Israel-Iran war highlights: Trump casts doubt on new peace proposal

Iran said connected Saturday (May 2) that it was up to the United States whether to prosecute a negotiated colony oregon to instrumentality to unfastened war, but that Tehran was acceptable for either outcome.

“Now the shot is successful the United States’ tribunal to take the way of diplomacy oregon the continuation of a confrontational approach,” lawman Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi told diplomats successful Tehran, according to authorities broadcaster IRIB.

“Iran, with the purpose of securing its nationalist interests and security, is prepared for some paths,” helium said. - AFP

Lebanese equipped forces commandant General ‌Rudolf Haykal and U.S. ⁠General Joseph Clearfield met successful Beirut ‌to sermon the information ‌situation ‌in ⁠Lebanon and ⁠regional developments, the service said connected Saturday (May 2) successful ‌a statement.

Mr. Clearfield heads a committee monitoring ‌a U.S.-backed ceasefire successful warring betwixt Israel ⁠and Iran-backed Hezbollah. The participants ‌at the gathering underlined the value of the Lebanese army’s ‌role and the request to enactment it ⁠during the existent phase, ⁠the connection said. - Reuters

China volition not comply with U.S. sanctions against 5 firms targeted for purchasing Iranian oil, Beijing’s Commerce Ministry said connected Saturday (May 2, 2026). China is simply a cardinal lawsuit for Iranian oil, chiefly done autarkic “teapot” refineries that trust connected discounted crude from the Islamic republic.

Representative of Iran’s Supreme Leader successful India, Abdul Majeed Hakeem Ilahi connected Saturday (May 2) characterised the ongoing tensions betwixt his state and the Israel-U.S. confederation arsenic a authorities of “no war, nary peace”.

Calling for an contiguous halt to the conflict, helium said the planetary stableness hinges connected those who initiated the war.

He questioned wherefore countries affected by the warfare and suffering from the vigor situation are not pressuring the U.S. and Israel to halt the aggression.

Mr. Ilahi said Iran did not privation the conflict, but was compelled to respond amid continued attacks, adjacent arsenic negotiations were expected to continue. - PTI

Representative of Iran’s Supreme Leader successful India, Abdul Majeed Hakeem Ilahi connected Saturday (May 2) characterised the ongoing tensions betwixt his state and the Israel-U.S. confederation arsenic a authorities of “no war, nary peace”.

Calling for an contiguous halt to the conflict, helium said the planetary stableness hinges connected those who initiated the war.

He questioned wherefore countries affected by the warfare and suffering from the vigor situation are not pressuring the U.S. and Israel to halt the aggression.

Addressing a property league here, Mr. Ilahi said Iran did not privation the conflict, but was compelled to respond amid continued attacks, adjacent arsenic negotiations were expected to continue. - PTI

Two activists who participated successful a Gaza-bound assistance flotilla person been brought to Israel for questioning, the Israeli overseas ministry said connected Saturday (May 4, 2026), aft the vessels were intercepted by Israeli forces this week.

Spaniard Saif Abu Keshek, and Thiago Avila, a Brazilian, are present successful Israel and “will beryllium transferred for questioning by instrumentality enforcement authorities”, the Ministry said connected X, adding that the 2 activists were affiliated with an organisation sanctioned by the U.S Treasury department. -- AFP

Israeli airstrikes connected confederate Lebanon termination astatine slightest 7 radical and wounded others connected Saturday (May 2, 2026) arsenic hostilities proceed betwixt Israel and Hezbollah contempt a ceasefire.

The Israeli airstrikes connected confederate Lebanon connected Saturday (May 2, 2026) came arsenic Israel’s subject issued a caller informing for residents of 9 confederate villages to evacuate.

Israel’s subject and Lebanon’s Hezbollah person kept up their attacks contempt a ceasefire successful spot since April 17.

Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency reported an airstrike connected a car successful the colony of Kfar Dajal that killed 2 people, portion different deed a location successful the colony of Lwaizeh sidesplitting three. NNA besides reported a onslaught connected the colony of Shoukin that killed 2 people.

Israel’s subject Arabic-language spokeswoman, Lt. Col. Ella Waweya, posted connected X that the Israeli aerial unit carried retired astir 50 airstrikes implicit the past 24 hours, saying that they targeted Hezbollah infrastructure and members. -- AP

U.S. President Donald Trump said connected Friday (May 1, 2026) he was “not satisfied” with Iran’s latest proposal successful negotiations to extremity the warfare betwixt the countries, rejecting the program astir arsenic soon arsenic it was delivered.

Tehran delivered the caller connection for talks with the U.S. via Pakistan, which is acting arsenic a mediator betwixt the 2 sides, adjacent arsenic its Revolutionary Guards warned that American warships “will burn” similar U.S. bases successful the region, if Iran is attacked again.

U.S. President Donald Trump warned Tehran connected Wednesday (April 29, 2026) that it should “get astute soon” and capitulate to Washington’s demands for choky controls connected its atomic programme, arsenic a U.S. naval blockade turned the screws connected Iran’s economy.

The aftermath of the October 7 Hamas onslaught powerfully tipped the scales successful Israel’s priorities towards security. What began arsenic a subject effect successful Gaza expanded to conflicts spanning aggregate fronts, including Lebanon, Syria, Yemen, Iraq, and Iran. But with revised maturation forecasts, home interest astir the country’s finances, and surging defence expenditure, is the Israeli system truly resilient to the shocks of its intensifying operations?

When the warfare broke retired much than 2 years ago, Israel’s resilience stemmed from existing macroeconomic assets specified arsenic debased debt-to-GDP ratio, precocious overseas speech reserves and beardown trade. But reports and information amusement that these assets are losing their standing.

President Donald Trump has joked that the U.S. Navy will instrumentality connected Cuba connected the mode location from Iran.

“Cuba’s got problems,” Mr. Trump said successful 1 of respective digressions successful his Friday evening (May 1, 2026) code earlier the non-profit Forum Club of the Palm Beaches.

An Iranian connection truthful acold rejected by U.S. President Donald Trump would unfastened shipping successful the Strait of Hormuz and extremity the U.S. blockade of Iran portion leaving talks connected Iran’s ‌nuclear programme for later, a elder Iranian authoritative said.

— Reuters

NATO said it was “working” with the United States to recognize Washington’s determination to slash its troops successful Germany by 5,000 pursuing a spat betwixt the leaders of the 2 nations.

“We are moving with the U.S. to recognize the details of their determination connected unit posture successful Germany,” the bloc’s spokesperson said connected X. Read more

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Germany’s Defence Minister said the withdrawal of American troops from Germany had been expected and that Europe needed to bash much to guarantee its ain security.

“That U.S. troops are withdrawing from Europe and besides from Germany was to beryllium expected,” Boris Pistorius said successful a connection sent to AFP by his ministry. “We Europeans indispensable instrumentality greater work for our security,” helium added.

The Pentagon had announced the withdrawal of astir 5,000 troops from Germany wrong the adjacent year, the latest rift successful transatlantic ties implicit the West Asia war.

— AFP

The United States is informing shipping companies that they could look sanctions for making payments to Iran to safely walk done the Strait of Hormuz.

The alert posted by the U.S. Office of Foreign Assets Control adds different furniture of unit successful the standoff betwixt the U.S. and Iran implicit power of the Strait of Hormuz.

About a 5th of the world’s commercialized successful lipid and earthy state typically passes done the strait astatine the rima of the Persian Gulf successful peacetime. Read more

— AP

Iran executed 2 men accused of spying for ⁠Israel, including 1 accused of gathering quality ‌near the Natanz atomic ‌site ‌in ⁠central Isfahan province, ⁠Iranian media reported.

They quoted the judiciary arsenic ‌saying Yaghoub Karimpour and Nasser Bakarzadeh were hanged aft ‌being recovered blameworthy of quality practice with ⁠Israel and its spy agency, Mossad.

They ‌said Karimpour passed delicate accusation to a Mossad officer, portion ‌Bakarzadeh was accused of collecting details connected authorities and ⁠religious figures and ⁠key sites, including ‌in the Natanz area. 

— Reuters

An Iranian subject authoritative said that a renewed struggle with the United States was “likely”, arsenic bid talks stay stalled and U.S. President Donald Trump criticised Iran’s latest connection successful negotiations.

“A renewed struggle betwixt Iran and the United States is likely, and grounds has shown that the United States is not committed to immoderate promises oregon agreements,” Mohammad Jafar Asadi of the military’s cardinal bid centre, Khatam al-Anbiya, was quoted arsenic saying by Iran’s Fars quality agency.

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Eatery owners successful Shimla person condemned the steep hike of ₹993 successful commercialized LPG cylinder prices and cautioned that it would substance inflation, arsenic nutrient prices would besides spell up arsenic a consequence.

“Our fearfulness that the authorities whitethorn summation the LPG cylinder prices aft the Assembly elections successful the 5 States has travel true. This is the 2nd clip since the commencement of the U.S.-Israel-Iran warfare that the rates person been revised. The terms of a 19 kg commercialized cylinder has touched ₹3,071 now,” said a section shopkeeper.

The terms of a 5 kg cylinder has gone up from ₹549 to ₹810, registering a 48% increase, which would deed tiny consumers specified arsenic labourers and petty workers, helium said.

— PTI

Summer is inactive a fewer months away, but the streets of Croatia’s aged municipality of Dubrovnik are already teeming with tourists from each implicit the world. It’s usually a motion of a beardown play ahead, but this twelvemonth uncertainty hangs successful the air.

Global instability triggered by the Iran warfare and surging substance prices person brought unpredictability to the tourism industry, including successful Dubrovnik, Croatia’s apical Adriatic Sea destination that draws millions of visitors annually.

The stakes for Croatia’s system are high: The tourism assemblage is 1 of the country’s cardinal sources of income and is mostly babelike connected planetary travellers.

— AP

Iran has inflicted unprecedented harm to U.S. bases successful assorted countries of the Gulf region, an investigative study by CNN revealed.

In Camp Buehring, Kuwait, wherever American soldiers had 1 of the biggest U.S. subject hubs successful the Gulf, the once-bustling American micro-city successful the godforsaken is astir bare and heavy damaged aft a weeks-long barrage of Iranian missiles and drones, CNN reported.

Kuwait was 1 of galore U.S. subject facilities successful the oil-rich Arabian Peninsula targeted by Iran, adjacent arsenic the U.S. and Israel attacked Iran’s defence capabilities. A CNN probe recovered grounds of unprecedented destruction.

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Lebanon’s wellness ministry said 13 radical were killed successful Israeli strikes successful the south, including successful a municipality wherever Israel’s service had issued an evacuation bid contempt a ceasefire.

The strikes successful Habboush killed 8 people, including a kid and 2 women, and wounded 21 others, the ministry said, raising an earlier toll.

Other strikes successful Zrariyeh killed 4 people, 2 of them women, and wounded 4 more, it said.

— AFP

Iran’s Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei said connected Thursday (April 30, 2026) that the state would “safeguard” its “nuclear and missile” capabilities and laic down caller rules for managing the Strait of Hormuz, hours aft U.S. President Donald Trump said a blockade of Iranian ports would stay successful spot until a atomic woody is reached.

Hezbollah’s inexpensive fibre-optic drones are creating caller challenges for Israeli troops successful confederate Lebanon, forcing the subject to accommodate its tactics against an progressively lethal threat.

U.S. President Donald Trump said connected Friday (May 1, 2026) helium was “not satisfied” with Iran’s latest connection successful negotiations to extremity warfare betwixt the countries, rejecting the program astir arsenic soon arsenic it was delivered.

“They privation to marque a deal, I’m not satisfied with it, truthful we’ll spot what happen,” Mr. Trump told reporters astatine the White House. 

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered the withdrawal of astir 5,000 troops from Germany wrong the adjacent year, the Pentagon said, successful the latest spat with a European person implicit the West Asia war.

The announcement came aft U.S. President Donald Trump threatened earlier this week to region troops from NATO state Germany amid a enactment with its chancellor, Friedrich Merz, who said that Iran was “humiliating” Washington astatine the negotiating table.

“We expect the withdrawal to beryllium completed implicit the adjacent six to 12 months,” Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell said successful a statement.

— AFP