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Issued on: 22/04/2026 - 05:27 Modified: 22/04/2026 - 05:34

A lady carries her canine as a cleric walks on a sidewalk in Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, April 21, 2026. © Vahid Salemi, AP US President Donald Trump mentioned he would indefinitely prolong the ceasefire with Iran to permit for additional peace talks, though it was not clear on Wednesday if Iran or Israel, the US ally within the two-month battle, would agree. Comply with our liveblog for the most recent updates.

22/04/2026 - 05:06 Trump says US will prolong ceasefire however proceed its blockade of Iranian ports The president mentioned he’s extending the ceasefire with Iran at Pakistan’s request as he waits for a “unified proposal” from the Islamic Republic, however that the US navy will proceed its blockade of Iranian ports.

Trump added that “he’s directed our Navy to proceed the Blockade and, in all different respects, stay prepared and in a position, and can due to this fact prolong the Ceasefire till such time as their proposal is submitted, and discussions are concluded, by hook or by crook.”

The president made the transfer even because the White Home has placed on maintain Vice President JD Vance’s anticipated journey to Islamabad for a second spherical of talks as Tehran, a minimum of for time being, is balking at additional talks.

22/04/2026 - 05:05 UN chief calls US announcement ‘an necessary step towards de-escalation’ Secretary-Normal António Guterres mentioned the US announcement that it's extending the ceasefire will create “important area for diplomacy and confidence-building between Iran and america,” in keeping with his spokesperson.

“We encourage all events to construct on this momentum, chorus from actions that would undermine the cease-fire, and have interaction constructively in negotiations to achieve a sustainable and lasting decision,” UN spokesperson Stephane Dujarric mentioned late Tuesday.

The secretary-general “absolutely helps” Pakistan’s efforts to facilitate US-Iran talks and hopes its efforts “will contribute to creating circumstances conducive to a complete and sturdy decision to the battle,” Dujarric mentioned.

22/04/2026 - 05:04 UAE thanks Trump for foreign money swap point out The United Arab Emirates thanked Trump early Wednesday over his point out of a doable foreign money swap with their nation as uncertainty stays over the Iran battle.

An announcement issued by the UAE’s Embassy in Washington appeared geared toward signaling the nation remained financially safe after Trump’s remark.

“Any suggestion that the UAE requires exterior monetary backing misreads the details,” it mentioned. “The UAE is without doubt one of the world’s most financially resilient economies, underpinned by greater than $2 trillion in sovereign funding belongings; greater than $300 billion in overseas foreign money reserves held by the UAE’s central financial institution; and a banking sector with roughly $1.5 trillion in deposits.”

The UAE is an autocratically dominated federation of seven sheikhdoms on the Arabian Peninsula house to Abu Dhabi and Dubai.

22/04/2026 - 05:00 Trump gives combative social media put up as ceasefire indefinitely prolonged Trump supplied a combative social media put up Tuesday evening after indefinitely extending a ceasefire within the Iran battle after talks in Islamabad did not materialize.

Writing on his Fact Social web site, Trump contended that “Iran doesn’t need the Strait of Hormuz closed, they need it open” to allow them to promote their crude oil.

Trump mentioned if he allowed that to occur, there “can by no means be a Take care of Iran, except we blow up the remainder of their Nation, their leaders included!”

It’s unclear what the following step ahead is to renew talks in Pakistan’s capital.

22/04/2026 - 05:00 Iran holds rallies together with a ballistic missile launcher Iranian hard-liners rallied late Tuesday evening as doable talks in Islamabad with america broke down, with members of Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard apparently bringing a ballistic missile on a cellular launcher to 1 occasion.

Footage aired by Iranian state TV confirmed males carrying Kalashnikov-style assault rifles using atop a missile that resembled a Qadr ballistic missile in Iran’s capital, Tehran.

Such Qadr missiles can launch particular person bomblets often called cluster munitions, which Iran used extensively when attacking Israel in the course of the battle.

US President Donald Trump on Tuesday mentioned Washington will prolong the truce take care of Tehran, at mediator Pakistan’s request. US President Donald Trump's ceasefire extension is a "ploy to purchase time" for a shock strike, an advisor to Iran's parliament speaker and prime negotiator Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf mentioned on Tuesday. The Iranian mission to the UN despatched a letter Tuesday asking for the world physique and the Safety Council to sentence the US resolution Sunday to assault and seize an Iranian-flagged cargo ship. Iran's Revolutionary Guards on Tuesday threatened to finish oil manufacturing within the Center East if the Islamic republic confronted assaults launched from its Gulf neighbours' territory. Lebanon's Prime Minister Nawaf Salam mentioned on Tuesday his authorities was not looking for confrontation with Iran-backed Hezbollah, however it could not permit itself to be intimidated because it continues direct talks with Israel to finish the battle. (FRANCE 24 with AFP, Reuters and AP)