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05 May 2026, 17:39 Axios: Some U.S. and Israeli officials believe President Trump could give an order to resume the war on Iran later this week if the diplomatic stalemate continues.
05 May 2026, 17:23 The UAE said its defenses are now dealing with missiles and drones coming from Iran.
05 May 2026, 17:11 Pakistani FM: Consultations are ongoing to end the conflict and we've made efforts to prevent attacks on Gulf nations and condemned the attacks that took place.
05 May 2026, 16:19 Israeli PM Netanyahu has told U.S. President Trump that Israel is "interested in resuming high-intensity fighting against Hezbollah," an Israeli source told CNN.
05 May 2026, 16:01 Hegseth said "the ceasefire with Iran is not over," noting that the current standoff is about the "strait" and "freedom of navigation."
05 May 2026, 15:58 The U.S. is "not looking for a fight" over Hormuz, but any Iranian attack on shipping will be met with a "devastating" response, Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth said.
05 May 2026, 14:42 President Joseph Aoun: It is time for the army to become the sole authority responsible for security in the south and civil peace is a red line.
05 May 2026, 13:38 Israeli airstrikes targeted the southern towns of Tebnin, Qaaqaiyet al-Jisr, Zawtar al-Sharqiyeh and al-Mansouri.
05 May 2026, 13:26 Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi will visit China today as part of the ongoing diplomatic consultations, Iran's foreign ministry said.
05 May 2026, 11:35 Pakistan's Prime Minister: It is essential to maintain and respect the ceasefire to allow diplomatic space for dialogue.
05 May 2026, 11:20 Iran's chief negotiator in talks, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, has warned that his country has "not even started" in its standoff over the Strait of Hormuz.
04 May 2026, 21:40 The United Arab Emirates has ordered all schools to return to remote learning for the rest of the week.
04 May 2026, 20:38 An Israeli military official said the army remains on high alert and is monitoring the situation, after a U.S. admiral said U.S. forces destroyed six Iranian boats.
04 May 2026, 20:31 Trump on Iran: Secretary of War Pete Hegseth and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Dan Caine, will have a News Conference tomorrow morning.
04 May 2026, 20:31 Trump on Iran: We’ve shot down seven small Boats or, as they like to call them, “fast” Boats. It’s all they have left.
04 May 2026, 20:07 Trump threatened in an interview that Iran will be "blown off the face of the earth" if it attacks U.S. ships guiding vessels through the Strait of Hormuz.
04 May 2026, 20:01 The U.S. Central Command chief confirmed that Iran fired on U.S. warships and commercial vessels today, but declined to say whether the ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran is over. U.S. forces returned fire and destroyed some Iranian small boats.
04 May 2026, 19:58 Yedioth Ahronoth: The U.S.-sponsored talks with Lebanon are still ongoing, but Israeli officials believe they are not making any progress.
04 May 2026, 19:57 Israeli reports: The Israeli army is preparing for the resumption of war with Iran.
04 May 2026, 19:54 Two people were hurt when a residential building was targeted in Oman's Bukha along the coastline of Hormuz, as Iran said it had "no plans to target" the UAE.
04 May 2026, 19:03 Israeli warplanes broke the sound barrier over Sidon and Iqlim al-Kharroub.
04 May 2026, 18:33 MTV: Hezbollah has fired a very large rocket salvo at Israel.
04 May 2026, 18:30 A drone strike has caused a fire at an energy installation in UAE's Fujairah.
04 May 2026, 18:28 The UAE said its defenses are now dealing with Iranian missile and drone attacks, after saying that it previously intercepted three missiles over its territorial waters.
04 May 2026, 18:24 Aoun: Preparatory talks are expected with the Lebanese ambassador to Washington in the coming days and there is no turning back from the path of negotiations.
04 May 2026, 18:19 President Aoun said the timing is not right now for a meeting with Netanyahu, as "we must first reach a security agreement and stop the Israeli attacks on us."
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