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Iran war updates: Trump voices optimism about deal; Tehran cautious

These were the updates on the US-Israel war on Iran and Israel’s attacks on Lebanon for Friday, April 17, 2026.

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Israel appoints first ambassador to Somaliland

The decision comes months after Israel became the first country to recognise the territory, in a widely condemned move.

Somaliland's President Abdirahman Abdullahi Mohamed (R) posing for a photograph with Israel's Foreign Minister Gideon Saar.

Iran war updates: Trump says US to block Hormuz, IRGC insists strait open

These were the updates on the US-Israeli war on Iran on Sunday, April 12, 2026.

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Pakistan sends fighter jets to Saudi Arabia amid fragile US-Iran ceasefire

Deployment under mutual defence pact comes as Islamabad hosts US-Iran ceasefire talks.

Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, meets with U.S. Vice President JD Vance, not pictured, in Islamabad, Pakistan, April 11, 2026. Jacquelyn Martin Pool/Pool via REUTERS

Iran war updates: Iranian delegation arrives in Pakistan for talks with US

These were the updates on the US-Israel war on Iran and Israel’s strikes on Lebanon for Friday, April 10.

A man checks the site of an Israeli airstrike that targeted a religious Shiite complex the day before in the southern Lebanese coastal city of Sidon on April 9, 2026. Calls were mounting for the ceasefire between the US and Iran to be extended to Israel's war with Hezbollah, after a massive wave of Israeli strikes on Lebanon killed more than 200 people. (Photo by Mahmoud ZAYYAT / AFP)

Iran war updates: Israel to hold ceasefire talks with Lebanon

These were the updates on the US-Israel war on Iran and Israel’s attacks on Lebanon for Thursday, April 9.

Heavy machinery operates at the site of an Israeli strike carried out on Wednesday, in Ain Al Mraiseh in Beirut

‘Our geography is our oil’: Why Djibouti hosts many foreign military bases

Just miles from one another, along Djibouti’s coast, sit military bases of rival powers including the US and China.

DJIBOUTI, DJIBOUTI - JANUARY 21: US military aircraft as seen at US Military Base Camp Lemonnier on January 21, 2024 in Djibouti. Camp Lemonnier is the only permanent United States military base in Africa and hosts the Combined Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA) of the U.S. Africa Command (USAFRICOM). Djibouti sits opposite Yemen, across the Bab-el-Mandeb strait, which connects the Red Sea to the Gulf of Aden. (Photo by Getty Images)

Iran war updates: Tehran rejects Trump’s ‘helpless, nervous’ ultimatum

These were the updates about the US-Israeli war on Iran on Saturday, April 5, 2026.

Debris at the historical monument Golestan Palace after it was damaged in a US-Israeli strike, April 4, 2026. [Majid Asgaripour/WANA via Reuters]

Iran war updates: Tehran says two US planes shot down

These were the updates on the US-Israel war on Iran on Friday, April 3, 2026.

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Iran war updates: Trump says US could end Iran war in ‘two to three weeks’

These were the updates on the US-Israeli war on Iran on Tuesday, March 31, 2026.

A woman amid a damaged residential neighbourhood in Tehran