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Gunfire reported in Beirut as truce comes into effect – as it happened
ByAdam Fulton April 16, 2026April 17, 2026

This blog is now closed. Our live coverage continues hereIran has stopped all petrochemical exports to prioritise domestic supply and prevent shortages of raw materials, Reuters reported.The state-owned National Petrochemical Company ordered firms to s…

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Pakistani Mediators Arrive in Tehran in Bid to Keep U.S.-Iran Peace Talks Alive
ByElian Peltier, Eric Schmitt, Jenny Gross and Thomas Fuller April 15, 2026April 15, 2026

The diplomacy came as the U.S. Navy locked down trade to Iranian ports, and Iran responded by threatening critical shipping routes across the region.

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Iran-Linked Ships Slow or Stop as U.S. Navy Enforces Strait of Hormuz Blockade
ByJenny Gross April 15, 2026April 15, 2026

More than a dozen U.S. Navy warships are enforcing a blockade on all vessels from all nations entering or leaving coastal areas or ports in Iran.

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US Senate fails to pass war powers resolution for fourth time – as it happened
ByJonathan Yerushalmy April 15, 2026April 16, 2026

This blog is now closed. Our latest full report is here: US and Iran in indirect talks to extend two-week ceasefireDonald Trump said the “special relationship” between the US and UK was in a poor state but that it will not have impact on King Charle’s …

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Ship ‘Spoofing’ in Strait of Hormuz May Compound Confusion
ByEphrat Livni April 15, 2026April 15, 2026

A new pattern of deceptive activity by some vessels around the critical waterway suggests the new American blockade is changing how some ships linked to Iran are behaving.

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Trump’s Blockade Risks Upending an Emerging Détente With China
ByDavid E. Sanger and Tyler Pager April 15, 2026April 15, 2026

In a thinly veiled critique of the war in Iran, China’s leader said the world could not risk reverting “to the law of the jungle.”

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Trump and Iran in battle of the blockades – The Latest
By April 14, 2026

The US blockade of ships using Iranian ports has come into force but several Iran-linked tankers have passed through the strait of Hormuz since it began. The blockade is designed to put pressure on Iran, whose economy is dependent on oil and gas export…

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State of U.S. Blockade Is Unclear as Some Ships Transit Strait of Hormuz
ByJohn Yoon and Francesca Regalado April 14, 2026April 14, 2026

Ship-tracking data showed that several vessels, including some that had been docked at Iranian ports, had moved through the strait as the U.S. military began its blockade.

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Trump’s Latest Oil Blockade Brings Bigger Economic Risks
ByRebecca F. Elliott April 14, 2026April 14, 2026

Oil markets shrugged it off, but the effort to hurt Iran could provoke retaliation that inflicts more damage on energy assets and the global economy.

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US talks between Lebanon and Israel end – as it happened
ByAdam Fulton April 14, 2026April 15, 2026

This live blog has now closed. You can read the latest on the fragile ceasefire between Israel and Iran hereSouth Korean president Lee Jae Myung has said rising tensions around the strait of Hormuz make it hard to be optimistic about the fallout from t…

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