Center East conflict stay: Lebanon meets Israel in Washington to request truce extension

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Issued on: 23/04/2026 - 04:55 Modified: 23/04/2026 - 05:23

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, flanked by US State Division Counsellor Michael Needham and US Ambassador to Lebanon Michel Issa in Washington, D.C., April 14, 2026 © Kevin Lamarque, Reuters Israel and Lebanon maintain a brand new spherical of talks in Washington on Thursday, throughout which Beirut plans to request a one-month extension of a ceasefire resulting from expire inside days. Comply with our liveblog for the newest updates.

23/04/2026 - 05:23 An extended Iran battle might enhance danger for Ukraine securing missile defences, Zelensky says Ukraine might face elevated dangers in securing US anti-missile defences if the conflict in Iran goes on for an prolonged time frame, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky stated on Wednesday.

Zelensky, interviewed by CNN, stated Ukraine acquired restricted numbers of such weaponry as a result of US manufacturing was restricted, however thus far it had skilled no disruption in provides or in provision of intelligence.

Zelensky stated Ukraine was capable of safe US weaponry via the PURL programme below which NATO nations can finance the acquisition of weapons for Kyiv.

23/04/2026 - 04:52 Soccer-Trump envoy seeks to switch Iran with Italy in upcoming World Cup, FT studies A prime envoy to US President Donald Trump has requested FIFA to switch Iran with Italy within the upcoming World Cup, the Monetary Instances reported on Wednesday.

The plan is an effort to restore ties between Trump and Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni after the 2 fell out amid the American president's assaults in opposition to Pope Leo XIV over the Iran conflict, the FT reported, citing folks aware of the matter.

"I verify I've steered to Trump and (FIFA president Gianni) Infantino that Italy substitute Iran on the World Cup. I am an Italian native and it will be a dream to see the Azzurri at a US-hosted match. With 4 titles, they've the pedigree to justify inclusion," US particular envoy Paolo Zampolli advised the FT.

23/04/2026 - 04:50 Shares sink and oil rises with Iran, US no nearer to peace talks Asian shares fell and oil costs rose Thursday as the US and Iran appeared no nearer to holding contemporary peace talks and Tehran continued to refuse to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.

Hopes that the 2 would meet for a second spherical of negotiations in Pakistan have dissipated, with the Islamic republic concentrating on three container ships within the waterway and citing Washington's blockade as its motive for retaining it closed.

Buyers have spent many of the week upbeat {that a} breakthrough to finish the seven-week battle will likely be made quickly, whereas wholesome earnings and a resumption of the AI commerce has additionally supplied assist.

Crude costs jumped as a lot as 4 p.c in early Asian enterprise after international safety screens and Iran's Revolutionary Guards stated Iranian forces had seized two ships and fired on a 3rd within the Strait of Hormuz.

23/04/2026 - 04:18 Iran's Araqchi tells South Korea envoy "aggressors" chargeable for penalties of conflict, Tehran says Iranian International Minister Abbas Araqchi advised a South Korean particular envoy that duty for the results of the conflict lay with "aggressors," referring to the US and Israel, Iran's International Ministry stated on Thursday.

The envoy, Chang Byung-ha, held a assembly with Araqchi in Tehran, the ministry stated in a submit on X.

23/04/2026 - 03:18 Lebanon meets Israel in Washington to request truce extension Israel and Lebanon maintain a brand new spherical of talks in Washington on Thursday, throughout which Beirut plans to request a one-month extension of a ceasefire resulting from expire inside days.

Israel acknowledged forward of the talks that it has no "critical disagreements" with Lebanon, calling on it to "work collectively" in opposition to the pro-Iran Hezbollah, which is notably absent from and against the negotiations.

The 2 nations, formally at conflict for many years, held a gathering in Washington on April 14, the primary of its type since 1993, in an try and put an finish to the greater than six-week conflict between Hezbollah and Israel.

The US introduced a 10-day truce shortly after the primary assembly, and it is because of expire on Sunday.

Israeli assaults on Lebanon have killed at the least 2,454 folks and displaced a million because the begin of the conflict, in accordance with Lebanese authorities.

On the eve of talks in Washington between the Lebanese and Israeli ambassadors, Lebanese President Joseph Aoun stated Beirut's envoy to Thursday's talks, Lebanese Ambassador to Washington Nada Moawad, would search a ceasefire extension and a halt to demolitions being carried out by Israel in villages within the south. White Home press secretary Karoline Leavitt stated on Wednesday in an interview with Fox Information that Iran should agree to show over its enriched uranium to the US as a part of negotiations to finish the conflict. US President Donald Trump has not set a deadline by which Iran should submit a peace proposal, the White Home stated on Wednesday. (FRANCE 24 with AFP, Reuters and AP)