10+ hour, 46+ min ago  (296+ words) At the end of a tense and tense weekend, in which negotiations between Iran and the United States faltered without yielding any fruit, an extraordinary security drama unfolded behind the scenes. The members of the Iranian delegation, who made their…...

4+ hour, 27+ min ago  (360+ words) US President Donald Trump told CBS News in a phone interview on Friday that Iran has "agreed to everything" and will cooperate with the United States to remove its enriched uranium from the country. Trump made clear that the operation…...

5+ hour, 9+ min ago  (244+ words) Lebanese President Joseph Aoun gave a speech to the nation on Friday, a day after a ceasefire between Lebanon and Israel went into effect. In the speech, Aoun defended the direct talks held with Israel earlier this week, stressing that…...

6+ hour, 39+ min ago  (174+ words) The IDF revealed on Friday that, on Thursday night, IDF soldiers from an elite unit conducted a special operation. According to a statement from the IDF Spokesperson's Unit, IDF soldiers from a special unit began the operation just prior to…...

6+ hour, 51+ min ago  (286+ words) In coordination with the Home Front Command's ongoing situational assessment, the IDF Spokesperson's Unit announced on Friday that it has been decided to update the defensive guidelines from Friday at 4: 00 p. m, until Thursday, April 23, 2026, at 8: 00 p. m. In accordance with the guidelines,…...

5+ hour, 58+ min ago  (478+ words) US President Trump told Axios on Friday that United States and Iranian negotiators will probably meet this weekend, and he expects them to hammer out a final deal to end the war. Multiple US officials and other sources briefed on…...

2+ hour, 45+ min ago  (417+ words) Iran's Foreign Ministry on Friday stressed the country's stockpile of enriched uranium would not be transferred "anywhere", after US President Donald Trump said that the Islamic Republic had agreed to hand it over. Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmail Baghaei told Iranian…...

1+ day, 12+ hour ago  (425+ words) NERMEEN SHAIKH: This is Democracy Now! , democracynow. org. I'm Nermeen Shaikh, with Amy Goodman. On Thursday, international leaders meeting in Berlin pledged one-and-a-half billion dollars for humanitarian aid in Sudan. U. N. Secretary-General Ant'nio Guterres said, quote, "This nightmare must end," and…...

12+ hour ago  (751+ words) Ibrahim Suwaydi: "They gave a 10-day ceasefire, but we don't accept that. Ten days? If we want to go back to our homes 10 days and the war returns, we don't want that. Either our land is fully returned, or we…...

12+ hour ago  (517+ words) AMY GOODMAN: To look more at the latest developments in Lebanon and the region, we're joined by Rami Khouri, Palestinian American journalist and distinguished public policy fellow at the American University of Beirut. He's also a nonresident senior fellow at…...