanh Ward, Dong Thap Province, Vietnam, in late March.

Vietnam Farms Hit by the War in Iran

Has Trump Met His War Goals in Iran?

President Trump announced Wednesday he would move forward with diplomacy during a tenuous two-week cease-fire with Iran.

Uncertainty Clouds Cease-Fire as Lebanon and Gulf States Are Struck

Iranians celebrating the cease-fire in Tehran on Wednesday.

For Trump, Resuming Combat in Iran Would Be Risky, Even if Cease-Fire Expires

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Wednesday declared that the Iranians had been “humiliated and demoralized.”

Gulf Arab nations report a barrage of Iranian attacks since the cease-fire.

Freed French Citizens Return From Iran: ‘We Were State Hostages’

Jacques Paris and Cécile Kohler outside the Élysée Palace in Paris on Wednesday. Ms. Kohler said they went through “daily horror” in Evin prison, a notorious facility in Tehran.

What Is In Iran’s 10-Point Proposal, and How Does It Compare to U.S. Demands?

Iran’s 10-point peace plan presented to American officials included reparations for the damage it has suffered in the war.

What Trump Has Accomplished in Iran After 5 Weeks of War

President Trump went to war with Iran pledging to prevent them from getting nuclear weapons.

Hegseth Demands Iran Turn Over Uranium Stockpiles

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, left, and Gen. Dan Caine, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs Of Staff, held a news conference at the Pentagon on Wednesday, hours into a cease-fire between the United States and Iran.

World leaders welcome the Iran cease-fire but want the Strait of Hormuz opened soon.

Pro-government demonstrators in Iran react to the announcement of the cease-fire on Wednesday.

How Pakistan Became Key Mediator Between U.S. and Iran

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif of Pakistan with President Trump at a summit in Egypt last year.

Cease-Fire Leaves Questions Over Fate of Iran’s Uranium

President Trump has said that the United States keeps Iran’s nuclear sites under “intense satellite surveillance” and would strike them again if Iran moved to extract the enriched uranium.

After Cease-Fire, Iranians Are Left to Pick Up the Pieces

War Decimated Iran’s Leadership and Pushed Up a New Generation

A funeral ceremony for Alireza Tangsiri, the head of the navy for the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, and others killed in U.S.-Israeli strikes, earlier this month.

Iran Cease-Fire Does Little to Convince Netanyahu’s Critics in Israel

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, facing elections before the end of October, has much riding on how Israelis perceive the outcome of the war.

Delta Expects Strong Profit Despite Higher Fuel Costs

Delta Air Lines said it expected to earn a profit of about $1 billion, before taxes, in the quarter ending in June.

Gulf Nations Face New Reality, Whether Cease-Fire Holds or Not

Smoke rising from Dubai’s international airport after an attack last month.

Israel Says Iran Cease-Fire Does Not Extend to Lebanon and Continues Strikes

Damage in a neighborhood of Beirut, Lebanon, after an Israeli strike on Sunday.

Here’s the latest.

How China Built Its Vast Natural Gas Stockpile

China’s natural gas stockpiles — the world’s largest above ground — helped the country cushion the shock from the war in the Middle East.

Hours Before News of Cease-Fire, Pope Leo XIV Issues Strong Rebuke of Trump

Pope Leo XIV condemned President Trump’s threats against Iran on Tuesday.

Iran War Timeline: Key Moments and Attacks In U.S. and Israel’s Campaign

Smoke rises from an explosion in Tehran on Feb. 28, the first day of the war.

Trump’s Iran Threats Look Like Self-Incrimination for Potential War Crimes

President Trump addressing reporters in a briefing on Monday at the White House, before his latest threat. Asked then whether he was concerned that the attacks he has threatened could amount to war crimes, Mr. Trump said: “No, I’m not.”

Russia and China Veto Proposed U.N. Resolution to Open the Strait of Hormuz

The United Nations Security Council on Tuesday.

An 11th-Hour Deal

Democrats Condemn Trump’s Iran Threats as Some Call for His Removal Via 25th Amendment

Representative Joaquin Castro, Democrat of Texas, called on President Trump’s cabinet to invoke the 25th Amendment and remove him from office.

Trump Says He Has Agreed to a 2-Week Cease-Fire With Iran

Iranians gathered on Tuesday for a 40th-day memorial for schoolchildren killed by a U.S. airstrike.

Some Republicans Vent Concern as Party Backs Trump’s Iran Threat

Senator Ron Johnson said President Trump would lose support if the U.S. military destroyed civilian infrastructure in Iran.

As Deadline Nears, Confusion Over U.S.-Iran Talks Swirls Worldwide

President Trump set an 8 p.m. Tuesday deadline for Iran to open the Strait of Hormuz.

Trump’s Threat to Wipe Out a ‘Whole Civilization’ Appalls Some Conservatives

Senator Ron Johnson of Wisconsin pushed back against President Trump’s threats against Iran.

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Struggles to Justify Trump’s Threats

General Dan Caine, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, during a briefing on the war with Iran. He vowed that the force he leads would “always strike lawful targets.”

U.S. Warns of Cyberattacks Tied to Iran on Water and Energy Systems

Energy systems across the United States may be the target of cyberattacks, according to the Trump administration.

Pentagon Stays Mum on School Strike, Even as Trump Boasts of Iran Rescue

President Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth in the Oval Office on Thursday.

Iranian Officials Say Indirect Talks With U.S. Ended After Trump’s Latest Threat

A group waving Iranian flags in Tehran on Tuesday.

Trump Threatens Broad Attacks in Iran. How Is Illegal Conduct in War Defined?

Airstrikes demolished Shahid Beheshti University in Tehran. The U.S. military’s law of war manual states that “the protection of civilians against the harmful effects of hostilities is one of the main purposes of the law of war.”

Cécile Kohler and Jacques Paris, French Couple Held in Iran, Are Free

The Iranian capital on Saturday.

U.S., Israel and Iran Accelerate Strikes Ahead of Trump’s Deadline

An Iranian synagogue was destroyed from a strike in Tehran.

U.S. Strikes Kharg Island as Trump Raises Iran Threats to Apocalyptic Levels

Kharg Island in February before the U.S. and Israeli strikes. The United States launched a series of more than 90 strikes on the island, an Iranian oil hub, early Tuesday.

Lebanese Mourn Couple Killed in Israeli Strike, Exposing Rift Over Hezbollah

Funerals were held in Yahchouch, Lebanon, on Tuesday.

‘Definitely a Sham’: As Tariffs Climb, Trade Fraud and Accounting Tricks Proliferate

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